The forming of Narona Junior happened by accident. During the first Art and Education Platform Narona in 2011, which was completely experimental at the time, we have had invited our colleagues, the artists who, in part, were also working as professors of Fine Arts.

 

As we were conducting the workshop, building the sculptures and the exhibition, the children from Vid, curiously and unobtrusively engaged in the process. They showed great enthusiasm and interest, so we've decided to include them in the exhibition.

Next year, POWERPROGRESSIVEART invited the children from Vid: Martin Boras,  Matea Suton, Josip Volarevic, Petar Suton and Roko Ramic who were engaged during the 2011 also Karla Boras, Ante Bukovac, Bruno Markota, Romana Matic, Toma Matic, Andrija Siljeg, Danijela Vucic, Martina Vucic and Lucija Vucic with the approval of their parents. This opportunity occurred as a wonderful solution for the engaging schools and the children associations to expose their work at a museum event.

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With the courtesy of the professors of Fine Arts: Nediljka Penovic (Primary School Opuzen) and Marija Cupic Senta (Primary School Vladimir Nazor, Ploce), also Svetko Ramic, Senior Coordinator of the Junior Neretva Buccaneers,  we've managed to form an annual display for such culturally selfless and aware work on the national heritage. 

By engaging the Narona Archaeological Museum, schools, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, the City of Metkovic and municipalities administrative we have connected people situated in the Neretva Delta array to many possibilities of presenting, exploring and living their abundant cultural and natural heritage. Thus Narona Junior became included in the Annual Curriculum of schools in the Neretva Delta array.

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We have stopped this exposure as such due to the situation with the Roman Road project.

However, our collaboration with schools continued through the Powerweb - Art, Science and Education Platform.

These contributions were also presented at the International cultural project inspired by the antique period - Heritage and Local Development, afterward at The Cultural Heritage of the Deltas and through several lectures:

• Marija Srsen: Education projects in cooperation with POWERPROGRESSIVEART (presentation included the lecture of Marija Cupic Senta and Nediljka Penovic) at the International Interdisciplinary Meeting - Healthy living - a long-term commitment

• Marija Cupic-Senta & Nediljka Penovic: The Cooperation of POWERPROGRESSIVEART and Primary Schools in the Dubrovnik – Neretva County – The Cultural Heritage as a Part of Fine Arts Content at the Inter-County Professional Congress of the professors of Fine Arts, professors in the field of Visual Arts and Design and the teachers of Fine Arts: The Role of Teacher's / Professor's and Students' Communication in the Encouraging of the Creative Thinking

• Ana Gizdic: The Activities of POWERPROGRESSIVEART (at the County Professional Congress of the professors of History, by the courtesy of professor Loranda Miletic, the Senior Advisor at the Education and Teacher Training Agency)

• Marija Srsen in lieu of Ana Gizdic: The Art, Science and Education Platform at the International Interdisciplinary Congress - Delta

 

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In the gallery below, you may view the expose of Narona Junior process and the final results following set of parameters by POWERPROGRESSIVEART for the students and coordinators (professors) in collaboration:

1. Connecting the institutions of public education, Narona Archaeology Museum (a place of  production and presentation, as well as the referencing, of the education workshop) and the Natural History Museum as a place of permanent reference for the Neretva Delta valley with schools and junior associations.

2. Learning classic techniques of the art production (clay, stone, mosaic) thus managing a proper method for treating the artefacts that this valley is abundant of.

3. Learning of the space of nature and managing proper methods for possible challenges (orientation in space, first aid, managing flood and alike situations, animal rescue etc)

4. Raising an awareness of cultural and natural values in historical overview, through the regular education but configured as a life-long learning process.

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Narona Junior 2014, Time

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As on the art part of the Art and Education Platform Narona in 2014, Narona Junior was also created for short, productive and fun examination of the notion of the time parameter in physics, history, and archaeology. Methodology for this examination, in comparison to today's society, culture (also subculture) and political views on certain aspects of everyday life, was conducted through time measuring method, and the interpretation of seasons change according to Sun's position. 

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ARS LONGA, VITA BREVIS, Vladimir Nazor, Ploce Primary school students (coordinator: Ms. Marija Cupic Senta) 

In the following text you may read Ms. Senta's text on their work:

"Our students presented a notion of time in the shape of the sun - clock. (...) By using scientific research and a historical object, they have created an unusual story of their own notion of time. By combining different relief structuring, each of the students made an individual work which was arranged as a new composition and a unique ensemble." According to the set of parameters by POWERPROGRESSIVEART, during the classes, the coordinator realized these results within the Annual Curriculum of the schools.

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Clay reliefs by Opuzen Primary school students (coordinator: Ms. Nediljka Penovic):

The work on relief was conducted during the workshop. According to the set of parameters by POWERPROGRESSIVEART, during the classes, the coordinator realized these results within the Annual Curriculum of the schools.

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Narona Junior 2013, Agora

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Art and Education Platform Narona in 2013 emphasized the importance of making a valid and moral paradigm by gathering citizens and routing their activity towards the cultural heritage of Narona hidden inside and under their homes, their yards, their working spaces, villages, and cities, particularly at this archaeological area. With this theme, we have also marked the end of the European Year of Citizens that enabled Europeans to meet their rights and possibilities acquired by the EU Membership as well as the possibility of participating in Civil forums on politics and European issues. Hrvoje Manenica, the ex-director of Narona Archaeological Museum, now the Curator for late Medieval and Modern age at the Archaeological Museum in Zadar stated: "The opening of the museum entirely changed Vid and its life. From a small village, it developed into a recognizable destination on the cultural and tourist map of Croatia and Europe as well. The economic development of Vid was stimulated too. People from Vid are very proud of the museum and they look forward to every guest who comes to visit Vid and its museum..."  Read more @ The Best in Heritage.

The workshop presented listed products:

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Mosaic by children from Vid and Opuzen Primary school students (coordinator: Ms Snjezana Delmic)

The mosaic was made of stone and ceramics fixed with ceramics adhesive used instead of mortar (which was used during the Antique period). This preparation of the mosaic showed the classic design principle.

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Clay reliefs by Opuzen Primary school students (coordinator: Ms Nediljka Penovic):

The workshop was prepared during one school class. The process of making clay reliefs was conducted at the workshop. The students were making replicas of Narona site artifacts of which they were educated during their regular education and additionally during the workshop. According to the set of parameters by POWERPROGRESSIVEART, during the classes, the coordinator realized these results within the Annual Curriculum of the schools.

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Wigwam, Martin Boras (from Vid):

Martin used his experience in participating the performance during the Art and Education Platform Narona in 2012 and demonstrated his exceptional motorics and knowledge of working with cane brushes. This was Martin's solo work.

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Narona Junior 2012, Water

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The education workshop themed Water was awakening the presence of rich natural and cultural treasures of the Neretva Delta, a nature reserve appropriated by the Ramsar Convention, also sea and other water surfaces and, in fact, connecting it to all nature manifestation perceived as water. 

The workshop presented listed products:

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The Fishing Net by children from Vid, Junior Neretva Buccaneers Association, Opuzen Primary school students and The Primary School of Dragutin Tadijanovic, Zagreb students (coordinators: Ms Ana Gizdic, Ms Nediljka Penovic, Ms Marija Srsen and Mr Ivan Vuica) and The Images from the Sea by Opuzen Primary school students (coordinators: Ms Nediljka Penovic):

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For both works - the workshop was prepared during the school hours. Students were taught of the various kinds of fish and creatures living in the rivers, lakes, and seas; the importance of preserving such ecosystems and the methods we can use to do so. Also, guided by the set of parameters by POWERPROGRESSIVEART, during the classes the coordinators realized these results within the Annual Curriculum of the schools or the Annual program of their Association.

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The Drops (stopped just to say Hello) by Opuzen Primary school students (coordinator: Ms Nediljka Penovic):

This contribution is a proper artwork made on the workshop within the guidelines of the art part of the Art and Education Platform Narona2012: All of the artworks are situated outdoors as they are attached to natural water processes and are subordinated to its changes - river, rain, dew, fog, etc. Almost every artwork requires the restoration of its mechanism. 

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Sea Stone by children from Vid and Opuzen Primary school students (coordinators: Ms Ana Gizdic, Ms Nediljka Penovic and Ms Marija Srsen):

This work is didactically connected to the Fishing Net. The production was meant to happen exclusively during the workshop by adding new shapes to the stone. The exercise method for this class was classic stone carving. 

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Narona Junior 2011, The Birds

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As described in the introduction, the interest and diligence of the children of Vid started up Narona Junior. Now it just needed to be guided.

This first collaboration produced various birds that the Neretva Delta is abundant of, a multitude of various bowls (trullae, paterae, acetabulum, etc) in birds shapes as these children are surrounded by Narona Augusteum and the Cesarean family artifacts.

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