Hungary arts incubator offers home to alternative types

AFP – A new arts and cultural “incubator” in Budapest has proved a hit with alternative creative companies and a response to Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ultra-conservative culture policies.

Since the Juranyi Community House opened late last year, the number of companies and groups renting workshop space there has risen to over 50.

Theatre companies, dance groups, animation workshops, artist studios and graphic designers have all gravitated to the Juranyi, a former school building rented from the municipality.

“It’s a great opportunity for independent companies and people to rent a common space to work,” the composer Tibor Szemzo told AFP.

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