Activities Overview - Activities

October 2019.

Art & Painting Section - Autumn Painting Workshop

On Oct 1st the Painting group met for the second time. We thoroughly enjoyed our painting class. A huge thank you goes to Silvia Sandoval for giving us instructions and inspiration on a lovely Autumn day.

September 2019.

Holistic approach section - Detoxing your body

The Holistic approach group started the new season with an informative workshop addressing how to detox the body with raw food.

September 2019.

Trip to Novi Sad

On September 17th, members of the International Women's Club Belgrade visited Novi Sad and the Atelje 61 tapestry design studio

June 2019.

Holistic approach section - Selfmade cosmetics

This month members of the IWC got to know the world of self-made cosmetics. The event was organized by the Holistic Approach Section, led by Christina Czettl.

May 2019.

Acrylic landscape painting workshop

On Saturday, May 25th we held another interesting art painting workshop for the members of the painting section. Professor dr Mirjana Djošić explained to all participants how to use different types of brushes and also how to paint a typical summer landscape using acrylic colors. At Pero Art Center all professors will be there to guide you through your work and offer advice as required. You want to know more about the Pero Art Center, click here ...

May 2019.

Trip to Arilje 2019

The town of Arilje (in Serbia) sponsored the IWC for at visit to their lovely city. A busload of us made the trip and we thoroughly enjoyed the day. We started off with a meet and greet at the courthouse, where we met the Mayor. We learned that Arilje is famous for growing raspberries and that it exports around the world 90% of the raspberries it grows. After that we visited the centuries-old town church where the local priest spoke with us. Then we were treated to an ...

May 2019.

Yearly General Assembly Meeting Held on May 8th

This year's general assembly took place at the Belgrade Art Hotel. We had 34 members in attendance and 12 people sent their proxy votes. This meant we had a quorum for voting. Items voted on and passed included the Financial Report, the Charity Report and the Board Reports. We are also happy to say the board that has been serving for the past year was elected for a second term, with the exception of Treasurer. Former Treasurer ...

April 2019.

Holistic approach section - Fengshui

On our April meeting the holistic group was listening to a presentation of Milica Muzdeka. She was presenting the main characteristics of Fengshui. As there were some ladies who haven´t been present at the QI Gong workshop, Sasa was also there to answer some questions regarding Qi Gong. If you want to read more about the work of Sasa and Milica, please have a look on their website. ...

April 2019.

Trip to Oplenac

On April 17th, the IWC made a tour to St. George church in the town of Topola. The church is the mausoleum of the Serbian and Yugoslav royal house of Karadjodjevic located on top of the Oplenac Hill in the town of Topola, Serbia. The church of Oplenac was founded by King Peter Kind I of Yugoslavia. Many members of the royal house are buried in the crypt beneath the church. All were fascinated by the mosaic that covered the church as well as the mausoleum. Approxmately ...

April 2019.

Acrylic painting workshop

At the workshop held on April 13th, members of the Painting section learned how to use tone and hues to create balance in colour combinations with water, and how to capture the shape of leaves and flowers using the paint brushes. This is just one out of many acrylic painting techniques that makes working with acrylics unique; can be used other additives to give a painting the final look you want to achieve for rich tones. Professor MA ...

March 2019.

Holistic approach section - QI Gong

March 28th Sasa Balaneskovic, a very experienced Thai QI/QI Gong Master (eight years of study in China) and founder of the QI Gong Association Serbia ran a workshop for us. ( read more ) Sasa gave us a very interesting theoretical introduction into QI Gong (history, types, advantages, elements of QI Gong). At the end we also got the chance to do some practical exercises. ...

March 2019.

Art & Painting - Flower Art

At the workshop held on March 16th, members of the painting section learned something new about Flower art - Dynamic floral painting and had fun at the same time.Professors dr Mirjana Đošić and MA Vuk Vukanović Perić have explained to us the difference in the techniques of painting with acrylic paint on various painting surfaces. Acrylic paints dry insoluble and remain flexible when dry, as opposed to oils.

March 2019.

Trip to Subotica, March 2019

We had a lovely time in Subotica on March 13th. Our guide shared many interesting details and some of us climbed more than 250 steps to the top of the town hall tower. A thank you goes out to Adrian De Groot, who took many beautiful photographs that he is providing to us for our web site.

March 2019.

Holistic approach section - Mindfulness

Have you ever eaten a raisin mindfully? No? ... The members of the holistic approach group had the chance to taste a raisin with a beginner´s mind - it was an unusual, interesting and eye opening experience.The mindfulness workshop was held by Jessica Wasse, a mindfulness practitioner.

February 2019.

Trip to Novi Sad, Feb 2019

The trip to the Manuel Leather Factory in Novi Sad on February 26th was a great success. It was fascinating to see the craftsmen and women, long time employees of Manuel, cutting leather and assembling and finishing the bags, wallets, belts, and more. We could see how they build high quality into every item. We did some shopping in their factory store and then had a wonderful lunch at the Clock Tower restaurant overlooking the Danube from atop the famous fortress. All ...