Mostar Strip Vikend opens with 25 European artists

The 11th edition of Mostar Strip Vikend has opened at the Hrvatski dom herceg Stjepana Kosače in Mostar, attracting a wide range of visitors and 25 renowned guests from across Europe, including Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia.

Aida Zaklan Mašić, vice president of the MoStrip association, noted that the festival aims to improve comic culture in Mostar and serves to extend the local tourism season. The event features artists from various generations and styles, with many creating works inspired by Mostar and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In other regional cultural news, Tinker Labs in Subotica is organizing a humanitarian program to support children with cancer through creative workshops, with proceeds benefiting NURDOR. Additionally, the InDizajn fair in Zagreb is hosting the PlakArt humanitarian exhibition, where artists have donated works to benefit the Mali zmaj association for underprivileged children. In Bar, Montenegro, the Family Bar Fest will feature academic painter Dalibor Dado Ćetković and the Dalijas atelier to raise funds for the pediatric department of the General Hospital Bar.