Cultural supply of Prague 7 City District – Art District 7

The thesis examines the current cultural supply of Prague 7 City District and the project Art District 7. The first part includes the description of the area of Prague 7 City District from a geographical, historical and demographic perspective. The principal chapter of the theoretical part is concerned with an analysis of the cultural institutions at work in the aforementioned area, supplemented with a financial analysis of particular cultural institutions. The theoretical part also scrutinizes the cultural funding provided by the Prague 7 City District. The practical part of the thesis focuses on the project Art District 7 which unites culture providers active in the area and officially declares Prague 7 City District as a cultural district. The project is depicted in its entirety in the practical part, beginning with the preparatory phase and concluding with the very realization of the project. The purpose of the research is to define the advantages resulting from the project, with the research founded on personal interviews with selected cultural providers, an employee of IPR Prague who participated in the preparations of the project and the city councillor for culture and neighbour relations of Prague 7 City District.