Who are we?
VERBARIUM, Society for the Living Word
Verbarium is a non-profit non-governmental organization seated in Ceske Budejovice / Budweis in South Bohemian region, but operating internationally.
The association’s mission is to promote the spoken word, speech and language; to foster a positive relationship with the spoken word among the general public, regardless of age or social background; and to support democratic values and the principles of civil society.
Our projects
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To the word and to the letter
Medium term tailored courses of rhetorics, public performing and art writing.
Kdo za tím stojí
Michala
Piskačová
Statutory reprezentative
Michala is a cultural organizer, lecturer, and storyteller.
She holds a master’s degree from the Department of Theater Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. She completed her doctoral studies at the Department of Creative Writing and Pedagogy at DAMU in Prague with a dissertation about nowadays storytelling.
She completed study internships at Jagiellonian University in Kraków and at the University of Warsaw.
In 2017, she founded the international storytelling festival Kolotoč příběhů.
She was involved in the founding of the Association of Theater Instructors and the Association of Cultural Centers of the Czech Republic.
She is a member of the executive committee of the Federation of European Storytellers.
“Storytelling is freedom, and I love sharing that experience with my audience.”
Jan Nepomuk
Piskač
Association´s member
A teacher of language and speech, a rhetorician, poet, performer, and frontman of the bands reBRELové and Three daughters…, an instructor for the creative writing, authorial readings, and public speaking courses, translator and interpreter. Homo politicus, visionary.
He hails from České Budějovice and is a graduate of the Department of Creative Writing and Pedagogy at DAMU in Prague.