Karuzela Cooltury began to spin in 2002. With time, it began spinning faster and faster, eventually becoming a festival in 2009. In the beginning, our activities were quite modest: they were small initiatives which aimed to help children and young people from difficult environments. Believing that culture generates goodness, we attempted to encourage young people to be creative in order to open the way to happier and more interesting lives. We organized dance, entrepreneurship and English language courses as well as classes with renowned artists.

The performance of Polish b-boys before John Paul II in 2004 became a worldwide phenomenon, widely commented on and transmitted by 56 TV stations. Never before had the floor of the Clementine Hall in the Apostolic Palace seen something like that. This event perfectly illustrates the message of our Foundation: We connect different worlds and open doors, even bronze ones, which no one had dared to open for centuries, in order to let in youth full of expression and creative energy.

Karuzela Cooltury was a place where the experience of renowned artists from various fields of art, as well as professors, politicians, and clergy engaged with the imagination of youth, which does not know any limits. On the scene, we could see ballerinas spinning with b-boys, hear both clergy and atheists debating about religion, hetero- and homosexuals talking about love, and restaurant master chefs exchanging recipes with housewives. Everyone together, without prejudices, in one place. We learned from each other, and tried to understand and broaden our horizons.

All that in order to show how rich culture is and how creative each of us can be if we, within ourselves, can find a passion for imagination and respect for other people.