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 The
Cultural Center is centrally
located besides the Parochial
Church of St.John. The
former school building,
built in the second half
of 19th century, houses
Vela Luka Library, Archeological
Museum and the Art Gallery,
and provides an attractive
space for other cultural
events such as:
Native music and dance
performances, recitals,
or Vela Luka's Folksingers
group (Klapa) concerts.
The Cultural Centre accommodates
several valuable museums
collections: the archeological
finds from The Neolithic
Vela Spila (Big Cave),
collection of wooden ships
crafted by the late self-thought
artist Nedo Gugic and
an international collection
of donated drawings, graphics
and small sculptures.
The art collection consists
of works by both worldwide
known national artists
(Murtic, Lipovac, Ruzic,
Picelj, etc.) and internationally
renowned artists works
(Erro, Lindstrom, Monory,
Soto and others, as well
as two Henry Moore's sculptures).
The International collection
has been donated to Vela
Luka after the high tide
hit Vela Luka in 1978.
The wooden Ship Collection
was handcrafted by the
late woodcraftsman Nedo
Gugic. In a outstanding
way, its shows ships from
various historical periods.
The archeological locality
of Vela Spila, above the
Kale Cove in the Vela
Luka Bay, is in all probability
one of the most important
prehistoric Mediterranean
finds. Continuous settlements
from the last glacial
to the newest prehistoric
periods, have been found
in the 7.5 meters deep
stratums. The quantity
of artifacts, their importance,
variety and their rich
decorative motifs place
Vela Spila amongst the
onset of the modern European
civilization.
Ten abstract and figurative
mosaics compositions,
made in 1986 during the
International Artists
Symposium, are exhibited
in the Cultural Centre's
atrium. Particulary attractive
is the floor mosaics by
Ferdinand Kulmer in the
entrance hall to the inner
courtyard that depicts
an octopus.
Along with these, mosaics
can be seen at various
other locations throughout
the town. Or instance,
on the main street, one
will find an interesting
mosaics panel made by
several artists depicting
a pigeon, which is the
symbol of Vela Luka.
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