08.08.2025
The Bata Week Festival, regularly organized by the Thomas Bata Foundation, will take place for the ninth time this year, and this time it will be dedicated to Bata Schools of Work. You can look forward to a series of themed lectures focusing on Bata education system, learn how individual schools operated, what life was like in Zlín’s boarding schools, and even hear about how students spent their free time.
This year‘s festival will take place from 8 to 12 September and will also offer guided tours of the Bata Villa and the traditional closing afterparty in the garden, featuring a performance by the Zlín band Podjezd.
COMPLETE PROGRAM:
Monday, 8 September
3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Guided tour of the Bata Villa
5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
School of Bata Designers | 1939-1949
Lecture by Vít Jakubíček, curator and assistant professor at the Department of Theoretical Studies, Faculty of Multimedia Communications, Tomas Bata University in Zlín
Tuesday, 9 September
5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Architecture | Schools, kindergartens, education
Lecture by the art historian Lucie Šmardová
6:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Guided tour of tge Bata Villa
Wednesday, 10 September
3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Guided tour of the Bata Villa
5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Leisure time in Bata Zlín
Lecture by the journalist Pavel Stojar
Thursday, 11 September
5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Bata education system | Between upbringing, production, and vision
Lecture by Tereza Kolumber, assistant professor at the Institute of School Pedagogy at the Faculty of Humanities of Tomas Bata University in Zlín
6:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Guided tour of the Bata Villa
Friday, 12 September
5:00 to 6:30 p.m.
Bata Schools of Work | “Build yourself first”
Lecture by the writer and lecturer Gabriela Končitíková
7:00 p.m.
Concert by the band Podjezd
Afterparty in the garden of the Bata Villa
Admission to all events during the Bata Week Festival is free. Reserve your spot by emailing sekretariat@batovavila.cz.
