INCLUSIVE CREATIVE LABORATORY BEST PRACTICES AT THE “ATAYSAL” CULTURAL CENTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF BASHKORTOSTAN

The article considers general vectors of the inclusive creative laboratory based on the “Ataysal” Cultural Center of the Republic of Bashkortostan. The work demonstrates the importance of the laboratory in exploiting creative potential, developing talents, cultural identity for people with reduced capabilities and for disabled people. The article provides an analysis of the establishment, promotion and creation of art products within inclusive creative laboratories. It shows alternative options for self-fulfilment of disabled people and people with reduced capabilities, as well as opportunities for their alternative employment. In addition, the article regards new approaches to the development of the concept of inclusive creative practices in Russia, based on federal and regional legal framework, and analyses the shape of inclusive creative laboratories within the creative industries. The importance of creating an inclusive environment and infrastructure for creative self-fulfilment and social integration of society is emphasised. The article analyses the performance of an inclusive creative laboratory within a cultural institution, as a tool to provide access to cultural values for people with reduced capabilities and disabled people, to involve them in active social and cultural life, and to create tolerant society.