Kuma International, a Bosnian non-profit operates as a research center specializing in visual arts from post-conflict societies. It was founded by Dr Claudia Zini, trained art historian and curator, in Sarajevo in 2018.

The main idea behind the organization is compelling and quite innovative for Bosnia and Herzegovina: to view art as a fundamental tool for pursuing reconciliation, addressing trauma and preserving war memories. Kuma International believes that the arts, in conjunction with education, offer a great opportunity to come to terms with the past, attain closure, heal from collective and personal trauma, and create positive change in people’s consciousness. 

Kuma’s most enduring and successful initiative is its Summer School. Established in 2018, the Kuma International Summer School is the first program solely dedicated to contemporary art practices emerging from the context of conflict and trauma. The school focuses on Bosnia and Herzegovina and the work artists in the region and the diaspora have been making in response to the political turmoil of the 1990s which began with the fall of Yugoslavia and ended with war and genocide.