PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023-2024 Utcaszak Theatre Company
15/02/2023 – 20-05-2023 Production manager at Meteor Film Studio, Flying Data: Utopia, Budapest Spring Festival performances
15/09/2021– 15/07/2022
Event Manager
Mai Manó Ház Hungarian House of Photography
20th Nagymezö Street, 1065 Budapest (Hungary)
organisational tasks for international exhibitions, programme management tasks in several exhibitions
organising professional educational and cultural programmes, writing contracts
online communication, website editing, newsletter writing (Mailchimp)
communication in English, Hungarian, hosting international curators
organising educational programmes for the general public, schools, children's programmes, programmes for the elderly
organising press visits and press conferences, inviting guests, preparing film shoots
organising concerts, Night of Museums and other cultural days
secretarial tasks of the Association of Hungarian Photographers (invoicing, accounting for tenders, website editing, programme organisation, press communication)
research tasks in the Hungarian Museum of Photography (Kecskemét, Hungary)
liaising with the heads of partner institutions, Hungarian and international museums and cultural institutions
Type of activity or sector: Culture, arts, education, exhibitions
01/09/2017– 01/12/2022
Teacher, lecturer
self-employed and employed
secondary school teacher of Hungarian language and literature (Europa 2000 Gimnázium,Gizella Street 42-44th, 1143 Budapest, Hungary )
art history teacher (András Jelky Secondary School of Applied Arts, 4th Rákóczi Square, 1084, Budapest Rákóczi Square 4th)
teaching Hungarian to foreigners, private lessons and courses (company and private lessons in several language schools: Berlitz Nyelviskola, Bonus Nyelviskola, California Nyelviskola, Magyar Iskola, Ulysses Hungarian Language School; at different companies: Samsung, Exxon Mobile, Lidl, Nokia, IBM, Thermofischer, Schneider Electric, Vodafone managing, planning and administering individual and group learning, supporting the daily integration of foreign workers
Type of activity or sector: Education
01/06/2017–31/07/2017
Museumquartier, Q21
Museumplatz 1., 1070 Vienna (Austria)
Museumplatz 1., 1070 Vienna (Austria)
art-based research
realisation of an art project
keeping contacts with artists and artistic institutions
Type of activity or sector concerned: Arts, Entertainment, cultural activities, cultural activities, cultural organisation, research, arts education
01/01/2012–01/06/2016.
Trainer, session leader
kultúrAktív Association
9th Mikszáth Kálmán Street, 7625 Pécs (Hungary)
9th Mikszáth Kálmán Street, 7625 Pécs (Hungary)
expert in pedagogical methodologies
group facilitation, coaching, book proofreading
Type of activity or sector: Education
01/09/2011–30/06/2016
College, university teacher, lecturer/Higher education teacher, lecturer
Szent István University
1st Práter Károly Street, 2100 Gödöllö (Hungary)
1st Práter Károly Street, 2100 Gödöllö (Hungary)
ELTE Faculty of Education and Psychology
23-27th Kazinczy Street, 1075, Budapest (Hungary)
teacher training, teaching pedagogical units for student teachers
Type of activity or sector: Education
01/09/2007–01/09/2017
Teacher
ELTE Apáczai Csere János Secondary School
4-6th Papnövelde Street, 1053 Budapest (Hungary)
4-6th Papnövelde Street, 1053 Budapest (Hungary)
Type of activity or sector: Education
01/09/2007–30/09/2009
Museum staff
Museum of Applied Arts
33-37th Üllöi Street, 1091 Budapest (Hungary)
33-37th Üllöi Street, 1091 Budapest (Hungary)
Type of activity or sector: Education, culture, museums, art education
EDUCATION
01/09/2003–15/06/2008
art history, Hungarian language and literature, humanities and teacher
01/09/2010–15/06/2016
PhD in Educational Theory
ELTE Doctoral School of Education
23-17th Kazinczy Street, 1075 Budapest (Hungary)
http://nevelestudomany.phd.elte.hu
23-17th Kazinczy Street, 1075 Budapest (Hungary)
http://nevelestudomany.phd.elte.hu
PERSONAL SKILLS
good communication skills
public speaking skills
confident writing practice
Organisational/leadership skills
team leadership skills
teacher training competences, training a team of professionals
confident, planned organisation of programmes
managing research projects
Work-related skills
resilience, precision, creativity
loving of the tasks, perseverance
Publications:
KATONA, Réka (2017): The mission of forum theatre in society and education, In: Ádám Nagy, ed. Szolgálva, nem tündökölve - Trencsényi 70, Iuvenis Ifjúságszakmai Mühely, Budapest, 317-333.
KATONA, Réka (2015): Hommage à Augusto Boal, In: Drama Pedagogical Magazine, issue 3, 2-14.
KATONA, Réka (2016) The Forum Theatre: a unique method of Augusto Boal through the theatre and sex education self-awareness groups of the "We Women" project, In. The issues of femininity and gender in groups of adults with intellectual disabilities, Publication of the National Association for the Protection of the Interests of People with Intellectual Disabilities and their Helpers, 16-21.
Creating Creative Learning Environments by Creative Partnership Programme, editor, linguistic editing Réka Katona, author Szilvia Németh, University of Pécs, 2018.