TY - JOUR TI - Selected Aspects of Image Creation The local government Cultural Institution in Gdansk AU - Ryłko-Kurpiewska, Anna AU - Łosiewicz, Małgorzata TI - Selected Aspects of Image Creation The local government Cultural Institution in Gdansk AB -   The paper presents current trends in the operation of cultural institutions owned by the local government. They often become similar to enterprises and implement market solutions applied by the latter. The conducted analysis has revealed modern changes in the institutions functioning in the sphere of culture, which – besides cultural and artistic activities to which they are obliged by their statutes – are also involved in undertaking educational, trading or promotional measures. Typically, cultural institutions, while operating within the framework of the state’s cultural policy as entities autonomous in terms of their legal status, organisation and finance, are subject to a dynamic transformation, ever more often extending the offer addressed to their target groups and redefining the way of their participation in culture. The activities are closely related to the definition of image identification, requiring coherence and consistency. This translates into problems with image communication, resulting from the dispersed offer, but also typical of the operation of the signs performing the functions of identification, information and utility meaning. VL - 2019 IS - Volume 20, Issue 2 PY - 2019 SN - 1896-8201 C1 - 2084-3976 SP - 241 EP - 256 DO - 10.4467/20843976ZK.19.015.10532 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zarzadzanie-w-kulturze/article/wybrane-aspekty-ksztaltowania-wizerunku-samorzadowych-instytucji-kultury-w-gdansku KW - cultural policy KW - local government cultural institution KW - image KW - participation in culture