The Academy of Change in 2023
20
of artists and collectives of artists who have benefited from creative grants
20
of artistic projects developed through the Cluj in residence program
Community Meeting
in which artist support programs were discussed
182
national and international workshop participants
49
facilitators
20
participants from 14 countries at the Autumn School of Curating #5
The Academy of Change is a platform to support and increase the capacity of the cultural sector.
The Academy’s agenda includes training and mentoring programs for artists, cultural managers and cultural organizations, cultural mediation programs, artist-in-residence programs, access to grants and resources for culture, cultural research and advocacy for the development of public policies in the field of culture.
Related project: Stronger Peripheries: A Southern Coalition
The project proposes new support and training frameworks and collaboration opportunities for cultural professionals and promotes the social importance of inclusive and participatory arts and arts practices. An international collaborative project, Stronger Peripheries brings together locally rooted cultural practices from 10 European countries, including Romania through the Clujean Cultural Center.

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We learn from nature. Conclusions of the 2024 Cultural Mediation Forum
Encounters with nature shape our culture, education and artistic practices because we are part of nature. The 2024Cultural Mediation Forum
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15 Cluj artists have been selected to participate in the Cluj in Residence program
Cluj Cultural Centre announces the 15 artists selected in the Cluj in Residency program, designed to stimulate local artistic creation.
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Registrations open for the 6th edition of the Autumn School of Curating led by renowned curator Kate Fowle (New York)
The Art Encounters Foundation (Timișoara) and Cluj Cultural Centre (Cluj-Napoca) have opened the registration for the Autumn School of Curating,
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Learning from nature at the 6th Cultural Mediation Forum
The sixth edition of the Cultural Mediation Forum addresses the theme of nature as a medium and subject of cultural
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Cultural Mediation Forum 2021: Art + Science
In its third edition, the Cultural Mediation Forum (formerly the Academy of Change Forum) takes place online from 25 to
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The culture pill for well-being
People who interacted more with art in the first months of the pandemic experienced fewer negative moods: 64% of them
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