How do arts contribute to our well-being? This question has been explored in recent years by various studies that have revealed the beneficial effect of the arts on several dimensions of well-being. Current circumstances are altering what we think we know about our way of living, of interacting and working and these new realities directly […]
The Cluj Resilience Tracker (CRT) project documents the way in which non-profit organizations, academia, business and local public authorities have responded to the crisis caused by the COVID19 pandemic, in order to identify the necessary medium-term changes our community needs. After the abrogation of the state of emergency in Romania and the relaxation of social
Cluj Cultural Centre prepared a short questionnaire addressing to the cultural organizations based in Cluj-Napoca and the Metropolitan Area, in order to substantiate the advocacy actions supporting this community. This initiative is designed to contribute to better knowing the activity of Cluj cultural organizations in the recent years, and to develop actions based on factual
You walk around at home, the space of your room becomes smaller and smaller, you would go out, but you care for yourself and those around you. Coming nearer to yourself, distancing yourself physically from others, you may be much closer to them than you would think. There is something beautiful also in this period
Cluj Cultural Centre launches a national project that engages the Romanian artists in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The platform “Artists together” responds to the initiative of the Romanian Health Observatory to convey important current subjects and themes to a public as large as possible. The initiative relies on the artists’ creativity as a
Are you the scientist we are looking for? We call upon scientists to join artists for STUDIOTOPIA, a speculative journey to propose tentative solutions to global challenges in a collaborative, non-hierarchical residency. STUDIOTOPIA is a creative journey that aims to increase collaborations between art & science and to raise awareness and foster creative and critical
On March 16, 2020 Cluj Cultural Centre together with 46 member organizations sent a proposal to the Ministry of Culture containing support measures for the cultural sector in the context of COVID-19 crisis. Other member or partner organizations joined the initiative along the way. The COVID-19 pandemic critically affects a high number of cultural organizations,
Deadline extended: 19th of April. The initiators of the project Art & Well-being invite artists from Europe to propose artworks – installations, performances, interventions in the public space, and others – that explore aspects and themes related to health and well-being. The call is open for proposals under two categories: (1) development and production of
On March 6, at Arta Cinema, Cluj Cultural Centre organized the General Assembly of the association’s members – cultural organizations and institutions, universities, business clubs and clusters, civil society associations, local and regional administrations. On this occasion, the 2019 activity report and the 2020 planning were approved, as well as the membership of ten new
Crafting Futures Romania is a program of the British Council Romania designed to support the future of craftsmen and handicraft activity around the world through research and education, being launched this year for the first time in Europe, in Romania. The call for registration to the project is addressed both to craftsmen, and to mediators,