The Culture and Well-being Forum 2025 took place between the 28th and 30th of October, in Cluj-Napoca at the Youth Pavilion, gathering around 150 local and international participants – experts and specialists from public institutions, policy makers, artists, cultural professionals, public health workers and doctors, social care workers and students – to listen, reflect, and […]
In the context of the project “AWAKE: Arts & Wellbeing as a Creative Business and Future Livelihood”, we are happy to introduce the publication: ‘Growing a Viable Entrepreneurial Model at the Intersection of the Arts and Wellbeing: Insights from Five Cases.’ The publication can be downloaded here. This casebook presents five entrepreneurial initiatives led by
Between 21–25 July 2025, Cluj-Napoca became a hub for interdisciplinary exchange and experimentation, hosting the Studiotopia International Pop-up Lab, an intensive summer school that brought together art, science and education to explore sustainable urban futures. The program gathered 20 young participants from Romania and across Europe, who spent five days working collaboratively on creative and
Art, Health and Well-being – A Training Program for Artists and Cultural Professionals CultureAndHealth Platform 2025 This summer brings a valuable opportunity for artists and cultural workers, as well as for those in psychology or medicine, to strengthen their skills. They are invited to apply for and participate in the Art, Health and Well-being training
Between April 27–30, 2025, Edinburgh hosted a new edition of the Arts Festivals Summit, organized by the European Festivals Association (EFA) in collaboration with the Edinburgh International Festival, Festivals Edinburgh, and the City of Edinburgh. The event brought together over 200 representatives from the festival community across Europe, in a space dedicated to exchanging ideas
The CultureAndHealth Platform is a trans-European initiative designed to support emerging artists working at the intersection of culture, health, care, and education. As part of this platform, the Cluj Cultural Centre launched an open call in February 2024 aimed at individual artists and artist groups based in Romania. The program supports artistic interventions that can
On 25 March 2025, we organised the launch event for Culture for Good (original title in Romania: Cultura Face Bine) in Bucharest — a community of people from the business world and the cultural sector, aiming to strengthen dialogue and collaboration between the two spheres. The initiative also seeks to establish the Culture for Good
Contemporar is preparing for the following exhibitions that will be open to the public from February 19 to March 14, 2025 – “La Bine and La Rău / Through Thick and Thin” (organized by MATCA artspace) and “Run Artist Run” (organized by Lateral ArtSpace). The opening of the two exhibitions will take place on Wednesday,
The CultureAndHealth Platform is a four-year transformative initiative designed to support over 200 European emerging artists working at the intersection of culture, health, care, education, and social sectors. By providing grants, mobility and networking opportunities, and visibility of their work, the initiative aims to highlight the vital role of culture in fostering health, well-being, and
We opened Contemporar in Cluj, a pilot space for research, dialog, knowledge and exhibition, dedicated to Romania’s contemporary art scene. The inauguration took place on January 22, 2025 with the vernissages of two exhibitions, “Ziua crește” and “Perspective din punctul zero”, coordinated by Aluvial and Plastic. Admission to all events and exhibitions is free. Initiated