Asociația SUPER TINERI (ASIRYS)

 After two months of volunteering in Romania, I have discovered more and more the historical and cultural side of Romania. It is truly amazing how the Cucuteni community experienced such a degree of development, especially in ceramics and tool making. Through my experience with Asirys association, I discovered not only the history, but also the social, especially the anthropological, aspect of this society through its social structure. I imagine it was a matriarchal society par excellence, as well as special knowledge of daily life, such as dress and lunch. I transferred my knowledge that I had previously acquired and taught it to children when I volunteered in one of the schools in Târgu Frumos by practicing art, including by designing and sewing clothes and baking bread inspired by the Cucuteni community. By attending a ceramics workshop, I discovered my talent for sculpting, and that was one of the nicest things I have ever experienced. I participated to a lot of caravans and did se

Today I'm going to talk about my second month in Romania with the best friends ever. This month went by so fast. I still remember writing the first report like it was yesterday. Not much happened, but at the same time, it was enjoyable. I started my new workshop at Școala Gimnazială "Garabet Ibrăileanu" in Tg. Frumos. It lasted for only 6 days, but I met the best students. They were very funny, kind, smart, and had amazing singing voices. My plan was to give them an introduction to Cucuteni Culture on the first day, as well as to get to know them better. We played some music, and I asked everyone to sing for me. They were amazing. On Day 2, we started writing a song representing Cucuteni culture. I gave everyone a piece of paper and showed them some song examples I had written for inspiration. Then, I let them start writing. Once they finished, we tried to collect and choose the best sentences from each paper to write the first verse of the song. I also emphasized the imp

This month we finished the first museum, we had so many free days and we started with the second museum which is Cucuteni, doing the residency in a new school. To be honest, this month has been a little more complicated than the first one for me as I’ve been feeling a little bit bored, maybe because at our first month we’ve done so many amazing things and really intense like the festival and this month we’ve just been doing school residences. Finishing the first residence and museum felt really good and I’m proud of what we are creating together, I think it was a special moment for all of us and we’ve also celebrated. I’ve learned so many things. Something that surprised me is that I’ve learned to like cooking, as we had more free time I’ve started spending more time preparing good dishes and I really like how I’m improving my cooking abilities. Also I feel a lot more confident while speaking in English than when I arrived. I used my leading skills which usually I don’t like to use, bu

In this month, our team has managed to implement a variety of activities successfully and has worked to accomplish the projects targets. Some of the most important events have been the art workshops we did in Garabet Ibrăileanu School, and the Museum of Alternative Folklore.  During the art workshops, we have managed to interact with the students of the school and to teach them more about arts and the Cucuteni Culture. In the workshop I partook, I helped Ahmed to coordinate and draw a beautiful mural on one of the school’s walls. With almost 30 passionate kids, we have managed to create a mural which uses Cucuteni Culture’s graphical elements. The kids were excited to work on this project, and have helped us a lot in the creation of this mural. The Alternative Museum of Folklore was also a success. We have managed to attract a considerable number of visitors to our exhibition in Târgu Frumos, and have organized engaging artworks. My personal work consisted of the interviews we have bee

This is my second month here. I think it went faster than the first month. I don't even understand how it passed so quickly. I think it shows that I'm getting used to life here :). The most important and stressful part of last month was the final exhibition. We had our first exhibition here. While preparing for the exhibition, we were quite excited and didn't know what to do. But our first experience was nice and enjoyable. I can even say that it was like a lesson for me. I was incredibly happy to see my students from the workshop we gave at Petru Rareş school at the exhibition. We shot experimental and music videos together. We all watched the films we shot together and we were very proud. I will never forget their happiness at the exhibition💜 The period after the exhibition was of course spent resting and continuing to explore Romania. We went to Suceava with the other friends in the team for sightseeing, it was a place I really liked. We went to the castle "Cetatea

We have finished our first project about Romanian folklore, exploring it and creating artistic projects based on it. The project ended with an art exhibition where we showcased all our artworks with different backgrounds. I enjoyed the experience and interacting with the visitors at the exhibition. We created art workshops and interactive activities during the exhibition to have a better and more enjoyable time with the attendees.  Afterward, we started our second project about the Cucuteni civilization. We are currently discovering the civilization day by day. I conducted a residency for children at ''Garabet Ibrăileanu'' school in collaboration with Sena, and it was truly enjoyable. We had a great time, and the children were wonderful!  We also visited a new city, Suceava. It was a very beautiful trip with the team, and we saw many exciting things, breathtaking nature, and learned a lot about the Romanian civilization as well.  I saved the most challenging part of the

The first month of the project has been very busy, meeting new people, discovering Romanian culture, organising workshops and taking part in various other art projects. During the first couple of weeks we attended the Folcloristica festival in a nearby village. The 3 day festival had some beautiful moments including visiting artists and crafters in their homes, traveling by horse and cart between the locations and watching the traditional songs and dances performed by local children. During the festival, artists were required to create a workshop. I organised a workshop for children where they could connect to Romanian folk music by painting the emotions the music made them feel as we listened together. Since then I have taken part in an art residency at a school for children who aren’t in mainstream education. The residency involved creatively working with stones and cement to leave an artistic mark on the school. With the teenagers we painted stones together with folkloric patterns a