Asociația SUPER TINERI (ASIRYS)

In October 2021, we organized the second edition of the art exhibition: Beautiful Fair Town - Orașul Târgu Frumos. The event reunited 5 artists from Basque Country, Ireland, Latvia and Turkey, under Arts Lab 3.0, a project funded by European Solidarity Corps of European Union. The art works represent the beauty of Târgu Frumos, in the eyes of the 5 artists involved in a local 8-month volunteering program. How does an international group of artists perceive Târgu Frumos? What and where is the beauty of this small town? Here is the artwork of Fiona O'Neill from Dublin, Ireland. Fiona is a textiles artist and activist from Dublin, Ireland. After finishing her studies at NCAD in Fine Art Textiles, she spent three years in Greece working with displaced communities in refugee camps. A large part of her work is informed by the interconnected history of textile techniques and the fight for women’s rights; before women had a voice in the political sphere they used ‘domestic art’ as a

In October 2021, we organized the second edition of the art exhibition: Beautiful Fair Town - Orașul Târgu Frumos. The event reunited 5 artists from Basque Country, Ireland, Latvia and Turkey, under Arts Lab 3.0, a project funded by European Solidarity Corps of European Union. The art works represent the beauty of Târgu Frumos, in the eyes of the 5 artists involved in a local 8-month volunteering program. How does an international group of artists perceive Târgu Frumos? What and where is the beauty of this small town? Here is the artwork of Demet Durdu, from Antalya, Turkey.  I am a ceramic and glass artist. Dealing with mud and glass allows me to embark on my inner journey. I am completely alone with myself and I use two wonderful materials, glass, and ceramics, to express my interior world. For Beautiful Fair Town exhibition, I got inspired by the Cucuteni patterns. You can see my minimal form works that I made with the sgrafitto technique. But besides the art works, Târgu Frumos in

It’s already been three months since I arrived in Târgu Frumos and I have this constant feeling that I’ve been here forever, at the same time I feel as lost as I felt in the airport at Bucharest when I stepped in this country for the first time. There are things in this place which I am slowly getting used to, like sleeping without blinders and waking up to the sunlight, or walking on the streets of Târgu Frumos and seeing familiar faces. And very slowly but surely, the language. Nevertheless, there are other things that I will never get used to, as the way people drive in this country, the unbearable hot weather we have had during the summer and the cold one we are waiting to have during the next months. But overall, the thing I am struggling with the most to get used to, is living so far away from the warmth of my people. The month of August was full of new experiences and emotions. Folcloristica was an exhausting but really enriching experience for every person that was part of it.

It's been a month and a half since I came to Romania. Time passes really fast. I feel peaceful here. We spend our time with people I love and different activities. It is difficult to describe in detail every event held here.  To summarize, the Folcloristica festival was the most memorable event. Folcloristica lasted for 2 days in Ciurbești, and gave us a glimpse of the Romanian tradition and culture. It was very exciting for me to promote my own country and perform a traditional dance in a different country.  On the other hand, we also receive Romanian language training. It helps us to fit more here.  Târgu Frumos is a small town, but it surprises and delights me that people are so interested in art. The great interest in ceramics makes me even more committed to ceramics. I feel that I am living my dreams while dealing with ceramics.  Next month we will finally have an exhibition! I will adapt Romanian culture to minimal abstract objects. Come to our exhibition, let's live this

Pe 5 octombrie 2021, s-au împlinit 573 de ani de la prima atestare documentară a orașului Târgu Frumos. Probabil e mai vechi de atât, dar singura dovadă scrisă e o decizie dată în 1448, de voievodul Moldovei, prin care donează toată ceara produsă pe plan local, călugărilor de la Probota Veche. Dar ce face special orășelul unde facem voluntariat de mai bine de 12 ani? Ce e frumos în Târgu Frumos? Ce face un oraș să fie frumos? În ultimii ani, am găzduit peste 200 de tineri din lume în Târgu Frumos. Am creat împreună activități, evenimente, strategii, proiecte, care au dezvoltat conexiuni unice cu orășelul aflat la răscruce de drumuri. Beautiful Fair Town este o expoziție artistică, aflată la a doua ediție, care are ca temă frumosul din Târgu Frumos. 5 artiste din Turcia, Spania, Letonia și Irlanda, vor expune la ACT House, lucrări de artă în domenii precum film, fotografie, ceramică, arhitectură, textile și body-painting. Vernisajul are loc, sâmbătă, 9 octombrie 2021, la ora 17:00, la A

My August started with a little trip to Bucharest where we were saying last goodbyes to Craftastic Youth Exchange participants. My first impressions are that the streets of Bucharest are really crowded and full of movement in all possible directions, but the walk we had in the Old Town of Bucharest was pleasingly calm and gave me a safe place feeling with all the old buildings and cobblestone underneath my feet. I am glad that in August I could proceed with my Body Painting Lab and giving free space of expressing themselves underneath connecting topics. Every time it made me happier and happier to see all of my young artists getting much free and letting themselves be the personalities they are. Seeing their interest and support in these workshops for me is really heart-warming and important. In August I finally had an opportunity to try out my hands in creating with clay. I am really grateful that Demet led us into the new world of this art which feels like meditation and releasing al

In July we had the pleasure of meeting Elena, a retired school teacher who transformed her family home into a museum of traditional Romanian culture. At first she was quite shy to speak with us, feeling the burden of a language barrier and doubting if people from abroad would see the value in such a place. Fast forward a few hours and we were sitting on Elena’s childhood bed, sharing lemonades and laughing about the story of her first cross-stitch. History can often feel detached and distant, but the story of Elena’s family through the decades gave us such a particular insight into the recent past and made everything feel so much more personal. After all, what is history if not the stories of regular people? Once again, Romanian hospitality continues to impress and we have yet to visit somebody that hasn’t welcomed us with open arms. This month we hosted a youth exchange to discuss the topic of single use plastics. The IPCC’s sixth report painted a bleak picture of the climate crisis,