Asociația SUPER TINERI (ASIRYS)

Three months have already passed, which means I’m half way through my journey here in Romania. This past month we finished the museum of Folklore and did our first exhibition, it was great to see how everything we have worked on for a long time is over and we can finally share with people the final results. The exciting thing is it is at last the time to start with something new, which is the museum of Cucuteni. We visited the museums, the land where they found the remnants of this civilization and got to learn more about it through books and researches. Then it was time to start working on the artistic products where we have to show and teach people about this oldest European civilization. We organized workshops and went to a new  school this time, it was really fun for me and exciting to see kids work with me on creating comics and I got to see their creativity and imagination through their drawings. In the upcoming days we are gonna hold an exhibition about all what we are working o

Now I have spent three months in Romania. Meaning that half of my time here is up. We try to extend the project until April so maybe I’ll have a little more time. But I don’t want to think about leaving now. Even though I miss home and my friends and family it feels like every day I am arriving more. Slowly and hesitantly, I started growing roots also in this place and the thought of leaving forever, of this opportunity and experience ending is haunting. But right now, I am here and I want to stay in the present or for this report look into the past month. My last report left of near the end of our Folklore Museum. Since then, we said goodbye to Petru Rareș high-school and had our final exhibition in the ACT House as well as a Caravan in another village. Even though my final product was different than I might have pictured it in the beginning and the process was sometimes chaotic, I am proud of the result. Together with Petru Rareș students we embroidered on eight pieces of clothing in

Volunteering in our organization is challenging, with many ups and downs, with a strong connection to the local community, requires a lot of flexibility and commitment, but pays off, providing meaningful memories and lifelong friendships. We are grateful to have an amazing team of eight artists from six countries this year. And as it is almost the end of 2022, we took a moment of evaluation-reflection, to see where we are with the project. Here you have the answers of our volunteers. 1. What did you bring and how did you contribute to Arts Lab 4.0? criticism, rationality, energy, ideas, curiosity, some skills  music, giving concerts, workshop to revive the love for music in children support, help to work with new art materials passion for the art, kindness, involvement, my feelings, my past experiences my vibes art, culture, wisdom connections, energy, feelings, ideas, time, heart my solidarity, my good vibes, my time, my perspective and advises, my ideas, my love, my kindness, my help

It’s been two months since I’m living in Romania. The time and days are passing by so fast while we’re doing a lot of things. This month I did my first exhibition here, me and my friend Chiara Gentili created our first video “Păpădie” which is inspired by Romanian folklore, specifically the poem “Miorița”. Also, I did another video inspired by Romanian folklore with the students from Petru Rareș Highschool and the local volunteers. Through working on these videos I learned a lot about Romanian culture, and the most thing that I like is how the people still stick to and love their roots. Now, we started to work on the Cucuteni exhibition. We visited the Cucuteni village and we saw the land and the museum about this civilization. I’m so excited to know and learn about this as I did with the Romanian folklore, and how it will inspire me to create things. Every month has brought something new, whether it’s a challenge, an experience, or a feeling, and this is what keeps me looking forward

Sunt mai aproape de finalul proiectului, iar nostalgia îşi face simţită prezenţa. La începutul stagiului de voluntariat m-am concentrat mai mult pe dezvoltarea profesională şi pe abilitățile pe care le pot dobândi aici, însă consider că dezvoltarea mea a avut loc mai mult pe plan personal. Am învăţat lucruri despre mine, regăsindu-mă într-un context nou, creându-mi o nouă viaţă de la zero. De la ultimul meu raport, s-au mai adăugat câteva activităţi noi care m-au ajutat să înţeleg mai bine munca din spatele unui ONG. Am participat pentru prima dată la desfăşurarea unui proiect Erasmus KA3, la finalul căruia am înţeles cum funcţionează networkingul, am descoperit organizaţii cu misiuni diverse şi am prezentat unul dintre proiectele mele preferate la care am lucrat vara aceasta “Make youth voice heard”. Acest proiect înseamnă foarte mult pentru mine deoarece are un mesaj puternic în care cred datorită faptului că am conştientizat că tinerii chiar pot face schimbări semnificative în comun

This third month has been more than ever full of experiences.  After the final exposition of the Muzeul Alternativ de Folclor I realized how much work, feelings and effort we put in our activities.  In my case I presented the mural painting, some drawings that I did during the meetings, a canvas that represents 22 characters of folklore and a series of small paintings inspiring by "Păpădie", the video that Ataota, Chiara, Cihan and Wasan realized based on the story of Miorița. All the products and the workshops created by my colleagues were amazing but we know that we could have never had these results without the help of the local volunteers, the experience of the workshops in Petru Rareș highschool and the help we provided each other.  The Folcloristica festival was important too for the realization of MAF: we had the opportunity to see traditional clothes and dances, to listen to traditional songs and to try traditional food. In the same time, the workshops with the childr