Activities by Category

CreArt organized last Friday, April 10, the European meeting "CreArt. A new way to develop culture in medium-sized cities" in the Valladolid City Council.
After the selection of our project in 2012 by the EACEA of the European Commission, the CreArt cities have developed an intense program for the promotion of artistic creation. These activities include the set-up of a professional system for the mobility of artists and their artworks among the different CreArt cities; the organization of artist in residence programs; workshops leaded by renowned visual artists; seminars and conferences with the participation of European experts and University professors; travelling European exhibitions; and a research study about the contribution of artistic creation to local development. In total, 154 artists from the CreArt Network have directly participated since we started our program of activities.

Europa Creativa es el nombre del nuevo programa marco de la Unión Europa lanzado para apoyar las artes y la cultura para el periodo 2014-2020. Fue propuesto porla Comisión Europea en noviembre de 2011 y actualmente está en curso de validación por el Parlamento y Consejo Europeos. La principal novedad de este programa  es la integración de los dos que existían antes para los sectores artísticos y culturales: por un lado el Programa Cultura 2017-2013, dirigido principalmente a actores e instituciones de patrimonio, espectáculo, artes visuales, música, literatura, etc.; por otro lado el Programa Media dedicado a las industrias audiovisuales y cinematográficas.La Comisión considera que todas las artes y la cultura se enfrentan a los mismos retos independientemente de sus actividades, y que un programa integrado facilitará los contactos y el intercambio de buenas prácticas.

The PhD in European cultural policies, Nicoleta Salcudean, from the University Babeş-Bolyai of Cluj-Napoca, participated on 7th February 2013 in the CreArt Conference "Developing artistic Creativity in medium sized cities" in Miercurea-Ciuc with the lecture “Creators and Cultural policies in Europe”

EDUCATION

2008-2012 - Babeş-Bolyai University, PhD Student in Cultural Sociology, European Studies Faculty,

(thesis: Cultural Policies and Identiy Construct in the European Context)

2002-2003 – Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Faculty of Philology, M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies, History of Images-History of Ideas,

(thesis: Yugoslavian Approximations)

1995-1999 - Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Faculty of Philology, B.A. in Romanian and English grammar and literature,

(thesis: Hexameter of Creation)

Professional Experience 

The CreArt cities have recently selected a group of national figures in the fields of art, culture, education and journalismas the CreArt Network Ambassadors. The role of these ambassadors will be to represent this European Network in the different planned activities and events, provide their expertise in artistic issues, support the objectives of the project in the promotion and dissemination of the artistic creativity. Among the ambassadors we can find University professors like  Jonathan Vickery (University of Warwick. UK) or Thomas Perrin (University of Lille. FR); International visual artists like Francesco Arena, Antonio López or Marián Karel, artistic directors like Airan Berg (Coordinator Lecce 2019), or Arne Chr. Bang (Director of the Punkt Festival in Kristiansand), art critics and journalists like Viana Conti, Sigitas Parulskis or Ferenc Székedi.

LIST OF CreArt AMBASSADORS

Francesco Arena. Artist

The CreArt Network of Cities for Artistic Creation have been working hard – promoting art, artists and creativity within European cities. They have been holding public seminars, exhibitions, workshops, and facilitating exchange between European cities. But why? Why do we need art in the city? Surely we have enough art already – in the museums and galleries. Surely during this time of crisis what we really need is a growing economy?

The CreArt Network challenges this distinction. It challenges the assumption that the ‘economy’ is independent of culture. It also challenges the assumption that art is not a part of the economy, or cannot play a role developing the economy.