Between the 22nd and the 31st of august 2011, Art Act Cultural Association, with the support of The Romanian Ministry of Culture an National Patrimony, is launching a new art project, called The Cutting Edge International Art Camp.

The project foresees the creation of an art camp in Belis-Fântânele, Cluj County. The participants will be four international artists and upcoming artists from the University of Arts and Design from Cluj-Napoca. During the Art Camp, they will experience an exchange of ideas and experience.

The Cutting Edge International Art Camp project wants to make visible the fact that the number of cultural events that take place in informal spaces is not enough, and this could lead to a decrease of the cultural quality. To fight this risk, the project plans to create an art camp that offers young artists the possibility to improve their professional status under the guidance of international artists.

The project's final result will consist in the creation of several artworks that will be later put on display in an accessible location

As a conclusion, the project will lead to an increase of the artistic products' quality in the local area and an increase in visibility for the participating artists, the last point being achieved throughout an exhibition.

The participating artists are:
Alice Grassi (IT)
Anca Badea (RO)
Betuker István(RO)
Claudiu Cândea (RO)
)Dimitrios Antonitsis (GR/USA)
Dionisis Christofilogiannis (GR)
Eva Mitala (GR)
Ioan Sbârciu (RO)Irina Simion (RO)
Laura Prata (RO)
Mariana Gheorghiu (RO)
Oana Farcas (RO)
Radu Solovastru (RO)
Ry Fyan (USA)
Todor Tamas (RO)
Tudor Jucan (RO)
Veres Szabolcs (RO)

The project is implemented with the support of:, The Romanian Ministry of Culture and National Patrimony, The University of Arts and Design from Cluj-Napoca, Belis City Hall, Cluj County Council , The Art Museum of Cluj, The Romanian Radio Society, TVR Cluj and VODAFONE România.



"I Fought the X and the X Won" at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Valletta, Malta

- "I Fought the X and the X Won", the international contemporary fine art exhibition, will take place at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Valletta, Malta. The event will open Friday, July 15 2011, at 8:30 PM. The exhibition is open until August 15, 2011.



The exhibition "Herbs for cure" - Mariana Gheorghiu Badeni - Romanian Peasant Museum

- "Herbs for cure" gathered in exquisite boxes and afterwards embroidered with precious threads can be seen from July 7, at Irina Nicolau Hall of the Romanian Peasant Museum. A notebook of beauty came out from the waste of nature. After a Scandinavian travel, Mariana Gheorghiu brings from Cluj a large exhibition, using embroidery and vegetable matter. This assembly won the Prize of The Union of Romanian Artists in 2006. It's an amazing universe that resacralizes the rustic vestiges of the households, using fiber arts and the ingenious technique of objectual art reassemblage. Curator: Aurelia Mocanu




Yamanote Jijosha Theater Company has a tour in Romania with "Keisei Hangonko"

- June 7, 7:00PM - The Municipal Turda Theater



- June 11, 7 PM, Odeon Theater, Bucharest

"I fought the X and the X won"

- Muzeul de Arta / CLUJ NAPOCA / ROMANIA,
16th April - 15th May 2011

Christofilogiannis Dionisis - Apollonian Dionysian Dichotomy

- Painting Exhibition, Museum of Arts, Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA
5 - 23 January, 2011

Dionisis Christofilogiannis exposed his work "Castalia", within Celeste Prize 2010
- A group show that will take place in New York between 11th -13th of December.







INTERFERENCES 2010 - INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL
- 1 - 12 December 2010, Hungarian Theatre of Cluj







ELEVATION - extraordinary jazz concert from New York

On December 1 at 8 pm, after the official opening of the festival, the Elevation Quartet will perform on the main stage of the theatre. The Cluj audience has already encountered Lucian Ban and his musician companions in different lineups at the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj. In December 2009 they played here as the Tuba Project and in May 2010 as the Romanian-American Jazz Suite. Members of the Elevation Quartet are: pianist and composer Lucian Ban, saxophonist Abraham Burton, Brad Jones on contrabass, and drummer Eric McPherson. Lucian Ban is of Transylvanian origin, but has lived in New York since 1999. He made his debut in America together with saxophonist Alex Harding with the recording Somethin' Holy which received 4 stars from the critics of Allmusic magazine.





TIME - LAPSE OF TIME - Mariana Gheorghiu

DECORATIVE ART EXHIBITION
30 November 2010
Curator: Călin Stegerean
In the Embassy of Romania in Stockholm


BOOK LAUNCH: Diary of selecţioner by Cristina Modreanu, Publishing ArtAct (03.11.2010)




STREET OF HAPPINESS 1 - IOAN SBÂRCIU and RADU SOLOVĂSTRU

Nakagawa Gallery Tokyo, Japan
Period: 4.11.2010 - 20.11.2010




JAZZ CONCERT - THE ROMANIAN - AMERICAN JAZZ SUITE - Hungarian Theatre of Cluj, 17 may 2010.
Lucian Ban ensemble Sam Newsome, J.D. Allen, Ugonna Okegwo, Willard Dyson. (17.05.2010)




MUSEUMS NIGHT - (15.05.2010)





"... OF PIG" - exposition (14.01.2010)





JAPANESE POETRY AND PROSE - supported by Ramona Dumitrean, actress of the National Theatre of Cluj

JAPANESE MUSIC RECITAL - interpreted by mezzo Lavinia Bocu

- Video projections - Dionisis Christofilogiannis
- 7.01.2010, Museum of Art Cluj-Napoca