Transylvanian Heritage House Foundation

Szekler Teker

Primăria Comunei Dârjiu

Primăria Municipiul Miercurea Ciuc

Direcția Generală de Asistență Socială și Protecția Copilului Harghita este instituția publică aflată în subordinea Consiliului Județean Harghita, înființată la data de 01.01.2005 prin comasarea Serviciului Public de Asistență Socială și a Direcției Județene pentru Protecția Drepturilor Copilului Harghita. Instituția a fost înființată în baza Hotărârii Consiliului județean Harghita Nr. 160/2004. Instituția are rolul de a asigura aplicarea politicilor și strategiilor guvernamentale de asistență socială în vederea prevenirii și combaterii marginalizării sociale și a sărăciei. În acest sens, Direcția Generală de Asistență Socială și Protecția Copilului Harghita elaborează strategia proprie de asistență socială, planul de asistență socială și programe de acțiune în domeniu, în funcție de nevoile cetățenilor din unitatea administrativ teritorială.

The Gheorgheni Cultural Center was established in 2002, and belongs to the Local Government. We organise cultural and other events. Our aim is the cultural life organization and coordination in the city and the basin. Our motto is: ‘Community and culture, is the gauge of the future.’ During the year, we are leaders and organizers of more than 50 events. We would enumerate a few without the pretension of completeness: • Hungarian Cultural Day • Holy Anna’s Days • Historical Commemorations (March 15, June 4, October 6, October 23) • Children's Day • Family Sport Days • Blueberry fest • Red Lake fest • Elder’s Day • Classical music and jazz season tickets • Spring and Autumn Farmer's Days • Holy Nicholas Days • New Year on the street • Book presentation • Folkdance evening • Amateur Acting Meeting • Cultural Card

The founding triad, Zöld Lajos, Gaál András and Márton Árpád have decided since the first years: “The Lăzarea art colony should be an open window to the world, it shall become the cross-section of the contemporary Romanian arts, by accepting and honoring all styles and trends.[…] Everyone paints, draws and carves whatever they wish at Lăzarea.“. An interesting coincidence was, that Gaál András stated after the very first closure in 1974: “we invite and accept visual artists only“. Until 1988, when the colony was shut down by the communist regime, our collection had 616 items, which is still expanding. Today, we have 2117 pieces. Another interesting aspect of this collection is, that it is still whole, no pieces have ever been taken away, as it happend to the collections of many other art colonies throughout the country. The events in december 1989 ushered a new era in Romania. Culture, as other aspects of life have changed dramatically. In the first half of the nineties, the Romanian artists’ society has been polarized by the new environment and media, and thus, they could leave behind the restrictions imposed by the former communist regime, benefiting from the support of various cultural organizations. In the second half of the nineties, Romania began to see the appearance of international festivals, and contemporary artistic biennals, which at the start of the new century have grown quickly in numbers. The 1998 camp, lead by the Túlsó P’Art artist group was the major change in the camp’s concept. There are no more monolithic blocks, such as oriental and occidental. The globalization takes over, changing the occidental art, making it more sensitive to innovation. The drawback of this is, for the artists on the periphery, that they have to be vary for the ways which can bring them to attention. Those in the center have a lot more chance to become famous. For a lively organization, however, if it doesn’t concentrate on one era and it doesn’t think retrospectively, being aware of every change is a must. It is very important to cite the very eloquent statement of Erőss István: “Removing the local vs. universal, the hierarchical relation between periphery and center, from the context of this colony, and to become part of the international community, is only possible with carefully and patiently built relations”. In the past ten years, we had many European and far-eastern artist participating on the Korkép colony – boasting complete style liberty – organized by Siklódi Zsolt and Erős István. Many Transylvanian artists are invited to events abroad. A new milestone has been reached by the colony in 2014. Administration changed, and the ownership of the castle which was the home of the colony, has been returned to its former owners as a result of court orders. Due to these changes and the lack of consensus, the camp had to leave the castle, but activity kept going on. Despite setbacks, in the period of 2014-2017, our collection grew with another 177 pieces. Keeping the openness imagined by the founders, and which became a local brand, we accepted a rich multitude of styles and trends. We are working on organizing cultural and contemporary art events, concentrating on medial and conceptual styles.

Allmycrafts is a lifestyle store located in the heart of Miercurea-Ciuc. We are Annie Sloan Chalk Paint stockists and do furniture painting and refurbrishing. Visit our store for ideas, inspiration and advice, or order online all that you need for your painting project from our webshop on www.allmycrafts.ro. If you want to learn the painting techniques first, come to one of our workshops!

Tusnad Marathon starts from Băile Tușnad/Tusnádfürdő, the smallest town in the European Union, in the heart of Szeklerland, and finishes at the only volcanic crater lake in Europe, Lake St. Anne.  Contrary to its name, the race is "only" 23 km long, which is closer to a half-marathon than a marathon. The Tusnad Marathon name was chosen because the runners have to overcome a 750-metre difference in altitude in addition to the 23 km. The two together are a similar challenge to a traditional marathon. The 23 km can be completed individually or in a 2-3 person relay team, while those who do not want to run can choose between the 7 km and 14 km hiking distances.