On the occasion of Ia International Day - June 24th - The Faculty of Architecture and City Planning of Politehnica University Timișoara, as a partner of the Romanian Institute of Culture and Humanistic Research in Venice, organized together with the AlternativED Association the event ”Traditional Romanian Port" dedicated to the Romanian children aged 6-12 from Italy, the Veneto region.
During the event, which took place on Monday, June 24, 2019, at the Romanian Institute of Culture and Humanistic Research in Venice, the president of the AlternativED association presented in an interactive version the Zâna Zorilor Fairytale, one of the most beautiful fairy tales of childhood, written by Ioan Slavici. The children were presented with the history and significance of the Romanian culture as well as the characteristics, by region, of the traditional Romanian port. Documentary support was provided by Mrs. Silvia-Floarea Toth, owner of the private collection Silvia-Floarea Toth.
The presentation was accompanied by a creative workshop by lect. architect Cristina Maria Povian, PhD, from UPT's Faculty of Architecture and City Planning. The creative workshop included a creative contest in which the children decorated, based on a masculine and feminine silhouette, two fairy-tale characters in traditional folk costumes to be used to illustrate a book of Romanian stories.
The event was attended by 50 children, and 35 of them participated in the creative workshop. At the end of the work, the best works were awarded with traditional Romanian objects: Horezu pottery, traditional trays, traditional pots, etc. The grand prize consisted of a traditional Romanian tradition - a handicraft product.
In the composition of the jury, together with the director of the Romanian Institute of Culture and Humanistic Research in Venice, prof. Grigore Arbore Popescu, PhD, the art historian Cristina Cojocaru, the historian Dragos Ungureanu, the restorer Gabriel Turcanu, the president of the association, Camelia Popescu, the architect Cristina Maria Povian, and a young 9-year-old Romanian artist, Ema Lepădatu, from Bucharest.