#streetart workshop @ voiceOfaRt

This Youth Exchange [YE] is something like vol.II of the YE Power of art. On the first one I lead sticker art workshop and on the open space in discussion with the participants there was the interest of learning more about street art. For this one [Voice of Art] we decide to accept the idea and to share more information for this wave in the contemporary art.

The participants firstly have the opportunity to hear something about the sticker art and the different styles of creating them and during the time for workshop they had the chance to try to create pieces of art in which they will mix different materials as sprays, markers, paper, colors, stencils etc..for the one that were interested in vis a vis conversation I explain more about the old school graffiti, colorful, 3D, characters etc. My idea was to try to mix both styles on one board. Big stickers vs. Colors, sprays, stencils..composition. They were pretty interested in the idea also as in the topic and all of them invent creative and unique ideas. One of the participants on the workshop for art installations decide to use stickers in her installation, so basically she was attending 2 workshops in same time and create and learn more about 2 new forms for her. Also there were participants who create more then 10 stickers that after we scan and apply on big board that was also part of the exhibition in 'maison de la familles'.





All of the participants mainly understood the meaning of street art because besides this program that guides them directly trough the process of creating art piece they also learn more about the Youth in Action (YiA) program that actually finance this kind of youth activities in which the young people via informal way learn. On this exchange the participants hear new things about the contemporary art that comes from their countries, their culture, tradition etc.
The final results from my workshop I see as very progressive. All of the pieces on different way are bringing the message for solidarity. The works are nice and unique as their understanding the meaning of solidarity filtered trough this techniques.

Art #installation @ Voice of art

The installation workshop come as result after the first project 'Power of art'. It was obvious that the young people are more inform about the contemporary art nowadays, and even that they made great stuff on the painting workshop, they had a deeper concept and more progressive ideas. It was the same with my workshop 'sticker art that this time was updated in street art..

The idea that Bruno de Sario [Italy] on the first project give to Us [Together] was a perfect method/ process of creating conceptual/ contemporary art works/ installation from organic and recycled materials. Project very, very ecoLOGICal, trying to invent art concept from low budget materials that are easy for recycling or already recycled for me is science. The connection of them with organic stuff, associate me on connection with nature, one of the first rules that we need to respect if we are aware persons. That was excellent starting point for raising better youth values trough this specific art.

The participants who attend his workshop [I wish I was one of them] were amazed from the way of getting into the materia, from the explanations about the history of this field of art, and the knowledge that without reserve he share with them. ;)
He help them bringing their ideas in the cleanest and purest forms that were catchy for the eyes of all of us (participants) and also the public on the opening of the exhibition.
Solidarity as topic is important for the civil society today. We must be active in creating society in which solidarity is accepted in way of producing it, not just on a level of understanding it as definition.

This post is written just because I'm grateful to Bruno for being there and being that what HE is :)
check his blog to see more of his art works - Bruno de Sario

Enjoy few more photos:

MultiMedia @ VoiceOfaRt

On the multimedia workshop @ Voice of art the participants had opportunity to learn more about the process of creating a video. From writing the scrip, recording the material and the editing process that comes on the end. The [multimedia] workshop was leaded by Agnieszka Piatczak, Poland and Ramses The Lonelywarrior, France.

They choose to show stereotypes about some of the countries in Europe that were taking part in this YE, so they decide to use the stereotype about the love and the breath (baguette) for France, drinking coffee as stereotype for Turkey, the green salad for Macedonia, the music of Shopin as stereotype for Poland etc.
In one of the scenes there is the circling around the trees that as metaphor for me means a lot..and also the universal circle from all of the participants that shows the Solidarity that connect all the nations. I really like the moment with the pronunciations of Solidarity on different languages, is so similar, almost the same..to bad that I didn't have time to make the shooting for the Macedonian version „Солидарност“, but let it be for some other time.

In very short time, like 24 hours at all, more or less for 3 days the team from this workshop made great video. Congrats for them! The solidarity as Voice of Art. We really made master pieces on this exchange.

Enjoy the video :)

the union between many ideas and concepts from different nationalities to achieve something together.

L'union entre plusieur idées et concepts de differentes nationalitées dans le but de réaliser quelque chose ensemble.

marbling or EBRU art @ vOICE OF aRt

One of the things that the Turkish group present on the intercultural event , part of the youth exchange Voice of art was interesting technique of playing with colors and inserting the mixed color on different materials.
The first time I saw the same technique in live on the Balkan Youth Festival in Bulgaria, few years ago as part of the street art program. They make for all of us, participants in the program, scarfs every one of them with a different design.

This time the group from Turkey show us video in which the artist apply the color on paper. I saw this video while ago, I like it and I decide to share it :)



This technic is famous as.TURKISH MARBLING or EBRU art ..Marbled paper, called ebru in Turkish, was used extensively in the binding of books and within the calligraphic panels in Turkey.

The existing word ebre in Eastern Turkish, meaning variegated, points to the fact that marbling might have been known by the populations of Central Asia. Its origin might ultimately hark back to China, where a document from the T'ang dynasty (618-907) mentions a process of coloring paper on water with five hues. In the early examples from the 16th c. in the Ottoman-Turkish era, ebru appears in the battal (stone) form, namely without any manipulation. Interestingly, several variations developed in time, giving us types such as gelgit, tarakli, hatip, bülbül yuvasi, çiçekli (respectively come-and-go, combed, preacher, nightingale's nest, flowered, etc.) An attempt has been made here to show some of its principal patterns, with samples by the master marblers of this century chosen from our collection.

Ebru technique consists of sprinkling colours containing a few drops of ox-gall on to the surface of the bath sized with kitre (gum tragacanth) in a trough. By carefully laying the paper over the bath, the floating picture on top of it is readily transferred to the paper; thus, each ebru is a one of a kind print. To obtain beautiful ebru results, one needs to have a light hand, refined taste, and an open mind to the unexpected patterns forming on the water. Patience and a good knowledge of traditional culture are characteristic of ebru masters.



After the 1550's, booklovers in Europe prized ebru, which came to be known as ‘Turkish papers’. Many specimens in their collections and in the several album amicorum books are visible today in various museums. Also, early texts dealing with ebru, such as “Discourse on decorating paper in the Turkish manner”, published in 1664 by Athanasius Kircher in Rome, helped to disseminate the knowledge of this kind of marbling art. There is agreement amongst scholars that the so-called Turkish Papers played a colorful influence on the book arts in Europe.

VoiceOf_aRt [almost]

We are almost on the beginning of our new youth exchange connected with art. We named this exchange as Voice of Art and is something like updated version of our first project with art since I'm volunteer in Together – Power of Art.

The web page for this exchange is already done and as it writes in the info there we will host 30 participants from 6 countries interested in developing their art skills.

We've plan few concrete workshops connected with the modern or contemporary influence in the art today and as part of this exchange we'll have the participants divided in 3 workshops. Mostly the people will have the free will and the idea of mixing those parts of the art in their pieces but mainly the ways of expressions will be trough:

• street art

• conceptual or installation art

• video & multi media

In all this workshops the participants will have the opportunity to learn something more about this fields and also to create art pieces that in this or that way will be connected with this brunces of the contemporary art era.

We choose Voice of art because during all this art workshops there will be breeze (message) about solidarity. We'll try to input in the topic influence of the solidarity as one of the main engines of the democratic society.

As this project is part of the Youth in Action program we organized our time also for activities as discussions on different topics important for every young person as hopes, fears, future plans/ projects, simulation games, and also cultural events where all the countries participants will present their countries on some unique way.

More about the project sO.On :)

poster & logo by: kihuPotru

web design by: Agnieszka Piatcczak

APV for Voice of Art

This Friday we had opportunity to organize the APV meeting for our next PRoject that should take place in October in Arry. The group leadres from 6 different contry arrive in Metz then with the Together minibus we went to Arry. During the weekend we've discuss about the program and the activities that we want to implement for this project. How better we can improve our youth exchange, what we can change from the basic idea, what we can add more in the program so it will be more interesting for all the participants. ..



We speak about the workshops: street art, painting, making art installations from organic and recycled materials and about one new workshop that is result from this meeting. Video and multimedia workshop in which we will try to mix some art moments that will be recorded during the exchange and mixed with the music that will be composed on the sound workshop.
We also speak about showing the best photography that the participants will create.


This APV meeting helps the leaders to explore the place where the project will be held and to see how we can use all the facilities provided by it.
During one of the days we had opportunity to show them the center for contemporary art Pompidou where we'll have part of our activities and also to show them some of the important places in Metz.
The perfect dinner in the city help Us to become friends and try to give the best from Us so we can make a great project that will be part of the beautifull memories of our participants.

We all hope on effective youth exChange.

more photos from Pompidou in the album @Potru vs. @Pompidou

@ctive stuff..vOice.Of_aRt #o.O

Creating art to show to yourself and to the public that you exist, that you have something to tell/ show to the world. In this contemporary days of living being active in the fields of art means to be clear in your idea and message that you want to bring with your piece of art or what is the function of that art piece. There is strong connection between the artist and his art work, the whole process of creating something that after have soul, it can live and be part of any environmental forms.

Voice of art will bring positive energy around young people who are ready to open their imagination and to create. To transfer their voice, feelings and opinions in art form in which they think is the right for them. Art that will tell to the people that there are some youngsters that are trying to show something new to this society where everything is consumed and almost everyone is playing with different medias.

The process of sharing knowledge with more young artists is more easy during the process of creating art works. Like that you see different techniques of expressing personal opinions via art and you learn about techniques that are used by famous artists.

Action painting/ art is actually very respected contemporary wave.. it's very easy from one side to create art piece but from other side very strong and rich because this piece will be after is finish like sea full with the emotions and the feelings that the artist clean from him.

Nowadays the art helps to the people to be more respected and also art is strong weapon for making changes in the society. To know how to attract the human mind and to catch the human eye is very difficult. That's what we’ll try trough this project is to bring the young people close with the art and to give them ability to learn and create means to integrate themselves trough art.