On Thursday, October 12, we invite you to an informal meeting with Diana Vlasa - illustrator, laureate of the Töpffer Prize for Comics, and one of the 40,000 young people who went to study in another country, according to Unesco data.
We know Diana from the period of her graphics studies at the Art High School in Târgu Mureș, when her first concerns that combined literature and drawing came to life. Years later, we were delighted to hear that he had the opportunity to graduate from the Haute école d'art et de design (HEAD) – Geneva, Switzerland, training in design and communication, image and narrative. Diana's preferred working mediums are illustration, comics and 2D animation. He works in digital and traditional techniques, constantly researching how these mediums become complementary. Her personal projects address social themes such as identity and social relationships, being particularly interested in the intimacy of human interactions.
She is the second Laureate at the Young Talents 2022 Contest of the Angoulême International Comic Strip Festival for the "Sifonata" project. He is also awarded the second Caran d'Ache 2022 prize for the undergraduate project "Flowers, girls or boys", which gives him the opportunity for a residency and exhibitions from May to June 2023 in the new museum premises in Lausanne. For the same project, he won the Töpffer Prize for Young Comics 2022.
Last but not least, Diana Vlasa is the author of this year's Minitremu and Casa Jakab Toffler visual concept.
If you are interested in Diana's experience, we are waiting for you on Thursday from 18:00 at Minitremu (un)Learning Center, to discuss school, academic, artistic and life topics.
“Artă - mă. Reintroduction in art education" proposes a framework for work and collaboration between contemporary artists and educators, as well as between various institutions and independent cultural platforms, on the topic of art education and through art. It brings together an interdisciplinary mix of concerns and experiences, of different voices and visions, in an attempt to lay down the premises of current and relevant pedagogies for our times.
It is a program that initiates a wider research on artistic educational contents, out of the desire to offer the Romanian pedagogical world contemporary landmarks, while promoting solidarity and joint action between artists, educators, pupils and students.
*The title of the project refers to the work of the duo Monotremu "Arta-mă", exhibited in 2012 within the project "Protest in the wind" - Chiosc / Apartment Deschis, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.
+ Partners: Synopsis Media, Beta - the architecture biennial of Timișoara, P.U.N.C.H., General School Inspectorate of Timiș County, Jean Louis Calderon High School, Școala Genrală No. 1, Identity Education, King Mihai I University of Life Sciences in Timișoara, Jakab Toffler House, ARTeast Foundation / B5 Studio, Magma Contemporary Medium, Art Basics for Children (ABC Brussels), Ujazdowski Castle Center for Contemporary Art, Tranzit.ro, Asociația Contrasens, Aethernativ Cafe, Studio Peisaj (open list)
++ Media partners: Iscoada, Scena 9, Revista Arta, Gen revista, West City Radio (open list)
◠ The event is part of "Outside the school" a component of Knowledge Fields route (along with Kinema Ikon, Asociația Foc si Pară / Indecis and Asociația Doar Maine) of the Cultural Program "Timișoara 2023 - European Capital of Culture" and is financed by the Municipality Timișoara through the Project Center. Co-financed by A.F.C.N. through the multiannual program Artă-ma. Reintroduction to art education.