Arts Lab 6.0: Kristers Glapito - Month 2

The months are mixing. The days are flashy, rapid and foggy. Therefore - the first thing I remember is a very pleasant culture night - the French one. 

I expected fries but got a lot of interesting food anyways… no complaints.

Then we went to a highschool in Iași. This day was very rapid and tiring as we had to work with 6th graders. Some of them were shy and some of them like trains. I thought that the workshop wouldn’t work out and that mine would be the least liked. Turns out - most of them talked about my workshop with others and told my colleagues that it’s the best one. This was a surprise I couldn’t wish more for. 

After the workshop with 6th graders, we had our first exhibition - the Jemom exhibition - in Târgu Frumos. We made it small in order to practice. It was a very heart warming process and we all got to see each other's work also. 

Can’t forget to tell about my birthday - it was a work full day as I was preparing an architecture project for the big Jemom exhibition upcoming in Iași. 

The day ended with an unexpected surprise - I was on the balcony, having my time, when Salma approached me and told me that Mihaela really needs me. I like to be helpful so I came… and then everyone started singing “Happy birthday” and Katrina was coming forward to me with a cake that my parents had bought for me although they are far away in Latvia. 

Nonetheless, the day was sunny, thanks to Katrina - she knows how to cheer me up. 

Continuing, we finally had our first BIG exhibition - in Iași. The same theme - Jemom. Me and Katrina went away fast because she was having terrible stomach pain. But I did get to present my architecture project which was nice as I haven’t spoken in front of an audience for a year or two. 

Then came the Syrian night - we ate the best shawarma that exists. Shoutout to Rahaf. 

And that’s it for the month! Until the next one…

Report written by Kristers Glapito, he's from Latvia and he's one of the 14 volunteers participating in Arts Lab 6.0, a project co-funded by the European Union through the European Solidarity Corps program.