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Art4Heart

An arts and crafts conference during a Christmas market.

Bucharest, December 19-20, 2026

Two days, with workshops anyone can join. What you make in them is donated to children in need, so their holidays are a little merrier.

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Hands painting white snowmen on two gold baubles

What we made last time

Each edition brings new workshops, so take this as an example. In December 2023, in Craiova, we made these:

  • A hand holding a black bauble painted with a snowman
    Painted baubles

    Gold shells, acrylics and a lot of snowmen.

  • A gingerbread tree piped with green and red icing leans on a gingerbread reindeer
    Gingerbread

    Flat cookies, tubes of icing, very little restraint. Some of them even stood up.

  • Close-up of a frosted fir wreath with pine cones, silver baubles and gold stars
    Fir wreaths

    Real branches, pine cones, red bows and a glue gun.

  • A painted canvas of a snowman with a red scarf beside fir trees under a yellow-starred blue sky
    Winter canvases

    Winter skies in blue acrylic, put on thick.

  • A Christmas tree painted on a small glass pane, leaning against a concrete gallery wall
    Glass painting

    Small panes held up to the light.

  • A snowman carved into a block of soap, with shavings around it and a wooden stick beside it
    Soap carving

    A block of soap, a wooden stick and some patience.

Before that

Past editions had workshops on flower design, organic jewelry, fractal art, among others.

  • Hands arranging flowers in a carved pumpkin at a workshop tableFlower design
  • Three hands showing rings made from real flowers and leavesOrganic jewelry
  • A circular dot painting in rainbow colors, held up to the cameraFractal art

Coming soon

December 19-20, 2026

Bucharest

This edition has workshops too. What you make in them is donated to children in need, so their holidays are a little merrier.

Curtains of warm white Christmas lights hanging over the Craiova Christmas market at night
The Christmas market in Craiova, during our last edition.

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Four editions so far

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  1. 2023

    Christmas Wonderland, 4th edition

    December 15-17, 2023. Muzeul de Artă Craiova

    Three days in Craiova's art museum, in Christmas jumpers. Baubles, wreaths, canvases, gingerbread.

  2. 2022

    3rd edition

    October 21-23, 2022

    Street art, recycling art, make-up and art curating, over one October weekend.

  3. 2021

    2nd edition

    October 15-17, 2021

    Flowers as jewelry, calligraphy, fashion and a lot of paint. Masks on.

  4. 2021

    Art for Heart, 1st edition

    June 22-24, 2021. Romanian-American University campus, Bucharest

    Where it started: high school students from Bucharest organizing an arts conference for young people.

December 2023, in flash photos

Swipe through a few. See all three days

What people said

  • I love all of these conferences. It was amazing.

    Clara, 4th edition

  • Am învățat ce este un designer, să cos și cum să îmi dau seama dacă o piesă vestimentară este statement sau pur și simplu comercială.

    I learned what a designer is, how to sew, and how to tell whether a piece of clothing is a statement or just commercial.

    Eric Desbonnets, participant, Fashion committee, 1st edition

  • I liked the team a lot and want to meet you all again. The event was amazing, and I can't wait to see you again.

    Sofia, 4th edition

  • Ce m-a învățat Art 4 Heart este să am mai multă răbdare, mai ales în momentele pline de agitație și tensiune.

    Art 4 Heart taught me to have more patience, especially in hectic, tense moments.

    Adina Stancu, staff, 1st edition

Find us

Art4Heart is organized by teenagers, with ConnecTeens.

Write to us
contact@connecteens.org
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This December
Bucharest, December 19-20, 2026