Between 12 and 16 May 2025, the University of "St. Cyril and Methodius" Veliko Tarnovo and the State Cultural Institute "The Palace" - Balchik are organizing an Erasmus program, with the participation of 40 students and teachers from Romania, Greece and Bulgaria. The University "1 December 1918" of Alba Iulia, Romania is the organizer of the project for a Blended Intensive Programme: "Cultural Archetypes and Symbols in Sacred Art". The project involves professors Constantin Cezar-Catalin Balut and Simona-Teodora Roşca-Neacşu from Romania, professors Mariyan Stoyadinov, Pavlin Chaushev and Plamen Sabev from the "St. Cyril and Methodius" University of Veliko Tarnovo and professor Panagiotis Matsoukas from the University of the Peloponnese, Greece.
The aim of the program is to present cultural archetypes and symbols in sacred art and the way we can identify them in the history of art. Within the open air framework, two workshops are organized, in which cultural archetypes are transposed into glass painting technique and the technique of ancient and Byzantine mosaic. On May 17, within the Night of Museums framework, at the Cultural Center "Palace" Balchik, will be held a natural stone mosaic workshop and a small exhibition.