creart – the Center for Creation, Art, and Tradition is a public service under the authority of the Bucharest City Hall, succeeding the Center for the Conservation and Valorization of Popular Tradition and Creation, established in 1957. creart has been operating under this name since 2011 and has the mission to meet the cultural needs of the community by offering diverse cultural products and services: national and international festivals, competitions, exhibitions, fairs, seminars, civic education contests, and cultural-artistic creation workshops. The institution’s activities revolve around promoting and enhancing local cultural tourism, crafts, customs, folk traditions, and Romanian cultural values, as well as fostering creativity in all cultural genres: literature, music, folk art, visual arts, photography, and film.