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Special thanks to the Consulate General of Hungary Chicago
The Hungarian Association thanks the Consulate General of Hungary Chicago for their generous support in making this BuSho film program available at the Hungarian Congress in Cleveland.
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The Dr. Emory and Ilona Ladányi Foundation Art Competition at the Congress of the Hungarian Association
The Dr. Emory and Ilona Ladányi Foundation Art Competition at the Congress of the Hungarian Association
Dr. Emory Ladanyi (1902-1986), although a successful dermatologist by profession, loved art and spent enormous amounts of time painting and creating various works of art. His works were in oils, acrylics, tempera, water colors, inks, charcoals, pastels, wood and linoleum cuts, collages and even in “junk “art. His diverse artwork included land and city scapes, portraits, acts, abstracts, and in the course of his lifetime had numerous exhibits in prestigious places in both the United States and Hungary. Already before his medical service in the United States Army during World War II, he was recognized by art critics. Due to his love of art and to the fact that he was born in Kecskemet, Hungary, his wish was not only to promote his art legacy, but to encourage young Hungarian-American artists with exceptional talent. In this spirit of the Dr. Emory Ladanyi Foundation, the Hungarian Association is proud to announce the Dr. Emory Ladanyi Foundation Art Competition at the 2018 Congress of the Hungarian Association. All are invited to enter who meet the requirements and guidelines.
- Eligibility: The art competition is open to all participants who are of Hungarian or partial Hungarian origin between the ages of 16 and 40.
- Fee and Limit: There is no entry fee. A person may enter up to three works of art, but may receive no more than one award.
- Originality: The entry artwork must be an original piece, completed solely by the participant. Make sure that the artwork is signed.
- Media: Entry may be sculpture, drawing, painting, print, collage, or other pictorial presentation. Sculptures must be free standing or mounted on appropriate bases and be appropriate for placement within the display space. Paintings and drawings must be properly presented and may be framed or the artist may choose to omit framing as part of the creative process. Works that are deemed too large or cumbersome to hang or display may not be accepted. Please limit paintings such that they do not exceed a size of 30”x40” and be not less than 16”x20” in size.
- Due Date: All applicants must digitally submit their CV, a photo of the art work to be displayed, as well as one of themselves, and an artist’s statement of their work and their inspiration for this work one week before the competition, that is by the Friday before Thanksgiving at magyar.tarsasag@gmail.com
- Date of Competition: The competition itself is on the Friday after Thanksgiving. The participating artist must be present at the exhibit that evening and the following evening, Saturday, at the formal Hungarian Ball, where the awards will be presented. Participants qualify for discounted student rate ball tickets.
- Judging: A panel of judges will select the award winning entries, which will be eligible for cash prizes.
- Awards: $250., $150., $100. cash prizes for First, Second, and Third places, respectively. All who enter artwork will receive certificates of participation.
- Agreement: Participants must agree to assume all responsibility for transporting and displaying their artwork. The Hungarian Association will not be responsible for any loss or damage to art work displayed during the show.
- Any artwork may be sold at the competition by the artist with the price agreed upon by the artist and the buyer. Neither the Hungarian Association nor the Ladanyi Foundation will receive any monetary benefits from a sale.
58th HUNGARIAN CONGRESS – INVITATION & PROGRAM
INVITATION & PROGRAM
LUNCHEON
12:30 pm
Ima / Prayer
A Rendező Bizottság és a Tisztikar nevében szeretettel várunk minden résztvevőt!
A MAGYAR TÁRSASÁG TISZTIKAR TAGJAI 2018
Dr. Nádas János elnök, Nádas Gabriella ügyvezető elnök,
Dömötörffy Zsolt, Erőssy Simon Ilona, Ludányi Nádas Panni,
Mészárosné Mária, O’Reilly Krisztina, Pellerné Ildikó,
Pintérné dr. Pereszlényi Márta, Simon-Benedek Zsuzsanna,
Rátoni-Nagyné Vali, Somogyi Lél, Toldy Ágnes, Varga Sándor
Jegyek elővétele kötelező az ebédre és az ünnepi szónok előadására.
Az ajtónál nincs jegyárusítás. Köszönjük a megértést.
Luncheon tickets must be purchased in advance. No tickets will be sold at the door.
We thank you for your understanding.
“Where there is faith there is love, Where there is love there is peace, Where there is peace there is blessing, Where there is blessing there is God, Where there is God there is no want.”
Hungarian House Blessing
58th HUNGARIAN CONGRESS
INVITATION &
PROGRAM
LUNCHEON and KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Mr. Marion Smith
Executive Director
of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
Presentation title / Előadásának címe:
“A Century of Conflict:
Communism versus Civilization”
MAGYAR KONGRESSZUS – MAGYAR TALÁLKOZÓ
ÁRPÁD AKADÉMIA – ÁRPÁD REND
HILTON GARDEN INN CLEVELAND DOWNTOWN 2018. NOVEMBER 24. 12:30 pm SATURDAY / SZOMBAT CARNEGIE BALLROOM
Mr. Marion Smith
is the Guest of Honor and keynote speaker of the 2018, 58th Hungarian Congress luncheon.
Marion is a civil society leader and expert in international affairs, and has been executive director of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation since March 2014. As Executive Director, he provides strategic leadership for VOC and spearheads its educational initiatives. He is also founding president of the Common Sense Society, an international foundation that promotes civic engagement, entrepreneurship and leadership virtues among young professionals in the United States and Europe.
Marion is a native of South Carolina and chairman of the National Civic Art Society. He was previously a visiting fellow at the B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics at the Heritage Foundation. His articles have appeared in publications including USA Today, The Hill, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, National Review and The Weekly Standard. He is a regular guest analyst on major network and cable television news channels, including ABC, NBC, MSNBC, Fox News and CNN.
LUNCHEON and KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Az 58. Magyar Kongresszus díszvendége
és a társas ebéd ünnepi szónoka:
Mr. Marion Smith
Executive Director of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
Presentation title / Előadásának címe:
“A Century of Conflict: Communism versus Civilization”
The presentation will be in English.
58th Hungarian Congress – Hungarian culture and of artistic excellence
The Hungarian Association cordially invites the lovers of Hungarian culture and of artistic excellence to come and enjoy the finest music presented by Zsuzsánna Balla and Sándor Balla.
7 pm, Friday, November 23, 2018 Thanksgiving weekend at the
Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland Downtown 1100 Carnegie Ave., Cleveland, OH 44115
Zsuzsánna Balla is a virtuoso pianist who has graced our stage in prior years. Her artistry is well known. Sándor Balla comes to us from Transylvania. He enjoys a reputation as one of the leading baritones of European opera houses. Their program will include piano pieces by Chopin, and Shubert and arias by Verdi, Puccini, Erkel, Kacsoh and Hungarian songs by Kodaly and Bartok.
57th HUNGARIAN CONGRESS – Kunigunda Szentes
Lecture by Kunigunda Szentes: results of a research partnership between Notre Dame University and Pazmány Péter University in Hungary “Artificial Intelligence research leading to a better quality of life and saving lives”
Lecture is in Hungarian, English translation available simultaneously.
At Hungarian Association Congress on Saturday November 25, 2017, 9:15 am
at the Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland Downtown,
1100 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 4411557th HUNGARIAN CONGRESS – Noemi Szabo
Lecture by Noemi Szabo:
“What are the primary functions of the American Hungarian Church’s today?”
Lecture is in Hungarian, English translation available simultaneously.
At Hungarian Association Congress on Friday, November 24, 2017, 10:05 am
at the Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland Downtown,
1100 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 4411557th HUNGARIAN CONGRESS – Kodály Literary and Art evening
2017, November 24th at 7pm
„Kodály Literary and Art evening”
At the Hungarian Congress at Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Cleveland,
1100 Carnegie Ave. Cleveland, OH USA 44115
This year the Hungarian Association, is offering a rich cultural music experience. Eszter Völner, an outstanding soprano from Budapest, showcases the evening with reditions of folk songs collected by Zoltán Kodály and by Pongrác Kacsó. She will be accompanied by Zsuzsanna Balla, pianist from Transylvania and Detroit.
Balla Zsuzsanna
Volner Eszter
Zsuzsanna will also play Kodály, Liszt and Bartók pieces. Commemorating the anniversary of the Hungarian Poet Arany János, dr. Péter Hargitai will recite the famous poem „The Bards of Wales”.
Join the Hungarian Community of Greater Cleveland at this event. We thank the Hungary Initiative Foundation for their support.
57th HUNGARIAN CONGRESS – Art exhibit
ARTISTIC EXHIBITS, BOOK EXHIBITS, “ALL THINGS HUNGARIAN SALE”
Open Friday and Saturday November 24-25, 2017
Event held at the Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland Downtown,
1100 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44115 Estate Exhibit and Sale of Paintings by Ápátfalvi-Czene, R. Molnár, Viski, Komáromi-Kacz and others.
Exhibit by Transylvanian Artists: „ Just a small corner of Transylvania”
Viski
Strand
R. Molnar
Paraszt bacsik
Apatfalvi Czene
57th HUNGARIAN CONGRESS – dr. Istvan Hargitai
The Hungarian Association presents a lecture by Dr. Istvan Hargitai
“Management of common sleep disorders”
At Hungarian Association Congress on Saturday November 25, 2017, 3:45 pm
at the Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland Downtown,
1100 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44115The lecture is in English.
Dr. István Hargitai DDS, MS, Capt.,
Dr. Istvan Hargitai, DDS,MS,CAPT USN (Washington, DC) CAPT Hargitai is currently the Chairman of the Orofacial Pain Center at the Naval Postgraduate Dental School in Bethesda, Maryland. Originally from Cleveland, he is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University, School of Dentistry and has a Master’s in Oral Biology from the George Washington University. His Naval assignments have included Camp Pendleton, California; Okinawa, Japan; Yokosuka, Japan; Naples, Italy; and Bethesda. While growing up in Cleveland, he was active with the Hungarian Scout troop #14, the Hungarian Scout Folk Ensemble and attended the Itt Ott conferences.
57th HUNGARIAN CONGRESS – Zsolt Nadas
Lecture by Zsolt Nadas: “Our Global Generation was Born in a Tent”
Lecture is in Hungarian, English translation available simultaneously.
At Hungarian Association Congress on Friday November 25, 2017, 10:30 am
at the Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland Downtown,
1100 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44115 
Zsolt Nadas
“Between the influence of technology, the increased ease of travel, and rapidly growing multi-national corporations, the world has become progressively smaller and more accessible. However, opportunity is not always enough – sometimes structure is needed to create connections. This presentation will explore the journey of our presenter, the American born grandchild of emigrated Hungarians. It will share the challenges and successes of his repatriation to Hungary and subsequent joining the Hungarian workforce at a global company. It will illustrate the parallels between the cultural foundation learned through Hungarian Scouts in Exteris and the current Hungarian culture in Budapest. It will provide guidance and a roadmap to reconnect Hungarians to not just their cultural roots, but the growing global community of tomorrow.”
Thanking the foundation for grants that made this program possible.
56th HUNGARIAN CONGRESS – Katalin Nogrady
Katalin Nogrady
“When to say ‘Yes,’ when to say ‘No’: Global Issues of Boundaries (Psychological, Social, Political)” presentation by Katalin Nogrady on Saturday November 26th at 10 am., during the Hungarian Congress at the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Cleveland
1100 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 44115
The presentation is about the psychological laws of boundaries in healthy relationships. Katalin will reflect on the difficult questions concerning transnational border violations (immigration crisis) that the world is facing today.
Katalin Nógrádi grew up in Budapest. She arrived in the United States in 2014 with a Calasantius Training Program scholarship, and earned her Master of Arts degree in Psychology and Organizational Leadership degree at Buffalo Medaille College.
She has worked in number of countries and in several fields, but what is dearest to her heart is the foundation that she and her friends established in 1997 and which is called “Drop in the Ocean.” Here she serves as a volunteer and mentor, and donates her work in therapy for the benefit of children who are in state care.