Hands on Art Erasmus Project

Project Title

Hands on Art

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Cultural heritage/European Year of Cultural Heritage; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

In this project students study the European cultural heritage were focussed on art to find an answer to the question: what binds Europe together? For that purpose we used Art by creating a project where students learned about EU cultural heritage, similarity in cultural heritage, to create a mutual product of art: representing the bonding of EU based on heritage and their ideals to face European problems and to fight for a better future for all. Students weren’t aware that Art bonds people, despite where they’re from, what kind of religion they have, the color of their skin, economical background. It leads to better understanding, to better social inclusion (also for new comers), creates a better future.We wanted students to find own answers to this question, work together to get more social involvement, to become a better European citizen, to reach social awareness and that people have more similarities than differences.
Our objectives were that the learning and growth would be carried out in an innovative and motivating learning environment. Our aim:: we wanted students be highly committed to the content of the project (inclusive education). In this way it empowered active citizenship. Young people will be open to cross-sectorial cooperation. We achieved: social awareness, entrepreneurial skills, better skills in the use of technology and digital media, better research skills, the use of and exploring of creative skills, better debating skills. Concrete results were:
– products of art (final product) by each partner made by an international group of students
– knowledge of European and national cultural heritage
– outlines of the piece of art as a whole and pieces produced in mixed international groups
– presentations of research results and product
– workshops to get knowledge of entrepreneurship (focus on social entrepreneurship)
– taking part in Session Night Live
Planned activities lead to achievement of the objectives::
– a research assignment about cultural heritage of the home country of a partner school done in mixed international group of students to gain knowledge and awareness mutuality of cultural heritage
– outlines of the piece of art are on the results of the students research (the mutuality of Europe has to be visible)
– presentations of research results and product and explaination why their idea represents the mutuality of Europe and why their idea is the best to represent social inclusion, to get a better Europe, that Europe has to stick together to face the dangers mentioned in the background of the project
– a final product of Art by each partner made by an international group of students combined to one piece of art. The students produced their part of the piece of art during workshop time (atelier-hours) coached by art-teachers
– debating battles: to achieve even more social awareness and understanding the students will follow workshops on how to debate and took part in debating battles . Topics were in connection with the project. In this way the student learned more how people of their own age think about the dangers Europe is facing and how these dangers can be solved according to the participating students
– Session Night Live. Students of all participating partner schools performed during Session Night Live to express the mutuality of art. They chose music or dance which is typical for their country of origin. The reaction of the audience to the performances showed the students that art is really bonding together Europeans.

In this way students increased social awareness, learned that art bonds, that you can use art to reach ideals, that working and living together is part of social inclusion (you learn from each other, get respect for the others, feel responsible for each other) and that Europe has a mutual background.

20 students (age 15-16, pre-university level) are involved in the project in each partner organisation. In mobility’s planned in the project, students hosted peers from partner countries or were guests themselves. Students got into contact with host families, friends and neighbours. All this has lead to better understanding of cultural diversity in EU, more tolerance, which is an important part of our project.

5 organisations from 5 countries were involved. They disseminated the results of the project in their countries. Each partner also cooperates with numerous
other foreign partners (schools etc). We had plans to present and to promote the results outside the participating countries. In this way non-participating teachers and students would have had the benefit form this project in the long-term. Because of the travel-restrictions by Corona we could not carry out this plan, just like the 2nd part of our plans in april 2020. We could not travel to each other. All the mobilties were not allowed. Interested? We will share the project, experiences with other schools ( part of our dissemination)

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 148323 Eur

Project Coordinator

Rsg Tromp Meesters & Country: NL

Project Partners

• Tallinna Humanitaargümnaasium
• Agrupamento de Escolas Frei Heitor Pinto
• BG/BRG/NMS Klusemannstraße
• 1o GENIKO LYKIO EDESSAS “NIKOLAOS OIKONOMIDIS”