Art for Change Erasmus Project

Project Title

Art for Change

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 : Partnerships for Creativity

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Creativity and culture; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning

Project Summary

“Art for change” project is an Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for adult education project between 4 organizations from Slovenia, Czech Republic, Poland and
Spain. It is addressed to disadvantaged adults learners – people facing educational difficulties, social obstacles, cultural differences and economic obstacles, and teachers/tutors.
The main topic of the project is the meaning of art and its impact on human life. Participants will discover their creativity, which will help them to develop skills (for example language, communication, cultural awareness). Discovering creativity, diversity, beauty and art in life allows people to fully discover the value and purpose of life. The project will show the way how to discover the beauty of everyday life, and will help to understand the origin of European culture. Project activities mainly focus on enhancing cultural awareness of adult learners and promote attitudes of tolerance, understanding and openness through education on European cultural heritage. The project creates structure and activities that encourage social cohesion, bringing opportunities for personal development and wellbeing.
New learning opportunities (traditional and online) for adult learners will be offered – cultural, motivation and theatre workshops with the support of IT tools. For adult learners this project will be a chance to get new learning experience and for teachers it will be a way to develop own skills and methods on teaching adults. Both, staff and learners, will have an opportunity to rethink their attitudes and reduce their prejudices through European cooperation.
The main aim of the project is awakening participants creativity, cognitive curiosity, sensitivity to art and beauty, and to other cultures.
Specific project objectives:
– increase adult learners cultural awareness,
– increase adult learners IT skills,
– increase adult learners creativity,
– develop adult learners key competences,
– develop innovative teaching adults methods,
– integrate traditional and distance learning
– increase adult learners selfconfidence,
– promote learning and creativity by using refreshing actvities into classroom and support the use of new and innovative content and practice of ICT in lifelong learning society.
Through a wide range of activities the “Art for change” project will give disadvantaged adults learners positive learning and cultural experiences and, will motivate them to lifelong learning, to promote their creativity. Planned activities, mainly focus on enhancing cultural awareness, are: cultural, motivational, theatre and IT workshops.
The project is designed to awake one’s own creativity in adulthood, showing how art is responding to emotions and problems. Planned activities will show that creativity in everyday life might help to solve problems and art might be a way of communication. Workshops for adult learners will be supported by distance learning (via Moodle platform) to increase learners IT skills.
The aim of the project is also to create high quality learning opportunities, through the exchange of good practice examples.
Theatre workshops will allow to discover that by using the art of word, movement and gesture in the theatre, you can find confirmation of life, and will encourage participants reflection.
“Art for change” project will create an opportunity to inspire more Europeans to be involved in self-development and will help partner institutions to raise and expand the level of activities.
The project expects to achieve following results: the website with examples of good practices described, leaflets, presentations and videos created by adult learners, Moodle courses on the topic of art, films illustrating theatre workshops and learners work.
Learners will prepare stories about their participation in project activities – these will be ‘stories in multi-media’ showing project impact on participants and their involvement.
The Learning, Teaching or Training activities are integral to achievement of project objectives, results and outputs, and will lead to an improvement of linguistic, intercultural and communication skills.
The project has dissemination plan is specifically designed to provide the best outreach results, comprising a precise timetable and framework description, core staffs and participants team and assignments, marketing and structured networking activities. General results of the project to be sustained by partners and disseminated within each country.
By international project activities mutual understanding, empathy, positive change, and tolerance in European society will be promoted. Participants will gain new learning experiences during the project, as learning together creates opportunities. European cooperation will help to share knowledge and understand other cultures better. Learners’ motivation will be enhanced. The project is also a way to combat prejudice, racism and xenophobia by raising awareness of a multi-cultural/multi-racial EU.

Project Website

http://artforchangeerasmus.blogspot.com/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 65055 Eur

Project Coordinator

Centrum Kształcenia Ustawicznego im. Henryka Sienkiewicza w Białymstoku & Country: PL

Project Partners

• AYUNTAMIENTO DE HUERCAL-OVERA
• SOLSKI CENTER CELJE
• VICE VERSA CZ ZS