Artwork – a better future for all through creativity Erasmus Project

Project Title

Artwork – a better future for all through creativity

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: Health and wellbeing; Creativity and culture; Research and innovation

Project Summary

We are living in UNCERTAIN TIMES. Our world is becoming a more and more insecure place. In order TO COPE with this in a positive way, NEW FOOTPATHS OF LEARNING are needed.

Our project responds to this and puts ARTISTS in the centre. The project activities nurture talents in community art and foster entrepreneurship in cultural and creative domains. It OFFERS ARTISTS GUIDANCE and QUALIFICATION so that they can set up artistic interventions (workshops, community theatre, etc.), especially to strengthen YOUNG ADULTS (ca. 200 are directly involved as end beneficiaries) who find themselves in PRECARIOUS CRISIS (UNEMPLOYMENT, LACK OF EDUCATION).

The qualification of the artists comprises a theoretical and a practical part.
It starts with COLLABORATIVE LEARNING GROUPS in which ARTISTS (ca. 50) and ADULT EDUCATORS (Ca. 30) meet to learn from each other at eye level about artistic strategies and knowledge of the context in adult education. A STRUCTURE and MATERIAL for the self-directed learning process will be provided. (The model can be transferred to other fields, e.g. artists with social workers, community workers, etc.)
In addition TRAINING MODULES to gain comprehensive knowledge in the field of Art Strategies, Social Psychology and Adult Education are developed (by artists and teachers working in the higher education and continuing education) and provided. They also show how to connect these fields to develop designs of artistic intervention to raise resilience.
In the PRACTICAL PART of the qualification the artistic interventions are tested and researched in its effects. The methodology used is a combination of ACTION RESEARCH and AESTHETIC RESEARCH. The experiences in the work and the connected processes are described by the participating artists in the form of an AESTHETIC DIARY. This accompanying research leads to recommendations that describe what is needed to be successful with artistic interventions which have various goals: To strengthen resilience, to raise the belief in one’s own self-efficacy, to find creative solutions in times of crisis.

So there are FOUR OUTPUTS:
A. The model of collaborative learning
B. Training modules
C. Recommendations for and articles about artistic interventions based on the aesthetic diaries
D. An E-Learning Platform for interactive and collaborative learning.

All the material is prepared on an E-LEARNING PLATFORM, which is publicly accessible via a common project website.
The participating ARTISTS have the chance through the project to get NEW WORKING OPPORTUNITIES. The YOUNG ADULTS participating in artistic processes will IMPROVE their RESILIENCE and it will help them to remain active. The experience of artistic intervention will make them BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES and enable them to find creative solutions for their future.

In the LONG TERM organisations will involve ARTISTS in their normal everyday business and so artists will get through their competences a more SECURE ECONOMIC BASE. Organisations in the field of adult learning, youth work, community work will have NEW WAYS to initiate PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. And there are QUALIFICATIONS offered to PREPARE ARTISTS to do the work.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 215195 Eur

Project Coordinator

uniT GmbH & Country: AT

Project Partners

• Verein Niedersächsischer Bildungsinitiativen e.V.
• MHT CONSULT APS
• TAIDEYLIOPISTO
• SIHTASUTUS TARTU LOOMEMAJANDUSKESKUS