Inclusive Creation of Arts Erasmus Project

Project Title

Inclusive Creation of Arts

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: Inclusion – equity; Creativity and culture

Project Summary

As countries closed their borders, culture, art and creativity once again formed the basis of intercultural communication and interaction. The United Nations and the World Health Organization revealed that one of the most critical tools to raise awareness in the public in the fight against Covid19 is creativity. Many artists and curators have used the power of artistic expression to support society in a crisis environment, and designers have transformed their workshops to develop creative solutions to meet pressing needs. We will respond to the Covid19 pandemic period by conducting an international study with the project work we will implement by blended learning. Inclusive approaches that expand the boundaries of the field of culture and arts and transform individuals’ ways of inclusive with creative expression and art have gained more meaning in today’s conditions.

The project “Inclusive Creation of Arts” – iCreArte – innovatively presents the idea of creativity and social inclusion at the same time targeting the quality of school education, teacher professional development and transition in education. Creativity and social inclusion are important determinants of health – without inclusion, people are more likely to experience poor health, loneliness, isolation, and poor self esteem. There are many possible pathways to inclusion. One of them – opening up our schools to local communities. Erasmus+ and eTwinning programmes hold great potential for achieving true inclusion because of the meaningful and engaging activities that facilitate the needs of all members of
our society.

During the project pupils, parents, teachers and other local community members will engage in interesting and exciting events – art, music and poetry activities, international arts festivals, pupil exchange visits and teacher training events. The activities are organised into modules – each module having the same structure but focusing on a different country. Pupils will explore the arts from the Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, Turkey, Romania and the Czech Republic, drawing their inspiration and creativity.

Teachers will benefit from partners’ expertise in specific areas – ICT tools in teaching, transition between different levels of education, Reggio Emilia approach, cross-curriculum approach to creativity through Arts, special needs education through arts and Social inclusion through arts.

The project will directly involve at least 24 pupils from each partner school, some of them with fewer opportunities, aged between 14 and 17 years. Specifically, 15 events (lectures and workshops, using the Reggio Emilia approach) will be organised, taught by teachers at the school in collaboration with experts and stakeholders that this project aims to involve. Four blended mobility’s are planned, which will consist of 30 days of virtual mobility through TwinSpace and 5 days of physical mobility in Czech Republic, Poland, Turkey and The Netherlands. Every blended mobility has its own topic:
Module 1: Czech arts and the International Christmas Tree
Module 2: Polish and Romanian arts
Module 3: Turkish and Danish arts
Module 4: Dutch arts and the International Arts, Music and Poetry festival

Joint staff training events will support the objective of staff professional development. Teachers will benefit from partners’ expertise in specific areas – ICT tools in teaching, the Reggio Emilia approach in secondary education, eTwinning, cross-curriculum approach using arts in different school subjects, social inclusion and SEN through arts, impact and dissemination.

The eBook ”iCreArte best practices” will be published as an open educational resource on eTwinning for personal development of all participants and wider audiences. The illustrated texts, audio and video materials will be prepared by participants and educators, piloted at the partner schools and translated into all partner languages. Working on the guidelines will impose a growth in skills, competences and motivation for pupils, parents and educators. A wider target groups will benefit from the project results due to the availability online. Thus the work which has been done will go beyond the funding period, becoming a sustainable resource for the communities demonstrating an added value of European Partnership.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 180555 Eur

Project Coordinator

Helinium & Country: NL

Project Partners

• kerteminde 10. klasse center
• Gminne Centrum Edukacji w Wawrzeńczycach
• Liceul Teoretic “Tudor Arghezi”
• Gymnázium Žďár nad Sázavou
• Yakacik Yuksel Ilhan Alanyali Cok Programli Anadolu Lisesi