Each artist chose the training module that he deemed most suitable for his sensibility and his practices, and following the course in Brussels he made it his own (apart from the artists Ahad Moslemi and Alice Mestriner who decided to work together to carry out of two modules). The five training modules were administered to …
25 Lisbon residents participated in workshops with professional artists in the context of Come2Art, a project that intends to create a collaborative scheme between artists & community members fostering life skills development and resilience through creative placemaking. The artists involved were: Bruno Alexandre Pereira Teixeira, AKA Sepher AWK (@sepher.awk), was born in April 1997, in Amadora. …
The Come2art project aims to bring local communities closer to contemporary art by enhancing a collaborative scheme between artists, cultural workers, and citizens. Thus, art becomes a tool for developing cultural strategies that achieve community-led transformation. During the project, IoDeposito organized a series of specific training courses on emotional skills, involving 5 contemporary artists in …
Local art practices to connect artists and young communities in Italy Read More »
The project’s vision is to introduce a collaborative scheme between artists/cultural workers currently in limbo and community members, with the aim to promote life skills development through arts and participatory creative placemaking projects (i.e. mural arts, public art etc). One of the first steps to achieve this goal is the organization of weekly training courses. …
Greek youth collaborate with artists and cultural workers Read More »
During a 5-day training, 29 artists and cultural workers in the Come2Art project were trained by the COME2ART partners in order to undertake the role of the community educator and creativity ambassador. The selected artists/cultural workers were trained as trainers of the COME2ART curriculum, creativity ambassadors of the co-creativity hubs, community mentors during the design …
Workshop in Brussels for training the artists and cultural workers as Come2Art trainers Read More »
Fifteen artists and cultural workers in limbo, from Italy, Portugal and Greece, were trained by professionals in order to undertake active social role in strengthening community resilience. The ‘’Workshop for training the artists and cultural workers as Come2Art trainers’’, was held in Brussels and for four days, the project’s partners were working on a curriculum …
Artists and cultural workers in limbo, level up. Read More »
COVID-19 revealed the vulnerability of cultural & creative sector and for this reason many artists needed to find alternative ways for promoting their talents. Simultaneously, the pandemic forces individuals to acquire life skills and to become more resilient and creative in terms of generating and acting on positive solutions, discovering new possibilities and re-imagining the …
Come2Art: Developing life skills on common grounds to build community resilience. Read More »
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