CICLO – Arts Education

Collaboration between artists/schools and key cultural institutions in Denmark, St. Petersburg (Russia), Cape Town (South Africa) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) on the theme “Re-imagining my hood through arts and creativity”.

Purpose: The specific purpose was to develop and test new methods (1) to advance UNESCO goals "arts education" for 10-12 year ages group, and (2) for through art and culture to promote learning about sustainability and cultural diversity/intercultural dialogue along the goals of the 2005 UNESCO convention.

Actions:

• Involved 32 Danish and foreign artists (music, theater, dance, painting / drawing, design and architecture) and over 30 teachers and 38 school classes / groups (4-6 class) and reached an active audience of about 3700.
• Completed artistic courses in music, drama, dance, visual arts, design and architecture of course up to 2-2½ month in the theme 'Re-imagining My Hood – creative ideas for a sustainable future'.
• Culminated in local and national performances/ exhibitions for a larger audiences during UNESCO's global "Arts Education" week 19-23.5.2014, in the Danish National Broadcasting (DR) concert hall, at the Palace for Youth Creativity (St. Petersburg), at Cidade das Artes (Rio), the Frank Joubert Art Centre et al. (Cape Town).
• Furthermore: (a) int’ launch conference in Cph. for 200, a launch conference in Cape Town for professionals, (b) an Internet-based "twinning program" between pupils in the 4 countries, (c) international artist exchange program focused on diversity of cultures and sustainability, (d) web-based multilingual educational materials for teachers and artists in 4 languages, (e) PR and press activities: 16 articles, radio and TV spots.