The project T-Art Targeting Artistic Forms of expression in adult Education emerge from the noticing of the interesting work developed in adult education field using artistic forms of expression with focus on self development methodologies around europe. Each one of the methodologies of each partner has a very unique approach, therefore the dialogue between them is important in terms of share the knowledge, connect adult educators using artistic forms of expression, exchange and reflect learning processes and good practices, and finally contribute to improve quality of their approaches.The main objectives of your project is to exchange of good practices in adult education that use artistic expression methodologies as a tool to connect people to their lived reality toward healthy lifestyle and community well being. In specific methodologies that:- use art methodologies as lifelong learning opportunity- promoting self empowerment, self development, connecteness, open postures- promote holistic healthy lifestyles- approach, value, express and celebrate the unlogical, surreal, non verbal, emotional life contentsIn these project there will be 4 adult educators directly involved with the project , one from each country, that form the T-ART team;16 adult educator benefiting from the training course on the different approaches exchanged and 16 european adult educators financed and 150 adult educator benifiting from a seminar event that will be the project final event where all methodologies are presented, reflected potencializing new projects, network and activities related with this interdisciplinary dialogue and finally 50 locals benefiting from the seminar sharing event.There will be 3 project transnational meetings: the first to present the project, the second to make a midterm evaulation and to prepare the seminar struture and the third to evaluate the project. In terms of activities there will be a website and a Facebook page (A2) on the project. The exchange of methodologies and good practices will be done through a training course (C1) directed by the 4 partners and hosted in one of the Partner country. The partner organizations then will promote the approaches present in the TC through an introducing Workshops on it related in their own organizations. Then it will be organized a seminar event C2 where all 4 methodologies presented, discussed with european adult educators in a perspective of facilitate new projects in adult education around the topic to be born. And finally it will be organized a T-ART celebration event (A3) in each organization with locals to disseminate the results of the project.The methodology used in carrying out the project are: dragon dreaming project design/management; education through artistic expression methodologies; education through art; non formal education; experiential learning; informal semi strutured dialogue; skypeconference; IT (website, FB);The results expected from this exchange of good practices are: to connect adults educator that use artistic forms of expression into lifelong learning perspective; to acquire deep understanding on: the artistic forms of expression methodologies, their impact in their learners, their benefits and their challenges; to find common, different and complementar points in the different methodologies, to improve the quality of their methodologies and their performance as adults educators from the dialogue between them. The impact of this project is the creation of a network of adult educators using artistic forms of expression with very different approaches in adult learning, the openess of horizonts in each partner to what is being developed in europe in this field, and finally in the developement of T-ART into 4 KA1 training courses for adult educators on each of the approaches and a KA2 strategic partnership in innovation project related with artistic forms of expression, lifelong learning, self development and healthy lifestyles. In a long term this project had open doors as an example of the benefits of the exchange of good practices that can inspire other project or practices of adult educators. In terms of content, T-ART open doors to intelectual, methodological and holistic discussions on different approaches around artistic forms of expression that allow this field, the partner organizations and the participants involved to keep developing in this direction. This open door promotes the awareness of the potencial in adult education with artistic methodologies and adult educators performances, under the lifelong learning, experiential learning and non formal education perspectives, as well as the development of adults in terms of their holistic health, quality of life, and the rescue/reconnection with their purpose of life which contributes for the community well being.
TART project emerged from noticing adults’ lifelong learning and wellbeing threat by the nowadays uncertainty, fast change of references, personal dilemmas that come with it and how artistic expression methodologies could contribute to answer this need. TART Targeted 4 methodologies in adult education that use Artistic Forms of Expression to provide self-development that help adults to face the reality’s challenge. The 4 methodologies were: The Factory of Dreams (PT), the Tamalpa Life/Art Process (UK), the Inside & Out (HU) and the Method Marchio - Patti (IT). TART provided the exchange of these methodologies and the connection among adult educators involved and interested in reflecting their artistic expression practices through the self-development topic. The main objective of the project was the exchange of the 4 methodologies involved, the improvement of them, the improvement of their adult educators and the creation of an international network for a dialogue on the topic of self-development for future cooperation and innovation on using Art as a lifelong learning opportunity into healthy lifestyles and community well being. In these project there were 4 organizations involved: the Portuguese partner and project coordinator the Descalças - cultural cooperative, a non-profit making cultural organization that is a public body; the Italian partner Associazione La Città del Sole, also a non-profit making cultural organization, but that is not a public body; the Hungarian partner Elmenyakademia a Non-governmental organization, that is not a public body and finally Tamalpa UK c.i.c a social enterprise, that is a nonprofit public body: The main activities were: a Website (A2), the TART PROJECT animated YouTube video; a Facebook page (A2) to support the project development and the network objectives; a training course period (C1) composed by 1/5 -2-day workshop of each methodologies for exchange; an Instagram & FB TART BAG PHOTO album for the project visibility challenge; a TART BLOG for educators’ exchange; an European seminar event (C2) for the educators’ improvement, the 4 TART methodologies promotion and network for new projects; a YouTube TART Results video; and a TART PARTY celebration event (A3) on each partner country to disseminate the results, the project experience and enlarge TART network on national level. The main results from the exchange of good practices were: the exchange, the dialogue, the internationalization and improvement of knowledge & practice of the 4 methodologies, of the adult educators and of the organizations involved. The other important result was the network creation to keep connected and working together educators interested in the use of artistic expression methodologies for self-development. New projects emerged already from TART: a monthly community gather through event called “TARTúlia” in Portugal; a pilot methodology called LIGARTE (that explore dialogues between inner & outer places using movement in nature); external educators with new methodologies are now connected to TART network and community for future meetings and work. The impact of the TART project was awareness of the methodologies and develop interest for deeper exchange on each one; the high motivation of participants involved in keep practicing and promote these methodologies noticing: the community strength outcome, how art overcame international multi language disadvantage context and transcended it into deep connection among each other; participants became active with the topic on their professional life’s and kept connected to the network that was formed and called a TART community; Finally the organizations were left with curiosity to deepen dialogue and development of projects on the topic, with special interest in innovation which they are applying for funding through Erasmus + KA2 follow up project; The long term benefits of TART are to inspire other local organizations to exchange, other educators and adults to get involved into awakening for importance of the topic and the power of art holistic health, quality of life, re connection with their life purpose for the community well being on a lifelong learning perspective.