The project “Make Art Part of Your Life!” gathers four schools from three European countries (France, Spain and Austria) and aims to make students discover essential works of the European cultural heritage while developing their creativity, their language skills and their mastery of basic knowledge and know-how (drafting, ability to synthetise, oral expression…) The students coming from two different schools, will be split into four groups and will choose a work of the European heritage (painting, sculpture, book, film, music, monument…). They will then have to study it to be able to orally present it to the other students. They will talk about its author, topic, symbolism, historical and artistic context, and its distribution on the European scale. Eventually, after this research work, each group will make a short documentary or an offbeat film, according to the inspiration and creativity of each. The main topic will be the work they will have studied. To achieve this goal, two types of actions will be carried out: - virtual exchanges between the students and their pen pals, so as to enable them to share what they have found, to prepare their presentation, and to confront their ideas as for the staging of the film… They will exchange via emails, instant messaging and/or videoconferencing. - physical exchanges - there will be two types of physical exchanges: some will take place in a third location (Paris in March-April 2019) and some will take place in the partner schools. These meetings will be an opportunity for the students to orally present the presentations they’ve done and to shoot their films. During these trips, especially while in Paris, the students will visit museums and/or monuments so as to see some of the works studied, and they will also take part in artistic expression workshops. At the end of the project, in March-April 2020, the French students will welcome their Spanish and Austrian pen pals. The films will then be broadcasted during a “festival” open to parents and visitors.
Four institutions from three European countries (France, Spain and Austria) gathered around the project "PUT ART IN YOUR LIFE". Students were able to discover essential pieces of work from European cultural heritage while developing their creativity, language skills and mastery of basic knowledge as well as know-how (writing, synthesis, oral expression, etc. ). The pupils chose a piece of work from European heritage (painting, sculpture, book, film, music, monument) and studied it. They carried out research to comprehend the author of the chosen work, its theme, its symbolism, both its historical and artistic contexts and its diffusion on a European scale. The Hispanic and Germanist groups then made a short documentary or a more “offbeat” film depending on their inspiration and creativity, with the work studied as central theme. The development of these films was carried out during trips to Spain and Austria in October 2019, and then remotely via social networks and videoconferences between students. To achieve this result, two types of actions have been implemented: - virtual exchanges between students and their pen pals to enable both groups to share the results of their research, to prepare the writing of an oral presentation, to confront their ideas on the staging of the film. These exchanges took place via email, instant messaging and/or video conferencing. - physical exchanges of two types: neutral places meetings (Paris in June 2019) and trips to partner schools. These meetings were an opportunity to present orally to the other students the presentations prepared by each group and to shoot the films. During these stays, major cultural sites have cherished encounters and exchanges. In Paris, students were able to visit the Pompidou Museum, the Louvre Museum, the Picasso Museum, the Orsay Museum. They discovered the Marais neighborhood and monuments in Paris: Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame de Paris, department stores). In Vienna, The Belvedere Museum, the Prater, the Hofpurg and the Schonbrunn Castle as well as the Graz Opera House and the Spanish riding school. The Prado Museum, the Cathedral of Almundena, the Royal Palace of Madrid, the Reina Sofia Art Center, the old part of town of Salamanca and the Plaza Mayor. Students were thus confronted to the originality of some of the pieces of work studied. They participated in groupworks on artistic expression in each of the three partner countries and met with professional contributors on this occasion. Towards the end of the project, French pupils were to welcome their Spanish and Austrian pen pals in Langres. Mobility was cancelled due to the Covid19 health crisis. The educational team decided to maintain the distribution of the films during a "festival" open to parents and more widely to the public. The videos were finalized by the Hispanic and Germanic students through virtual activities. This work maintained the students' involvement in the program and finalized the productions. The festival took the form of a competition. Videos were posted on a platform inviting a large audience to vote. All of the students and parents of the school, all of the school's Department of Education partners, partner companies, Spanish personalities from the world of art and cinema, and partners in Dubai and the United States were contacted. A total of 1052 participants from all over the world took part in this vote and discovered the work carried out by the pupils during this Erasmus+ program. This competition highlighted the work of students, concluded the project, and allowed Erasmus to be widely and internationally recognized. A professional jury of teachers, from the cultural and entertainment spheres also met to award the prize. The 12 videos produced are the following: Project 1: Art Against Violence: Goya and Picasso. https://youtu. be/F3mBWZr7_f0 Project 2 : Eiffel and Lis: the elegance of metal structures. https://youtu. be/VvPmfn94Xe8 Project 3: From the austerity of the Habsburgs to the luxury of the Bourbons: architecture, fashion and society. https://youtu. be/RO82ej91tNg Project 4: Carmen's freedom seduces Bizet. https://youtu. be/mXvVAAHCXNc Project 5: Children in Painting. https://youtu. be/cFxDEqEgJGA Project 6: Urban Art - Works on a human scale. https://youtu. be/EIREbOMqe8E Project 7: Balenciaga and Rabanne, two Spanish fashion designers in Paris. https://youtu. be/mVatN-cOj0A Project 8: Picasso and the sea. https://youtu. be/BkdcudhBjy4 Project 9: Everyday art - Erasmus stays. https://youtu. be/p9EI5X6r5co Project 10: Sissi https://youtu. be/vH6F6Tkj02A Project 11: The art of entertainment: https://youtu. be/BJ1r2RXt6g8 Project 12: The Centre Pompidou: https://youtu. be/u6mplekEZwk The results were announced online on July, the 3rd of 2020, with Project 3 receiving the public award and Project 4 the professional award. A special originality prize was awarded to Project 8.