The main idea of the two-year project "Famous painters among us" consists of two dimensions: at the beginning of the project pupils will explore the life and work of world famous artists, at the end of the project, they will become the artists themselves. The Slovak - Czech - Polish - Italian project involves 200 students and invites them to discover the trails of 10 famous world and 5 national masters of art from each country. Pupils aged 8 to 11 learn and discover about their life, work, and the period in which they performed. The pupils will then choose the most interesting masterpieces to reproduce in their own, creative way. Those pictures will help the teachers and the parents to recognize and understand the unleashed talents among the pupils, which may at this moment be unnoticed and often distracted by the world of computers, media and Internet. The form of learning will be both formal and non-formal activities within and outside of the classroom such as art lessons, history, regional education, excursions, creative workshops and international meetings of teachers and pupils. The pupils will present their works at school exhibitions and public previews. All the involved teachers will create an art guide in the form of a brochure at the end of the project. The idea is it to become a textbook, which promotes the project at schools in the following years.
The main idea of the project is cognitive and creative journey. This journey begins with the discovery of world and national artists of fine arts and it ends with the discovery of artistic creativity in each participants. The participants of the Slovak - Czech - Polish - Italian project get to know 10 world and 5 national greats of fine arts of each partner country. They find out interesting facts about their life, work, period in which they created. They choose their works that become an inspiration for their own creative reflections. They learn new art techniques and learn about new art materials. Thanks to the most successful student works, we discover artistic talents among children. The activities we used: art, history and regional lessons, excursions, discussions with artists, creative workshops and international meetings of teachers and students. Student works are presented at school exhibitions and final openings. The main output of the project is the Guide of Fine Arts as a printed brochure. Thanks to this brochure the project will continue in schools and is also reminder of everything we have achieved and discovered together in this project.