GUIA2! Guide Us Into Arts Two! This project aims to exchange experiential knowledge and methods of work with disabled people by means of artistic tools. The project is based on GUIA! partnership which became an example of good practice in 2013 and addresses organizations experienced in inclusive and participatory work, especially in the field of performing arts; theatre, dance, music... Title: GUIDE= learn process, education US = educators and disabled people INTO = not only to consume, but really to go into, to participate, as equal, inclusion ARTS = performing arts TWO = continuation of good practice from GUIA 1 The meetings will consist of: - Practical workshops for disabled participants, lead by host organization - Professional teachers and trainees from partner organizations will attend these workshops, - Post-session debriefings will exchange methodologies and experiences towards achieving monitoring and output measures, - Public presentations to increase participation in European citizenship, promote discussions on disability & employability issue and enhance Disability Festivals, - Steering groups and committee meetings. The project will achieve: - reducing prejudice and enhancing social and artistic inclusion, - empowering participants by addressing their self-stigma and inviting them to join in this inclusive European educational program, - development of inclusive methodologies for working with disabled people, - learning through the sharing of professional knowledge. The project acknowledges all participants as equal partners on the way to integration and to overcome stigmatization, marginalization, exclusion. Not only to guide them towards, but really to lead them “into” the arts, as active participants and artists. During 210 days of 7 educational workshops for 100 participants (of which at least 18 are participants with disability) accompanied by 18 assistants, individual post-workshop public performances and 3 disability multiple-days festivals, participants and partners will produce and publish: - Final photo exhibition, - Digital Stories - short educational videos from all meetings, - Website with educational materials (video, e-Manual, photos, descriptions of methods) - e-Manual and a printed version - with all methods, experiences of participants, evaluation results and recommendations by experts (educators) - Photographic documentary on the project and project partner organization GUIA2! website will serve as a web tool where disabled people and teachers/trainees can upload their impressions, and where examples of best practice about working with arts and disabled people can be found.
GUIA2! project aimed to exchange experiential knowledge and methods of work with disabled people by means of artistic tools. In this respect, the project reached its aims with organizing all workshops face-to-face inspire of COVID-19 and prepared all outputs. 7 workshops included both disabled and non-disabled participants. Professional teachers and trainees from partner organizations attended these workshops. Post-session debriefings organized to exchange methodologies and experiences towards achieving monitoring and output measures. Presentations used to increase participation in European citizenship, promote discussions on disability & employability issue and enhance Disability Festivals. Moreover, individual interviews and focus group interviews were held to measure the impact of the workshops. In this sense, with these inclusive workshops the project achieved to reduce prejudice and enhance social and artistic inclusion. It also empower participants by addressing their self-stigma and invite them to join in this inclusive European educational program. Moreover, the project helped the development of inclusive methodologies for working with disabled people. It also achieved learning through the sharing of professional knowledge. The project acknowledged all participants as equal partners on the way to integration and to overcome stigmatization, marginalization, exclusion. Not only to guide them towards, but really to lead them “into” the arts, as active participants and artists. 80 participants (including 11 disabled participants) attended 7 educational workshops, individual post-workshop public performances and 3 disability multiple-days festivals. It was planned for 100 participants but partner from Brussels had some problems with disabled participants and trainers in the organization which is mentioned in the interim report, and they could not send participants to any workshop. However, they hosted the TPM as planned and they also hosted the workshop as planned int he application form. Partnership produced and published: - Online Final photo exhibition because of COVID-19 (https://www.guia2.org/photo-exhibition), - Digital Stories - short educational videos from all meetings (https://www.guia2.org/digital-stories), - Website with educational materials (video, e-Manual, photos, descriptions of methods) (https://www.guia2.org) - e-Manual - with all methods, experiences of participants, evaluation results and recommendations by experts and educators (https://www.guia2.org/e-manuel) - Photographic documentary on the project and project partner organization (https://www.guia2.org/photo-gallery)