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We are art

2020-2-ES02-KA105-0153172020Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: ES|AM|MT|BA|RO|ME · Grant: €19,121
Inclusion - equityInternational cooperation, international relations, development cooperationCreativity and culture

Objectives

The "We are Art" project is of interest to all participating partners, as we all work with young people with fewer opportunities, who share concerns and interests. It will take place in Martuni, Armenia, from 5-13 / 09/2020. Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania, Spain and Armenia will form a group of 36 people, 6 from each country, which will work on social issues and problems that are of interest and concern to the young participants, through the expression of art . Art projects offer a variety of very positive results for both those who express it and those who receive it, ranging from health and wellness benefits, a greater knowledge of our culture and / or our person, or an increase in creativity and ingenuity. This project can create a flexible and creative process that guarantees equal access to art for all participating groups, all of them with fewer opportunities for different situations. Today we can see the lack of self-esteem and active participation among young people. Many young people are even afraid to speak, to express, to communicate. They are very talented, but do not usually communicate their fears, problems, and views. Added to this is the lack of general support from society and the authorities to facilitate this inclusion and take their points of view into account. The inclusive arts incorporate a variety of different creative practices including theater, dance, visual arts, writing, music, and clay. Inclusive practice provides the foundation for a full life, through its ability to support self-expression, well-being, community connection, and social cohesion. Participation in inclusive arts programs contributes to the ability of individuals. This development builds confidence, increases self-esteem and active citizenship. Through this project, we want to create a platform for young people to talk about the problems they see in their community and to transfer what they have learned to the society in which they live. They will facilitate the development of expression and communication skills, they will develop their cultural awareness, how they can speak through art and make their problems visible to the public. They will be able to express and share the social problems found in their environments, simply because they are teenagers, and because of their added personal situations. The OBJECTIVES of the project are: - Increase the self-esteem, empowerment, creativity and cultural awareness of the participants through art - Promote equity and inclusion among different groups of young people with fewer opportunities - Promote social inclusion, active European citizenship and youth participation - Give visibility to youth with fewer opportunities - Increase European awareness in the field of youth To achieve the proposed objectives, workshops will be held promoted by the interests of young people, guided by specialists in the field, who know how to give added value and get the best out of them. Participants will work with young artists from Armenia, who work on social issues using art, and try to reach their voices to the public through inclusive art activities, so that they can exchange their ideas, share their experience, do rain showers. ideas and, at the end of the process, develop new works of art. The project will break prejudices among the young participants about different religions (90% of Bosnians are Muslims, 80% of Montenegrins and Romanians are Orthodox and in Spain, Malta and Armenia, Christianity is practiced mostly, although in different ways), racism (in Spain Romanians are discriminated against, in Armenia only 3% of the population are not Armenians, in Bosnia ethnic minorities continue to be highly discriminated 20 years after the Dayton Treaty ...) and cultures (learn about the former Yugoslavia, the history of Spain or about Armenia's participation in the former USSR). Your European peers will develop tolerance towards young people, it will give them a much broader vision of Europe and its great multicultural, multi-ethnic and multilingual wealth. This will motivate them to increase their European cooperation, promote European values ​​and defend multiculturalism in their environments. For this purpose, tolerance and peaceful coexistence among the different groups will be greatly promoted, regardless of where they come from or what their background is. Different pieces of art (including clay, music, dance, theater, etc.) will be held, which will later be shown in the final result of the project: an Art Festival carried out entirely by the participants. They will manage the logistics, the works of art, the collection of materials and the execution of the festival, among others.

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