The times we live in are characterised by a fast-paced, constantly and unpredictably changing environment, which restricts the free flow of cultural activities and makes it difficult for freelance artists and the cultural sector to function. Imagination, free artistic expression and creative processes enable solutions and turn limitations into opportunities, which is why the MOVEmental training course supports young creatives by introducing them to the idea generation process, mixing disciplines from art, design, street art, and movement.
The MOVEmental training course aims to create a community of creative people to generate ideas together through experiential learning, creative embodiment laboratory and NFL practices. They will have the opportunity to exchange experiences, share best practices, learn methods and exercises to help train the eye and come up with new innovative ideas. By exploring their surroundings and trusting their senses they will learn how to research through exercises, generate ideas, and push them to their limits.
The multidisciplinary approach and the integration of different means of expression seek to trace the same concepts in different contexts, thus creating clearer connections and engaging youth workers and artists in the cultural and creative processes of their communities.
The general objective is to develop the process of enabling cultural activities, including the arts, and cultural and creative industries, towards the realisation of a culturally rich, cohesive and vibrant community and society.
Through creating possibilities for encouraging youth creativity and expression, the objective is linked to the need of establishing a strategy for capacity building, talent development, professional realisation and social cohesion in the cultural and art fields at a European level.
Specific Objectives:
- To get acquainted with the the different cultural forms of expression and NFIL methods supporting cultural-based creativity
- To raise skills and competences, such as adaptability, create thinking, interpersonal and leadership skills of young professionals in the cultural and creative sectors
- To bring a deeper understanding of the role of culture and the arts in creating sustainable social and economic development, job creation and social cohesion
- To foster youth creativity through enhanced international cooperation in the development of culture and innovation
- To promote cooperation between cultural and creative sectors towards the creation of culturally rich and vibrant communities
Duration: 1- 8 November 2022
Infopack is available here.
Countries: Bulgaria, Slovakia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Greece, Romania
Participants: 18 youth workers/emerging artists (over 18, no age limit) from 6 European countries
The project is funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ Programme.