We make Art. Resignification of collective imaginaries through the use of Art as a tool for Human Rights and Peace protection in times of crisis

Looking for: 20 participants
Being residents in one of the partner countries: Spain, France, Germany and Greece.
Deadline for application: 31st of January 2023
Link to apply -> Click here

Art is the way we make sense of change forced upon us, so we need art more than ever since this is a dark time for human rights. There is war in Ukraine, unsolved global pandemic effects on societies, populists movements spreading hatred and intolerance by demonizing vulnerable minorities. The independent judiciary, free media, and vigorous civic groups are being weakened and shaking the preservation of human rights and the rule of law. We can observe that even the world’s established democracies have shown themselves vulnerable to this demagoguery and manipulation.

Spotting such challenges for the nowadays world — can people play an active role in changing the world towards a more peaceful space? As we regroup for the next upheaval (and the next) the imaginative skills of people and artists will be among the most powerful tools society has at hand to conceive, design, shape and animate more purposeful, resilient, and empathetic human communities.

The aim is to equip artists with peace-building and human rights education skills to address issues that are a threat to peace, especially in unprecedented times like a war and a global pandemic.

Objectives:

• To develop an understanding of concepts of peace, peace education and human rights;
• To explore the links between peace education and art;
• To develop the competence to design, run and evaluate a peace education activity by using creative artistic tools and methods;
• To empower artists to express themselves online and in one local event per participant country in order to reach a wider audience;
• To empower youth to take initiative in times of crises to promote common values and keep the human spirit up through art;
• To strengthen the YPA network and promote peacebuilding and human rights activities reinforced with artistic tools and methods.

⚠️ This is a project with 2-training activities. By joining you are committed to taking part in both trainings :)

The activities (training) will take place in:
- Guriezo, Spain— 14 to 21 of April 2023
- Evian, France— 3 to 10 of July 2023