Art for the landscape of peace

The European Union acknowledges that landscape performs important missions of general interest on cultural,
ecological, social and environmental level, since it is a vital component of the European cultural and natural
heritage, also contributing to the strengthening of the European identity.
The project aims to draw attention to little-known sites in the most well-known tourist routes, but with strong
identity and history and sometimes with elements of proximity with different peoples and cultures. The projects
begins from obtaining historical-geological, natural, landscape information, with special regards to the impact of
anthropogenic factors on it. Then the project continues with representation of landscapes through artistic forms
such as visual art, photograph, music, etc.
The artworks will start a travelling exhibition that will accompany the participants to their own countries in order
to bring home the testament of art as social creativity, common participation, creative work for peace and
recognition of diversity.
Partners of the project will be Fine Arts Academies, local artists and experts, who will stimulate an active citizenship
attitude and facilitate the establishment of more complex social relations in which the young participants’ skills will
arise.
During the project young people from 4 European countries will live together and exchange their points of view on
the future of Europe, on the role that Europe could play in the peace-building and how to communicate their ideas;
 Workshops on arts: collection of stories about diversity from different countries and their representation
through drawings, paintings, artefacts;
 Workshop on stereotypes: work on stereotypes regarding each of the participating countries; relationship
between collective imagination and vision of young participants; representation in small theatrical scenes;
making of a clip or a short movie;
 Workshop on Europe: how young people view Europe; the keywords and their artistic representation (painting, drawing, ceramics, etc.).
At the end of the workshops, there will be the preparation and the exhibition of the work produced. The exhibition
will be open to the local community and there is a meeting with representatives of local municipalities and other
institutions (the Province and the Region).
The young participants will create a collective artistic work around video, photo, and artwork to illustrate the main idea to the public.