"ART for ALL" is an Erasmus + KA229 school partnership focusing on inclusion and cultural heritage. Students will reflect on the barriers that different people might experience while accessing a specific cultural and creative product and will then collaborate to create a series of inclusive tools fostering accessibility to significant cultural products from the countries involved.
Each toolkit created by the schools is available online, but also at local cultural institutions and sites (Musei Civici in Pesaro, Tourist Office, UIT-loket, Council House, Mu.Zee, FMDO (Federatie van Mondiale en Democratische Organisaties) in Ostend, at Gradishte Archeological Site in Gradec - Bulgaria, Museu de José Malhoa in Caldas da Rainha).
From this link you can explore them all:
Now that the project is closed we realise that long-term impact exceeds the expectations we had at application stage. The activities carried out during project implementation enabled staff to work in an international setting and explore a variety of inclusive learning and teaching practices across Europe. Each school gained enhanced educational know-how of inclusive practices through specific training (with international experts during mobilities, in specially tailored tuition as in C1 and on online webinars about eTwinning and VTS). The acquired know-how has fostered new systemic approaches in all partner schools. Each school has already began new projects and activities based on what they have learnt (for example, Liceo Mengaroni has completed a project about cultural accessibility by creating guides to local heritage for the foreign communities living in Pesaro; Belgium is going to replicate the Conversation Cards for other paintings in Mu.zee and other museums and integrate this activity in their curricular language lessons, all schools have shown an enhanced interest in in the use of Art as a learning medium in educating the young generations and in citizenship experiences), therefore guaranteeing the sustainability of the project within the involved educational institutions. All partner schools acknowledge that, thanks to their participation in Art for All, they have acquired enhanced knowledge and ability on how to manage a European project (see assessment feedback), in terms of clear organization, time allotted to project, enhanced digital skills (shared folder, social media, creating dissemination material, etc). Some schools have already adopted these practices in their new Erasmus KA1 mobility projects. The relationships between schools and local authorities, experts, representatives of people with special needs and cultural institutions are sustaining new collaborations based on active citizenship. Because of the innovative aspects, in the long-term, we believe that other schools and cultural institutions will also benefit from our experience and end-of-project dissemination was developed to promote this aspect. The tangible presence of the toolkits in the museums/towns and the ongoing dissemination of the project at a global level (we are so proud of what we have achieved that we are still sending dissemination info to further stakeholders) will guarantee long-term sustainability effects by linking local and international stakeholders. The participatory practices and hands-on approach have succeeded in the promotion of aware, informed, and active young European citizens and our students are the main actors of long-term sustainability promoting the values of inclusiveness that informed our project. Proof of this is their enhanced sensitivity to how cultural heritage must be made accessible to all types of audiences (they have acquired a habit of documenting inclusive tools when visiting other museums and cultural sites).
Dissemination played a key role in the project allowing to share outputs and raise awareness among stakeholders.
The dissemination process embraced specific strategies and selected targets with the aim of presenting intermediate outcomes during the project's lifetime and of sharing the results achieved at the end of the project. Dissemination was scheduled on a regular basis within each WP. The main tools used for ongoing dissemination were the Twinspace, FB and Instagram pages, school’s social media and websites. This way each school could regularly share preparatory activities and the partnership could communicate intermediate results after each mobility. Photos, short articles, videos, digital apps were used for presentation purposes. Dissemination events took place regularly (parents’ meetings, post-mobility presentations, project presentations at local events). The target audiences identified for ongoing dissemination where: school communities, local institutions and associations. Articles in local press (newspapers, radio, local tv news) focusing on specific events (locally organized dissemination events and/or mobilities) allowed to expand information to the wider public. This ensured that dissemination was both in English (for international audience) and in local languages. A final conference was held to present results and outcomes during the last mobility in Italy. This took place in the Provincial Hall at the presence of local press, rep of cultural institutions, of specialist organizations that support people with different needs. During the event the final toolkits were presented and Liceo Mengaroni officially handed over theirs to the curator of the Musei Civici. Final dissemination was carried out on a national and international basis. Each school was responsible for sending dissemination letters to their school community and to other schools in the area; to local and national cultural institution and administrators, to experts of museum accessibility and to organizations who support people with different needs. This led to positive feedback from international experts and our results are being used by Dr. Sani at the University of Bologna and by Nemo (Network of European Museum Organizations) in their Working Group LEM (The Learning Museum) where our project was presented at the meeting in Skopje, North Macedonia. On an international level, a document was issued, and a list of target addressees was collaboratively compiled. The coordinating school was then in charge of sending the letter to the selected international institutions. Each dissemination document included: a brief explanation of project development and outcomes, links to website, email address for feedback. Care was given to reach organizations of people who could use the toolkits (special needs groups, tourist boards, children’s centres, …) as they would certainly benefit of the materials created by our students which are all accessible online or downloadable for use.
Here is a list of dissemination tools where you can learn more about the development of the project Erasmus+ KA229 Art for All: an inclusive approach to cultural heritage.
Art for All Project website https://artforall-erasmusplus.jouwweb.be/
Art for All FB page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066373848479
Art for All Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/artforallerasmus/
Art for All Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@ArtForAll2023/videos
Italy
https://sites.google.com/isamengaroni.it/artforall
Belgium
https://athenaostenderasmus.wixsite.com/go--atheneum-oostend/s-projects-side-by-side
https://artforallerasmus.wixsite.com/visjeswandelingoost
Bulgaria
https://www.hebrewschool-bg.org/erasmus/проект-art-for-all/
https://gradishteproject134ortschool.blogspot.com/
Portugal
https://aerbp.pt/projetos-erasmus-art-for-all/
https://arteparatodos2022.wixsite.com/portugal/working-together-1
In the transition of eTwinning on the new EU School Education Platform, we found we could not update our Twinspace as we had done during the first year of this KA229 project.
This is why we will be posting as much documentation as we can at a very late date, before closing this Twinspace as the Erasmus+ Project came to an end on the 31st of August 2023.
The Project "Art for All: an inclusive approach to cultural heritage" was a very succesfull and challenging experience for all partner schools.
We are honoured to have taken part in this adventure as we have all (teachers, students, school communities, local agencies) gained so much form it.
We are proud to announce that the final evaluation by our National Agencies confirmed the high quality of this partnership by obtaining the result of 98/100.
All teams are very grateful for the recognition and the partnerships established throughout the process!
Yesterday, we hosted a pre-mobility meeting! It was very nice seeing the partners again and we are looking forward to seeing each other back in Ostend, Belgium on the 10th of October!
The second training meeting in Bulgaria of our project has ended. Thanks to our partners from Italy, Portugal and Belgium for their participation.
https://www.hebrewschool-bg.org/erasmus/%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%be%d0%b5%d0%ba%d1%82-art-for-all/
C3 Bulgaria Sofia Short-term exchanges of groups of pupils
After returning from the training held in Portugal, we participants held a meeting with our colleagues, students and parents and showed them what we learned at this conference.
During the training in Sofia, we introduced the participants to part of our cultural heritage.
The “Gotse Delchev” museum
The beginning of the museum work was set first in 1947 by the members of the historical circle “Nikopolis ad Nestum”. Later in 1979 the museum located in Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria was officially opened for visitors. It is a regional center for research, preservation and protection of the cultural heritage of the city and the municipalities of Gotse Delchev, Hadjidimovo, Garmen and Satovcha.
The exhibitions take place in a house built in 1877 by Bulgarian builders, for the merchant Yancho Chorbadji, in the baroque style. Specific things about this building are the wood-carved doors and ceilings. The museum has twelve exhibition halls, a lapidarium and a yard with an authentic fountain. A marble staircase with beautiful railings is leading to the house, which ends with a semicircular step in front of a massive door made out of wrought iron. In the beginning of the twentieth century the second owner of the building Prokop Prokopov got the southern facade of the building, as well as the columns and ceilings of the hall and the rooms on the second floor decorated with floral and geometric ornaments. After the Balkan wars (1912-1913) in the building was located the police department and later during 1944 the District Department of the Ministry of Interior.
The museum is divided by two departments: department of archeology and department of ethnography.
The archeological exposition presents a Thracian chariot, Thracian pottery, numismatic collection, marble statues and fragments from the Roman town of Nikopolis ad Nestum. The Prehistory section of this department presents fragments of ceramic vessels and cult tables, a bronze axe and urns. The exposition presents. Figures of a bear and a horse related to the cult of the family, three Thracian swords, ceramic vessels and photos of the only helmet found in Bulgaria, made of iron.
Researches show that the helmet is assembled from different parts: prochelnik (the part that goes on the forehead), upper part, natilnik (the part that goes on the back of the head) and two nabuznika (the parts that go on the cheeks). The nabuzniks have holes for the nose, mouth and eyes. They are decorated with plastic images, similar to beards and mustaches. On the inside of the helmet were found sticky traces of sheepskin (a separate hat, which protected the head from direct contact with the metal). The shape of the Thracian helmet comes from a hat called a kauziya, the tip of which curves forward.
The Thracian culture presents votive tiles of the Thracian horseman - god Asclepius, statues of other gods and Thracian chariot. The early Christian culture is represented by mosaics of basilicas, altars and architecture details with crosses.
The Rome and late antiquity exposition is represented by photos of the fortress walls of Momina kula and the tower near Delchevo.
The Middle ages exposition presents tools and Slavic-Bulgarian ceramics.
The exhibition about the history of the Bulgarian lands is presented by the traditional crafts, products from the everyday life, old books, that are related to the church and the struggle for an independent Bulgarian church, and textbooks. There are also stamps, photos of Bulgarian volunteers and an original volunteer flag.
Southwestern folklore and ethnographic region is one of the five folklore-etnography regions in Bulgaria. It’s very specific and diverse.
All folk musical instruments are included in this region, but the most famous ones are Bulgarian drums and zurni.
Women’s folk costumes consist of 7 elements. A shamiya, that is red or yellow with flowers on it. A breastplate, which is also colorful. A preskutnik, that is made of wool and different ornaments, bordered with threads. A podprezkutnik, that goes under the apron. A shirt, that is made of cotton. Socks called kalcune, that are knitted on five needles.
During the Renaissance Gotse Delchev is the only city in Bulgaria, that makes vats. The small vats are worn by the sheep and the lambs, while the big vats are worn by the rams and the goats. The biggest vats are around three to four kilograms.
The weaving in this region is really popular. All of the folk costumes are made by weaving. Rugs and mats are also made by weaving.
Ceramics was used for making vessels and pipes.
Mutafchiystvo was used for the making things out of fur.
Abadjiystvo was used for making cloth products.
Goldsmithing was used for making bracelets, pafti and necklaces.
This is considered the prettiest building in the whole town. The historical museum “Gotse Delchev” is one of the one hundred national tourist sites since January 2013.
Teachers who took part in the joint training event in Italy, organized a dissemination event in our school to share acquired knowledge and skills with other staff.
https://www.hebrewschool-bg.org/2021/10/10/art-fort-all-erazmus/
Belgium is preparing the first inclusive toolkits and the mobility to Ostend, Belgium. We recently had one of our last meetings of this schoolyear!
