Take P-ART

Special thanks

All the schools that took part in the Take P-Art Project!

Convitto Nazionale Umberto I
Istituto di istruzione superiore statale "Luigi Lagrange"
Istituto comprensivo Umberto Saba - "Duccio Galimberti"
Scuola secondaria "Umberto Saba"

all the boys and all the girls, the teachers and the trainers who made the art workshops possible.

Texts and graphics by
Beáta Mészárosová and Stephan Wenninger.

Torino, 2019

Introduction

Definition of the project Take P-ART

Filmmaking as a tool of non-formal education
Stephan's approach to filmmaking with young people
Non-formal educational film projects
Activities and methods

Theatre as a tool of non-formal education
Beata's approach to theatre with young people
Non-formal educational theatre projects
Theatral activities and exercises

Feedback from participants

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Index

Introduction

To contrast the different forms of violence which spread among adolescents via social media in a Europe seeking to end xenophobia and shadows that recall a tragic past, there is a need for new movements, approaches and instruments of intervention. The project that is presented here illustrates one of the possible procedures: proposing art as a mean of inclusion and experimentation with rewarding and positive relationships to prompt forms of participation and change. Carried out with the help of two young people taking part in the European Voluntary Service (EVS), Beata, from Slovakia and Stephan, from Austria, the project represents an original proposal for collaboration and intercultural exchange for the adolescents involved. Art, in this case in the form of film production and theatrical expression, serving as a mean of non-formal education, helps to express emotions and experiences in depth, to experiment with empathetic and solidary relationships and to develop participatory and social skills.

The adolescents involved have had the opportunity to reflect on the behaviours and language present on social media, to get to know experiences like those of Syrian war refugees, to test themselves and to take action, deepening their understanding of the effects of violence and the potential of peace in concrete situations.
If it is true that “beauty will save the world”, perhaps experiences like this one can show us the way…

Angela Dogliotti

Definition of the project
Take P-ART

Non-formal education and art are a well-established binomial. In the context of multiple margins, access to Art is already a result in itself, which allows the development of multiple intelligences in young people, the knowledge of certain phenomena through a different language, the promotion of the idea of beauty and of the idea that beauty is a human right. But with Art we also mean the possibility of PRACTICE it by young people, the possibility to express themselves more profoundly, with languages that do not always take into account the verbal aspects, develop technical skills, work with others, develop an idea of social change, denounce, present their creativity to the local community, build bridges of dialogue and inclusiveness.
In short: art as a methodology but also art as a content of non-formal education especially with young people and adolescents who are facing economic, social, cultural obstacles, etc. The Take P-ART project!