Open call: “(Un)learn to Unleash: Weaving Artistic Connections for Growth and Resistance(s)”

“(Un)learn to Unleash: 
Weaving Artistic Connections for Growth and Resistance(s)”

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE (14-23.10.24)
We are looking for participants from programme countries (EU, Turkey, Norway, North Macedonia)

Are you ready to learn to (un)learn and unleash your creative potential? Join us for an immersive experimental workshop that explore how Art can serve as a catalyst for change addressing contemporary ecosocial challenges.

In today's world, we face many interconnected ecosocial issues demanding of attention. By focusing on artistic practices paying attention to on ecosocial narratives we aim to offer powerful tools for understanding, addressing, and transforming these complex challenges.

This international training course will be led by Seila Fernández Arconada following a situated group methodology where we will travel from led sessions to participatory activities and spaces for artistic collaboration.  

Through this workshop, we will:

• Encourage artistic expression and collective action: Encourage participants to explore their creative potential and work together to address contemporary ecosocial challenges.
• Cultivate personal and societal transformation: Provide a space for participants to “(un)learn” and question dominant narratives, develop collective resilience, and build a network of resistance(s).
• Gain a deeper understanding on contemporary ecosocial challenges and the interconnectedness to climate change, food sovereignty, sustainable approaches…and our understanding of “Nature.

Who can participate?

Participants from different backgrounds interested in the topic and involved in the filed of youth work, seeking personal and societal transformation as well as professional artists, ecologists or other disciplines and practitioners (in permaculture, farming, growing etc)

Dates:  14-23 october 2024     
Location: königs wusterhausen, Germany

Accommodation, food, and travel costs will be fully covered by the Erasmus+ program.
Deadline until 5 of September, midnight.

For the further information please check the application form: https://forms.gle/ZudspCdepwAFAByi9 ​

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