What do others have to say?: Contemporary Art and Education

November 14th at 7:00 pm

Art is offered as a part of the curriculum in primary and secondary schools in more than one course, yet courses in contemporary art represent a fairly small part of the curriculum. The artistic literacy and personal experience that contemporary art can provide are very important for the education and development of the youth.

In the past there have been quite some projects, which tried to connect programmes in primary and secondary schools with contemporary art, with artists, at some schools individual teachers are moving mountains with their extracurricular activities. All these efforts have exemplary positive results, yet at the system level things are changing rather slowly. How to connect contemporary art and schools in a way that the co-operation will not be dependent only on the enthusiasm and individual initiatives? Is that even necessary and in times of “cuts” possible?

Anchor of the debate: Mojca Dimec
Guests: Andreja Kopač, Maja Delak, Katarina Slukan, Enya Belak