Art on Wheels

About this project

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">Within the project, 2 partner organizations, one from LV and one from NO, will join forces to co-create a traveling contemporary art exhibition for school-age children, in which at least 4 artists (from LV and NO) will participate with newly created, interdisciplinary, innovative, artworks, with a common topic - creativity in a digital age, artworks will be created (co-produced) together with pilot-group of pupils from Riga. During the project, the exhibition will tour up to 50 locations in Latvia, as well as visit at least 2 locations in Norway. The tour will be accompanied by a well-considered educational program that will stimulate children's creativity, encourage their expression and explore the creative process (especially in a digital era), in a supportive and encouraging way (the program will be run by art mediators). Additionally at least 2&nbsp;informative days for teachers about the project and methods of use of contemporary art (based on the example of works in the traveling exhibition) in the teaching process will take place.</span></span></p>

Bilateral cooperation results

"Mākslas centrs NOASS" and "Fargefabrikken" partnered to combine their strengths. NOASS focused on curatorial work, the exhibition's logistics and production, and technical aspects, while “Fargefabrikken” contributed expertise in educational program development for children. The knowledge of NO partner was essential to initiate the cooperation with schools and plan the programme for schools , since NOASS was more experienced working with adult audiences. In Latvian context, the most useful for us was the knowledge sharing of how to manage expectations of the schools and what are the limits of our work (for example, the conflict solution between children are teacher's responsibility and we do not step in it, or we do not take the role of a teacher or directly follow school curriculum, but rather in informal educational manner allow children to explore the art-experience in welcoming, inclusive manner). We are planning to continue cooperation and have applied for ERASMUS+ grant (small scale partnerships) for the second stage of the project. Results of this grant are expected in January, 2025. If successful, “Art on Wheels II” will be enriched by one new artwork and the project will allow to visit 10 more schools in Latvia and 5 in Norway.

Project partners

• Fargefabrikken Donor project partner· Norway