Creative-educational workshops were held within the BAZAART's annual conference on cross-sectoral cooperation of culture and education, which was in 2021 titled „Cultural Education – Competences for Non-Competence“ as it had explored the potentials of arts and culture to develop creative and critical thinking of learners, essential especially for young generations who are entering the world of constant changes and uncertainty.
To see the AGENDA: AGENDA-Conference-BAZAART-2021-CREATIVE EDUCATION-Final ENG
Online workshop „On both sides of a screen: Digital steps ahead of concert and opera halls towards new audiences“
04.7.2021
Workshop facilitator: Ana Čorić, Mag. Mus, Academy of Music, University of Zagreb
The conclusions of the research of digital educational programs, conducted in 8 theaters and concert halls of the English-speaking area during the pandemic, served as an introduction to an interactive listening / viewing space of selected content and reflection on their application in local contexts. The workshop was followed by a discussion.
Onsite workshop „Music activities in the overall musical development of a child“
05.7.2021
Workshop facilitator: Prof. Katarina Zadnik, PhD, Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana
Based on the musical activities, the workshop participants were acquainted with the didactic approach to listening to music and creating music. Examples of good practice were presented to support the musical development of students in primary and music schools. The workshop was followed by a discussion.
Onsite workshop „Take a deep breath and let your voice be heard!“
05.7.2021
Workshop facilitator: Olivera Milojević, MA, vokal pedagogue, Belgrade
Teachers and music and drama educators learned how to empower students to express themselves vocally, no metter if they show a talent for music or not, activating the whole body through amusing breathing exercises, warming and voice guidance, and group creation of simple melodies and lyrics.
Onsite workshop "Acting and Play"
05.7.2021
Workshop facilitator: Draženka Čelebićanin, drama pedagogue, Belgrade
Through voice, movement and imagination enhancement exercises and improvisations, the participants explored and liberated playfulness in themselves and applied it in performing etudes, learning thus some basing rules of the art of stage expression and acting.
Lecture: „Creativity in developing a real program in kindergarten“
05.7.2021
Nevena Mitranić, MA, Assistant at the Department of Preschool Pedagogy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade
Marija Jovanović, nurse-educator in the kindergarten "Zemun Pearl", PI "Dr Sima Milošević", Zemun
A tandem of a scientist and a practitioner explained the importance of a holistic approach based on creativity in the early development of a child. Taking an example of an art-based theme upon which a program was elaborated, the speakers presented the audience with a new concept for pre-school education which is being implemented in the kindergartens across Serbia. The workshop was followed by a vivid discussion.
Lecture and Workshop: "Dance and its contribution to upbringing and education of children"
05.7.2021
Jovana Rakić, choreographer and dance pedagogue, Stanica Contemporary Dance Association, Belgrade
Dance education is rarely present in European schools, although the benefits of learning through creative movement are numerous and significant. Teachers and artists were able to hear more about it through the presentation of the contemporary dancers' association GENERATOR project and training.
Lecture and Workshop: "Where is your IDEa heading?"
05.7.2021
Natalija Dabić and Nebojša Petrović, visual artists and visual arts pedagogues, IDE Group, Belgrade
The two programs shed light on the importance of expression through visual arts in child development, through the experiences that the two artists and art pedagogues have in formal education, as arts teachers in schools, and in non-formal education, as activists supporting children from vulnerable groups (minorities, urban marginal areas, extreme poverty situation) in their social-emotional development and integration into wider society.
Lecture and Sound & art exhibition: "Sensitive Pictures"
05.7.2021
Bogdan Španjević, dramatist, NextGame Agency and Metropolitan University in Belgrade
Writer and dramatist, Bogdan Španjević presented the European collaboration project in museums, where a museum audio guide with emotion detection was developed. In the exhibition, the Conference participants were able to experience watching Edvard Munch's paintings with headsets leading their imagination through artworks' possible narratives.
