Our newsletter is out and it travels between Wroclaw and Barcelona. The first stop is Klub pod Kolumnami, where the Wroclaw Institute of Culture turned a whole building over to children. From 16 June to 31 July, Wyspy Tuli Tuli (Tuli Tuli Islands), a polysensory exhibition by Patrycja Mastej for children aged 0–10 and their
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It is with deep sadness that we share the news that member of our team Jernej lost his life in a mountaineering accident in the Julian Alps. Jernej was an engineer, innovator and entrepreneur. He had a rare gift for turning ideas into practice and was always eager to share what he knew. We will
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Our twelfth newsletter has landed, and it covers a busy summer for EXPECT_Art. The main story takes you to Budapest, where the EXPECT_Art Summer School ran from 6–11 July 2026 at the Central European University. For one intensive week, educators, university students and doctoral researchers worked across lectures, discussions and arts-based workshops on critical cultural
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At the beginning of June, the Slovenian scientific partner Science and Research Centre Koper hosted the consortium meeting of our project. Researchers, artists, and practitioners from Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, and Spain came together to discuss the project’s progress, exchange knowledge, and plan the next stages of collaboration. Reflecting the project’s strong connection to
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The title of the conference reflects central questions of the project, and we invite participants from all fields to critically explore with us: How can children’s (critical) cultural literacy be explored and promoted through (arts) education in schools and communities, and how can such approaches contribute to more just and inclusive educational practices? The conference
The EXPECT_Art summer school: Critical, cultural literacy, decolonization and (arts) education is open for registration. It will take place between 6 and 11 of July at the Central European University in Budapest (Hungary). This summer school is offered as part of the EXPECT_Art research project and is free of charge. We welcome students (both BA
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Our latest newsletter takes you to Aarhus, Denmark, where the Danish and Slovenian EXPECT_Art teams came together for reflection, discovery, and conversation. From an immersive exhibition on African art and decoloniality at the ARoS art museum to a guided tour through the city’s streets and stories, the visit sparked rich questions about whose voices and
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We’re talking double digits here, ladies and gentlemen. In our 10th issue, we cover the German National Advisory Board meeting at the Karlsruhe Kinemathek, explore an embodied approach to cultural literacy in a Barcelona classroom, and invite you to the upcoming Summer School for master’s students. Read about how art, materials, and lived experience are
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The EXPECT_Art project has successfully concluded its research phase with the Arts Exploratorium, designed to generate comprehensive knowledge about how arts education is taught and practiced in schools and local communities, and how cultural literacy can be enhanced. Arts Exploratorium took place in schools and local communities in 6 countries, combining participant observation, arts-based practises,
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As part of our project, we finished this year’s theatre club at one of the Slovenian primary schools with the theatre play “Fairy Tales in Action”. The creative process started with the children’s idea to create their own fairy tale together. From the first ideas, conversations and imagination, a story gradually emerged, which the children
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