Art is Us

The project “Art for Local Innovation (Art is Us)” was a two-year project co-funded by the European Union under the ERASMUS+ KA227 “Partnerships for Creativity” programme (Agreement Number: 2020-1-SI01-KA227-ADU-093618).

Art is Us project aimed to use the transformative force of culture for community regeneration to respond to the severe impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had had both on artists and the cultural sector and on social inclusion and cohesion.

It equipped artists, community leaders and art educators with key skills and competences for a sustainable creative career and provided them with the opportunity to be successful innovators in their communities. It enhanced social inclusion by fostering innovative, arts-based participatory and intercultural dialogue approaches.

The project effectively used the strong experience of all its consortium members in socially engaged arts teaching and content development, e-learning and multimedia, community arts initiatives and career guidance and skills development to design and develop a high-quality adult education course on Innovative Community Development.