TULCA Festival of Visual Arts and Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture present:

CREATE DANGEROUSLY
February - April 2021
Galway City and County

TULCA Festival of Visual Arts and Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture present Create Dangerously an education programme that explores creative thinking and creative making to empower teachers and learners.

Create Dangerously is a new arts education programme designed for school groups and teachers. TULCA has commissioned three Irish artists to create new artworks for the project. Editions of these works will become permanent parts of the Create Dangerously programme which opens to schools nationally after its pilot in Spring 2021.

ARTISTS:
Donal McConnon
Emma Zukovic
Maeve Clancy

SCHOOLS:
Clontuskert NS, Ballinasloe
Cregmore NS, Cregmore
Coláiste Iognáid (The ‘Jes’), Galway

This project is facilitated by TULCA education partner CURO, who focus building thinking skills through philosophical dialogues and creative activities.

Learners will explore the following questions:

• Why do we create?

• What do we create?

• For whom do we create?

Participating teachers will learn to facilitate philosophical conversations in their classrooms, and learners will develop their skills confidence in art making and creative thinking. At the end of the project classes will draft their own ‘creativity manifesto’ which they will present to their partner artist and local community along with an exhibition of some of the artworks produced in response to the artwork they received.

This project presents a unique opportunity for students not only explore new ways of being creative, but to carefully think through why creativity is important and what being creative means to them. It creates a lasting legacy for teachers through active mentoring in the principles that inform the project.

Register your interest: createdangerously@tulca.ie