Projects
Throughout your studies, you will regularly take part in projects that go beyond a regular subject. Sometimes you will spend several weeks exploring a single theme. At times you will work only with your own class, while at other times you will collaborate with students from the Theatre or Dance programmes. These experiences will help you learn to collaborate, push boundaries and expand your perspective.
Discover what is technically possible within art and design. You will not only learn about new tools but also use them to develop creative ideas, for example in response to a social issue in the local area.
In your first year, you will work with students from the Artist Educator in Dance and Artist Educator in Theatre programmes on the question: what does it actually mean to be an artist educator? Together, you will visit Bijlmerparktheater and The Black Archives to deepen your understanding of art and education.
During your first year, you will explore a variety of art institutions and focus on how they approach education. Afterwards, you will design your own dream academy. In your second year, this project often takes place at an external location, where you will work in small teams towards a presentation or exhibition.
How can you, as an artist, make an impact in a community? In this interdisciplinary project, you will work with students from other programmes as well as students from the International Master Artist Educator. You will develop your vision, practise critical thinking and discover how art can enrich the lives of others without telling them how to live.
In your second year, you will delve into a subculture that feels far removed from your own world. You will research it, make contact and translate your experience into something tangible: a magazine, mini-documentary, photo series or essay. Expect surprises and a new perspective on others.
In your third year, it is time to turn things around: the academy becomes your subject of study. Working in small groups, you will develop and present artistic and educational concepts for ArtEZ itself.
Sometimes you will work on a question from the professional field. For example, creating work for an exhibition at Expoplu or working in a care home, where you turn knowledge into visual expression together with the residents. You will learn how art education can also have meaning outside a school setting.
