Moving Histories: Connecting communities through art and education

During the project, ArtEZ creates a valuable connection with the outside world, brings together the different Arnhem educational courses, and allows students to get used to working with and for a community, an important part of their studies. In the video below, students from the courses talk about their experiences during the project.

In the video below, students from these courses share their experiences during the project:

Interdisciplinary work

"The project Moving Histories is a meeting place to get to know people from other courses better and combine our strengths," says Sem van der Zouwen, a Dance in Education student who participated in the project for the second time. "We did this last year as well, but at Korianderstraat. It's always a bit of a search because you're in a new group. You have to adjust and find a groove together. We found that groove, especially in the last week, where we felt a collective drive. We developed something individually and brought it together."

"My group consisted of four students from Artisteducator in Theatre, one other Artisteducator in Dance student, and two Fine art and Design in Education students. Together with my group, I created an installation and performance that could ultimately be seen as a kind of mirror image for Het Broek."

A Connecting Performance and Installation

"At the beginning of the project, we helped out at Stichting ’t Broek Omhoog, an organization for people with a distance to the labor market," Sem explains. We danced with the people who work there, who come from various backgrounds and cultures, to Arabic music. We also cooked together and made a lot of onion soup. The act of cutting onions inspired us, and we used the onion skins to make a cloth on which we projected our film."

"By cooking together, we got to know the neighborhood and the people there. That was important to us. Additionally, a fellow student and I made onion soup. The people at Stichting 't Broek Omhoog got a bowl of soup, but they also had to cut an onion. That sparked conversations. And that was the goal. You have to do something to get something. We saw that at the foundation too: people volunteered, they came to help, and they were allowed to eat with us. In that sense, our installation and performance is a kind of mirror image. We ended up doing very little dance. We initially wanted to create a choreography, but the choreography was already there: people would come and get soup." 

Artisteducator

The master's and bachelor's courses in art education at ArtEZ train students to become artisteducators. For Sem, this means finding a good balance between creating, educating, and performing. "My course focuses more on the educator side. I really enjoy creating myself. That way, you can discover your strength as an Artist Educator and figure out how to best use it. As an artisteducator, you can have a lot of influence if you want to."

The courses

At ArtEZ, you are trained to become an artisteducator: a cultural worker who aims to challenge negative narratives of cultural difference, promote diversity and tackle complex societal issues.As an artisteducator, learning is a central concern of your artistic work. This focus on learning and meaning making invites you to explore what it means to be you, and allows you to connect your passions to the current state of the world. Got curious? Check out our courses, both on bachelor's and master's level, and discover your inner artisteducator!

international Master Artist Educator

Bachelor's course Artisteducator in Theatre in Arnhem

Bachelor's course Artisteducator in Dance in Arnhem

Bachelor's course Fine Art and Design in Education in Arnhem