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A member of:
IDEA (International Drama/Theatre and Education) since 1992, when IDEA
was founded. AITA/IATA (International Amateur Theatre Association), associated member since 1983
Year 2003 UNESCO - European Arts in Education. 9 -12 AUGUST 2003, EUROPEAN ARTS IN EDUCATION - COOPERATION OVER BORDERS The conference will be held on in Helsinki and Espoo, Finland. The venue is Hanasaari, the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre. The theme of the conference is "How to use drama, theatre, dance, music and visual arts in young people's education in collaboration with refugees and immigrants". The aim is especially to find new ways to benefit and learn from the peaceful coexistence with the different artistic and cultural backgrounds and knowledge that are presented by refugees and immigrants in European countries, USA and Canada. The presenters of the congress will share their experiences and cases to all participants and work then also in small groups developing their ideas together with colleagues of other art forms as well. The conference is organised by UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation FIDEA - Finnish Drama/Theatre Education Association IDEA - International Drama/Theatre and Education Association InSEA - International Society for Education through Arts ISME - International Society for Music Education in co-operation with Hanasaari - The Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre, Espoo, Finland. More information and registration form:
FIDEA - Finnish Drama/Theatre Education Association: Download Information letter here. Download registration form here. Year 2002 Executive Committee of IDEA had meeting in 7.-9.4.02 in
Exeter (UK). The next IDEA General Meeting will be 20 -27 March 2003 in Montpellier (France). Activities In 2001:In Rapla (Estonia) was 10 -11 February 2001 "Non-traditional amateur theatre festival DISHARMONIA", organised by Mitteteatteri Syndmus. There were 120 theatre, dance and fine arts students from Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. Tintti Karppinen was invited to direct one of the six workshops, each of which produced a public performance inspired by in the installations, made by the art students. In Budapest (Hungary) was international festival
MAYDAYS 25.-27. 5. 01. The theme was Drama: a possible means for treating
moral, social and educational problems - workshop for drama-teachers of
Eastern European countries. It was organised by HUDEA (Hungarian Drama
in Education Association).
The EC of IDEA had a meeting already before the congress to prepare the General Meeting, which was during the congress in different days. GM accepted new members and reports of the officers of EC and AC. We heard also reports of many member associations and discussed both of the ongoing and the coming (Canada -04) congresses, as well as other projects. New members of EC, AC and GMC were also elected. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (EC) 2001-2003
Tereza Wagner, the delegate of UNESCO, asked Tintti Karppinen to start negotiations so that the next European Arts in Education Congress, August -03, could be held in Finland. The organisation should be done in co-operation with IDEA, InSEA, ISME, FIDEA and UNESCO. The negotiations with Finnish UNESCO officers in Ministry of Education were started in December -01 and the work continued -02 , when an application for UNESCO was done by FIDEA in February. DRAMA and THEATRE EDUCATION 2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
was 7. - 9. December 2001 in Athens (Greece). There were more than
200 participants. The key note speakers and workshop leaders were from
Bosnia, UK, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Croatia, France, Sweden, Finland,
Turkey and - of course - Greece. |