Oxford Brookes University

AGENTS OF CHANGE AND ECOLOGICAL CITIZENSHIP – new summer school programme from 10 to 22 July 2011

April 5, 2011Announcements22 July, Art Culture, Berlin, Citizenship Form, Creative, Ecological Citizenship, Hildegard, Imagination, Many Different Ways, Opportunity, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford University, Participants, Shelley Sacks, Social Sculpture, sustainability, Work Situations

This two week workshop:

provides an opportunity to explore the many different ways and levels on which we can be or become better `agents of changeÂ´ and how we can deepen our understanding of ecological citizenship
provides a form for exploring the importance of imagination in transformative work
enables participants to Â develop forms of creative cultural action that relate directly to each of our own life-work situations

The workshop is embedded in the exploratory practices and research of the Social Sculpture Research Unit and informed by its network of active members and associates. In this sense it also provides an introduction to social sculpture and its role in bringing about a viable word.

The program me is led by artist Shelley Sacks, head of the Social Sculpture Research Unit at Oxford Brookes University, and Dr. Hildegard Kurt from and. Institute for Art, Culture and Sustainability in Berlin.

Please enrol as soon as possible. Places are limited.

Weimar Art and Sustainability Summer School Â« Sustainability and Contemporary Art

March 15, 2010news21st Century, Aesthetic Questions, Art Culture, Bauhaus, Contemporary Art, Creative Action, Goethe, Goethe Schiller, Hildegard, Introductory Exploration, Joseph Beuys, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford University, Practive, School Of Art, Sculpture Forum, Shelley Sacks, Social Sculpture, sustainability, Theory Practice

Learn about the Beuysian school of art and sustainability on this progressive summer course.

ART AND SUSTAINABILITY â€“ new Summer School program in English within theInternational Weimar Summer Courses from 27 June â€“ 10 July 2010.

From Goethe and Schiller through the Bauhaus to Social Sculpture. Forum for Creative Action: The Shaping of a Humane World as an Aesthetic Challenge

This 12 day `theory-practiceÂ´ program runs annually in the summer. It actively engages participants in an introductory exploration of social sculpture and aesthetic questions relevant to the shaping of an ecological and socially just future. It looks back to Goethe, Schiller, the Bauhaus and Joseph Beuys and forward to developing new forms of social sculpture / connective practive appropriate to the challenges of the 21st century.

The program is led by artistÂ Shelley Sacks, head of theÂ Social Sculpture Research Unit at Oxford Brookes University, andÂ Dr. Hildegard Kurt fromÂ and. Institute for Art, Culture and Sustainability in Berlin.

Enrolment closes on 30 April 2010. PleaseÂ enrol as soon as possible. Places are limited.

via Weimar Art and Sustainability Summer School Â« Sustainability and Contemporary Art.

ART AND SUSTAINABILITY – New summer school program in English

March 3, 2010Announcements21st Century, Aesthetic Questions, Art Culture, Bauhaus, Berlin Office, Creative Action, English Art, Goethe, Goethe Schiller, Hildegard, Introductory Exploration, Joseph Beuys, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford University, Practive, Sculpture Forum, Shelley Sacks, Social Sculpture, sustainability, Theory Practice

ART AND SUSTAINABILITY – new Summer School program in English within the International Weimar Summer Courses from 27 June – 10 July 2010.

From Goethe and Schiller through the Bauhaus to Social Sculpture. Forum for Creative Action: The Shaping of a Humane World as an Aesthetic Challenge

Enrolment closes on 30 April 2010. PleaseÂ enrol as soon as possible. Places are limited.

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Dr. Hildegard Kurt
und. Institut fÃ¼r Kunst, Kultur und ZukunftsfÃ¤higkeit e.V. (und.Institut)
(and. Institute for Art, Culture and Sustainability)
Leitung BÃ¼ro Berlin / Head Berlin Office
Koburger Str. 3
D – 10825 Berlin
Tel. +49 (0) 30 782 74 12
Fax + 49 (0) 30 78 71 26 95
www.und-institut.de
www.hildegard-kurt.de
www.wachsende-skulptur-lueneburg.de