The changing professional and artistic landscape requires an attitude shift for many (young) artists, and for the individuals and institutions active in their education. This curriculum provides appropriate training modules. It addresses entrepreneurial competencies such as self-management, financial knowledge, PR and marketing – but a solid preparation for a profession in the cultural and creative industries and artistic fields includes more than getting a sense of the business side of work. Alongside these tools and skills, a new comprehension of contemporary artistic culture, professional ethics and individual responsibility is needed; a new artistic identity that encompasses open-mindedness as well as cross-disciplinary competencies and awareness of the artists’ role in society.
The R2E curriculum is the outcome of many factors, practices and pedagogical perspectives being crafted, compared and overlapped in an open discussion among all project partners. Each partner brought a specific point of view to the table, based on previous experiences and on an accurate evaluation of needs and skills in their own operative context, involving local stakeholders, and representatives of the public and private institutions for arts education. Professionals outlined the critical relation between education and labour market, using open discussion with active participation by artists and cultural operators.
The modules that came out of this process were tested in Pilot Trainings with young artists in the critical stage between education and profession. The trainings were unfolded with practical and theoretical sessions characterised by a non-formal and peer-to-peer approach. The curriculum was finalised with the feedback from the participants to the various national experiences. The modules can be freely combined according to different requirements and necessities aimed to the building of courses, seminars and workshops to train and advise young artists and cultural workers. You can find a video tutorial explaining how to use the online curriculum below.
Individuals and institutions interested at experimenting modules of the curriculum in their educational contexts can receive upon request information, mentoring and training by the pool of professional trainers and experts of the project consortium: contact@rootsnroutes.eu
This Curriculum was developed with funding from the EU programme ERASMUS+ as Strategic Partnership in the field of Vocational Education and Training. It reflects only the authors’ views; the European Commission and the ERASMUS+ national agencies are not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
