IDEA- Intellectual Disabilities engaged in Art
The project “IDeA- Intellectual Disabilities engaged in Art” aims to promote the inclusion of adult people with Intellectual Disabilities (pwID) by providing them high quality learning opportunities in artwork and art-crafts and upskilling the pathway and accessibility of their participation in society and economy by empowering both their art-skills, soft-skills and social media skills, a for art-work related social entrepreneurship promoting their art-work products.
OBJECTIVES
art skills
Promote the inclusion of adult people with intellectual disability (pID) in culture, art, digital technology, society and economy (work-market).
digital skills
Provide high quality learning opportunities for adult pwID both on artwork and on soft skills development for social entrepreneurship and promotion of their art-products through social media (digital media literacy).
entrepreneurial skills
Create an upskilling pathway for adult pwID from making an art-product to bringing it to the market or digital market and thus offer them accessibility to both education and employability.
EXPECTED RESULTS
ACTIVITY 1
Development of IDeA methodology targeting adult educators and relevant professionals working with pwID on how to organize artwork labs and artcraft training for pwID as well as soft-skill development for promotion of art products through social media
ACTIVITY 2
Implementation of a learning training activity (Train the trainer) for professionals working with people with intellectual disabilities for upskilling their skills on IDeA methodology and guidelines
ACTIVITY 3
Implementation of local workshops for people with intellectual disabilities in artwork, soft-skills and social media skills development for its promotion in a series of learning activities and creative labs.
ACTIVITY 4
Organization of social-engagement and art events and social media campaigns where pwID will promote their artwork applying the acquired skills.
ACTIVITY 5
IDeA events that will promote the methodology of the project, its results and the artwork for people with intellectual disabilities as a means for inclusion, employability, digital literacy, social engagement and participation in the society, education and economy.
PARTNERS
