We carried out mixed mobility of adults as part of the Open Hands project in Novigrad, Croatia

The participants of the three partner organizations of the Open Hands project, which is implemented through the Erasmus+ program to exchange good practices in the field of adult education, gathered in the first half of September in the idyllic accommodation settlement of Pinesta near Novigrad. We had no shortage of beautiful weather, creative moments, plenty of creative moments and genuine fellowship. At the same time, we were spoiled by the pleasant September weather and the sea sound.

A rich program of art workshops, both modern and traditional, was led by Izar Lunaček, Miha Eric, Andreja Vivoda, Admir Baltić, Branka Vujić and Anka Pavelić. We also conducted several cultural-project management workshops, mainly in terms of connecting different websites and the possibility of selling unique products made by members of the project’s target group. These are mostly older women, mostly from rural areas, who, in the fall of their lives, are looking for opportunities for additional education and knowledge for future activities.

As part of mixed adult mobility, we visited the Lapidarium museum and gallery in Novigrad. We visited the current exhibition under the guidance and lecture of curator Jerica Ziherl. It is a combination of works of art by renowned Croatian artists and creators from the modern era and the museum’s permanent collection of traditional works of art dating back to the times of the old settlements of Novigrad.

In cooperation with the Salsaverde Gallery from Izola, we organized the final exhibition of the products created in the project. All our creative participants attended the opening event. The event was covered by the national RTV TV Slovenia 1 and the national radio RTV Slovenia 1.

Through the exchange of good practices, we want to offer participating organizations more attractive and meaningfully connected educational and artistic content, either in a traditional or a more modern, but certainly in a more attractive form.

Through the mobility of adult learners, we improve the knowledge, skills and competencies of the participants in three areas:
– in the field of fine arts, design, manual skills and the promotion and search for innovative digital environments for the promotion of art,
– on the importance of preserving and transferring culture to a new environment and exploiting their potential, cultural activity and integration,
– in the field of cultural management and the development of entrepreneurial knowledge and skills in the field of culture and art.

With the international activities of the Open Hands project, we improve intercultural dialogue. At the same time, we fight against discrimination and stigmatization and promote the European values ​​of equality and tolerance.

Above all, we create a transferable model of our good practice with a proactive approach to solving shared problems, where we introduce different methods and content into informal education models.

At the end of the project, we will write down our findings in more detail in the online gallery and the online catalogue of creativity through the exchange of good practices and present our products, project results and expected effects.