Creative Crafts Project
Project Number: KA210-ADU-52939AD9
Start Year: 2025-01-01
End Year: 2025-12-31
Project Type: Erasmus+ KA2
Project Sector: Adult
Project Topics: Accessibility and inclusion, Social inclusion, Cultural heritage and art
Erasmus+ KA2
Project Description
Creative Crafts is designed to build on the successes of the project 'cREative YOUth over 65' ID: 2021-2-IT02-KA210-ADU-000049061. 'R YOU 65' focused on the arts as a means for older people to express themselves. However, it did not focus on intergenerational contexts or the preservation of cultural heritage. This project uses traditional crafts as a powerful medium to connect generations, preserve cultural heritage and empower participants to express their identities.
Project Objectives
- Amplify Personal Narratives: Enable older people to explore and express their identities through traditional crafts.
- Preserve and Reinterpret Cultural Heritage: Encourage participants to combine traditional crafts with modern art.
- Foster Intergenerational Learning and Collaboration: Facilitate meaningful exchanges between older people and younger participants.
- Extend the Artistic Legacy: Ensure that the creative momentum of «R YOU 65» continues, inspiring new expressions.
Project Results
- Narrative Craft Workshops: Facilitate intergenerational collaboration through traditional textile crafts.
- Reflection and Sharing Circles: Spaces to discuss the emotional and narrative aspects of textile work.
- Collaborative Textile Innovation Laboratories: Focused on the modernization of traditional textile crafts.