As part of UNESCO Culture and Arts Education Week 2026 (May 25–31), the World Alliance for Arts Education (WAAE) will host a series of international webinar panel discussions on the theme “Arts Education in Action for Peace.” Bringing together representatives and scholars from across the arts education communities, the sessions will explore how culture and arts education can foster empathy, creativity, dialogue, and more peaceful futures in times of global uncertainty and change. Panelists will share brief personal reflections on how they came to engage with questions of peace, followed by a moderated conversations and audience discussion.
From Vision to Practice: Implementing the UNESCO Culture and Arts Education GuidelinesWednesday May 27, 12pm UTC/GMT (14:00 Paris time)
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"From Vision to Practice: Implementing the UNESCO Culture and Arts Education Guidelines" is a webinar focused on the newly published Implementation Guidance for the UNESCO Framework for Culture and Arts Education. The session will explore how the framework can be put into practice across educational contexts to support more holistic, inclusive, creative, and culturally responsive learning through the arts.
Representatives from UNESCO will introduce the guidebook, followed by a panel discussion with representatives from the World Alliance for Arts Education (WAAE), including visual arts education (InSEA), music education (ISME), dance education (WDA), and drama/theatre education (IDEA). The webinar will conclude with audience questions and discussion. Panelists: Tariq Talal Mossad, UNESCO (CLT Sector) Mathilde Stoleroff, UNESCO (Education Sector) Jody Kerchner, ISME Sarah Knox, WDA Sanja Krsmanović Tasić, IDEA Patsey Bodkin, InSEA Susan Coles, InSEA Moderator: Mira Kallio-Tavin, InSEA |
InSEA and WAAE presents
Join UNESCO Culture and Arts Education Week’s Webinar:
Arts Education in Action for Peace
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Saturday, May 30｜12PM UTC
This webinar explores how culture and arts education can foster empathy, ethical awareness, dialogue, and more peaceful futures in times of global uncertainty, violence, and displacement. Through personal reflections and panel discussion, participants will consider how art teaching and learning can address human and non-human suffering, cultivate critical awareness of world events, and support more inclusive, caring, and socially engaged communities. Panelists: Dr. John Johnston, UNESCO Chairholde Dr. Michelle Bae-Dimitriadis, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Olga Ivashkevich, University of South Carolina Dr. Oscar Keyes, Virginia Commonwealth University Dr. Annika Hellman, Malmö University Moderator: Dr. Mira Kallio-Tavin, University of Georgia |
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IDEA and WAAE presents
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As part of UNESCO Culture and Arts Education Week 2026, IDEA brings together international artists, educators, and theatre practitioners to explore how drama and theatre education can foster peace, empathy, dialogue, sustainability, and democratic engagement.
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This international webinar brings together educators and practitioners who use theatre and arts education to promote meaningful social change. Hosted by IDEA as part of the 2026 UNESCO Culture and Arts Education Week. |
ISME and WAAE presents
Join ISME’s International Webinar:
Music in Peacebuilding:
Scholars' Actions from the Min-On Research Institute (Tokyo)
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Wednesday, May 27｜1PM UTC
In this panel, research affiliates with the Min-On Music Research Institute based in Tokyo will share summaries and stories of their respective work with music and peacebuilding. Panelists: Dr. Mary Cohen, Professor of Music Education, University of Iowa, USA Dr. Kevin Shorner-Johnson, Dean and Director of Music Education, Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania, USA Elaine Sandoval, Research Fellow, MOMRI, USA Olivier Urbain, Director of MOMRI, Tokyo, Japan Dr. Gideon Danja, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/.../register/_J_fvDy7Sj-iSydP8L7-2Q |
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World Dance Alliance and WAAE presents
Join UNESCO Culture and Arts Education Week’s Webinar: Arts Education in Action for Peace
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This event was cancelled.
The World Dance Alliance brings a panel of scholars, practitioners and artists together to share projects that link dance, social cohesion and peace. Panelists: Dr Sarah Knox, World Dance Alliance Vice President, The University of Auckland Dr Kristie Mortimer, Nord University Kisha September, The University of Auckland Dr Melina Scialom, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Dr Erica Rose Jeffrey, Dance for Parkinsons Australia |
