Floyd Rumohr message for International Arts Education Week 2025
May 19-25, 2025: WAAE 2025 International Arts Education Week
We arts educators, from all areas of arts, will not bow down!
Through arts in education we address social justice and climate justice issues, we foster empathy and understanding.
Facing the current state of global violence, we will not bow down!
We pledge for artistic expression as a tool for dialogue, reconciliation, and inclusivity.
Facing the current state of bipolarization, racism and xenophobia, we will stand up strongly against them!
We pledge for democratic citizenship and peacebuilding.
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WAAE will celebrate the 2025 UNESCO Arts Education Week through a series of Forums and Webinars during the week, and through public actions of the members of our associations.
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Monday 19 MAY, 8 am UTC and 4 pm UTC: WAAE Open Forum
Arts Education for dialogue, reconciliation, and inclusivity
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The first session is at 8.ooh am UTC time The second is at 4.00 h pm UTC time. With Rita Irwin; Sanja Krsmanović Tasić, Mira Kallio-Tavin; Teresa Torres de Eça ; Susan Coles and Patricia Gonzalez among other arts educators. Aims of the Open Forum The Open Forum aims to foster open dialogue or conversation about Arts Education for dialogue, reconciliation, and inclusivity; WAAE Athens Declaration and the UNESCO Framework for Culture and Arts Education. Participants can bring their reflections or showcase their practices in arts education or education through art by making a 10 mn presentation. Each Webinar will be chaired by different members from the WAAE. Each webinar will be approx. one hour long and will be recorded. The forum will be held with zoom video conference tools. |
If you are not able to access this link , please send an email to [email protected] WAAE
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BRING YOUR THOUGHTS and EXPERIENCES!
Tuesday, 20th of May, 12 pm UTC time
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With
Speaker: Cristina Cusenza, Associate Project Officer, Culture and Education Intersectoral Programme, Cultural Policies and Development Entity, Culture Sector, UNESCO.
Moderator: Sanja Krsmanović Tasić, IDEA President (WAAE Chair May 2024-May 2025).
Speaker: Cristina Cusenza, Associate Project Officer, Culture and Education Intersectoral Programme, Cultural Policies and Development Entity, Culture Sector, UNESCO.
Moderator: Sanja Krsmanović Tasić, IDEA President (WAAE Chair May 2024-May 2025).
I am an anthropologist and cultural professional with experience in the fields of cultural policy and development, currently contributing to the coordination of UNESCO’s Intersectoral Team on Culture and Education at UNESCO Headquarters, in line with Intersectoral Programme 1: Learning for Diversity. I was previously based in Nairobi, Kenya, at the UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa, providing technical assistance to thirteen countries to implement measures to preserve their cultural and natural heritage, safeguard intangible cultural heritage practices, museum collections, as well as to promote dynamic cultural sectors through policy support, capacity building and partnership development, including in the context of emergencies. I also contributed to the implementation of different UNESCO projects to promote the rights and linguistic and cultural heritage of Indigenous Peoples, as well initiatives supporting countries to advance peace and human rights education. I have an academic background in social sciences and cultural anthropology. Cristina Cusenza |
“From Vision to Practice: UNESCO’s Efforts to Implement the Framework for Culture and Arts Education”
In February 2024, Ministers of Culture and Education endorsed the UNESCO Framework for Culture and Arts Education, marking a pivotal moment in global efforts to place culture and the arts at the heart of inclusive, quality education. Developed through an extensive global consultation process, the Framework promotes a holistic, lifelong, and cross-sectoral approach to learning—recognizing cultural diversity, Indigenous knowledge systems, and creative expression as central to sustainable development. This presentation will focus on UNESCO’s current efforts to operationalize the Framework. These include the development of a comprehensive Implementation Guidance providing practical and action-oriented recommendations for policymakers and a wide range of stakeholders, the creation of practical tools such as toolkits and step-by-step guides, and the promotion of coordinated national and regional initiatives. Resources UNESCO Framework for Culture and Arts Education: https://www.unesco.org/en/culture-education Learn more about UNESCO’s work on Culture and Education: https://www.unesco.org/en/culture-education?hub=71580 |
24th May, 12 pm UTC time
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With
Smaragda Chrysostomou , Director of the Music Education Lab at the Department of Music Studies. University of Athens.Director of the postgraduate program (MA) "Music Education in formal and informal environments"
Clio Fanourak, Αssociate professor in Theatrology–Theatre Didactics (Theory&Praxis), Department of Theatre Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Smaragda Chrysostomou , Director of the Music Education Lab at the Department of Music Studies. University of Athens.Director of the postgraduate program (MA) "Music Education in formal and informal environments"
Clio Fanourak, Αssociate professor in Theatrology–Theatre Didactics (Theory&Praxis), Department of Theatre Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
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Abstract Step into the vibrant energy of the Global Arts Education Summit, entitled: ARTS, NATURE, TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION: HARMONY IN UNITY, which lit up Athens in October 2024. Over several inspiring days, educators, artists, and researchers from around the world came together to exchange bold ideas, share groundbreaking practices, and reimagine the future of Arts Education. At the heart of it all emerged the Athens Declaration—a powerful collective call to action and a fresh vision for advocacy in the arts. This session invites you to explore the highlights of the Summit, dive into the creative dialogues that shaped it, and join the ongoing conversation sparked by this transformative declaration. Are you ready to reflect on your personal connection with Arts Education? Join us and share your thoughts. |
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Smaragda Chrysostomou is currently a Professor of Music Pedagogy and Didactics at the Faculty of Music Studies, University of Athens. She also teaches at the Faculty for Primary Teachers, University of Athens and at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus.
Her PhD from the University of Reading, UK (1997) was a comparative study of the English and Greek music teacher education. For several years she has worked as a music teacher in secondary education (general and music schools), as an in-service trainer for music teachers in primary and secondary education and as a university teacher in the Faculty of Primary Teacher Education at the Democritus University of Thrace. She has many publications related to her work in Greek and international journals and edited books. She is a member of the Advisory Board for the International Journal of Education & the Arts as well as in the series ‘Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education’, Senior Editor Liora Bresler, by Springer. She is also a member of the International Editorial Board for the journals International Journal of Music Education and Research Studies in Music Education as the Greek journal Mousikopaidagogika. She was the coordinator of the Committee for ‘Aesthetic Education’ (for the subjects Music, Visual Arts and Drama/Theatre) in the national project "DIGITAL SCHOOL I and II: Specifying a Digital Educational Platform, Building and Operating an Educational Knowledge Base, Adapting and Annotating Learning Objects with Educational Metadata, Building the Infrastructure to Support Exemplary Teaching Practices and the Use of the Participatory Web", Greek National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF), Νο 296441 [2010-2015, 2017-2021 (EU, CTI)]. She is the coordinator of the Committee for ‘Arts and Culture’ (for the subjects Music, Visual Arts and Drama/Theatre) in the national project ‘Development of Digital Content in Schools’ (2023-25). She is past chair of ISME’s Commission for Music in the Schools and Teacher Education (MISTEC). She has served on the Board of the International Society for Music Education for four years, two of which on the Executive Committee (2016-2020). |
Clio Fanouraki, Αssociate professor in Theatrology–Theatre Didactics (Theory&Praxis), Department of Theatre Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Director, Writer, Performer. Her scientific interests and research focus on theatre/drama education, contemporary theatre and digital theatre/drama, language arts, dramatized teaching of ancient and modern Greek language and literature, poetry though drama, theatre and performance writing, multicultural drama, curriculum development through the arts, and subfields of social and applied theatre. Her doctoral thesis entitled " The teaching of the philological subjects through theatre education in secondary education" reflects the necessity of the presence of theatre in secondary education.
She has conducted multiple research training workshops on the didactics of theatre. Clio Fanouraki has been active in teaching, writing, and directing theatre and film for children, young people and adults. (Feature film: Xamou (2016). Short films: Medea (2012), Ftou! Freedom for All (2010), theatre performances etc.). She has worked in the field of research, production and performing for documentaries, film, theatre, and has created festivals and interactive educational programmes focusing on theatre in the community, arts and culture. She participates in Research projects on theatre, film and performing arts in education and in the community and is currently coordinating the field of Arts and Culture for “Development of Digital Content in Schools” [Greece]. She believes in the transformative power of arts, impro and play in education and society. |
CALL FOR ACTIONS
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Social Media Campaign The global arts education community encouraged people to participate in the social media campaign using the designated hashtags and graphics below: Social Media: Facebook Page: /WorldAllianceForArtsEducation Facebook Group: World Alliance for Arts Education (waae) Twitter: @WAAE_ArtsEd Instagram: @WorldAllianceForArtsEducation Hashtags: #InternationalArtsEducationWeek2025 #InternationalArtsEducationWeek #ArtsEdWeek #artseducationweek #artseducation #WAAE SDG tags: #qualityeducation#goodhealph#peaceandjustice#partnershipsforthegoals #innerdevgoals |
Promotional Language for Newsletters and Social Media: 2025 International Arts Education Week , MAY 19-25 Designated by UNESCO in 2012, the week celebrates the arts, in their diversity, and arts educators which play a critical role in fostering and transforming humanity. During the week, the World Alliance for Arts Education will coordinate a social media campaign using #ArtsEdWeek and will showcase promising practices for arts education, and opportunities to share arts education projects from around the world. Visit https://www.waae.online/ for more information. |
WAAE invites you, your colleagues, your students and your friends to fight for Arts Education as a tool for personal and social growth in all contexts of learning, to ‘draw a line’, ‘to play a line’, ‘to make a line’, ‘to sing a line’, ‘to dance a line’ that reflects the power of arts education to inspire creativity, expression, and thoughtful critique. Arts education articulates and activates culture and much more. Arts education in its different art forms as well as in articulation with other areas is an essential part of education.
To celebrate the 2025 WAAE 2025 International Arts Education Week we call art educators from over the world to join us expressing their active involvement though these actions:
To celebrate the 2025 WAAE 2025 International Arts Education Week we call art educators from over the world to join us expressing their active involvement though these actions:
- Ring the bells, drum drums, sing, dance, play an instrument in public for arts education,
- Draw a line for Education through Art.
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RECORD
Record a short video with yourself expressing in a couple of sentences what art education means to you, or the form of arts education you are practicing. It could start with “Because I learn music, I now...“ „Since I started drama classes...“ , “I notice my pupils when drawing or creating have...“, „Teaching dance has changed my...“, “Art education for me is...“ or similar.
The format of the video should be mp4, maximum 3mn.
Send to [email protected]
The format of the video should be mp4, maximum 3mn.
Send to [email protected]
