World Summits
On a regular basis, WAAE holds a World Summit. Past summits can be found here
‘2023 WAAE World Summit of Arts Education , Madeira, 1-3th March 2023
Summit Webpage Here
Organized by Madeira Regional Government, the Regional Secretary of Education, Science and Technology and the Conservatory – Professional School of Arts of Madeira, the WAAE World Summit of Arts Education ‘2023 will be held for the first time on Madeira Island and will guide its discussion around the main theme ‘Heritage & Sustainability: sustaining islands of culture and arts education’. Its main objective is to share knowledge, tradition and new practices in arts education involving traditional musical instruments, traditional dances, tales and legends; design; visual arts and handicrafts and local sustainability. The summit will have an hybrid format offering opportunities to share and make presentations integrated in discussion panels, workshops, posters and performances for an audience of teachers, educators, researchers, students, cultural agents; cultural policy makers; cultural producers; cultural managers; educators, artists, designers, craftspeople, social workers; mediators and facilitators in cultural contexts from all over the world.
The Frankfurt Declaration will be the starting point to this summit, to continue the debates initiated in the 2019 WAAE summit, organized in Frankfurt, Germany (October 28 to Nov 1, 2019). Based on the successes and lessons learned from the twelve editions of the Madeira Artistic Education Congress, with the participation of between 250 and 300 artists, teachers, and political agents annually, the Madeira edition of this World Summit would follow a similar pattern of openness, including an active dialogue, leading to agreed actions.
The WAAE World Summit of Arts Education ‘2023 will have a hybrid format:
a) entirely remotely, will be carried out online using a unified communication and collaboration platform;
b) in person, with access to the program organized in person and held in Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal.
The in-situ WAAE World Summit of Arts Education ‘2023 in Madeira will be held during three days, expecting more than twenty discussion panels and workshops in the various artistic areas; an opening conference with delegates of WAAE and a local keynote; three plenary sessions where the major themes will be addressed by keynote speakers and panellists; space for round tables, workshops, performances and digital posters. The participants in situ will be able to enjoy the wonderful social events and walks to know more about Madeira natural and cultural heritage. The summit will also integrate a book fair and publishing stands (if you want to launch a book, journal or having a publisher’s stand, please contact us).
OnLine WAAE World Summit of Arts Education ‘2023 : In the online format Presenters who opt for the online modality will be able to share their presentations and will attend the synchronous sessions of the respective panels for Q&A in a zoom platform, presenters are asked to record their presentations in advance to avoid delays. The face-to-face program will be adapted to the online modality via streaming of the plenary sessions. It will not include social activities, the Publishing Fair, performances, workshops and other activities of a practical nature.
AIMS and Topics
Acknowledging that culture and arts industries can create an environment that fosters ideas and actions of awareness and individual responsibility in line with sustainable development goals, the World Summit of Arts Education ‘2023 – ‘Heritage and Sustainability: Sustainable Islands of Culture and Arts Education’ aims to join this SGD agenda and invite participants to present their ideas, reflections, theories and practices to discuss the challenges and opportunities that local cultures and arts educations can offer to sustainable futures.
Although the arts and culture seem to be absent from the global discourses of SGD agenda, it is clear that they play a fundamental role in achieving more sustainable societies, by creating jobs, raising awareness, transforming attitudes and values, stimulating creativity, fostering diversity and bringing a value added to education, in a time of environment and social crisis.
It is therefore of paramount importance to strengthen cultural information systems and exchanges between countries to know not only about their economic impact, but also to generate public policies that impact the entire value chain of cultural industries and educational systems.
As the concept of cultural and creative industries is vast, it encompasses a set of activities that have in common the use of creativity, cultural knowledge and intellectual property as resources to produce goods and services with social and cultural significance – such as in performing arts, visuals arts, multimedia, digital arts & performance, cultural heritage, handicrafts, cinema, photography, radio, television, music, literature, educational and entertainment software and other computer software and services, new media, architecture, design, fashion and advertising – the aim of the World Summit of Arts Education ‘2023 – ‘Heritage and Sustainability: Sustainable Islands of Culture and Arts Education’ is to encourage sharing of knowledge, reflections, theories and new practices in in-between locality, arts education and traditional art forms in the diverse heritages of each country or region. In this way, it is intended to highlight the following areas for discussion during the summit:
Organized by Madeira Regional Government, the Regional Secretary of Education, Science and Technology and the Conservatory – Professional School of Arts of Madeira, the WAAE World Summit of Arts Education ‘2023 will be held for the first time on Madeira Island and will guide its discussion around the main theme ‘Heritage & Sustainability: sustaining islands of culture and arts education’. Its main objective is to share knowledge, tradition and new practices in arts education involving traditional musical instruments, traditional dances, tales and legends; design; visual arts and handicrafts and local sustainability. The summit will have an hybrid format offering opportunities to share and make presentations integrated in discussion panels, workshops, posters and performances for an audience of teachers, educators, researchers, students, cultural agents; cultural policy makers; cultural producers; cultural managers; educators, artists, designers, craftspeople, social workers; mediators and facilitators in cultural contexts from all over the world.
The Frankfurt Declaration will be the starting point to this summit, to continue the debates initiated in the 2019 WAAE summit, organized in Frankfurt, Germany (October 28 to Nov 1, 2019). Based on the successes and lessons learned from the twelve editions of the Madeira Artistic Education Congress, with the participation of between 250 and 300 artists, teachers, and political agents annually, the Madeira edition of this World Summit would follow a similar pattern of openness, including an active dialogue, leading to agreed actions.
The WAAE World Summit of Arts Education ‘2023 will have a hybrid format:
a) entirely remotely, will be carried out online using a unified communication and collaboration platform;
b) in person, with access to the program organized in person and held in Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal.
The in-situ WAAE World Summit of Arts Education ‘2023 in Madeira will be held during three days, expecting more than twenty discussion panels and workshops in the various artistic areas; an opening conference with delegates of WAAE and a local keynote; three plenary sessions where the major themes will be addressed by keynote speakers and panellists; space for round tables, workshops, performances and digital posters. The participants in situ will be able to enjoy the wonderful social events and walks to know more about Madeira natural and cultural heritage. The summit will also integrate a book fair and publishing stands (if you want to launch a book, journal or having a publisher’s stand, please contact us).
OnLine WAAE World Summit of Arts Education ‘2023 : In the online format Presenters who opt for the online modality will be able to share their presentations and will attend the synchronous sessions of the respective panels for Q&A in a zoom platform, presenters are asked to record their presentations in advance to avoid delays. The face-to-face program will be adapted to the online modality via streaming of the plenary sessions. It will not include social activities, the Publishing Fair, performances, workshops and other activities of a practical nature.
AIMS and Topics
Acknowledging that culture and arts industries can create an environment that fosters ideas and actions of awareness and individual responsibility in line with sustainable development goals, the World Summit of Arts Education ‘2023 – ‘Heritage and Sustainability: Sustainable Islands of Culture and Arts Education’ aims to join this SGD agenda and invite participants to present their ideas, reflections, theories and practices to discuss the challenges and opportunities that local cultures and arts educations can offer to sustainable futures.
Although the arts and culture seem to be absent from the global discourses of SGD agenda, it is clear that they play a fundamental role in achieving more sustainable societies, by creating jobs, raising awareness, transforming attitudes and values, stimulating creativity, fostering diversity and bringing a value added to education, in a time of environment and social crisis.
It is therefore of paramount importance to strengthen cultural information systems and exchanges between countries to know not only about their economic impact, but also to generate public policies that impact the entire value chain of cultural industries and educational systems.
As the concept of cultural and creative industries is vast, it encompasses a set of activities that have in common the use of creativity, cultural knowledge and intellectual property as resources to produce goods and services with social and cultural significance – such as in performing arts, visuals arts, multimedia, digital arts & performance, cultural heritage, handicrafts, cinema, photography, radio, television, music, literature, educational and entertainment software and other computer software and services, new media, architecture, design, fashion and advertising – the aim of the World Summit of Arts Education ‘2023 – ‘Heritage and Sustainability: Sustainable Islands of Culture and Arts Education’ is to encourage sharing of knowledge, reflections, theories and new practices in in-between locality, arts education and traditional art forms in the diverse heritages of each country or region. In this way, it is intended to highlight the following areas for discussion during the summit:
- How to integrate traditional music and musical instruments in contemporary arts education practices?
- What is the role of traditional dances in contemporary arts education practices?
- Heritage and contemporary challenges in drama education practices.
- Heritage and contemporary challenges in visual arts education practices.
- Story telling processes in education.
- How regional tales and legends can enrich educational and SDG Agenda goals?
- What kind of relationships exist between arts, design, new media, craftsmanship, education and cultures towards global agendas (SDG) or agendas for local futures?
- Arts Education contribution in the mitigation of societal challenges (e.g. conflict zones; exclusion; health problems; precarious contexts, etc.)
- in situ presentations (up to 15 mn);
- in situ workshops (up to 1hour);
- in situ performances (up to 10 mn);
- online presentations (up to 15 mn);
- digital posters (JPGs format).
Present a communication or a performance, organize a workshop or send a poster!
In order to achieve the objectives, registration is open for the presentation of communications and the promotion of workshops in areas related to the theme and aims of this World Summit of Arts Education.
- Authors’ Deadline for submissions: 15 October, 2022
- Information for authors: 30 October, 2022
- Authors will need to register in the summit: until 31 December, 2022
- Deadline to submit the text for proceedings : 15 February, 2023
- Proposals must be submitted by email wsae2023@gmail.com.
If you have problems in downloading the forms, please send us an email
This summit is for you!
If you are teacher, arts educator, arts education researcher, arts student, cultural agent; cultural policy maker; cultural producer, cultural manager, educational manager, educator, artist, designer, craftsman/woman, social worker, mediator and facilitator in cultural and educational contexts, this summit is for you!
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HOST of the World Summit of Arts Education ‘2023: Conservatório – Escola Profissional das Artes da Madeira, Eng.º Luiz Peter Clode. Polo do Bom Jesus (Travessa do Nogueira, n.º 11, 9050-451 Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal) Phone: +351 291 203 050 E-mail: wsae2023@gmail.com |
