Art Made Man

Through Art Therapies and handicraft

- AMM -

 

Art Made Man through art therapies and handicraft is a project funded with the support of the GRUNDTVIG Programme of the European Commission.

Art Made Man

It arises from different concerns:

1. The social and economic marginalization faced by the "weakest part" of the population of the countries inolved.
2. The dependant position of disabled people due to a physical or a psychological deficiency, and of the dependent migrants due to the lack of cultural identity and reference points in the new environment.

It is in this context that AMM has identified as direct beneficiaries: Those who live on the margins of the society and of the labor market, a strategic objective of the European Union and an economic and social priority.

AIMING AT enhancing:

  • Their Professional and Transversal competences;
  • Their Interpesonal Relations
  • The acquisition of practical-operative competences.

Through an innovative methodology thati integrates dance movement, art therapy and craft.

With its object, AMM responds to the EU strategies starting from Lisbon. Adult education is, in fact, a key component of LLL. It is considered a "public good" and a public responsability, with a cultural mediation role and a support social capital growth in terms of an increase of citizen participation, better health conditions an higher level of wealth an individual realization feeling.

 

 

Lifelong Learning Programme"This porject has been funded with the support of the GRUNDTVIG Programme of the European Commission. This communication reflects the views of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsabile for any use which may be made of the information contained therein."