How can arts empower, educate and change people for good?

We asked our Nomadways artivist community and here is what people said

Boys can do by Garçon Milano
art by Barbara Pozzi
Fine Acts’ campaign on fake news and media literacy

During my 8 weeks in the depression ward I tried to start practicing juggling again and ended up teaching my fellow patience. After successfully teaching several people a new skill we all had improved our self esteem and in the process naturally started to use our forgotten social skills. The bonding created a closer relationship between patients and was the beginning of a “we for us” mentality where we ended up helping and supporting each other. We started cooking, making music, going for walks or visiting venues/events together.

Video by Popping For Parkinson’s
Video by 1000 Gestalten
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Ever since the Sudanese protests started in December 2018, musicians, poets and visual artists have been slowly but steadily reinforcing the movement. When it comes to music, the majority of the output has been hip-hop in all its various forms including trap, which as far as anyone knows, was never the sub-genre to be associated with consciousness or even a cause. This phenomenon is an indicator of the country’s pride in its African identity, as well its unique juxtaposition as both an African and an Arab nation.

Learning history is certainly important, but there’s a lot of it. Students need to learn about historical ways of life, lives of individual people, cultures, dates, quotations, documents, and much more. Keeping everything straight can be difficult. So if students can learn and practice their knowledge through games and activities, that can make a tough job just a little bit easier.
Great idea for exercise is a time machine. It involves one student ‘traveling’ in a time machine and describing what they see. It is the job of the class or group to guess what time period they traveled to.

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