E – CRAFTS
Enhancing adult education to promote upcycling based on Creative Artistic Crafts
E-CRAFTS focuses on the education and training of adults with fewer opportunities, in order for them to develop new competencies regarding sustainability and well-being, through Arts and Crafts activities. The project aims to contribute to the empowerment of adults with tools to promote Creativity in the search for innovative solutions, in response to the current challenges of environmental preservation, inter-sectoral cooperation, preservation of knowledge and cultural heritage, while promoting social inclusion and the well-being of people.
Objectives
Objective 1
Enhancing the cultural heritage of people and local communities at the level of trades and crafts.
Objective 2
Promoting the artists and art as a way of valuing vulnerable adults, local culture, and the reuse of products through upcycling.
Objective 3
Developing innovative educational proposals that promote upcycling.
Objective 4
Promoting the social, emotional, and mental well-being of people as well as the valorization of culture and their knowledge.
Objective 5
Sharing different local cultures, in the European context affected by the economic and health crisis.
Activities
The project activities involve the transmission of knowledge, techniques and materials by the artists/artisans to the other beneficiaries, according to the premises of active, experiential and intergenerational learning, privileging two forms of interaction: the face-to-face and virtual one.
Results
RESULT 1
A handbook with methodological guidelines for adult education, adapted to vulnerable adults such as the elderly, people with disabilities and migrants, based on upcycling workshops.
RESULT 2
A toolkit with educational video tutorials guiding do-it-yourself upcycling activities in the context of adult education.
RESULT 3
A sustainability plan that consists in outlining a future plan on sustainability and entrepreneurship for the multiple stakeholders involved.
News
Welcome to Palermo Arts and Crafts world
They say Sicilian culture is about (re)using every piece of a process that makes an output. There are not waste parts, from food to fashion, from agriculture to arts and crafts. In E-Crafts project (2020-1-PT01-KA227-ADU-094892), this is a crucial component: the...
The 2nd TM in Valladolid. Let’s get it done!
On 9th and 10th of February, the E-Craft consortium met in Valladolid for the second transnational meeting. The coordinator Rosto Solidario and the co-partners – CEIPES, ASPAYM – discussed about the state of art of the overall work, focusing on concluding the first...
The Learning Teaching and Training Activities – Artistic Residence
From 22 to 26 November, the LTTA – Learning Teaching and Training Activities of the E-Crafts project took place, in the form of an Artistic Residence, in the fantastic panorama of the city of Porto in Portugal. It was a key moment for the project, combining the...
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