2019 UNESCO International Arts Week

At the beginning of the 21st century, UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) began to acknowledge the crucial role of arts education as the very foundation to promote creative educational environments and as an essential element of education itself. To this end, as the first step to form a consensus with the international community, UNESCO proclaimed the “International Appeal for the Promotion of Arts Education and Creativity at School” at its 30th General Conference session in 1999. 
 
In 2010, a decade following this appeal for increased awareness on the importance of arts education, the Second World Conference on Arts Education was held in Seoul, the Republic of Korea.
Following the success of the 2^nd World Conference on Arts Education (25-28 May 2010, Seoul,), the 4^th week of May of every year has been proclaimed as International Arts Education Week by UNESCO’s General Conference at its 36^th session.

The most notable outcome of this conference was the “Seoul Agenda: Goals for the Development of Arts Education,” which was agreed upon through in-depth discussions of international experts, regarding the significance of arts education in and out of schools. The Seoul Agenda serves to enlarge the roles and scope of arts education and to encourage its social contribution efforts, while enhancing the overall quality of arts education and acting as a guiding direction for the education system.

The International Arts Education Week aims at increasing the international community’s awareness on the importance of arts education and at reinforcing its cooperation by promoting cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue and social cohesion.

During this week, art educators across the globe share the story of the impact of the transformative power of the arts in education. 
The 2019 UNESCO International Arts Week will be celebrated this year from 20^th to 26^th of May, 2019.
Get involved!
Celebrate. Host a celebration in your community, whether big or small, an existing event, or a new one.
Advocate. Share the value of the arts in education.
Participate. Share your story in the social media campaign using the hashtag #intArtEduWeek_InSEA to be part of the global Celebration.
Also send pictures to teachingvisualart@gmail.com.

TEACHING VISUAL ART

'The true objective of artistic education is not necessarily to create more dancers or professional artists. It is to create more complete human beings that are critical thinkers, curious minds, capable of leading a productive life.'

We support arts education for sustainable development because we believe that arts education promotes personal and social well-being. Arts education develops students’ self-esteem, social interactions and confidence.

At TEACHING VISUAL ART, we are taking the art education of the Nigerian children seriously and we are interested in the advancement of the frontline of art education in Nigeria, and in the continent of Africa.

TEACHING VISUAL ART is a creative social enterprise that provides diverse platform for promoting, encouraging artistic engagements and to increase the community’s awareness on the importance of arts education. TEACHING VISUAL ART is a strong advocate of Art as a means of unlocking innovation and creativity, and dedicated to serve children from various backgrounds and culture. It is committed to the support of Art Education for its benefits of social, economic, and environmental sustainability. Its projects are endorsed by InSEA (www.insea.org).

INVITE US!

You can invite us to your school, orphanage home or art camp to engage the young ones in series of Artistic engagements that is geared towards skill acquisition, therapy or personal talent growth. Send us a mail to teachingvisualart@gmail.com

We will like to be on jury team of any children’s art contest or any other art activities with the aims of helping the young ones to harness their God’s given talents.

We want to provide Art Education that is accessible and engaging for as many kids as possible. You can play a part, collaborating with you will contribute immensely to our work to advance the learning field of Art in Nigeria.