As an event of Animated workshops funded by European Commission, Education and Culture DG (Grundtvig Programme), VIVO Foundation in collaboration with Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art organized a two-day lifelong learning discussion (Analysis 2) focusing on the needs of different target groups at museums and other cultural institutions, which took place in Budapest from the 10 to 11 March 2011.
Talks and discussions on the first day of the programme were held at Ludwig Museum, where in her introduction Tijana Stepanovic, president of VIVO Foundation talked about the main topic of Analysis 2, i.e. how to face the various challenges emerging in outreach programmes for different target groups, such as unemployed or retired people.
Nikolett Koruhely, art historian and art mediator elicited the interesting fact that though it might seem adequate, such a complex category as the unemployed should not be regarded as a coherent target group. Instead, she emphasized the significance to identify smaller units and to differentiate when addressing them.
Orsolya Barabassy, associate of the education department at Ludwig Museum gave a presentation on two of the Museum’s programmes. She summarized the benefits and the experiences of ‘Teacher’s Tuesdays’, a regular workshop for teachers and educators, and ‘LumiMini’, a series especially for families with young children. Emőke Ferenczi, art historian, art mediator presented Ludwig Museum’s educational project for senior visitors entitled ‘A Cup of Tea in Good Company’.
Tijana Stepanovic, president of VIVO Foundation described network building strategies, emphasizing the significance of international networks in the cultural sector and introducing thecuratorial visitor program of ACAX
Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange. Judit Szalipszki, VIVO’s board member presented three case studies of participatory practices, i.e the Garage Festival at Dunaújváros, Hungary by Technica Schweiz, recent projects of Krétakör and the future network of community gardens in Budapest. Katharina Dietz, a guest from Germany spoke about a project work involving children, youth and cultural pedagogy, realized at dokumenta12 in Germany, 2007 (‘Aushecken - Raum für Kinder und Jugendliche’).
After a guided tour at the Kind of Change – New Acquisitions 2009–2011 exhibition, an informal discussion, moderated by Orsolya Barabassy and Judit Szalipszki closed the programme. The presentations on the first day of Analysis 2 were aimed at demonstrating the importance of understanding the different needs, motivations and interests of various target groups in order to successfully integrate them into suitable educational programmes.
On the second day, the day of “best practices”, participants visited LudwigInzert and Trafó House of Contemporary Art where they got a glimpse of the strategies to reach the people living in the 8th district of Budapest. This rather varied district that has dozens of socio-cultural difficulties and tensions is also full of places dedicated to dance, theater, visual arts, literature and music. We were delighted to have international guests such as Katharina Dietz, Alessandra Pace, Nadezhda Savova from Germany and Bulgaria at this particular event.
Related links
LudwigInzert at Ludwig Museum’s website
Trafo House of Contemporary Art
ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange
Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art
Presentation by Judit Szalipszki: Participatory practices - involving local communities.
Three case studies: the Garage Festival at Dunaújváros by Technica Schweiz; recent projects of Krétakör (in cooperation with Káva Cultural Group) and the future network of community gardens in Budapest (organized by Böske, supported by the Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre)
For Judit Szalipszki’s presentation at http://prezi.com, click here.
Presentation by Katharina Dietz
aushecken – Hatching Ideas – for children’s and youth groups (aushecken - Raum für Kinder und Jugendliche auf der documenta 12)
About programmes for the unemployed
Social inclusion programme, Museum of London
The Sobriety project, The Waterways Museum and Adventure Centre
