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Calligraphy as a tool for intercultural education

Calligraphy workshops for secondary school students. The aim of this project is to make young people aware of the exchanges between different civilizations in the construction of knowledge, and thus contribute to living together and social cohesion. In middle school, it can be integrated into a history program (history of writing, civilizations), civics (becoming a citizen) or French (poetry, fables).

Help students discover the richness and importance of calligraphy in different cultures, such as Arabic, Chinese, etc., and develop a new artistic skill. These workshops aim to teach technique and explore cultural diversity.

o Cultural skills :

- Meet an artist, his approach and his works.

- Define the artist’s place and role in society.

- Become aware of and accept the diversity of artistic languages.

- Diversify and enrich cultural approaches in the immediate environment: literary, musical, architectural.

o Pedagogical skills :

- Identify traces, signs and writing in the everyday environment.

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- Know the tools, materials and supports of calligraphy (brush, calamus, etc.),

- Be familiar with the basic aesthetic forms of calligraphy: curves, straight lines, dots, spirals, solid and unstructured forms.

- Practicing and mastering certain calligraphy techniques Tool/material/ stroke relationship, anchoring tools, single stroke Playing with variations, enlarging, repeating… analyzing the effects produced

- Get to know calligraphic artists through the history of art: foreign artists influenced by Western culture (Massoudy) or Western artists influenced by Eastern culture (Alechinski- Renoux).

o Direct links with the French (medieval lettering), history (Christianity, Islam, Asia) and visual arts (calligraphy in art) curricula in 5th grade: sessions can be reused and extended in each class.

- Work on speaking up in workshops, in class, with parents

- Living together: completing a group project

- Dare to show off and accept the gaze of others

- Explain choices, argue judgments

- Take part in a group production

Teaching methods :

- Session 1: Discovering Arabic calligraphy through calligraphy artists: Definition of calligraphy; Presentation of tools; Discussion with the calligraphy artist.

- Session 2: My identity Learn different calligraphy techniques: calligraphy of one’s first name (Latin and Arabic), Chinese brush calligraphy (ideograms).

- Session 3: My origins/my country/my parents’ country/my grandparents’ country Calligraphy of an emotion related to one’s country/parents’ country/grandparents’ country.

- Session 4: Exhibition, collective work Creation of a collective work (one work for all three classes)

The training plan can be adapted to the realities of the field

Duration and practical organization:

- Latin calligraphy workshop (ideally 2 h / history of oral-writing calligraphers)

- Chinese calligraphy workshop (ideally 2 h) / history of oral-writing calligraphers

- Arabic calligraphy workshop (ideally 2 h) / history of calligraphy oral-writing

- Provide exhibitions after each workshop (a space on ENT for parents),

- Creation of a joint class fresco:

provide a location (wall)

- Evening: Presentation to parents

Location: In class

Dates: at sponsor’s convenience

Target audience: cycle 3-collèges

Intervenants :

The presence of an educator in the team is an excellent initiative for deepening the values of the republic and the ideas of peace with the young participants. She can help create a space for dialogue and reflection for young people on these subjects, and foster their understanding and appropriation of republican values such as liberty, equality, fraternity and secularism. The educator can also help young people to better manage their emotions and behavior during the workshops.

The presence of a calligrapher is obviously essential to transmit the techniques and skills needed to create works of calligraphy. The calligrapher can also share his know-how and passion for this art with the young participants, inspiring them and encouraging them to develop their own creativity.

Price: QUOTATION on request: Our prices take into account the number of actions and the number of participants.