Hosted by Kunsten Museum of Modern Art’s artist Inge Tranter and educator Peter Juul.

In this podcast, we talk to Anna Zieler about VTS (Visual Thinking Strategies), a simple but powerful method of accessing artworks through dialogue. Anna Zieler founded VTS Danmark together with Marie Hesse in 2013 and has worked as an independent Visual Thinking Strategy consultant since 2013. 

Every episode of this podcast includes an unboxing, and here we unpack one of the world’s most famous artworks and allow Anna to guide us through a VTS examination of the work. 

You can access information about VTS at https://vtshome.org/. 

VTS Danmark offers courses on VTS here https://vtsdanmark.dk/.

This podcast was produced as part of the Shaping Patterns project with funding from Erasmus+. 

In May 2023 Professor Anne Bamford OBE, the Strategic Director of Education, Culture and Skills for the City of London visited Institut for Børnekultur in Viborg. She has done great research in the important role of qualified art and culture in primary education – for the children and for the professionals. 
We had a talk about her view on the characteristics of arts education in the Danish school system based on a research and review from 2006, The Ildsjæl in the Classroom – A review on Danish Arts Education in the Folkeskole (public school). We talked about the weaknesses and strengths and the differences from then to today. We also asked Anne what she thinks is important in terms of giving higher priority to arts education in the school curricula at political level. Listen to Anne Bamford’s thoughtful and inspiring perspectives in this podcast.

This podcast was produced as part of the Shaping Patterns project with funding from Erasmus+. 

Zsófia Balassa, PhD, is a cultural manager and financial leader at Káva Theatre in Hungary. She is an expert in theatre involving students and communities. With her company she regularly works with the topic of sustainability. As a mother of two small children she thinks a lot about the future of our globe and the responsibility of our society.

Villa Zebra interviews Mirjam van Tilburg,  docent  at the Master of Art Education at Fontys Hogescholen in Tilburg, Netherlands.

They dive into the interesting difference in language between education goals and the sustainability goals. They also discuss the role of contemporary art and the artist in education for sustainability.
 The podcast also highlights the importance of materials and materiality  in artistic processes with children. 

SPARK the movement interviews Ronald Kox of LKCA, the National Knowledge Institute Cultural Education and Amateur Art.

Ronald Kox is supervisor cultural education at the National Knowledge Institute Cultural Education and Amateur Art. He is specialized in curriculum development.

Ronald Kox: “I am an idealist. Someone who is convinced that the world can become a nicer and better place for everyone if only we are committed to it. In my view, art and culture play an important role in this. The younger you can start your exploration of the world of art and culture, the better it is for you. For your development as a person, for your place in society and for the development of your talents and opportunities in your life."

Kulturprinsen had a talk with two representatives for Friday for Future in Denmark, Sigrid Skou Hansen and Emilie Overgaard. 

They present a view on the scope and action of Fridays for Future in Denmark and how they as a youth organisation can contribute to education on sustainable development and children’s rights. During the talk they also highlight examples where artistic and cultural activities work as a source to reflective and involving environments.

This interview is conducted by Kulturskolen Örnskoldsvik. Participating is Helene Burmeister, unit manager for outdoor life, cultural heritage and art at Örnsköldsvik municipality. 

They speak about art, children and sustainability. 

Børns Møde Med Kunsten (Childrens Encounter With Art) interviews Peter Juul, head of education at KUNSTEN museum of modern art Aalborg. 

They discuss engaging adults in art around the children; transformation of schools and introducing creativity as a key factor in school curricula; and the understanding of materials.

Wiebke Janzen (teacher at primary school) and Anja Scheffer (artist at sideviews) discuss a collaboration between artists and schools, sustainability and the City Pharmacy project.

 They specify particular features of the project such as the intergenerational exchange of knowledge, peer-to-peer work and reflective processes of work and why they are so important for collaborative projects. They also discuss the general boundaries of artistic projects in school and when it is important to go beyond them.