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- INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
- Koning Willem II College Tilburg - the Netherlands
- IAE - Intercultural Art Education - Vienna - Austria
Koning Willem II College Tilburg NL - Ylä-aste - Haukivuori FIN
The college Koning Willem II has a special department for students to study art, music, dance and theater next to their regular program. The extra study in this special department starts from class 1 and goes on onto class 3 (age students 12-15 years).
The Dutch school is starting cooperation with foreign schools to expand the cultural view of the youth and to make it possible to live together in a global world. Art, music, dance and theater are conditions and instruments to develop an open mind and to accept other points of view.
The international exchange of young people from a middle size city (200 000 citizens) in the Netherlands with a country side village (2300 citizens) in Finland is a unique challenge for both groups to see the difference in the way of living, the culture and the future vision.
The Ylä-aste of Haukivuori is a small sized school with good attention for art and culture. Different international artists have arranged special workshops in this school. Anna Toljamo has participated in different art courses in Saksala ArtRadius and in the seminar NATURALLY ART 2008.
Through art, music, dance and theatre it is possible to build a bridge of understanding and to explore the basic artistic conditions in both societies. Working together in art and music is creating an atmosphere of taking attention of the expression of others. In the same process it will develop the artistic skills of the young people and open new areas in the field of music and art.
The exchange will start with a stay of 6 days of the Dutch group in Haukivuori in the beginning of May. During that stay the students will get experiences in the school of Haukivuori, art lessons with the students of the Ylä-aste in art centre Saksala.