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In February 2026, Alicante, Spain became the meeting point for 26 youth workers, artists, and artivists from Ukraine and Georgia. For five intensive working days, they came together as part of the CivicArt training course — an Erasmus+ project dedicated to building the capacity of organisations in the field of art-based civic education.
The training was built around four missions: environment, human rights, intersectional dialogue, and active citizenship. Together with facilitators, participants explored these themes through creative practice: making collages, reading the city through its murals, trees, and bookshops, reflecting on human rights through personal stories and theory, practising democratic negotiation in a simulation game, and spending a full day creating artworks around the theme of togetherness and solidarity.
Over the course of the week, several original works emerged — among them a stop motion film, videos, a performance, a visual installation, and an interactive game. All works were presented at the Art Lab Show on the fourth day of the training. And something else emerged too: a community of practitioners who went home with new tools, new connections, and a clearer understanding of how art can be a genuine language of civic engagement.
The training drew on three resources developed within the project: the CivicArt Facilitators Competence Landscape, the Methodology Guide, and the Collection of Art-Based Civic Education Practices.
The full training report is available for download in our Library.
What comes next?
The week in Alicante was not an ending — it was a starting point. Participants from Ukraine and Georgia are now preparing local interventions: art-based civic education activities they will bring to their own communities and organisations in the months ahead.
At the same time, the CivicArt social media campaign is launching — bringing photographs, messages, and stories from practitioners already in action. Follow our channels on Facebook and Instagram and stay tuned for what happens next.
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In February 2026, Alicante, Spain became the meeting point for 26 youth workers, artists, educators, and artivists from Ukraine and Georgia. For five intensive days,
The CivicArt project has published its first academic materials presenting experience and methodology of using art in youth civic education.
We are excited to release the CivicArt Methodology Guide — a practical, hands-on companion for youth workers, educators, artists and activists who connect civic learning
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