“ITAC's vision is... A world where every country has artists working at the heart of communities and learning. A world where these artists are continually improving, internationally connected and well supported, and where the potential of practice and its transformative power are visible and appreciated.”
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ACTI finds spaces where artists can meet. These opportunities include a wide range of spaces. For example, it organizes monthly online think tanks (on Zoom) with a new guest, from a different country, choosing a topic of their choice. They also organize Vision Labs, which involve international and intergenerational approaches to writing and creating an artistic voice. In collaboration with the Community Arts Network (CAN), they discuss arts for climate issues - fighting climate change through art.
According to Madelaine, the arts and education are interconnected and identical; they enable us to learn and broaden our horizons. The direct consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic will be collective trauma in terms of mental health, job loss and the disappearance of entire ecosystems. The antidote to social problems is human connection and artistic/creative engagement to change minds, behaviors and patterns, and this involves new experiences, as well as the expression of the past year's struggles. This is where the role of the teaching artist comes in.
ITAC is developing national centers (e.g. in New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, USA), which can serve the community in depth, and teaching artists are coming together to feed into this international strategy. The work is universal and the aim is always the same: to create social transformation through art.
