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Visual heArts
Start date: Jan 4, 2016, End date: May 3, 2016 PROJECT  FINISHED 

Youth exchange Visual heArts has gather 35 young people from 6 EU countries who wonted to learn how to understand their emotions and how to express them in the best possible way. Youth exchange took place in a small city of Vinkovci from 15th of March till 21st of March 2016.The main goal of this project was to empower young people in expressing their emotions. Very often modern society is pressing young people to behave in a way they should not behave. They are growing up in a very tough world where everything is tracked and fallowed. Social media is advertising certain behaviors which very often is wrong pattern of behavior. Project was questioning all these state of mind which young people are going through. We were questioning different state of emotions, happiness, sadness, excitement, melancholy ect and their connections with behavior and attitudes. We were questioning self realization and self awareness. With series of connected workshops starting from the day one and finishing on a day seven we were led by them through journey full of creativity, excitement, discovery and self challenge. Emotions are part of our nature. They give us information about what we're experiencing and help us know how to react. Our artistic workshops were aiming to open participants senses and teach them to handle and except all types of emotions. The main impact that is achieved by this project is higher level of participants emotional awareness. Emotional awareness is valuable skill needed for everyday successful living. It is helps us to know what we need and want (or don't want!). It helps us build better relationships. That's because being aware of emotions can help us talk about feelings more clearly, avoid or resolve conflicts better, and move past difficult feelings more easily. Main activities are divided is several groups. The project started with activities that were helping participants to re-connect with them self, then we continue with connection with nature, then establishing connection with the peers/other participants on the project, then making connection with society and space in general and at the end connecting with your self in the future. All activities were led in interactive way shaped by participants and their feedback that we got at the end of every day. Evaluation of activities were tracked on a daily basis with a large mid term reflection activity that took place on a day 4. More over, activities provided right environment for different discussions and debates regarding emotional states which is an indicator of well-selected participants and challenging but fulfilling workshops.

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