Landschap Sketch of the Arts: session Young Audiences
Do you work within the performing arts field with or for young audiences? Then be sure to come to the Landscape Sketch of the Arts: session Young Audiences on April 26, 2024 in hetpaleis (Antwerp). Together we will discuss issues around making, presenting and producing work with, by and for children and young people.
Session Young Audiences
We will start the day with an introduction of the process to the Landscape Sketch and an explanation of the five working tables. After lunch we invite you to engage in conversation in smaller groups, joining two of the following tables:
TABLE 1 – Professional, what is that?
What do we consider as professional performing arts for or by young audiences? Is there a clear separation between performing arts for young audiences and adults? Do specific valuation frameworks apply to performing arts for young audiences?
TABLE 2 – Friction between economic and social values
What is the economic and social value of performing arts for or with young audiences? How is this valorized in the arts sector, and beyond?
TABLE 3 – Training opportunities and the professional artist
What training opportunities exist for young creators who want to create for young audiences and/or with young people? How is this addressed within those training programs? What are the entry and progression issues within the field?
TABLE 4 – Inclusion
Social and cultural diversity among younger generations is increasing. Do we see this diversity represented on and off stage (role models), in the stories we tell (canon) and in the audience? How do we deal with needs and frictions when trying to be inclusive? Where is our tolerance limit today, from the audience but also from the creation to the audience?
TABLE 5 – Public
What issues, challenges and opportunities present themselves in the relationship we establish with our audiences today? How do we work to broaden, deepen and actively engage audiences today? How do we deal with an audience that (compared to the evening circuit) does not (always) choose to be in the theater themselves? Are our ways of working attuned to current and future audiences?
Program
10u00 – 10u30 reception
10u30 – 11u00 plenary session: presentation Landscape Sketch of the Arts and situating the performing arts sub-sector – Young Audiences
11u00 – 12u30 first thematic roundtable discussions (5 tables)
12u30 – 13u30 networking lunch (vegetarian)
13u30 – 15u00 second thematic roundtable discussions (5 tables)
15u00 – 15u15 break
15u15 – 16u00 plenary feedback
16u00 – 18u00 reception with (vegetarian) snacks
Registration
Via the "sign up" button at the top right of this page
Bring an artist
Flanders Arts Institute wants the voice of creators to be heard more. For these sessions on the Landscape Sketch of the Arts, we ask that arts organizations allow artist(s) to participate in addition to their own colleagues, with a proper per diem.
For freelance artists who do not join an arts organization, Flanders Arts Institute provides compensation. Please communicate this via the “comment” or “additional information” box during your registration.
