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Wicked Arts Education
One of our most prominent projects is Wicked Arts Education. This programme encourages art lessons and projects that go beyond the ordinary: we challenge participants to approach the world, the arts, and themselves with a fresh, inquisitive perspective. Because arts education is not a box-ticking exercise, but an adventure.
Wicked Arts Education is linked to two books: Wicked Arts Assignments and Wicked Arts Education. Additionally, the project offers worksheets, websites, podcasts, interviews, publications, events, and a webinar about the Wicked method.
Books
Wicked Arts Assignments (2020, Valiz) focuses on the power of the art assignment. The book provides both theory and background on art assignments, alongside nearly one hundred creative, bold, and provocative tasks designed by art educators from around the world.
Wicked Arts Education (2024, Valiz) is a workbook for creative curriculum design, based on an engaging design model that enables you to develop Wicked Arts Education for all ages and educational settings.
Worksheets
To shape your Wicked arts curriculum or to assess the work, you can use various worksheets. These can be applied across all art disciplines as well as interdisciplinary projects. You can download, print, and use these worksheets freely in a variety of contexts. We also invite you to create your own rubrics.
Share your results!
Would you like to share your results or see what others have achieved? Submit them via www.wickedartsassignments.com! Below are two examples of assignments from the Wicked Arts Assignments book.
Podcast
What are wicked arts assignments? How can you use them in your art lessons or as a new approach to your own artistic practice? In this podcast, Aminata Cairo speaks with Melissa Bremmer and Emiel Heijnen about their book Wicked Arts Assignments.
Interviews
Sanne Kersten interviewed artists who contributed assignments to the book Wicked Arts Assignments. The interviews were published by Mister Motley; read them below.
Leren de wereld te bewonen door wederkerigheid (Learning to inhabit the world through reciprocity) – Interview met Sabina Enéa Téari
‘Creativiteit stimuleren is als het trainen van spieren’ (‘Stimulating creativity is like training muscles’) – Interview met Andrea Palašti
Als kunstenaar voor de klas staan (Being an artist in the classroom) – Interview met Sterre Boerkamp
Publications
Podcast with Emiel Heijnen and Melissa Bremmer
From identity crisis to artistic teaching?
Webinar
In 2021, the Film Education Network organised the webinar Wicked Film Assignments – Film Education as Artistic Practice (2021), packed with tips and tricks for challenging film assignments. Watch the webinar Wicked Film Assignments below and read more about Wicked Film Assignments here.
Book a training
Would you like to deepen your understanding of Wicked Arts Education? Attend a training session (opens in a new window) where you will work with the design strategies of Wicked Arts Education.
