Quaker talks on art and migrant children
‘Participation in the arts is empowering: building self esteem, confidence, creative and collaborative skills.'
The arts have a key role to play in promoting intercultural dialogue and integrating migrant children, said a Bath Quaker at an international conference last month.
June Bianchi, senior lecturer in Arts and Design Education at Bath Spa University, ran a workshop on how to help migrant children integrate through intercultural arts and educational strategies. The workshop was part of a two-week festival, the fourth annual UNESCO RILA Spring School: ‘The Arts of Integrating!’.
Writing on the Bath Quakers website, June Bianchi said ‘participation in the arts is empowering: building self esteem, confidence, creative and collaborative skills, fostering understanding of others, and appreciation and delight in diversity. The capacity of the arts significantly to respond to key global concerns of justice, equity and social integration have also been investigated in international research.’
