Tag: creativity
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Improv Team-Building Workshop for Teachers: Inholland Aeronautical Engineering Case Study
Teachers constantly juggle research, teaching, mentoring, and administration. In a high-pressure setting like aeronautical engineering, strong collaboration matters. Improv gives teams a playful toolkit to practice: What We Offered A two-hour, highly interactive workshop built around team play: The Results Teachers reconnected outside their usual academic roles. Participants said they felt: “More energized as a…
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Home in Transit: Finding Belonging Through Art in Rotterdam
Finding Home While in Motion Since October 2024, the FRENS Table in Rotterdam has been a weekly creative space where people from all walks of life gather to draw, write, reflect, and connect. Our members brought diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences, but shared a common thread: transition. Whether navigating life as a refugee, moving between…
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All You Can Art 2024: Exploring Home, Community, and Creativity in Rotterdam
Engaging with Art and Community During the summer of 2024, Art is Home returned to All You Can Art (AYCA) as hosting artists, leading workshops, and showcasing new works during the Zomercarnaval exposition at Kunsthal Rotterdam. AYCA is a long-standing collaboration between Kunsthal Rotterdam and Instituto Buena Bista (IBB) Curaçao, founded in 2015. Over the…
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Art Doesn’t Need Words: Creativity Across Languages
In most of our workshops, participants speak different languages. Some are new to the Netherlands, others have grown up here, and some are still finding their place in between. Dutch, Arabic, Turkish, Farsi, English, Ukrainian or no shared language at all. The room often sounds like an orchestra of languages. At first, it can feel…
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Gezelligmaking on the Dorpsplein
Some of our FRENS have been living on the Silja cruise ship for more than two years now, sharing small cabins, borrowing corners for privacy, and carrying on with daily life in very limited space. The Dorpsplein across the road from the boat is their only backyard, but as a bare and empty lot, it…
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Creativity As a Safe Place To Grow
Even with our best efforts, the modern school environment or large group activities don’t always meet every child’s needs. Some children need more time, more patience, and a space where they can simply be themselves. That’s why we created Kunstmaatjes; an art club designed especially for children who benefit from smaller groups and extra support.…
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3 Creativity Warm-Ups Your Team Can Try This Week
Creativity isn’t just a nice-to-have in the workplace – It’s a key aspect for better communication, stronger collaboration, and innovative thinking. At Art is Home, we use playful, hands-on exercises to unlock these qualities in our Creativity with Purpose workshops. Here are three simple warm-ups you can try in your next meeting. P.S. No art…
