Partner searching for psychological coaching
We are looking for international partners in the above project: Psychological training for art students.
Our organisation has been working in the field of art related projects for over ten years by now. We’ve been managing contemporary dance groups and artists, organizing cultural festivals, international courses besides making short films and theater projects performances of different kind.
The idea of our new project is based on our experiences and on narratives of a vast network of artists working with us.
In our experience -naturally those have been gained mostly in Hungary- art students are extremely effected emotionally during their curriculum. These young people are exposed to very strong psychological effects which are difficult to be dealt with.
The education system neither is able to give answers to important and natural questions nor provides guidance on handling those emotional effects, which so often cause depression, lack of self-confidence, distress.
In the same time to overcome all these problem is a must. Stress handling is very relevant in all field of performing art, beside serious internal work. For a demanding internal work an artist needs self-confidence, strength, deep and intimate sensations to be controlled and after having selected appropriately to be shown. For such a very complex achievement artists should have been given a delicate tool-set.
Students need appropriate methods, guidance during the years of preparation. Young people are especially vulnerable first of all the ones who want to be artists carrier wise.
Cultural Institutions (Academia, University, Special High Schools) have interest in raising talented, well-coached and in the same time psychologically strong generation of artists.
Surprisingly however they do not incorporate these sort of trainings in their curriculum.
Our goal is to develop a special psychological method that prepares students handling their profession’s mental and psychological challenges. The need is proven according to out preliminary and local research. We assume however that our findings are not Hungary specific.
As a logical next step we intend to conduct International research on the same subject.
We are planning interviews with a big number of art students, studying the curriculum of different art institutes and based on the result plan and execute a pilot operation.
Contact: Judit Oláh katlan.csoport@gmail.com
Deadline: 15th August, 2016
Photo by Zsófia Hevér