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Voicing a Sustainable Future Through Visual Arts Education: Culture in Action

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Artistic creativity, a fundamental cultural principle, can become a pivotal bridging element between Visual Arts Education (VAE) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), aiming to transform educational settings into agents of sustainability. This chapter discusses the prospects of a meaningful appreciation and approach of the Visual Arts in formal curricula: it explores the potential of their integration in a holistic education towards sustainability, attempting to shed new light on the interconnection between visual arts education and museum education in the framework of ESD.

Keywords: artistic creativity ; community building ; critical thinking ; Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) ; interactive learning ; invite children in the procedure of social and cultural making as active participants ; museum education ; professional learning ; visual arts as critical social signifiers ; Visual Arts Education (VAE)

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