Poster #13 at: https://www.sdgsummit2019.org/sustainable-development-goals/case-studies
Taking Action! inspires inspire disabled people to build on their gifts [tinyurl.com/taking-action-unesco]
Showing posts with label Networking and collaborating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Networking and collaborating. Show all posts
SDG 2019 Summit Conference Poster
We presented our work at the SDG Summit conference jointly chaired by Auckland University and AUT in Auckland:
Poster #13 at: https://www.sdgsummit2019.org/sustainable-development-goals/case-studies
Poster #13 at: https://www.sdgsummit2019.org/sustainable-development-goals/case-studies
Te Uku Primary School End of Year Please Do Touch Expo!!!
What a joy it was to participate in the end of year expo with the whole school involved in sharing their learning about the UN Sustainable Development Goals inspired from our collaboration!!!
We are in the process of compiling our end of project report. The teachers said that the students have learnt so much through this fabulous collaboration!
Here is the feedback from Pip Mears, Principal, Te Uku school:
Thanks to Olivia Adamson for her enthusiasm and support with this whole project!!!
We are in the process of compiling our end of project report. The teachers said that the students have learnt so much through this fabulous collaboration!
Here is the feedback from Pip Mears, Principal, Te Uku school:
Our collaboration project with Yaniv Janson, has engaged our students in learning about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in authentic and meaningful ways. We have been fortunate to have Yaniv’s ‘Please Do Touch’ exhibition of paintings on display in our school hall, where each piece is partnered with another to represent one of the 5 UN Goals. The students have particularly enjoyed viewing these alongside the explanations for each piece in their Sustainable Goals Journal. The explanations about what will happen if we take action as opposed to if we don’t, are thought provoking and motivating for our students. Teachers have facilitated students to link learning in a cross curricular way; through science, social science, the arts, numeracy and literacy, in order to explore these goals further. It has also given relevance to our school values, as students considered and implemented the 5Rs (relationships, resilience, resourcefulness, responsibility, reflectiveness) throughout this learning journey. Inviting experts in to share their knowledge with children has enhanced our connections with our local community also. As part of our learning we have completed associated projects such as; restoration planting around our school stream and at Papahua in Raglan, as well as cleaning up our local beach areas. Some students looked at the impact of their own carbon footprints and how these could be adjusted to more positively support our environment. Our senior students enjoyed exploring the many possibilities of building sustainable cities. Throughout his time, the learning has been on display in classrooms, through the learning journals and has been shared at our school assemblies. Many parents have reported that this learning has prompted many conversations in the home setting also. In bringing this learning project to a close, each student took part in sharing their learning at a Community Exhibition held at school. The students were passionate about sharing their learning with others and were able to do so in an informed and articulate way. This collaboration project has enhanced the understanding of all at Te Uku School about the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals, and significantly, the part we as individuals and communities play in making a difference now and in the future. This has been a relevant and highly valuable learning experience for all involved.Olivia is in the process of finalising our end of year report, which will be shared here.
Raising awareness about Climate Change
My 2010 artists statement for the opening of "Visualising Climate Change" or "Climate Chains" exhibition, ArtsPost gallery, Waikato Museum, Hamilton New Zealand.
Scientists write papers and show graphs about climate change but the truth is that most people in the world are not brave enough to face it, or they think the problems are too big for them to deal with and it is easier to just forget about it and enjoy life with no worries. Most people think that they cannot change the situation so they leave it to other people like their governments and Prime Ministers to fix it. There are many actions that people can take: use less electricity, less petrol and save non-renewable resources that are finishing. I hear about the news of temperatures getting warmer or colder all over, that the ice in the North and South poles is melting. This is making it worse for people to live on Earth, houses are lonely in the wind, oceans will rise and take people’s houses away, some plants will not survive the changes in their environment. I think about these things and read about them in books. I paint pictures of what it will look like if we don’t stop climate change. I paint about what life will be like when climate change gets worse… That’s just what I do. That’s my message to the world…
"The people who enjoy my art tell me they connect emotionally to my work. I seek to surprise, and having surprised ask my audience to visualise social and environmental change. Art is a channel of communication that uses pre-conscious mechanisms and through which we can raise awareness in the wider public about issues that matter to us. After all scientists and politicians have tried for decades to raise public awareness about climate change but they use numbers and graphs to make their point. It has not worked obviously – but a large size painting on a gallery wall that shows houses in tormented weather patterns – this moves audiences. I am becoming known for my environmental activism"
http://hot-topic.co.nz/paint-it-bleak/#more-5740
Te Papa Instructional Designer D. James wrote the following:
Yaniv Daniel Janson – Taking Action Project
A young artist with aspergers inspires international art community with vivid paintings of climate change and creates education resource to enable all children, including those with disabilities, to meaningfully contribute to conversations about global issues.
About
An artist dream - to inspire disabled people to follow their passion.
Collaborating with Art Teachers around the world through the UNESCO: http://y-learning.blogspot.com/p/unesco.html
"Yaniv Janson has been recognised as a role model through the 12 art and education awards he has received. His pathway was not always clear as he battled with disabilities which he combats daily by developing a visual language through his art. The youngest artist to be invited in the NZ Academy of Fine Arts, Yaniv was recently a finalist for the 2014 Artistic Achievement Attitude Awards. His art website www.yanivjanson.com has more information about him as well as his resume.
When his second book Changing the World - One Painting at a Time was recognised as a valuable teacher resource by the UNESCO Asia Pacific Art-educators Hub (APAH), Yaniv donated its pdf file to the APAH, for support staff to download it for free. His motivation was to reach far and wide with staff facing a universal problem - engaging disabled youth meaningfully, whilst having to manage a whole group. Yaniv knows the transformative power of the arts, as his talent was uncovered by his teacher when he was 16 and feeling alienated from the rest of his peers. Pursuing his passion helped Yaniv transcend his disability to participate and contribute.
Now that this resource has been adopted by teachers internationally, Yaniv can focus his energy back home to work with our disabled people, as is the purpose of this project.
Increasing opportunities for disabled people to contribute via employment
Since his project has been nominated by the UNESCO, Yaniv has but one dream: follow on and engage with New Zealand Art Educators and Community builders. Pilot presentations to families, support staff and educators of children with disabilities have been very well received. They have engaged their audiences into a constructive and inspirational dialogue on what can be done immediately, with the resources at hand to engage disabled people and tap into their deep desire to participate and contribute. These presentations inspire people to take action and create change in their organisations and families.
One resource - multiple outcomes!
The front section of the book is inspirational to a wide range of audiences; our experience has shown that youth with disabilities connect with the colourful art and with guidance, look forward to engaging in creative activity of this kind.
The back section of the book is a manual for people who support disabled people. It links action to pedagogical theory and explains how to engage marginalised people - such as disabled people with views of developing their careers. The Manual details how some activities build the Key Competencies that have been outlined by experts in education and social development as playing a core role in helping disabled people contribute to their communities".
When his second book Changing the World - One Painting at a Time was recognised as a valuable teacher resource by the UNESCO Asia Pacific Art-educators Hub (APAH), Yaniv donated its pdf file to the APAH, for support staff to download it for free. His motivation was to reach far and wide with staff facing a universal problem - engaging disabled youth meaningfully, whilst having to manage a whole group. Yaniv knows the transformative power of the arts, as his talent was uncovered by his teacher when he was 16 and feeling alienated from the rest of his peers. Pursuing his passion helped Yaniv transcend his disability to participate and contribute.
Now that this resource has been adopted by teachers internationally, Yaniv can focus his energy back home to work with our disabled people, as is the purpose of this project.
Increasing opportunities for disabled people to contribute via employment
Since his project has been nominated by the UNESCO, Yaniv has but one dream: follow on and engage with New Zealand Art Educators and Community builders. Pilot presentations to families, support staff and educators of children with disabilities have been very well received. They have engaged their audiences into a constructive and inspirational dialogue on what can be done immediately, with the resources at hand to engage disabled people and tap into their deep desire to participate and contribute. These presentations inspire people to take action and create change in their organisations and families.
One resource - multiple outcomes!
The front section of the book is inspirational to a wide range of audiences; our experience has shown that youth with disabilities connect with the colourful art and with guidance, look forward to engaging in creative activity of this kind.
The back section of the book is a manual for people who support disabled people. It links action to pedagogical theory and explains how to engage marginalised people - such as disabled people with views of developing their careers. The Manual details how some activities build the Key Competencies that have been outlined by experts in education and social development as playing a core role in helping disabled people contribute to their communities".
“I travel to schools and day centres for disabled people to inspire educators and staff to raise their expectations about the contribution that can be made by the people they support. I know from first hand experience that support staff often have low expectations about disabled people’s future social contribution, and where interventions have been made, these expectations can increase, opening hosts of new opportunities for disabled people. In many cases, families and carers just need to meet people who they can see have achieved their dreams so they can be inspired by their energy and the happiness that comes from being engaged in what one is passionate about!"
I have met many parents who did not dare dreaming anymore for a great future for their child.
I am not advocating that every disabled person should become an artist… just that in following my passion and gifts I achieved success and happiness – and recognition for the contribution that I am making to my community!
It is about identifying what one is passionate about and putting all our energy in becoming great at it! This can and has changed lives!!”
Charlotte Giblin the Wallace Morrinsville Gallery curator said:
“It has been a privilege and a pleasure to have this exhibition in our new gallery, and Yaniv’s bold, bright canvasses have attracted a lot of attention. The subject matter has been of particular interest to visiting school groups, who have been fascinated to see such confident, expressive work echoing their own fears of a changing world. On my part, I find the later work in Yaniv’s display particularly moving: the loose swirls and spontaneous strokes within Tornados and Turbulence ignite a passionate response and give emphasis to the ever-present plaintive question: what can we do to stop this from happening? The Gallery walls here have worn Yaniv’s paintings with pride, but it would be selfish to keep them for too long: this exhibition is too important to be kept hidden, or restricted to one Town, one Region, one Country.”
Shortcut to this post: https://tinyurl.com/ClimateChangeJanson
Wellington visit
Had a great time visiting Wellington recently: A visit to Te Papa Te Taiao exhibition which develops topics from the Sustainable Development goals - they have some absolutely awesome stations about creating change. It was really nice catching up with Donald James, Learning Innovation Specialist Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, who pitched the idea of involving a team of researchers to quantify the impact at Te Uku school. Finally, had some great conversation with Clare, Iona at the Arts Access Aotearoa office about developing networks to create new collaborations!
Working on Sustainable Development Goals and aiming to go international with the Please Do Touch project
Had a great meeting as part of my Please Do Touch project with Hon. Minister Wagner and Danielle Ryan who agreed to test the concept for us. We want our audience experiencing art using different sensory channels
My aim: to lead a project for New Zealand to exhibit in New York, either at the United Nations or...
I am looking for partners to carry this project with!!!
Human Rights Commission meeting
The highlight of the week was meeting with Shawn Moodie from the Human Rights Commission. It was great visiting the premises and meeting the team. We are looking at publishing a set of articles and resources that can be used by people with disabilities, advocates, teachers, businesses and other people interested in raising awareness about how people with disabilities can contribute to their communities.
The Human Rights Commission is very supportive to setting an example to demonstrate how people with disabilities can be proactive in changing attitudes about inclusion and integration!
Below is how the Yaniv Janson Project was started on the Human Rights Commission website: www.hrc.co.nz/yaniv-janson
Thank you Erin from the Human Rights Commission in Wellington!!! Erin is helping us with the Yaniv Janson Project page of the Human Rights Commission website!
I have been watching video interviews and speeches with John Crowley, UNESCO, MOST [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/most-programme/whos-who]
Here is his talk about the Ethical Implications of Technological Changes broadcasted at the WSIS forum I contributed to online: http://www.unesco.org/archives/multimedia/?pg=33&s=films_details&id=2520
The Human Rights Commission is very supportive to setting an example to demonstrate how people with disabilities can be proactive in changing attitudes about inclusion and integration!
Below is how the Yaniv Janson Project was started on the Human Rights Commission website: www.hrc.co.nz/yaniv-janson
I have been watching video interviews and speeches with John Crowley, UNESCO, MOST [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/most-programme/whos-who]
Here is his talk about the Ethical Implications of Technological Changes broadcasted at the WSIS forum I contributed to online: http://www.unesco.org/archives/multimedia/?pg=33&s=films_details&id=2520
Measuring impact
Finding out that KiaOra Magazine, the official Air New Zealand magazine wrote about my July 2016 exhibitions was a big surprise! The magazine is viewed by 400,000 people. Raising awareness is a must when it comes to our human and environmental ecosystems, and we are starting to talk about big numbers!
Following this, a group of us met at the Hamilton EnviroCentre to paint banners in preparation for the Earth March on Sunday 2 December. Stephanie Christie will promote the book and its message to the EnviroCentre audience!!!
Meeting with MSD Regional Disability Advisor
Glad to have met Vaughan Dodd at the ImagineBetter Auckland Assembly. Vaughan is visually impaired and could touch my painting "Deep Tunnel" to give me some feedback on how to make my paintings accessible for the blind and visually impaired.
Need to gather more support from my community! Get in touch if you are interested!!
Network meeting at the Auckland Art Gallery
I had the privilege of being invited to the Auckland Art Gallery Outreach Network meeting and met new people with common interests.
So many thanks to Ioka for her kind invitation!!! Really looking forward to collaborating and working together on upcoming social integration projects!
Engaging with the French business community
The meeting with Nadine Plet was a great opportunity to evoke common roots - being French nationals, we had a lot to talk about! Moreover, Nadine is the President of the French NZ Chamber of Commerce and there are interesting future possibilities to discuss. Her wide experience of business is priceless for our social innovation project!
As we were looking over my books, the person sitting at the table near us looked on with interest!
As we were looking over my books, the person sitting at the table near us looked on with interest!
Sustainable Business network - people who think like me
What a warm welcome we got from Alex from the Sustainable Business Network! The Network is well connected to like-minded people who walk the talk.
Unsurprisingly, we walked up 3 flights of stairs - the lift in this building was cancelled long ago - some climb up holding their bicycles on their back - that is commitment if any proof was ever needed!!
We will meet again to deepen conversations about how we can collaborate on this social innovation ideas! My next Auckland meeting agenda is filling fast.
A visit from an Australian service provider - and ideas exchanged
When Val Brown (IHC parent representative) and her daughter Angela James came to visit, we talked heaps about the ideas that we implement in New Zealand and could share with our Australian colleagues. Angela manages a service for at risk youth in Australia. She said she wanted to show my books with three of her residents who would be inspired to take their art to the next level.
One - or three - persons at a time!... and taking service providers along with us!
Looking forward to collaborating with our Australian colleagues in the future.
Fusion Art Gallery at the University of Waikato
What a power meeting we had yesterday at the University of Waikato! I met Naomi Roche at a Creative Waikato meeting a few weeks ago and we decided to meet again at the Art Fusion Gallery. Naomi helps the Fusion Gallery to carry out its mission to bring creative minds together. I was impressed by Naomi's dedication to the inclusion of disabled artists.
I am really keen to carry on working with Naomi because we have many complementary aims and have identified many possibilities.
Auckland Art Gallery Outreach: Planning a collaboration
Sychronicity is what brought Ioka and us together..
Ioka is Project Coordinator, Outreach and Partnerships and we have so many common interests that we had to stop counting! Ioka is researching topics that are core to the Taking Action! project: removing access barriers of disabled children and their families to facilitate early audience engagement. I told her my personal story of museum experience before engaging in my artist career (boredom and social phobia) and how much that changed after I got the right support to engage.
So much of disabled people's lives could be different - the "right support at the right time" is what matters - it is about re-channeling existing resources and people towards identifying the gifts and strengths of a disabled person, as well as what they are passionate about - and then maximising the efforts to achieve engagement via these channels. More to come on this as we are in the process of updating our Teacher Manual on these topics!!!
Auckland Museum brainstorming session
Our work with Gail Romano goes a long way back to when Gail was the
Education Manager at the Waikato Museum and I was doing an internship
with Partners in Learning, Microsoft NZ. At the time we talked about the
use of technology in engaging museum young audiences. Now Gail is
Assistant Curator at the Auckland Museum and we are so thrilled for her
help in our future planning.
Gail is one of these strategic people with a big vision and is very
interested in social change so she is a great go-to person for the
Taking Action! project... more to come!
Meeting with the IHC librarians in Wellington
the IHC is an important organisation that greatly help the disability sector by sending out information to families and disabled people. Ros and Ann are lucky to work in such a tall building - 14th floor Willis Street.
On our way to see Hon. Nicky Wagner, Minister Disability Issues!!!
Good news!
Stoked because Sir James Wallace just bought a painting of mine - his fourth!!
More great discussions with educators at this Wellington forum! I am amazed at how many people are keen to try our ideas to inspire disabled people. Will follow up!!
Our UNESCO Peer learning Ambassador!!!
... is our special Kimbra!
See her interviews here:
The NZ songwriter and singer Kimbra is the Ambassador for the Virtual Peer Resilience Learning project. See the rest of her interview and that of other role models here.
Kimbra advocates and shares her experience as part of her endorsement for the UNESCO project. The self-learning programme collates interviews of youth who have overcome challenging and/or traumatic experiences and share with peers how they built their ability to bounce back from adversity. These stories about about preventing marginalisation and social exclusion.
Heartfelt thanks to the NZ Commission for UNESCO, the Ministry of Social Development - Think Differently Campaign and Hamish Walton, Owner-Manager PAK'nSAVE Mill St. Hamilton for their support in producing this resource.
This methodology was developed in a foundational research project targeting youth at-risk. The research described what elements need to be integrated in oral role model stories in order to maximise impact in the audience it is aimed at.
The project provides positive role models to marginalised subgroups using mobile technology and social media to spread this knowledge because it is our audience's preferred channel of communication.
Our vision is that these stories contribute to a repository of stories helping to strengthen social inclusion and social sustainability amongst NZ youth. The mosaic of stories responds to the range of needs and challenges that youth face by offering them positive peers to learn from. These stories will also form the core of learning resources that are engaging to youth at risk of underachieving in literacy because they are lively interviews of young people just like them -- who have overcome obstacles to realise their dreams.
More at: tinyurl.com/UNESCOPeerLearning
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