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Professional talk: The cultural sandbox – art communication in kindergarten

The Cultural Sandbox is a grassroots initiative to build a national dissemination scheme for professional art and culture for kindergarten children. Inspired by the structure of The Cultural School Bag, the initiators believe that it is high time to establish a national dissemination scheme for kindergarten children, so that children are ensured regular high-quality art experiences.

In this talk you will get an update from the initiative, as well as professional information:

How can the best possible encounter with art be arranged? 

We invite you to an inspiring conversation about how to ensure that kindergarten children, as well as adults accompanying them, have the best possible encounter with art. Here we meet performing artist Guandaline Sagliocco , performing arts critic and researcher Hedda Fredly and Camilla Apeland from DKS Rogaland in conversation with project manager for Den kulturellter sandkassa, Thomas Møller from Unge Viken teater. 

Guandaline Sagliocco has toured extensively in France, and shares her experiences of how they work there to prepare the audience (3–6 years) before a performance. In France, this practice has gained an important place in several theaters and organizations that organize guest performances and tours for a young audience.

Hedda Fredly is a performing arts critic and senior lecturer in drama at INN . In her research, teaching and criticism, she is particularly interested in what creates good art experiences for children. She currently devotes a lot of time to researching how to keep adults safe in art meetings and what this means for the children they follow. 

Camilla Apeland is an advisor responsible for performing arts at DKS Rogaland. The cultural kindergarten bag is a pilot project aimed at kindergartens in the county, supported by Sparebankstiftelsen SR-bank. The goal is to bring professional art and culture meetings to kindergartens with 1-4 year olds as the main target group. It is based on DKS's infrastructure, and focuses on 8 municipalities.

Thomas Møller is the project manager for theater in kindergarten at Unge Viken Theater, as well as project manager for Den kulturellter sandkassa.

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