REDEFINING ELDERSHIP: Intergenerational Co-Mentoring Project

Since 2019, Creative Generation has conducted myriad campaigns through its Campaign for a Creative Generation, which is dedicated to empowering young creatives and their communities by providing a hub for stories, resources, and opportunities. This year’s campaign is focused on Intergenerational Collaboration, explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Podcast Co-Host Madeleine McGirk writes a forward on this quarter’s theme: Redefining Eldership.

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BRIDGING: A Grand Journey of Exploration of Seeing

In thinking about the topic of ‘Bridging’ I immediately remembered some of our sessions during ITAC 5 - the fifth International Teaching Artist Conference - led by the Korean Arts and Culture Education Service (KACES) in partnership with ITAC Collaborative. The theme of the conference was ‘Boundaries Into Pathways’ and we explored the different ways creative engagement can dismantle or address challenges/blockages. To me, this feels like another way of talking about Bridging - how do utilize the arts to develop new routes and paths through historically hard to navigate or neglected spaces? How do we reach the other side? In thinking about these questions, I approached our colleagues at KACES who, since ITAC5, have been developing the ITAC Korea Hub alongside us. In response to my invitation, KACES suggested sharing the below interview from their webzine called 'arte365. This one, which they have generously translated for us, explores Teaching Arist Oum Jeong Soon’s project, which is a “big picture” answering her childhood question of “what is seeing”. We think it touches on the interesting gaps which often appear when thinking about how you bridge preconceived perceptions, with other people’s lived realities.

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NAVIGATING: How can we set ourselves up for success as we navigate turbulent times?

As the Director of ITAC I have the privilege of working with artists and changemakers from all over the world. We work together to find ways to connect them to peers in other countries, to develop the impact of their work, to amplify their voices and to showcase their exceptional (and often under-recognised) practice.

One of my closest and most valued colleagues/mentors is Eric Booth, who co-founded ITAC in 2012, and continues to play a leading role in our evolution. When I think of effective and long lasting change/impact/growth in the field of Teaching Artistry, I think of him.

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