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Project/initiative|Malta|National

Suitable Citizens

Project title

Suitable Citizens

Description of initiative

The Suitable Citizens project engages with the challenges of integration and inclusion of third country nationals in arts events and projects. It aims to bring artists and non-professionals together to work in a non-hierarchical process of co-creation, and to study the impact of participatory art on societal challenges related to a sense of belonging and citizenship.
Amid prejudice against migrants, the project aims to empower third-country nationals through the training of creative skills. As well as this, the dissemination stage of the project aims to shift perceptions of this participant group.
The project is a collaboration with the local branch of the Jesuit Refugee Service – an NGO which works with migrants to provide practical support and advocate for their rights in Malta. Jesuit Refugee Service has brought participants to the project through their networks, taking note of potential participants’ language, availability and interest in creative tasks.
The participants will attend a series of workshops, first focusing on photography skills with mobile phones, then learning about silk-screen printing techniques, and finally working on sewing and design skills.

Further information on the initiative

Themes: Culture and...

Community well-being
Quality of social relations
Quality of services for specific groups

Keywords

photography, screen-printing, seweing, fashion, migrants, inclusion

Target group

Not targeted to a specific group

Cultural field

Crafts | Multimedia, new media, digital | Visual arts

Timeframe

2020 - 2021

Results, benefits, impact and lessons learnt

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Organizer(s)

L-Università ta' Malta
Malta
Public / State | Other

Partner(s)

Jesuit Refugee Service
Malta
NGO / Non-profit | Other