In the months of April and June 2015, all schools organized an Open Day//Europe Day, which promoted our project Career in Art and the programme Erasmus+ to a wider public. On the occasion, students and teachers were involved in several workshops and presentations, with the objective to foster knowledge in various fields of artistic creation and to share the multicultural experience of students active in the exchanges.

Poland

The celebrations of the European day started with a roll call meeting  in  the school hall prepared by Natalia Bartosiak, who gave the other participants basic information about Europe and the European Union- its beginning, policy and way of working. This information was completed by our Economics and Busines Studies teacher Barbara Koniecko, who mentioned financial aspects.  Later we had a powerpoint slide show presentation prepared by Łucja Żukowska and Dorota Paczkowska. They informed the gathered students and teachers about geography of the Union, flag and participant countries.

After that 15 students took part in a knowledge test about the European Union. It consisted of 40 questions and the winner was Tomasz Jastrząb receiving 29 points. He was awarded with a certificate of achievement and a small  award.

In the meantime students took plenty of photos, some of them very funny, and a bit of face painting. They all were in a way connected with the European Union – like photos with the flags.

At the end of those 3-hour celebrations the students marched through the streets of Gronowo Górne with flags. During this happening they informed the passers-by about the Career in Art project, our school and the sponsorship of the European Union.

Romania

Our celebration began with some generalizations about May 9, Europe Day, and it gave our students the opportunity to learn some new things.

We have talked about tolerance and intolerance, and our students have showed a great interest to engage in these debates.  We all agreed that we should be more tolerant, open to new ideas, new religions and new cultures.

Ninth grade students gave us a presentation of the partner countries involved in our Erasmus+ project and later the objectives of this partnership and also the results we have obtained so far.

Belgium

The Europe Day was organised for all the students from our school. During a festival we celebrated the Europe  Day and informed our students about ERA + project . We decorated the festival-area with flags of all countries and used the mood boards from the open day to inform every student in our school. So we gathered a lot of volunteers for the next meetings.

In that way the participants promoted in that way the enriching experiences, multicultural arts / crafts and friendship across boarders!

Mini- Europa in Mater Dei, it became an unforgettable day!

WICO Campus Mater Dei Overpelt, a general secondary school with art and publicity departments has set up an open day to promote courses. On that occasion, we presented European exchanges which involved the Erasmus+ programme and the project Career in Art.

The participants of the meetings in Poland and Romania presented mood boards with highlights of the exchanges. The visitors were enthusiastic about the project!

Slovakia

Europe Day in Secondary Art  School of Ladislav Bielik in Levice  was held  04.05.2015. 3rd grade students met the coordinator Jitka Pukšová  and  student who participated in mobility in Poland.  The students had prepared a presentation of photos from Poland. The slide show was accompanied by talking about their experiences of mobility in Poland, of the Polish school, of arts fields of study, the differences in Polish school  compared to the Slovak school.  The students emphasized the international character of mobility, mutual tolerance, friendship and understanding other cultures. Other students watched with interest and they  freely discuss the need of knowing other cultures.

The next meeting of the students „Erasmus +“, which will be presented  students mobility in Romania, will take place on 24.06.2015

Slovenia

Ljubljana Secondary School of Design and Photography has organized a special exhibition at the local DLUL Galleryto promote students' works of art. On the occasion, we also presented the Erasmus+ programme and the project Career in Art.

Lana Arih, a fourth year student of graphic design, made two posters, in which she captured the most impressive moments from the exchange to Poland. The exhibition, which also served as the Open Day, was held in the centre of Ljubljana and was visited by students, teachers, parents, local authorities, guests of honour and random passers-by. We estimate that the total number of visitors was around 200.