Resonating ceramics, an innovation project in the context of higher art educationA project led by:- École nationale supérieure des arts visuels, La Cambre, Brussels- École nationale supérieure d’art, Villa Arson, Nice- Haute école d’art et de design (HEAD), Geneva- École supérieure d’arts plastiques de la Ville de Monaco, Pavillon Bosio, Monaco (associated partner)- EKWC: Sundaymorning@ekwc, Tilburg (artist-in-residence centre and centre of excellence for the development of art, design and architecture through ceramics)Ceramics is currently enjoying a surge of renewed popularity among many artists and designers in Europe and around the world. Our schools are facing a significant demand from students to work on projects in this field. The competences of each partner school are very specific and renowned throughout Europe, but are also limited (available space, various firing techniques available, skills present in each team). By associating art and design schools with a research and art production centre, an infrastructure that masters technical know-how, we are aiming for excellence.The general objective of the project is to develop the skills of the participating students and the pedagogical expertise of the partner organizations in the field of art ceramics, in particular in a formal and aesthetic research dynamic that brings into play the material intimately linked to ceramics with other technical, formal or conceptual parameters.We thus wish to propose an original offer of multiple and complementary skills, linked together in a network, for the direct benefit of our master’s students (a mixed and constant group of 20 students following the whole laboratory) and for the indirect benefit of the continuing education of the artists teachers associated with the project.The project team has chosen to explore the relationship between ceramic material and sound experimentation, while linking this subject to a concern based on the notion of ritual (in the social and anthropological sense). Indeed, materials and sound make it possible to combine a wide variety of multiples in the field, which increases the experimental potential of the project. The notion of ritual anchors formal experimentation in a concrete context, with a more utilitarian purpose or a more aesthetic and symbolic dimension. It also brings together local and vernacular traditions that we wish to mix and associate in order to bring about a global European project.The project is designed as a pedagogical laboratory of research-creation in four cumulative stages: documentation, formal experimentation, reflective and speculative experimentation, consolidation and analysis of the process. These four productive stages will be followed by a moment of international dissemination.The general objective of these different research and realization times is to set up a work methodology that promotes innovation in the development of the creative process and its documentation. During these different activities, in addition to the interest of setting up innovative pedagogical tools, we will address contextualization in the fields of art, design, acoustics and sound design.The first expected result of the project is the concrete operational confirmation of the research and pedagogical work protocol that we wish to apply.The second expected result is the production of innovative results on the conceptual and formal level, within the scope of the chosen theme (contemporary ceramics and sound experimentation through ritual).The third expected result is the direct development of (reflective, technical, and artistic) skills in the participating students, and the consolidation of the personal and professional experience (continuing education) of the accompanying teachers.The fourth expected result is a reflective and critical consolidation of the work process and its results, gathered in a publication that has both a retrospective and prospective purpose. The programme of activities follows a defined schedule:- initial seminar and preparatory documentation: conferences and meetings (October 2020: La Cambre, Brussels); - formal experiments: two workshops (March and April 2021: EKWC, Netherlands);- speculative experimentation: a comparative and critical restitution (September/October 2021: Centre d’art, Villa Arson, Nice);- research documentation and publication (October 2021-February 2022: all the involved partners);- a concluding exhibition of the work and presentation of the publication (September 2022: HEAD, Geneva).

Growing European Micro-enterprises (GEM) is about building High Growth Enterprise Coaching capacity and capability in Spain, United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands and Austria and across Europe. GEM aims to contribute to the development of an increase in the number of High Growth Enterprises throughout Europe. Project partners will:(1) Develop a High Growth Enterprise Coaching Framework setting out the competences and skills required by High Growth Enterprise Coaches, recognising the specialist nature of the role;(2) Create a specialist VET Curriculum and training course to develop specialist High Growth Enterprise Coaches;(3) Promote high growth enterprise coaching as a specialist form of business coaching.The project will develop and deliver two Intellectual Outputs:(1) GEM Transformation Portal containing 10-12 specialist Learning Journeys, checklists, tools and models, guides, other resources and a good practice forum.(2) A handbook entitled, ‘Growing European Micro-enterprises through High Growth Enterprise Coaching’. Growing European Enterprises (GEM) will create a new digital learning tool giving VET teacher/trainers access to a new open education platform called, 'GEM Transformation Portal'. The Portal will provide experienced VET teacher/trainers and coaches with continuous professional development opportunities. It will also contribute to developing the next generation of High Growth Enterprise Coaches.The GEM Transformation Portal will be built around a new High Growth Enterprise Coach Competence Framework. Initially, the GEM Transformation Portal will be translated into English, Dutch, Spanish and German with the aim of making it available in additional languages in the longer term.To widen the impact of the project still further, partners will also publish a handbook called, 'Growing European Micro Enterprises through High Growth Enterprise Coaching' which will also be available in the four languages. The handbook along with the GEM Transformation Platform will contribute to the development, success and sustainability of European micro-enterprises helping to build high growth business coaching capability and capacity across Europe. Currently, there is NO such programme for training and developing high quality Business Growth Enterprise Coaches - GEM will fill this gap.On completion of the project, partners will hold a series of national Multiplier Events and will seek to sustain and exploit the project results and Outputs with the aim of widening the impact of the project to other micro enterprises, SMEs and stakeholder throughout Europe. The project will run from October 2019 to September 2021.