After its first enriching experience in 2021 with the “TEMPLE” project, the CAPE – Centre des Arts Pluriels d’Ettelbruck has decided to continue its efforts by involving young people in a new participatory project open to teenagers.

Guided by a creative team composed of Anja Meder-Di Bartolomeo (creative writing), David Laplant (video), and Natercia Rebelo (costumes), and under the artistic direction of choreographer Elisabeth Schilling, young people aged 12 to 19 will join forces for four months to bring a collective work to life, which will be presented at the end of September 2024 on the CAPE stage. Through a series of weekly workshops, participants will have the opportunity to discover and experiment with various artistic disciplines such as dance, video, music, design, and poetry. This also allows them to explore their own artistic paths, contributing to the creation of this unique performance.

Throughout the year 2024, Unity Foundation offers dynamic workshops for young people aged 11 and over in high schools in Luxembourg, as well as for vulnerable youth, their teachers, and educators.

The workshops focus on the participants’ well-being, group cohesion, and their engagement in social progress. The activities include screenings of inspiring short films, artistic projects, collaborative games, and service projects.

These workshops aim to develop essential qualities such as empathy, resilience, collaboration, creativity, and self-confidence. Through various artistic activities (theater, dance, drawing, singing), participants explore their passions and acquire skills to become engaged actors of social change.

This project carefully examines respect for good manners and courtesy among young adolescents. Noting a lack of politeness among its students, Lycée Nic-Biever / Annexe Alliance launched the project “Hä?!… oder wat gelift?” with the objective of re-teaching the simple rules of etiquette through various workshops and activities. These activities will help young people become aware of basic forms of respect, such as saying “hello” and “please,” and will prepare them for adult life.

The project covers different areas, including art and writing, as well as music and the creation of short videos related to the theme. This is done in close collaboration with various artists and organizations, such as the municipality of Dudelange and the Jugendhaus Dudelange.

The project involves all students and teachers at the Alliance site of Lycée Nic-Biever, with each class working on a different aspect depending on their age and needs.

With this project, following the “Lux is Fashion” project also supported by the Fondation Sommer, Sarvenaz Kouchesfahani aimed to continue her exploration of different aspects of the fashion world with young people, while this time delving deeper into the publishing universe. By answering the question “What is Fashion,” the project leader, in collaboration with these aspiring designers, stylists, artists, and writers, created an online magazine highlighting the evolution of fashion in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Through bi-monthly workshops, Sarvenaz Kouchesfahani engaged the young participants in a collaborative effort that introduced them to editorial creation and encouraged their critical thinking. With this project, Sarvenaz Kouchesfahani aimed to enable young people to enhance their creative and artistic confidence while deepening their knowledge of the fashion industry. The magazine was unveiled during a vernissage on June 26, 2024, at the Lycée Technique pour Professions Éducatives et Sociales in Mersch.

This construction workshop, designed for young people aged 9 to 15, aims to introduce participants to careers in architecture, design, and craftsmanship through the creation of a mobile kitchen module. It will provide an opportunity to become familiar with the tools of the architect (drawing, modeling, etc.) and to understand the various stages of a project from conception to completion. Additionally, it will address contemporary themes related to the production of our built environment such as resource scarcity, circular economy, and reuse.

This project enabled eight teenage girls from the 5th and 6th grades of the Lycée Classique de Diekirch to take their first steps in dance and embark on creating a collaborative performance. Gathering once a week since the start of the 2023/2024 school year, the students participated in workshops to determine the theme of the piece. These sessions sparked numerous discussions and exchanges about the motivations and concerns of today’s  teenagers. The chosen theme – emotions – was then translated into a choreography entirely created by the students, under the nurturing guidance and in collaboration with the dancer-choreographer Nathalie Moyen. On the school stage, the eight girls presented their performance, inviting the audience on a journey into the heart of the soul’s color palette.

The parents’ representatives from the Mersch primary school will be organising a project for the 2023-2024 school year on the subject of preventing violence and harassment at school.

This is an extra-curricular project aimed at parents and children attending the Mersch primary school.