The project “Paths to Perception”, led by the associations Antropical asbl and Our Common Future asbl, is inspired by bibliotherapy. It offers young people seeking answers to specific questions cultural resources aimed at improving their well-being and developing their skills. The goal is to encourage young people’s engagement with various forms of art while providing them with a space for reflection, discussion, and creation.

Through workshops organized in cultural centers or schools, a theme, chosen in advance by a team of artists, is proposed for discussion. For this, a selection of diverse works – such as short films, short stories, poems, paintings, photographs, songs, as well as excerpts from longer works – is presented and discussed with the participants. The chosen works aim to provide rich, diverse, and thought-provoking perspectives. Questions and activities will be prepared to stimulate reflection, and the discussion will be moderated to foster genuine interaction.

The goals of the project are to encourage engagement with and the appreciation of various forms of art among young people, to propose an innovative model of cultural and artistic education, and to strengthen the involvement of artists. “Paths to Perception” offers artists the opportunity to reflect on how their work can address real-world issues and contribute to the personal development of participants.

“Wat mëss de?” is a project by Jugendtreff Norden (Elisabeth jeunesse/Anne asbl) and Hariko Ettelbrück that highlights the concept of living together within youth structures. Aimed at young people aged 12 to 26, the project offers creative workshops focused on visual arts, such as photography, collage, and stop-motion video. These workshops enable participants to express their perspectives on daily life and social relationships while challenging stereotypes and clichés about youth structures.

The project’s highlight is an interactive and mobile exhibition created with the support of professional artists. This exhibition is designed to travel to different municipalities and cultural institutions. The initiative aims to give young people a voice, promote creativity, and raise public awareness about the importance of living together.

Through the “Rap Däi Liewen” project, the Zentrum fir politesch Bildung (ZpB), in collaboration with the Internat Saint-Willibrord, organized a series of hip-hop workshops led by rapper Nicool for the boarding school’s youth. Participants also took part in an introduction to rap music and visited the interactive Den DemokratieLabo exhibition at the Trifolion. The goal was to raise awareness among young people about what democracy means for them, helping them understand democratic processes and current societal challenges. This awareness aimed to show them they have the means to engage as citizens and participate in political and public debates.

Based on themes from the exhibition (such as participation, polarization, human rights, prejudice, or inequality), the young participants created a collective rap song. Inspired by these topics, they chose to focus on poverty and discrimination, linking these issues to their personal experiences.

The group co-wrote the song, which was then recorded, mixed, and mastered to be showcased at the boarding school’s summer celebration and distributed as a keepsake. Through this project, the youth gained self-confidence and used rap music as a form of protest against the injustices they had faced.

Cube Records is a non-profit organization in Luxembourg, founded by three young music enthusiasts. Dedicated to music production and supporting young artists, the association’s mission is to guide emerging talents by offering them comprehensive support, from mixing to recording.

In collaboration with the Maison de Jeunes in Esch-sur-Alzette, Cube offers a unique educational program for young people aged 12 to 20. This project includes several immersive workshops where participants learn the basics of musical composition, lyric writing, and arrangement. They then move on to studio recording, working with sound engineers to capture their creations. Experienced musicians and producers mentor the young artists throughout the process, helping them refine their style and technical skills.

The workshops are not limited to music. The participants also take part in designing the album cover, thus exploring their visual creativity. Finally, a music promotion workshop teaches them how to launch and promote an album through social media and streaming platforms.

With this project, Cube asbl aims to create a positive impact on the community by fostering creativity, social inclusion, and personal development among the young participants.

The “Kids Take Over Day” project by Mudam Luxembourg, in partnership with UP_FOUNDATION, aimed to transform the traditional relationship between the museum and its young audience. Inspired by Palle Nielsen’s work The Model, this innovative initiative offered children the opportunity to reimagine and recreate the museum experience, placing them at the heart of the creative process.

Throughout the project, children aged 4 to 12 actively participated in creative workshops where their ideas were heard, respected, and concretely realized. The highlight was a full day of activities designed by and for children: the Kids Take Over Day, a participatory celebration that brought together more than 1,000 visitors.

This initiative strengthened the synergy between the museum teams and integrated children as genuine influential actors in the museum’s life. The young participants’ creations were sustained, notably through the co-creation of artworks with artists and the development of original derivative products.

“Heemecht” is an educational project that was conducted with several primary and secondary school classes in Luxembourg. To gather material through exchanges with students and their teachers for a professional theatrical performance, an exploration of the theme of “homeland” (Heemecht) was undertaken. What does my homeland taste like? What does my homeland smell like? Is there a difference for me between the terms “home,” “house,” “homeland,” and if so, what is it?

The artists Piera Jovic, Fabienne Elaine Hollwege, and Laetitia Lang also collaborated with students from the National School for Adults to offer an artistic approach to the subject through movement and dance workshops. Together, they created a theatrical performance in which the audience was guided by 16 young people in search of their homeland. Through text, movement, and music, they all attempted to find an answer, or at least an approach, to what Heemecht means to them.

As part of this project, various activities such as reading, writing, drawing, dance and music were offered to refugees and migrants aged between 3 and 20 living in the Red Cross hostel in Sanem. The project aimed to reduce the gap in reading and writing skills among children from a migrant background through an innovative method: family learning. It also aimed to encourage non-formal education, intercultural exchanges and creativity. Thanks to the expertise of the Social Impact Development Centre and the Association d’Artistes Pluriels asbl, 45 children and young people could benefit from these multidisciplinary activities once a week.

The “Ich habe etwas zu sagen” (I have something to say) project was a joint initiative between the Mierscher Kulturhaus and CooperationsArt Wiltz, an interdisciplinary and inclusive network of artists, some of whom have disabilities.
As part of CooperationsArt’s “Vis-à – Vis Reloaded” exhibition, the Mierscher Kulturhaus organised artistic and creative workshops for primary school classes. Around a hundred pupils had the opportunity to work with artists from the CooperationsART collective, creating paintings, drawings and texts together. The children responded freely and imaginatively to the works on display. They were able to talk openly with the artists, who showed them the different techniques, processes and methods they use.
This project allowed the children to experience inclusion through active participation, and to engage in something unknown while expressing themselves artistically. The works created by the child-artist pairs subsequently became part of the existing exhibition, and were presented at a vernissage at the Mierscher Kulturhaus attended by pupils, artists, teachers and parents.

“The biodiversity crisis and the disappearance of species – we have a problem!” This is the theme of the joint project by natur&ëmwelt and Independent Little Lies. Through open-air theatre workshops, co-directed by a theatre director and a nature educator, the two partners aim to raise awareness among children and young adults of a subject that concerns us all. Through the link between art and science, they hope to improve understanding of the biodiversity crisis in general, and in Luxembourg in particular. After a first series of workshops in 2022, a second is planned for the end of 2023, open to young people aged between 12 and 18.