Encouraging and developing the feel for various art tools and materials, developing the skills of mastering various art techniques, encouraging freedom of expression in the children, spontaneous creation using new techniques,... [ view full abstract ]
Encouraging and developing the feel for various art tools and materials, developing the skills of mastering various art techniques, encouraging freedom of expression in the children, spontaneous creation using new techniques, using imagination, developing original expression and unbound creation of novelty and the abstract are also some of the project goals.
We seek answers to the questions raised while exploring Croatian cultural traditions through art. We will discuss the artistic expression as a challenge in the education process, a research project of Croatian cultural tradition through art and discuss kindergarten as an art gallery with teachers as self-reviewers.
The project creators will present the plan of development in today’s multicultural world and explain how we contribute to them by preserving our national values.
We will get to know mastering the art of lace making, the sounds of traditional Croatian instruments, play with and discover the making of toys from Hrvatsko Zagorje, and show the children our carnival customs. By weaving, shaping and glazing pottery, children will become familiar with it.
Sustainability is the basis of our national cultural tradition and we will discuss it while using preserved objects as well as the Glagolitic alphabet which was Croatia’s first.
The book called Croatian Culture and Children’s Art was the result of this project. The children are its participants in the current and new generations, all of whom we want to collaborate with. We want to find new ideas together and encourage them to express themselves through creation and novelty.
Keywords: tradition, Artistic expression, lace, traditional instruments, Toys from the Hrvatsko Zagorje, history of the carnival, pottery, weaving, sustainable living, Glagolitic alphabet
