Art as a tool for social and political positive changes A group of artists and theoretical experts in arts and non-formal education will gather to create a workshop model on tools for working on social, political and environmental changes through art. The focus will be on practices like performance art, visual art, land art and literature. The tandem collaboration will address topics such as intercultural communication, individual and group identity, movement of people, spaces vs buildings and city vs rural environment and cultural policy and active citizenship. Tandem Ukraine 2016-17 Democracy & Open society Freedom of expression Migration/refugees Participation & Active citizenship Góis Kyiv Media Performance Public Space Visual arts Denisas Kolomyckis Raizvanguarda - Associação Cultural (RV) Góis, Portugal RAIZVANGUARDA (RV) is a non-profit organization, established in 2014 & based in Góis, central Portugal, whose aim is to support the creation, dissemination & production of art. RV is settled in a primary school, closed during the late 2000s financial crisis, & reopened to the public as a cultural & youth centre for international artists & local community. denisaskolo@gmail.com Anastasia Denysenko Pictoric Kyiv, Ukraine The connection "Art as a tool for social and political positive changes": a connection between Góis (Portugal) & Kyiv (Ukraine)