Art campaign in Altenkirchen: Young people redesign their future!
Art campaign in Altenkirchen: Young people redesign their future!
In Altenkirchen there is currently an important art campaign that aims to give young people a positive outlook on the future. Youth art director Axel Weigend and the artist Tanja Corbach present documentaries from project work with young people. This initiative should not only promote artistic talents, but also strengthen self -confidence and the creative expression of the participating young people. Access to the youth art school is currently being hindered by a high construction fence, a gravel courtyard and a locked entrance door, as the construction measures around the railway bridge over the Quengelbach take longer than planned. Therefore, the funding projects and artistic offers of the youth art school cannot currently take place in full, which also underlines the urgency and importance of this art campaign. Rhein-zeitung.de reports .
In parallel to these developments, there is another important initiative in the region, which supports particularly girls in the field of MINT subjects (mathematics, computer science, science and technology). The Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz organizes the “Glow in the Dark” holiday program as part of the ADA Lovelace Projekt (Alp). The aim of this program is to inspire girls from grades 5 to 7 for MINT subjects and to advise them with mentors who study themselves in these areas. This is done against the background of a low representation of women in MINT professions and the need to promote interest and talents at an early stage. Science Minister Konrad Wolf emphasizes the need to inform and encourage students about MINT courses at a young age. The Altenkirchen youth art school has been cooperating with the ALP since its foundation to create creative educational offers for girls and promote talents. mwg.rlp.de informed .artistic education and MINT funding
The ADA Lovelace project has existed in Rhineland-Palatinate for 21 years and supports an average of 6,000 to 7,000 pupils at ten coordination agencies annually. The project is funded by the Ministry of Science, Continuing Education and Culture and received a total of 200,000 euros in 2017. In addition, Minister Wolf took part in a comic sign course in the "Kreativwerkstatt - Jugendkunstschule Altenkirchen", which illustrates the close connection between cultural education and technical support. The Altenkirchen Youth Art School, which has been part of the youth art school program since 2008, was recognized in 2018 as the "Youth Art School Rhineland-Palatinate" and carries out workshops with kindergartens and schools to support young talents. For 2023, she received 23,000 euros from state funds, which underpins the importance of cultural education. bmbf.de emphasizes .
The MINT funding in Germany is part of a comprehensive MINT action plan 2.0, which bundles various measures to strengthen MINT skills from daycare to the university. The initiatives aim to promote cooperation between schools and extra-curricular activities, to secure quality standards in MINT formation and to involve parents in the education of their children. These nationwide programs are indispensable to combat the shortage of skilled workers and to address challenges such as climate change and digitization. Particular attention is also paid to the equality of women in MINT professions, since only a small number of women are represented in top positions and patent applications. The proportion of women among new students in the MINT area rose from 31 % in 2002 to 35 % in 2022, but there is still a special commitment to inspire more girls for these subjects.
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