Prem Tinsulanonda International School PSC Meeting - 9 May 2014. Slides from Traidhos Arts Presentation

1. TRAIDHOS ARTS
SUSTAINABLE, CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT FOR
OUR STUDENTS

3. “Young people are the future of this country. Cultivating their creative
energies, passion and sense of engagement is fundamental to the
success of their own lives and to the economic and cultural vitality of
our communities”
An extract from Ken Robinson's support
statement for ENYAN's 2011 national
campaign

4. "We are a community that challenges its members to act as
compassionate, knowledgeable and principled global citizens: working
together for a sustainable future and Inspired by meaningful
relationships, continuous learning and “good thinking".
PREM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MISSION STATEMENT

5. • Unlocks a young person’s potential and provide routes to self discovery and personal-
fulfilment
• Encourages creative thinking and problem solving
• Helps reduce the number of young people leaving school with poor levels of literacy,
numeracy and communication skills
• Increases motivation, self-esteem and confidence
• Provides diversion from negative, or criminal activity
• Develops positive group dynamics, including negotiation and joint decision making
• Improves social skills, citizenship skills and emotional literacy
• Develops self-discipline and a greater ability for young people to take responsibility for
their own actions
• Encourages young people to speak out/express themselves and develop transferable
skills for life and employment
• Develops a willingness in young people to take an active role in their community
• Develop economic and cultural vitality in our communities
• Empowers young people to shape the future creative and cultural landscape
PRACTICAL BENEFITS OF CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT AND
EDUCATION FOR CREATIVITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

6. TRANSMISSIVE EDUCATION

7. CREATING AGENCY

8. "Working with Miltos was utterly amazing in terms of inspiring my grade
8 students to look at and understand Shakespeare in an entirely new
light. It was particularly motivating for our male students, who previously
found it hard to see the relevance"
Sarah Handley

9. CREATIVITY GOALS-
FUTUREPREM
• We ensure creative use of our natural settings
• We are a vibrant and creative learning community with close links to international,
regional and local artistic communities
• We have developed a creative entrepreneurial spirit
• The creation and reflection of beauty and artistic pursuits has a positive impact on
our well being

10. ENGAGE
• Identifies existing student and staff needs and provides imaginative
and engaging mechanisms to address, explore, provide for, or alleviate
those needs
• Creates links that facilitate either short-term, or sustainable
relationships with local, national, or international arts communities and
organizations
• Provides opportunities for students or staff to enhance their own
learning through demonstrable creative engagement and creative
thinking

11. ENHANCE
• Builds on existing activity within PTIS THREE-GENERATION via
utilizing the arts in a new, innovative, or valuable way
• Uses the arts to link classroom activity and the curriculum with the
surrounding, campus environment
• Uses the arts to develop cross-curricular and interdepartmental
working, or the creative delivery of traditional ’academic’ subjects
• Seeks to obtain external funding for either short term, or long-term,
sustainable creative projects

12. ENLIVEN
• Provides a platform for music, art, performance or cross-artform
working, that makes use of public areas of the PTIS campus
• Uses the arts in a context that encourages more public engagement
with the PTIS campus
• Creates activity that is likely to leave a legacy, or foster and
encourage independent, autonomous creative engagement by our
young people

13. AN OVERVIEW OF THE LAST
TWENTY MONTHS

15. Being able to meet real artists and ask them about their work, has
given me insight and understanding that simply isn't available on the
internet. Through working with artists in the 3rd space project, I was
able to learn things about composition and presentation that influenced
my approach to my final DP Exhibition.
Sabrina Nur Magnusson, Grade12

17. " To have someone like Paula DiPerna work with our students was
hugely exciting for them. She brought the real world into their
classroom and made her experiences relevant and exciting to their
aspirations to make a difference in the world."
Carolyn Martin Hughes, Head of English

19. "It was cool and awesome!
I loved the adventure in the library and making the picture, because
we got to see what lovevegfruitboy looked like."
Jordan EY3

20. "Collaborations with visiting artists have encouraged classroom
teachers to make connections with the arts that would not have taken
place otherwise. Staff
and students have engaged with diverse creative experiences that
have had a direct and positive influence on their learning"
Karrie Dietz, Junior School Principal

21. MOVING TOWARDS THE 2014-2015
ACADEMIC YEAR

22. H-GALLERY THAILAND

24. CREATIVE AGENTS, CREATIVE
BALANCE AND THE TRAIDHOS
RESIDENCY PROGRAMME

25. WWW.ARTSRESIDENCYTHAILAND
A SUSTAINABLE, THREE TIER RESIDENCY AND
ARTIST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

26. RESIDENCY
TIERS
• ARTIST ENGAGEMENT
RESIDENCY
• ARTIST DEVELOPMENT
RESIDENCY
• TRAIDHOS, LOTUS
RESIDENCY

27. "Thank you again for inviting me to be an artist-in-residence at PREM.
The experience has been heartening, rewarding, stimulating and
delightful. I hope that all involved share my view that the residency
was a success"
Paula DiPerna, writer, filmmaker and international, environmental policy
maker

28. "The support that I received and the structure of the residency itself
were perfect. I worked with great people, got some fantastic results
and got to experience the warmth and kindness of the Thai people"
Miltos Yerolemou, stage and screen actor

29. "I can't fault the level of assistance, attention to detail and professional
competence that I experienced on the Traidhos residency. I was
encouraged to take on new challenges during the residency, always
offered creative solutions and left feeling confident and re inspired
regarding working with young people"
Mark Rafter, former Art Director, Disney