ASSOL: Learning Encounters
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AMASS Coordinator: University of Lapland
Portugal Coordinator: APECV Research Team: Ângela Saldanha; Célia Ferreira; Raquel Balsa; Teresa Eça Artists: Abel Andrade; João Valente; Rosa Rufino; Carlos Sousa; Juliana Ferreira; |
Local Stakeholder: Centro Alexandre Correia—ASSOL Day care for adults with mental disabilities, Oliveira de Frades.
Local Mediators: Pancho Matias and Anja Mastling Explored media: postal art; typography; silkscreen; video animation; performance |
June 2020–October 2021
The experience was carried out in a rural area—at the Oliveira de Frades day care institution called ASSOL—during 7 months with 29 participants (18 participants with mental disabilities, 5 artists, 2 caregivers from ASSOL, 4 researchers from APECV).
The ASSOL organization collaborated with APECV in the AMASS pilot experience in the period 2019–2020. After the pilot project, researchers contacted ASSOL stakeholders to invite them to another experiment, and discuss the protocol of collaboration. Because of the COVID -19 restrictions during winter 2021, it was not possible to visit ASSOL. Artists sent postal cards to remain in touch. In June 2021, ASSOL stakeholders asked the people in their groups if they wanted to attend artistic practices workshops, selecting persons who were not in the AMASS pilot experience so more people could benefit from the artistic workshops. They provided a list of participants, set out a calendar for visits and expressed their expectations in terms of artistic media to be explored (printing, animation, performance).
AMASS researchers and artists were invited to several activities organized by ASSOL during the summer of 2021, such as Francisco’s ASSOL book release in the local library and self-portraits exhibition in the local museum. During these visits, researchers, artists, stakeholders and other participants from ASSOL discussed informally how the artists could work with the group and contribute to the community.
In the first visit in June 2021, researchers and artists explained the AMASS project and consent forms were signed.
The following visits in July were facilitated by visual artists Carlos and Juliana and multimedia performance artists Abel and João.
Carlos and Juliana explored animation tools with the participants in order to make a stop motion story using the self-portraits of the ASSOL exhibition. Later the participants made their own stop motion narrative to be presented in the ASSOL summer festival.
Abel and Joao facilitated a music workshop, after which the participants asked the artists to participate in the ASSOL autumn cultural festival.
In September 2021, artists Carlos and Juliana set up a printing workshop to respond to the participants’ wishes of printing bags and covers for the books they had designed and produced in the ASSOL bindery “The Improbable Collection”. The books were a success at the Porto Book Fair.
During October 2021, the collective comprising Abel, João and Rosa facilitated a performance workshop with folk music and dances and performed during the ASSOL autumn cultural festival. The AMASS team was invited to the festival and participated in the ASSOL picnic with all ASSOL members, comprising around 100 people. During the picnic, AMASS workshops were evaluated alongside with other ASSOL activities during the year, and were given a green label (excellent). Local mediators, health workers and social workers were key elements to help artists understand the participants with verbal and physical difficulties and help in the workshops.
The experience was carried out in a rural area—at the Oliveira de Frades day care institution called ASSOL—during 7 months with 29 participants (18 participants with mental disabilities, 5 artists, 2 caregivers from ASSOL, 4 researchers from APECV).
The ASSOL organization collaborated with APECV in the AMASS pilot experience in the period 2019–2020. After the pilot project, researchers contacted ASSOL stakeholders to invite them to another experiment, and discuss the protocol of collaboration. Because of the COVID -19 restrictions during winter 2021, it was not possible to visit ASSOL. Artists sent postal cards to remain in touch. In June 2021, ASSOL stakeholders asked the people in their groups if they wanted to attend artistic practices workshops, selecting persons who were not in the AMASS pilot experience so more people could benefit from the artistic workshops. They provided a list of participants, set out a calendar for visits and expressed their expectations in terms of artistic media to be explored (printing, animation, performance).
AMASS researchers and artists were invited to several activities organized by ASSOL during the summer of 2021, such as Francisco’s ASSOL book release in the local library and self-portraits exhibition in the local museum. During these visits, researchers, artists, stakeholders and other participants from ASSOL discussed informally how the artists could work with the group and contribute to the community.
In the first visit in June 2021, researchers and artists explained the AMASS project and consent forms were signed.
The following visits in July were facilitated by visual artists Carlos and Juliana and multimedia performance artists Abel and João.
Carlos and Juliana explored animation tools with the participants in order to make a stop motion story using the self-portraits of the ASSOL exhibition. Later the participants made their own stop motion narrative to be presented in the ASSOL summer festival.
Abel and Joao facilitated a music workshop, after which the participants asked the artists to participate in the ASSOL autumn cultural festival.
In September 2021, artists Carlos and Juliana set up a printing workshop to respond to the participants’ wishes of printing bags and covers for the books they had designed and produced in the ASSOL bindery “The Improbable Collection”. The books were a success at the Porto Book Fair.
During October 2021, the collective comprising Abel, João and Rosa facilitated a performance workshop with folk music and dances and performed during the ASSOL autumn cultural festival. The AMASS team was invited to the festival and participated in the ASSOL picnic with all ASSOL members, comprising around 100 people. During the picnic, AMASS workshops were evaluated alongside with other ASSOL activities during the year, and were given a green label (excellent). Local mediators, health workers and social workers were key elements to help artists understand the participants with verbal and physical difficulties and help in the workshops.
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