The term art mediation suggest an individual
who literally "mediates" the interactions between visitors,
artists, museums, and the art itself.
The evolving terms art education and art educator are difficult
to translate, both literally and culturally. What art mediation
attempts to do is to bring the visitors (schools, community, families
and, of course, young people) to create their own gallery experiences,
their own sharing and spaces.
It goes beyond the conventional expectation that art education´s
function is to "explain" art: it aims to be something
different, learning from the past but looking at the present.
Art mediation can be considered a process of cultural translation,
that can be performed only by a certain path of visitors, educators,
curators, artists together.
In the CCCS there is no place for a oneway mediation which starts
at the mediator and reaches the audience.
We hope that the visitors come to the CCCS to enjoy the institution
with a real culture and real experiences. We hope this is the start
of a fruitful partnership with the community.
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