Artists’ Exercises (æ) is a platform for sharing and distributing fragments of artists’ educational strategies – with contributions from over 50 international artists.

Artists continuously donate their exercises to be shared on this platform and we ask that if you use them, you make any kind of donation to our selected charity War Child.

All exercises have been generously donated to us by artists from around the world and we very much hope that you will show your gratitude by donating what you want to War Child – the nominated charity for æ.

æ facilitates new ways and ideas of teaching – Artists’ Exercises encourages and offers a framework in which artists and educators can share their exercises for others to use and apply to their own teaching practice.

The exercises are for educational purposes only and provide re-produceable activities that migrate through this platform to new contexts of action and knowledge production with different educators. Artists’ Exercises places an emphasis on and supports the important role of art education in a global dialogue about what and how we learn.

Via the website http://www.artistsexercises.org, æ collects and distributes these exercises and maintains them in constant circulation. The exercises are free and easily accessible. We support individuals and small organisation using these exercises, however if you as individual, school or art institution wish to make an exhibition, book or any solid form that derives from the exercises found on this website, we request that you contact us so we can accordingly ask the artists for permission.

War Child works to protect, educate and stand up for the rights of children affected by conflict. 1 in 6 children live in conflict zones around the world, yet less than 3% of humanitarian aid is spent on child protection in conflict-affected countries. War Child provides support and protection for children living in and affected by war, reuniting children with their families, providing food, organising child-friendly spaces where children can learn and play, providing education, vocational training and psychological support, they also carry out advocacy work, encouraging those with the power to make change, to stand up for the rights of children affected by conflict. Thank you so much for your support, your donations could allow War Child to:

£10 – the cost of providing basic books and stationery for 1 child to catch up on lost education
£30 - could pay for educational toys for 1 early education centre
£55 – the cost of a child attending our safe space for 9 months; a sanctuary away from the violence, where they can learn and play
£80 - the cost of training one of our staff in Psychological First Aid to deliver frontline child counselling
£100 - could pay for a child to go to school for a year

Thanks! Jennie and Stine from æ