AAUTS

We aim to develop projects for social inclusion, using Urban Art as a tool for social transformation. We believe that urban art is an excellent tool for a fairer and more inclusive society. Furthermore, we believe in the development of human potential and of every human being. We believe that luck is built. We believe that all social transformation must be integrated. Our mission is to create educational artistic environments that encourage the integrated development of young artists and raise awareness of the power of art, in its relationship with the city and the environment, as a tool for empowerment, inclusion and innovation. We promote exchanges and partnerships between artists, associations, schools, universities and other national and international organizations. • Activities related to the universe of Urban Arts, cultural events with performances (graffiti live painting, rap, dance, and others), podcast, streaming and interviews, and video exhibitions, artistic projections. Development of initiatives to train community leading artists and their role in community development; • Development of partnerships with schools, universities and other institutions of scientific knowledge; • Organization of different knowledge and skills sharing activities; • Raising public awareness of the importance of informal education for the success of children, young people and adults; • Creative workshops/workshops within the theme of Urban Arts – Creative writing, Music Production, Graffiti, Breakdance, Krump, Computing (ICT - Information and Communication Technologies), Web design, HTML programming, etc. We are part of an international network of Urban Art Associations, which include associations such as AIIJ from Spain, Sol'oeil d'Afrik from Togo, T.E.A.M from Cyprus, Espressione Hip Hop from Italy, IDEAS from Guatemala, Kids Break Ligues from USA (New York) and others from Nicaragua and Martinique, that together we have already developed some Erasmus + Program projects, such as: InclusionART, Urban Arte For inclusion, CreARTivity, and we are currently developing the UxST Project – United For Social Transformation, with partners from Spain, Lithuania, Italy, Ireland, which aims to measure the impact of Covid-19 on the lives of young people, their needs and desires, as well as promoting the active participation of young people in civil society issues and national and European policies. These projects are also financed by the Erasmus + Program of the European Union, it is in our interest and in the project to establish partnerships, to give visibility to the project. In Portugal, we have as partners Association Magnólia Method and Project Esperança 5G, from Quinta do Mocho.