About the programme
Learn about the Art For Change programme, where creativity meets activism through arts-based, youth-led, social action.
Join our Art For Change Masterclasses to learn how to enable youth-led, arts-based civic action using FIDS, our globally acclaimed methodology (Feel, Imagine, Do, Share) that has empowered 2 million children in 70+ countries to lead change.
Each Masterclass is a cross-sectoral, cross-community and intercultural immersion, taking artist facilitators, school teachers, youth workers, academics and business leaders on informative and interactive artivism journeys.
By the end of each Masterclass, the group will learn about:
⏰ 16:00 – 18:00
📍 Peter Froggatt Centre, Queen’s University Belfast
Delivered in partnership with Arts Council Northern Ireland, and Queen’s University Belfast School of Arts, English and Languages.
Create. Connect. Inspire change.
Join our Art For Change Masterclasses to learn how to enable youth-led, arts-based civic action using FIDS, our globally acclaimed methodology (Feel, Imagine, Do, Share) that has empowered 2 million children in 70+ countries to lead change.
Each Masterclass is a cross-sectoral, cross-community and intercultural immersion, taking artist facilitators, school teachers, youth workers, academics and business leaders on informative and interactive artivism journeys.
By the end of each Masterclass, the group will learn about:
- the global Design For Change (DFC) Movement https://www.dfcworld.org/
- eduSOIL and our DFC NI work https://designforchangeni.com/
- the I CAN Journey partnership opportunity for schools, youth and arts organisations, universities and corporates https://edusoil.my.canva.site/dfcni-partnerships
- the upcoming Be The Change Summit in Athens, Greece, November 26 - 29, that a group of young people from NI can be country representatives for, alongside peers from 30+ countries https://summit2026.dfcgreece.org/
- how the Art For Change Summer Programme, at Queen’s University Belfast July 6 - 10th is a pathway to the global stage in Athens later this year, that artist facilitators, school teachers, academics and corporate partners can support https://designforchangeni.com/art-for-change
- how to use the Feel, Imagine, Do, Share framework to co-create an art-piece in response to a chosen issue which will be presented at our showcase event on July 10th
⏰ 16:00 – 18:00
📍 Peter Froggatt Centre, Queen’s University Belfast
Delivered in partnership with Arts Council Northern Ireland, and Queen’s University Belfast School of Arts, English and Languages.
Create. Connect. Inspire change.
The programme is led by Juanita Rea, Visiting Scholar at the School of Arts, English and Languages, founder of eduSOIL and Director of Design For Change NI, South Africa and Sudan in collaboration with Prof Franziska Schroeder founder of Performance Without Barriers research group at SARC, the Centre For Interdisciplinary Research in Sound and Music at QUB.
Since 2011 eduSOIL has supported 16,000 people in 12 countries. Since 2023, Art For Change has been delivered in NI partnership with Design For Change Global and with support from Arts Council Northern Ireland and Queen's University Belfast School of Arts, English and Languages (AEL)and the Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility Directorate.
Tickets by donation with proceeds supporting the delivery of the Art For Change Summer Programme, July 6th - 10th. Your donation helps eduSOIL CIC deliver this programme at no cost to young people joining through organisational partnerships and by suggested donation to public participants, while having no core funding since August 2025 and being completely volunteer-led.
Since 2011 eduSOIL has supported 16,000 people in 12 countries. Since 2023, Art For Change has been delivered in NI partnership with Design For Change Global and with support from Arts Council Northern Ireland and Queen's University Belfast School of Arts, English and Languages (AEL)and the Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility Directorate.
Tickets by donation with proceeds supporting the delivery of the Art For Change Summer Programme, July 6th - 10th. Your donation helps eduSOIL CIC deliver this programme at no cost to young people joining through organisational partnerships and by suggested donation to public participants, while having no core funding since August 2025 and being completely volunteer-led.