|Exploring arts & education| Page 1 of 2 ‘How can truth and
beauty, technology and art, economy and politics or art and
education be (re-)combined? And what are the appropriate methods
to create productive combinations?’ Michael Wimmer, founder and
general manager of Educult, a member organisation of our
network, introduces the arts and education debate with a
provocative and enlightening piece. Could Culture Action Europe
develop its role as ‘honest broker’ between the arts and
education fields based on the belief that ‘the arts are a
driving force for a reform of the existing educational systems
taking into account that education is not just about academic
skills but about comprehensive personal development comprising
mind and body, knowing and feeling, acting and reflecting; all
characteristics represented by the arts’? Ever since European
competencies were introduced into the Maastricht treaty (link to
glossary) in both education (article 149) and culture (article
151); these two political area tend to ha