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Art in All of Us Brussels, Belgium www.artinallofus.org

Art in All of Us - Pen Pal Program for school art exchange

The objective of the AiA Art Pen Pal Program is to promote artistic and creative communication among children from all parts of the globe. We have setup a network of schools around the world, through which schools are paired and exchange informative artwork on their own country and culture.
Through these exchanges, we hope to make the children aware of the world in which they live in, by providing the opportunity and tools required to communicate directly and creatively with children from foreign countries.
Participating schools are paired and asked to develop artwork based on a specific subject, suggested by AiA. Once the pieces are complete, both schools will send a package to one another, containing their finished work.
AiA also sends a list of evaluation questions to each school, where each teacher is asked to answer them with their students and then send them back to AiA. The aim of the questions is to evaluate the impact the exchanges had on the students; as well as to encourage them to think about the artwork they have received, and what they learned about another culture through the artwork they received from their Pen Pal school.
Participation in the AiA Pen Pal Program is complementary to the academic programs of the following classes: Art Education, Cultural and Community Service, Geography, and Foreign Language in some cases (where the paired schools communicate in a language different from their primary educational language).

Participate in Pen Pal Program as a school

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PPP Agreement:	I have read the agreement below and accept it on behalf of my school.

By sending your school's participation form you implicitly agree to respect the school's commitments. By accepting registration of a school to its ART PPP and by pairing schools together, AiA implicitly agrees to respect the organization's commitment.
Commitments from AiA: Within AiA, we commit ourselves to find each registered school a paired school, provided that we receive positive answers from the schools contacted. Within AiA, we commit ourselves to suggest themes stimulating the students to learn from each other. If not satisfied with the suggested theme, teachers can suggest another one, provided that it contributes to the knowledge of each other's culture and country. Within AiA, we commit ourselves to publish the students' artworks on our website, making the creation and thoughts from kids available to all the visitors of our website. Within AiA, we commit ourselves to answer the teachers and students questions on other countries. Within AiA, we commit ourselves to building bridges between each other.	Commitments from participating schools: The school commits itself to maintain regular communication with its paired school, in order to organize the exchange. The school commits itself to answering the questions asked by the students of the paired school and communicated to him by its paired school. The school commits itself to send their students' questions on their paired country/school to the paired school. The school commits itself to monitor the students in the preparation of the artworks, following the theme suggested by AiA. The school commits itself to keep AiA updated on the progress of the exchanges and to give AiA feedback on the general organization of the exchanges, as well as feedback from the students. The school commits itself to send digital copies (scans or photographs) of the artworks prepared by their students before sending them to their paired school.
Discharge By participating to the AiA Art Pen Pal Program, I authorize the publication and reproduction of the poetry and the drawings (and possible other art forms used) elaborated by the children of my school (classroom), for the project Art in All of Us, including for future exhibitions and the website and all other means that will help promote AiA’s and children work. I understand that the ownership of the artwork is ceased together with the artwork I will send to the Pal School. All the above mentioned material could be used for fundraising purposes for the programs of the non for profit organization Art in All of Us. Therefore, I commit to send to AiA a digital copy of the children artworks before sending it out to the Pal school, preferably in high resolution. Ownership of the original artworks will be of the receiving Pal school. If you prefer the schools’ works not to be published please contact your AiA Pen Pal Manager.