Creative Connections Norway

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Creative Connections Norway

Creative Connections Norway (CCN) is established in 2018 in Balestrand.

At the heart of CCN's mission lies its unique approach known as "ARTicipation," which harnesses the power of artistic expression to promote inclusion and active participation.

07/06/2026

What if young people could step into someone else’s shoes for a day?

Through ARTicipation for Inclusion, we explored LARP (Live Action Role Play) as a powerful tool for learning, empathy, and emotional well-being. LARP invites participants to enter a story, take on a role, and experience situations from different perspectives. It creates a safe space to explore emotions, relationships, challenges, and choices in a creative and engaging way.

For many young people, LARP can strengthen self-confidence, communication skills, teamwork, problem-solving, and a sense of belonging. It transforms learning from something we talk about into something we live. The ARTicipation project uses LARP alongside other artistic methods to support the emotional well-being and inclusion of young people.

🎭 Curious to learn more?

Visit our learning platform, discover the LARP tutorial, and explore how this method can be used with different age groups and communities. We hope it inspires you to create meaningful experiences for the young people around you.

https://artforinclusion.com/land-art/

01/06/2026

Why is art in the street important?

Art belongs to everyone. When we bring creativity out of galleries and into streets, parks, schools, and public spaces, we create opportunities for people to stop, reflect, connect, and start conversations.

Street art installations can transform forgotten places into spaces of meaning. They invite participation, encourage dialogue, and help communities express their stories, hopes, and concerns. In our ARTicipation for Inclusion project, we use art installations as a tool to strengthen belonging, emotional well-being, and social inclusion among young people. Art becomes more than something we look at it becomes something we experience together.

Every installation asks a question:
✨ What do we value?
✨ How do we care for our communities?
✨ How can we imagine a better future together?

Art in public spaces reminds us that creativity is not reserved for a few it is a resource for all.

https://artforinclusion.com

31/05/2026

One colourful week has come to an end.

Over the past days, youth workers, artists, and educators from different countries came together in Balestrand to explore creativity through ebru, ceramics, collage, land art, installation art, mindfulness, and reflection.

We learned new methods, but perhaps more importantly, we explored what these methods do to us. We reflected on the connection between creativity, the brain, emotions, and personal growth. We slowed down, listened, observed, created, and gave ourselves space to experience the process rather than rushing towards results.

The weather gave us many rainy days, but our week was full of colours colours in our artworks, colours in our conversations, and colours in the different perspectives we shared.

Thank you to everyone who brought their curiosity, openness, and creativity to this journey. We leave with new tools, new connections, and new inspiration to bring back to our communities.

✨ Creativity grows when we give it time, space, and attention. ✨

22/05/2026

Land Art is a creative method that invites people to connect with nature, work together and create using natural materials

Through this tutorial, we share how Land Art can be used in creative work with different groups and ages supporting reflection, cooperation, presence and emotional expression.

Watch the tutorial video and explore the method step by step.

Visit our learning platform to learn more about Land Art and the other artistic methods developed through ARTicipation for Inclusion:
https://artforinclusion.com/

Learn, create and spread the inspiration

21/05/2026

Land Art invites us to slow down and connect with nature.

Using leaves, stones, branches, flowers and natural materials, participants create temporary artworks directly in the landscape.

In our project, we explored how Land Art can support:
✨ presence and mindfulness
✨ cooperation and reflection
✨ emotional expression and connection to place

We believe this is a simple and powerful method that can be adapted for all ages and many different groups.

Visit our learning platform to explore more methods, experiences and tutorials:
https://artforinclusion.com/

Learn, create and share the inspiration

21/05/2026

Getting ready in Balestrand

Today we are preparing the spaces, hanging the week plan, organising materials, and slowly welcoming the atmosphere of “The Creative Self – Art Practices for Youth Empowerment”.

Participants from different countries are on their way to Norway for a week of creativity, reflection, mindfulness, art practices, and shared experiences.

During the coming days we will explore how art and creative processes can support young people’s well-being, self-expression, confidence, and connection with others and nature.

The house is becoming full of colours, ideas, conversations, and creative energy and we are really looking forward to starting this journey together.

📍 Balestrand, Norway
🤝 Erasmus+ Training Course by Creative Connections Norway

CreativeConnections Balestrand YouthWork NonFormalEducation Creativity

15/05/2026

Ebru is more than an art technique!!!

It invites calm, focus, curiosity and reflection through colours floating gently on water.

In our project ARTICIPATION for INCLUSION we explored how Ebru can support emotional well-being, self-expression and connection between people.

We believe this is a method that can be tried with all ages and in many different groups — simple, mindful and accessible.

Visit our learning platform to explore the method, tutorials and experiences:
https://artforinclusion.com/

Learn, try and spread the inspiration 🤍

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14/05/2026

Gjennom ARTicipation for Inclusion har vi utvikla to forskingsrapportar som utforskar korleis kunst og kreative metodar kan påverke ungdom si livsmeistring, tilhøyrsle og emosjonelle velvære.

I Noreg såg vi ein sterk samanheng mellom kreativitet og emosjonell velvære blant ungdom 🌿

Mange av deltakarane beskrev kunst som:
✨ eit verktøy for sjølvuttrykk
✨ ein måte å handtere følelsar på
✨ noko som gir ro og meistring

📊 60 % opplevde at kunst påverkar emosjonell velvære både som deltakar og observatør.
📊 Alle deltakarane uttrykte interesse for kreative aktivitetar.

Forskinga viser også at ungdom bruker kunst for å uttrykke seg, finne ro og kjenne seg meir styrka.

Dette er noko av det vi har utforska gjennom prosjektet — og vi gler oss til å dele meir frå rapportane og metodane i vekene framover.

Meir kjem snart på læringsplattforma vår.

Webpage; https://artforinclusion.com/impact-on-youth/

12/05/2026

ONLINE DISSEMINATION EVENT

After several years of collaboration through the Erasmus+ project ARTicipation for Inclusion, we are happy to invite you to our international online dissemination event.

Throughout the project, we explored how art methods such as Ebru, Land Art, LARP and Street Art can support young people’s emotional well-being, sense of belonging and life skills.

During the event we will:
🎨 share creative methods
📊 present research findings
💻 introduce our learning platform
💬 open space for questions and dialogue

This short reel offers a small glimpse into Ebru — one of the artistic methods explored throughout the project

📅 14 May
🕔 17:00–19:00 CET
📍 Online

👉 Registration:
https://forms.gle/ojefsTzKLeRMm1d88

We hope to see many of you there 🤍

11/05/2026

Denne veke feirar vi noko som betyr mykje for oss!!!

Vi har laga ein læringsplattform der vi samlar alt vi har arbeidd med gjennom prosjektet ARTicipation for Inclusion.

Her kan du utforske:
– kunstbaserte metodar
– erfaringar frå workshopar
– refleksjonar frå ungdom og ungdomsarbeidarar

Denne plattforma er ikkje berre eit resultat — ho er ein stad for å dele, lære og vekse vidare saman.

I vekene framover vil vi presentere dei ulike metodane steg for steg

Akkurat no ønskjer vi berre å markere dette augeblikket og seie: vi er stolte av det vi har skapt saman

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https://www.ciderhuset.no/

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