Training

 

‘Looking to Understand Inclusion’ is composed of a series of trainings on social inclusion, delivered by Senior Trainer Yoon Kang-O’Higgins.

Each partner country has a team of 4 educators (including some of the partners), constituted of a mix of participants to Permission to Wonder and of new contributors, all trained in VTS. All participating educators are taking part in the three trainings, taking place between November 2021 and October 2023.

Through the trainings, exchange of good practice and local testing, the participants will be able to: 

  • Build ownership of shared values, equality, diversity and non-discrimination. 

  • Consciously choose images representing worlds and values accessible to a variety of people so they will recognise themselves in the pictures and feel enabled to speak their thoughts. 

  • Pay attention to language when working with diverse groups from different backgrounds.

  • Become conscious of how we are caught in certain stereotypes in visual expression, and become conscious of blind spots and how images can (de)construct prejudices.

  • Share the testing of images and VTS practice within formal educational settings.

  • Build on good VTS practice and sustainability across the strategic partners involved to date.

  • Ensure learning and best practice is shared and with a wider VTS community of practice. 

Who is the trainer?

Yoon Kang-O’Higgins, a Senior Trainer with over twenty years of experience in visual literacy, museum interpretation, and equity in museums, schools and other cultural/education institutions, is delivering the trainings for the project. As VTS Program Director (2017-2019) she led the development of new curriculum, professional development workshops, and multi-year programs for districts, universities, and multi-agency projects such as the Kennedy Center’s Turnaround Arts and the Erasmus + ‘Permission to Wonder’ project. Yoon co-led the development of her team’s racial equity strategy in examining and shifting organizational structure, culture, and programs. She leads advanced, customized trainings in the US and abroad with and for organizations including the Hawaii State Art Museum, the Seattle Aquarium, and Dublin City Council Arts Office.