Art.Act.Connect - Network for art educators in Dresden and the surrounding area

Art.Act.Connect

Network for art educators in Dresden and the surrounding area

Kick-off on June 8, 2026, 5 - 7 pm

In a kick-off event, we would like to open up the space for collaborative practice, share ideas and get into conversation with each other.
There will also be space for networking, ideas and wishes: What topics move you and how would you like to get involved in future meetings and joint processes?

Ehrenfried-Walther-von-Tschirnhaus-Gymnasium, Bernhardstraße 18, 01069 Dresden, meeting point at the fountain entrance

Art.Act.Connect is an open platform for art educators in Dresden and the surrounding area. It offers space for exchange, networking and joint further development of art teaching. The focus is on the idea that knowledge in art education is not created in isolation, but in dialog: in conversations about teaching experiences, in sharing ideas, in making questions and also uncertainties visible. The platform thrives on its community: low-threshold, collegial and open to new impulses from practice, art and research.

Art.Act.Connect sees itself as a network in development and as a process that thrives on participation - ideas and suggestions are expressly welcome.

Addressees: Art teachers of all school types and training phases, teachers in training, students, art educators

The project is being initiated by colleagues from Tschirnhaus-Gymnasium (Kristin Bechert & Jonas Schulz) and the Chair of Art Education at TU Dresden (Christin Lübke, Antje Dudek, Isabelle Baldermann and Kevin Ernst).

All information and announcements will be available via the Instagram channel @art.act.connect and the website of the Chair of Art Education at TU Dresden(https://tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/ikm/kupaed).

Format#1

Schnittstelle Kunstunterricht is a monthly format in which concrete questions from art teaching are tested and discussed together with perspectives from the various educational phases and school types. The aim is not a linear teaching model, but a mutual exchange in which artistic practice and didactic reflection are equally related and mutually enrich each other.

Where: Ehrenfried-Walther-von-Tschirnhaus-Gymnasium, Bernhardstraße 18, 01069 Dresden, meeting point at the fountain entrance

Contact persons: Kristin Bechert / Jonas Schulz()

Dates, each between 5 and 7 pm:
- Monday, 08.06.2026
- Monday, 31.08.2026
- Monday, 28.09.2026
- Monday, 26.10.2026,
- Monday, 30.11.2026

Format#2

Open studio is a monthly, informal meeting for joint artistic work and experimentation in the art education studio at TU Dresden. The studio offers a space to pursue your own artistic processes, share ideas or simply get into conversation in a collegial atmosphere - low-threshold, process-oriented and open to all.

Where: Institute of Art and Music, August-Bebel-Straße 20, 01062 Dresden, first floor

Contact: Christin Lübke()

Dates, each between 7 and 10 pm:
- Monday, 22.06.2026
- Monday, 07.09.2026
- Monday, 12.10.2026
- Monday, 09.11.2026
- Monday, 14.12.2026