Thursday, September 25, 2025

9:00 am. Collection of documentation, accreditation of participants.

9:30 h. Presentation of the Congress by representatives of the participating and organizing institutions.
Dr. Ana Botella Nicolás, Dean of the Faculty of Teacher Training of the University of Valencia.
D. Emilio José Belencoso Rodrigo, Mayor of the City Council of Almàssera.
Dr. Estibaliz Aberasturi, representative of SEA Sociedad para la Educación Artística.
Dr. Amparo Alonso-Sanz, ABERTURA research group.
Dr. Ricard Ramon, ABERTURA research group.

10:00 h. First lecture. Inaugural Conference
Participatory Arts in Contemporary Democracies: Opportunities and Tensions
Raphael Vella. University of Malta. 

11:00 h. Coffee break.

11:30 h. Second lecture
Art and Culture for Every Young Person: Turning Rights into Reality. Case of Bunker's arts education programs
Alma Redzic Selimovic. Cultural center Bunker. Ljubljana. Slovenia
Creative Encounters: Building Community Through the Arts. Different practices of Bunker's community outreach
Tamara Bračič Vidmar. Cultural center Bunker. Ljubljana. Slovenia.

12:30 h. Third lecture
Caring for Self and Others: How Artistic and Expressive Approaches to Wellbeing Contribute to Social Cohesion and Democratic Culture
Petra Šobáňová. Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci. Czech Republic.

13:30 Lunch.

15:00 h. Parallel communications session.

16:30h. Coffee break and travel to Almàssera by own means.

17:30h. Meeting in collective exhibition at the “Museu de l'Horta d'Almàssera” and other activities*.

20:00 h. Honorary “Orxata i fartons”.

20: 30h Closing

* Collaborative mural, mapping of connections and networks, visual diary of the Congress.

Friday, September 26, 2025

9:00 h. Fourth lecture 
Methodological becoming: reflections and tensions from educational research based on the arts
Estibaliz Aberasturi. University of the Basque Country.

10:00 h. Coffee break.

10:30 h. Parallel communications session.

12:00h. Parallel communications session.

13:30 h. Lunch.

15:00 h. Parallel communications session.

16:30h. Coffee break.

17:00h. Parallel communications session. 

18:30 h. Last lecture. Closing Conference.
Stalker through current territories 1995-2025
Francesco Careri. University of Roma Tre.

7:30 p.m. Closing ceremony of the congress. 
By the ABERTURA Group.

20: 30h Ending.