A One-Day Intensive Workshop: Initiative As Artwork
09:30 AM – 05:30 PM, Sun 06 Sep 2026
Heritage Art Space Library
2nd floor, Complex 01
Alley 167 Tây Sơn, Hà Nội
Registration link (limited to 10–12 participants)
From the organizer:
This intensive workshop explores how creativity can become a practical method for initiating meaningful cultural, social, artistic, and community initiatives. Drawing from Social Sculpture, participatory art, regenerative thinking, and ecosystems design, participants develop their own initiative while learning practical tools for recognizing potential, understanding context, and transforming ideas into coherent project structures.
Participants leave with:
– A clearly articulated initiative
– Greater confidence in their creative capacity
– Practical tools for future projects
– A project formula
– New professional connections
Facilitator: Wato Tsereteli
Language: English and Vietnamese
Who should apply: Art students, artists, and cultural practitioners who are at the beginning or in the middle stage of their careers.
About the facilitator
Wato Tsereteli is a Georgian artist, educator, curator, and researcher whose work explores creativity as a driver of social transformation. He is co-director of the Vidyashilp University Center for Art, Design and Innovation (VUCADI) in Bengaluru, India, and founder of the Center of Contemporary Art (CCA) Tbilisi. Over the past twenty-five years he has developed international educational platforms, artistic residencies, and socially engaged cultural projects across Europe and Asia. His methodology combines artistic thinking, systems thinking, participatory practice, and social design to help individuals and communities transform ideas into meaningful cultural and social initiatives.
Note
– This is a non-profit event. All participant contributions will be transferred to the artist in full immediately after the workshop concludes.
– Please bring your own reusable water bottle (if possible) and help us reduce the use of single-use plastics during the workshop. Complimentary tea and drinking water will be available for self-service at the library.
– The workshop will be documented through photography and audio recording for the purposes of archiving, research, evaluation, and promotion by the artist and Heritage Art Space. By attending, participants consent to Heritage Art Space (and the artist) using their image and comments as documentation for the program.
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