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The students were asked to explore the shared heritage between the Netherlands and its former colonies, in this case United States and South Africa within the framework of migration.In three online encounters all participants collaborated and produced an artistic outcome that shows the student’s personal backgrounds in connection with their ideas and beliefs.The collaborative art work was exhibited in Amsterdam at Tolhuistuin, in Bilthoven at De Werkplaats, in New York at New Utrecht Church and New Utrecht High School and in Cape Town at Castle of Good Hope and New Orleans Secondary School reaching more than 10.000 visitors.This exchange was made possible by the support of: the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York, Dutch Culture and Castle of Good Hope.

Students from the Netherlands and United States created stories and accompanying artwork showing the connection between the two countries, the 17th century and present day.They collaborated using Facebook and Skype to debate, write and create the artwork. The main topic of the session was the connection between both countries during the 17th century in the framework of migration, trade and water.The collaborative art work will be exhibited in New York at the Brooklyn Historical Society and New Utrecht Church and in Utrecht at Vrijstaat and de Bibliotheek Utrecht.This exchange was made possible by the support of: the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York, Gemeente Utrecht and Dutch Culture.

In this exchange students from United States and Argentina collaborated together and developed a one-page message to create public awareness about their own CO2 footprint.The main activity was to write a short script (advertisement style) to create consciousness about their footprint. The addressees were the student’s parents/family and to accomplish this, they had to think how to communicate the message. The main objective for this pilot workshop was for students to get to know each other, understand global C02 impact, their own C02 footprint and to develop through the curriculum activities a draft-script for a future broader advertisement project. Renowned Dutch ecologist Prof. André De Roos, while visiting the Santa Fe Institute, gave a lecture to the student body at Monte del Sol Charter School (also broadcasted in Argentina). He discussed the overexploitation of marine and fish stocks for human food supply and present ‘counterintuitive’ scenarios for sustainable management. This lecture complemented the international student pilot project, between Monte del Sol Charter School and Dardo Rocha School in Argentina focusing on the topic of sustainability.

The topic of the session between ROC Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and Colegio Dardo Rocha (Argentina) was respect and in a 2,5hs session students wrote a story using Skype’s chat and they reacted to it with an image.This session was an opportunity for the students to get to know and learn from each other.

During the online and simultaneous sessions, participants at De Bibliotheek Utrecht (the Netherlands) and people from Egypt (Mahatat for Contemporary Arts), the USA, Chile and Argentina followed the same activities. The workshop involved story writing, art craft, photography and online editors through out social media. The participants developed their creative skills by using art craft and unknown digital art tools. They learnt about different ways of using social media and were enriched by exchanging ideas with people from other countries and cultures. Overall, they became part of an international creative platform and project.This pilot project was supported by a development grant by the Community Arts Lab Utrecht (CAL).

This exchange was supported by a development grant by the Community Arts Lab Utrecht (February – June 2013). Students of the International School of Hilversum (The Netherlands) and Northern Hills School (Argentina), simultaneously wrote a story and created a piece of visual art by using social media as the main working tool. The topic of the session was peace and human rights.The exchange workshop showed how instructive and stimulating it is for both sides to learn from each other’s cultures. Students combined their visual art skills with new technology and media through a communal and creative process.