Since many social and environmental issues are surging around us, the role of the teaching artist is becoming more essential than ever in Asia and around the world. There are many common issues and emerging topics we need to discuss as an artist, known by different titles such as teaching artist, activist, social artist, and participatory artist.

KACES offers Asia Teaching Artist (TA) Exchange Workshop and Joint Projects on Socially Engaged Arts Education, designed for literature study and research on relevant and resonant topics for the Asian region, and putting the outcomes into action through group projects following the workshop.

It aims to promote a sustainable network of arts education practitioners in Asia for vibrant and continuous exchanges, and to revisit the definition and role of teaching artists in the region.