CAS «Kunst kann»

for obtaining the CAS «Kunst Kann»

(English/German, 5 ECTS)

After successful participation in at least 5 workshop weeks in the Summer and Winter Workshops programme of the HGK FHNW, each worth 2 ECTS credits, it is possible to participate in an individual six-month final module with integrated certificate thesis worth 5 ECTS credits. The final module with integrated certificate thesis supports the participants in individual artistic-creative mediation projects in their very own creative and working contexts. The final module with integrated certificate thesis with Prof. Dr. Dorothée King and team comprises 5 individual appointments of 90 minutes each and approximately 100 hours of time for independent work on the certificate thesis.

This gives participants a total of 15 ECTS points and qualifies them for the Certificate of Advanced Studies CAS "Art Can" of the Institute Arts and Design Education (IADE) of the HGK FHNW.

The CAS programme is open to persons with a university entrance qualification.

Participants will be introduced to creative educational strategies, and acquire the ability to make creative debates effective for social processes. Both the weeklong continuing education courses and the optional one-on-one coaching sessions integrate methods from the fields of education, the fine arts, arts education, performance and other participatory practices. The improvement of artistic, creative and communication skills can help pave the way for more equal opportunities. Social inclusion, as one of the main conditions of equal opportunities, requires good communication and cultural competences – and it is these competences that artistic and creative educational strategies can do an excellent job at cultivating. By strengthening artistic and creative competences, we not only increase the realms of possibility for design, but also for communication, social interactions, the strengthening of social structures, personal expression and the experience of self-efficacy.

Participants will
- gain experiences navigating their own forms of artistic expression,
- acquire the ability to structure artistic and creative processes,
- acquire skills that prepare them to deal adeptly with various methods, digital and otherwise, for teaching art and design and their application in social practice,
- learn to kick-start debates on creative processes in various social structures by way of artistic and educational strategies,
- deepen their knowledge of various communication and digital skills,
- acquire know-how about networking art and education with a variety of target groups,
- gain experiences that help integrate artistic and cultural processes as open and experimental processes into their work.

Es sind keine künstlerischen oder technischen Vorkenntnisse Voraussetzung. Alle Menschen, die in sozialen Kontexten arbeiten, sind willkommen: Lehrpersonen, Vermittler:innen, Sozialarbeitende Fachpersonen aus Gesundheitsberufen, FAGE, Coaches, Teambuilder:innen, Interessierte an Kunst, Design und Kultur u.a.

Das CAS Programm ist für Personen mit Hochschulzugangsberechtigung zugänglich.

Alternating weeklong modules, each worth 2 ECTS credits, are offered during the Summer and Winter School workshop weeks. Participants can complete the modules individually, based on their interest.

Continuing education regulations CAS of the School of Art and Design FHNW (PDF, German)
Information on continuing education FHNW (German)
Continuing education regulations of the universities FHNW (German)

Final module with integrated certificate thesis with Prof. Dr. Dorothée King and team to achieve the CAS "Art can": CHF 3500.– 

Booking during a workshop season:
2.5 days: 500.–
2 x 2.5 days / 1 week: CHF 900.
2 weeks: CHF 1,700
3 weeks: CHF 2,400
4 weeks: CHF 3,000.
5 weeks: CHF 3,500

Mentoring project programme to obtain the “Kunst kann” CAS: CHF 3,500.
Reduced tuition fees for students upon request.