Using arts and storytelling

as a tool for social change

Walk with us – apply today

Art & Nature Walks Together – Apply Now for a free Erasmus experience! What’s this about? Art and Nature Walks Together” is an Erasmus+ Youth Exchange project that aims to reconnect young people with the natural world through the power of artistic expression. We will host 25 youth and 5 group leaders over one week […]

Art and Nature Walks receives the greenlight

X-arts will be hosting 25 youth from across Europe in November! We’re beyond excited about the “Art and Nature Walks Together” project.  In a world that’s becoming increasingly fast-paced and digitally connected, many young people are ironically growing more disconnected from the natural environment. “Art and Nature Walks Together” is an Erasmus+ youth exchange project […]

Exhibition: A living archive of the stories of Sandleitenhof

Naheliegende Geschichte(n): A Resonant Finale to the CHAC Project As the final milestone of our work within the CHAC project, Naheliegende Geschichte(n) marked the powerful culmination of months of field research, storytelling, and community engagement. We believe that gathering and preserving oral histories is essential for capturing the lived experiences, memories, and perspectives that often […]

Bioyoutoon event at Kunsttankstelle

Local multiplier event in Vienna The Bioyoutoon project has been hard at work, devising new ways of promoting biodiversity conservation awareness with toolkits, comics and e-manuals. We wanted to promote the project, our resources and the outputs to a wider audience. The resources are available to be used for further workshops and education efforts, and […]

Bioyoutoon toolkits

We’ve been busy The Bioyoutoon project has been active for close to two years now, and what a journey it’s been. Project partners have been hard at work producing resources that can help raise awareness on biodiversity conservation and inspire you to create your own stories as well.  You’ll find a list of the online […]

Bioyoutoon event in Ottakring!

Comic book launch! As the bioyoutoon Ersamus project nears completion, we’d like to celebrate our achievements and share what we’ve accomplished so far with you, the public! Facts: Conserving Biodiversity through storytelling Location: Kunsttankstelle Ottakring (Brunnenmarkt) Grundsteingasse 45-47 | 1160 Wien Time: 19:00 – 21:00 Date: Wednesday, February 12th, 2025  Register here and join: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1234708900559 […]

CHAC progress exhibition at SOHO Studios

Workshop and local research The “Cultural and Historical Awareness for Active Citizenship” (CHAC) project aims to initiate a community engagement process of active citizenship. We’ve been busy throughout the month of September,  introducing public and oral history methodologies to younger citizens, through training and workshops. SOHO Studios opened their doors for us, and we spend […]

webtoons live

All roads lead to comics What a journey it’s been! We’ve developed training modules that raise awareness on biodiversity conservation among youth, held numerous workshops to train our trainers, as well as create stories for the webtoons, worked with our amazing illustrators to develop webtoon story concepts, and it’s all culminated in the release of […]

The story of the Vienna Biodiversity Corridor

The story of the biodiversity corridor As X-arts, we combine research methods with artistic practice, capacity building and exchange to activate and promote social change, sustainability, inclusion and well-being – in our built environment as well as within ourselves and amongst each other. We enjoy gathering the stories of initiatives and communities that impact society: […]

Visit to Sandleitenhof

Visiting the historical public housing project The “Cultural and Historical Awareness for Active Citizenship” (CHAC) project aims to initiate a community engagement process of active citizenship. The project will be introducing public and oral history methodologies to the local youth through training and workshops. The youth will then use their learned skill-set to engage with […]