Blog posts
It’s National Careers Week and we’re shining a light on creative careers.
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This National Careers Week meet Emma Thorpe, who’s joined us for her placement with The University of Manchester.
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As schools readjust to life after the pandemic, Victor Guerro (Curriculum Lead in Creative Arts at Hillyfield Primary Academy), discusses the power that art and creativity have when embedded into the curriculum.
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In our second Artsmark in action blog we hear from Alexis Pelling, Artsmark Lead at Cheam High School, a secondary school in Cheam, Surrey.
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Delivering Arts Award’s range of qualifications can help schools meet the Artsmark criteria – enabling personalised delivery, facilitating progress, developing leadership skills and offering CPD opportunities for teaching staff.
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To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Artsmark, we’ve teamed up with CILIP to create a special selection of Kate Greenaway titles, 'Greenaway Greats', offering young people a fantastic reading opportunity featuring outstanding illustration.
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This International Women’s Day, we interview two of our Directors from the Arts Council’s Children and Young People & Learning team; Anne Appelbaum, Director of Children and Young People and Hannah Fouracre, Director of Music Education.
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In just under three months, The Victory Academy’s new librarian transformed their awkward, unloved library into an inclusive and vibrant space where children now feel welcome and safe. We speak to their Head of English, Layla Steeples, and librarian Jo Gallant about their vision.
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