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  1. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Celebration Week
    •  primary school
    •  cross-curricular

    How Reay Primary School are using the arts to strengthen their diverse community

    8 November 2022, 10 minute read

    Creativity is at the heart of Reay Primary School’s values, particularly when celebrating the multicultural identities of its pupils. Lucy Hall, Art leader and teacher, discusses how they use creativity to strengthen their school’s diverse community.

    how pupils see themselves through mixed media aiming to celebrate their varied cultural heritages.
  2. Blog category
    •  Blog
    •  primary school
    •  cross-curricular

    A Dive into Art at River Beach

    11 May 2022, 10 minute read

    The journey towards Artsmark Gold for River Beach has been long and peppered with challenges thanks to Covid-19, but embedding creativity into the curriculum really paid off when Ofsted came calling. Sandra Ackerman, Arts Specialist Teacher, talks about their deep dive into art.

    An image of two young people sat on their desk, painting. One child is laughing whilst the other has his head down, concentrating on his painting.
  3. Blog category
    •  creative careers

    Meet the women putting young people at the heart of what we do

    7 March 2022

    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.  

    Young primary pupil being taught to play bongos by her teacher who is standing behind her
  4. Blog category
    •  creative careers

    Artsmark Coordinating Assistant chats career aspirations

    2 March 2021

    This National Careers Week meet Emma Thorpe, who’s joined us for her placement with The University of Manchester.

    Image of Lion Mask made by a child in Tanzania
  5. Blog category
    •  creative careers

    How did we get here?

    1 March 2021

    It’s National Careers Week and we’re shining a light on creative careers.

    three images of Artsmark team members. Caroline (left) standing next to a piece of art, Jenny (middle) standing in the middle of a piece of street art and Leonore (right) playing piano
  6. Blog category
    •  Covid-19
    •  Artsmark Platinum

    How creativity supports our school community

    1 December 2020

    Horningsham Primary School received their Artsmark Platinum Award in May 2019.

  7. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Partner
    •  arts partnerships
    •  Covid-19

    Discover the impact of working with Artsmark Partners (part two)

    5 November 2020

    The Artsmark Partnership Programme connects educational settings with cultural organisations on your doorstep.

  8. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Partner
    •  arts partnerships
    •  Covid-19

    Discover the impact of working with Artsmark Partners (part one)

    5 November 2020

    The Artsmark Partnership Programme connects educational settings with cultural organisations on your doorstep.