The Moonbeams programme, which has grown over 20 years, has for the last eight years been developed by us, Arts Connect. We have worked with educators, arts & cultural practitioners, researchers and local authorities to deliver inspirational training, seminars, social meets, Moonbeams@Home, two major conferences, two significant Action Research programmes and three Podcasts. The most…
Date: Tuesday, 21st March Time: 4pm – 5.30pm Location: Online In this lively social event, we will be sharing ideas and practice to consider the characteristics and conditions which support and nurture creativity and the arts in the early years. ‘How to Catch a Moonbeam and Pin it down’ Moonbeams – is Arts Connect’s early years…
Moonbeams Eclipses ‘Major Moments We Remember Forever’ : Insights in developing resilience in early years through arts and creativity Keynote Speakers: Joseph Coelho, Poet, Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2022-24 Professor Chris Pascal, Co-director of the Centre for Research in Early Childhood Professor Rachel Holmes, Manchester Metropolitan University Date: 27th February 2023 Time: Registration from 9.15am…
Date: 17 January 2023 Time: 12.00 till 4.00pm Venue: Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham, B12 9QH Cost: £50 (including lunch and refreshments) In this exciting Moonbeams seminar, artist Claire Witcomb will explore and share her experience and knowledge of how to look for, find, assemble, store, prepare and plan, easy ways to use and re-use materials…
Date: 30th November, 2022 Time: 12pm – 4pm Venue: Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham, B12 9QH Cost: £50 (including lunch and refreshments) Peter Wynne-Wilson, the drama artist on the first Moonbeams project in 2002, brings the skills and ideas he has developed in his career as a theatre writer and performer to work creatively with…
Arts and Nature: Thinking Differently about the Outdoors in the Early Years Date: Monday, 31st October 2022 Time: 9.30am – 3pm Location: Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park, Warwickshire CV35 9HZ Cost: £50, including refreshments and lunch Join us for a wonderful day at Compton Verney, investigating the connections between Arts and Nature…
We are looking for organisations/Individuals with experience of developing, managing and supporting the delivery of a conference who will work with Arts Connect and the Moonbeams Early Years and Arts regional Enquiry Group, with a focus on early years, arts and creativity, to coordinate our second national/international Moonbeams conference taking place on 31st October 2022.…
Fee: Up to £11,250 for 3 artists, or £3,750 for an individual Deadline: 28th April 2022 Call for a team of Artists: with expertise and an understanding of early years, and the arts. Ideally we are looking for 3 artists of different art form expertise and with experience of supportive children aged 2-5 years…
Date: 24th June, 12.30 – 15.30 Location: Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham, B12 9QH Cost: £50 Booking: Eventbrite In this practical seminar about photography in the early years, photographer Kate Green will share her knowledge and experience to enable you to feel confident in using this art form with your children in your setting in exciting…
Led by Libraries: Moonbeams Early Years Action Research Programme 2022 Developing language and communication through arts and creativity with 0-5 year olds through an action research partnership between libraries, early years settings and artists supported by Arts Connect and CREC (Centre for Research in Early Childhood). We are looking for three libraries, with a link…