The Arts Connect Thrive research and development bursaries were created to support  and invest in the cultural sector to innovate their practice, in particular their digital work with children and young people aged 0-25yrs.

Thrive recipients have been exploring new ways of evolving their artistic/creative practice through developing audiences, engagement or participation and growing and adapting their current offer through digital approaches.

The Thrive sharing events are designed to inspire and inform the arts and cultural sector. Each Thrive recipient will share their learning and findings from their research and development journey to date.

The theme at this event is: Well-being, diversity, equality and inclusion

Contributors

Beth Kapila

Research question: How can we use stories, specifically audio dramas to improve the provision of education on sexual health and healthy relationships? Does giving young people aged 13-18 the power to control what they are taught in sex education create a better long term strategy for empowering young people in their sexuality and relationships?

Deaf Explorer CIC

Research Question: Can the emerging acceptance of online learning bring deaf role models into the learning environment for deaf and hard of hearing children and can online access bring a wider audience of participants to Deaf artists?

Jake Jarvis

Research question: To what extent can digital technology be used to enhance the role of artistic development and strong human mentorship for children and young people with learning disabilities?

The Gap Arts Project

Research Question: How can we most effectively develop or adapt our existing drama practice and methodology to help vulnerable young people living with trauma to safely and effectively reconnect with their sense of ‘Self’ and recover agency in their own lives? And can the use of Video Enhanced Reflective Practice (VERP) enhance our chances of success?”

Hello and welcome to the Artsmark community. You are part of a growing number of schools who are championing Arts and Culture and we are here to support you.

The Artsmark Development day is a full day of CPD for two members of staff (one must be a member of your Senior Leadership Team). The purpose of the day is to explain your journey ahead, to support high level planning for the arts and culture in your school and to give you the opportunity to network and share ideas and planning with other schools in your area.

You will only need to register 1 ticket per school-this covers both members of staff. Please enter details of both members of staff under 1 ticket.

For more information about the Artsmark process, please go to https://www.artsconnect.co.uk/what-were-doing/artsmark/.

Please note this course will now be taking place online and all bookings will be for a place on our digital session.

This network is a Green Room for any secondary school drama teacher across Coventry and Warwickshire, who wants a supportive environment to develop practice and a space to network.

Many drama teachers are feeling isolated and teaching has had to be radically adapted. To support each other the focus for this meeting will be on KS3 drama delivery – sharing resources, approaches, and advice for supporting students in performance.

Please do bring ideas to share.

Working with leading arts organisations across the counties we meet once a term to build a network that supports teachers’ needs

The Arts Connect Thrive research and development bursaries were created to support  and invest in the cultural sector to innovate their practice, in particular their digital work with children and young people aged 0-25yrs.

Thrive recipients have been exploring new ways of evolving their artistic/creative practice through developing audiences, engagement or participation and growing and adapting their current offer through digital approaches.

The Thrive sharing events are designed to inspire and inform the arts and cultural sector. Each Thrive recipient will share their learning and findings from their research and development journey to date.

The theme at this event is: Digital narratives, storytelling and games

Contributors

Bold Text Playwrights

Research question: How do young people 14-17 and 18-25 engage with digital narratives? What draws them in in terms of content, structure, characterisation and tone? And how do those age groups differ in what they engage with and how? How can we apply what we learn to our short-form, fast-response theatrical story-telling and thereby help to grow our youth audience?

Rachel Gillies

Research question: How can digital tools develop and support an understanding of the link between real people’s stories, their Rights and how those Rights came about?

Secret City Arts

Research question: How can we engage young people, particularly boys aged 8-12, in a co-creative, cyclical process of making digital and other games-based work? How can this be designed to spark future creative projects and be encapsulated in an innovative Best Practice Toolkit for wider use?

The Company Ltd: Harmeet Chagger-Khan & Janette Bushell

Research Question: How can new modes of innovative interactive storytelling engage Gen Z’s (16-25’s) on digital and mobile platforms to create visions for the future?

Theme: Digital Art

A virtual meeting for primary teachers and arts and cultural organisations.

During the session you will:

Experiment with resources to create your own piece of digital art

Explore differentiated digital art programmes that you can use in your classroom with primary age children

Get access to exciting online platforms to view and create virtual exhibitions

The session will inspire teachers through interactive and engaging digital art activities and encourage creative digital innovation

Led by Chloe Lawson from BOM (Birmingham Open Media) an art centre working at the intersection of art, technology and science.

Please email alison.haynes@bep.education to book

Your FREE place will be confirmed and you will receive details of how to join the session on Zoom

These have been unusual times for schools – and for those on the Artsmark journey, there will be big differences between what you had planned to do and what you have actually been able to achieve in this time.
So, with this in mind, we are holding four twilight sessions over the term, to address and discuss some of the issues currently facing schools on their Artsmark journey.

We will look at:

• Practical implications of how to write your Statement of Impact to include the period of school closures
• Creativity and the digital environment – creativity and working remotely with students
• How the work you have been doing sits with the 8 Artsmark criteria
• How to think about evaluation during this time

This will be a forum for discussion, as we are still living in the midst of the pandemic, we will be reflecting on the mid point of this journey. This is a chance to share experiences with other arts teachers, and to have facilitated discussions about what this means for the arts and Artsmark right now and moving forward.

Registration is free and places are limited.

If you have any queries or are unable to attend either of these dates, please email:

Artsmark – helen.frost@wlv.ac.uk

The Arts Connect Thrive research and development bursaries were created to support  and invest in the cultural sector to innovate their practice, in particular their digital work with children and young people aged 0-25yrs.

Thrive recipients have been exploring new ways of evolving their artistic/creative practice through developing audiences, engagement or participation and growing and adapting their current offer through digital approaches.

The Thrive sharing events are designed to inspire and inform the arts and cultural sector. Each Thrive recipient will share their learning and findings from their research and development journey to date.

The theme at this event is: Theme: Physical and Digital (Dance, Theatre, Performance)

Contributors

Linden Dance Company

Research question: Using the Linden DC ethos, how can we empower young people through the embodiment and education of mental and physical awareness, by developing a robust, shareable methodology?

Mercurial Dance

Research question: How can we use digital gamification tools to make immersive dance theatre that can reach and engage young people aged 13+?

The Other Way Works

Research Question: How can we develop a new offer for children and young people in the area of interactive theatre? Can we build on our previous collaborative creative projects with children and use our interactive projects aimed at an adults, as a basis for developing a format?

Tina Hofman

Research Question: How can ‘choral’/collective voice contribute to participatory (political) performance-making and art interventions in public and digital spaces?

Hello and welcome to the Artsmark community. You are part of a growing number of schools who are championing Arts and Culture and we are here to support you.

The Artsmark Development day is a full day of CPD for two members of staff (one must be a member of your Senior Leadership Team). The purpose of the day is to explain your journey ahead, to support high level planning for the arts and culture in your school and to give you the opportunity to network and share ideas and planning with other schools in your area.

You will only need to register 1 ticket per school-this covers both members of staff. Please enter details of both members of staff under 1 ticket.

For more information about the Artsmark process, please go to https://www.artsconnect.co.uk/what-were-doing/artsmark/.

Please note this course will now be taking place online and all bookings will be for a place on our digital session.

These have been unusual times for schools – and for those on the Artsmark journey, there will be big differences between what you had planned to do and what you have actually been able to achieve in this time.
So, with this in mind, we are holding four twilight sessions over the term, to address and discuss some of the issues currently facing schools on their Artsmark journey.

We will look at:

• Practical implications of how to write your Statement of Impact to include the period of school closures
• Creativity and the digital environment – creativity and working remotely with students
• How the work you have been doing sits with the 8 Artsmark criteria
• How to think about evaluation during this time

This will be a forum for discussion, as we are still living in the midst of the pandemic, we will be reflecting on the mid point of this journey. This is a chance to share experiences with other arts teachers, and to have facilitated discussions about what this means for the arts and Artsmark right now and moving forward.

Registration is free and places are limited.

If you have any queries or are unable to attend either of these dates, please email:

Artsmark – helen.frost@wlv.ac.uk