A new online community to encourage teaching for creativity This February Arts Council England (ACE) have launched Creativity Exchange, a new online community to encourage teaching for creativity across the curriculum. Designed for school leaders, teachers and cultural organisations who work with schools. This platform will be a place for creative inspiration and to share…
Details“An important aspect of the British Art Show 9 learning programme is ensuring that young people and aspiring artists from across the West Midlands have the opportunity to experience such an important cultural event and explore their own creativity and expression in relation to the exhibition. Our aim is that the BAS 9 learning programme…
DetailsI was thrilled to be part of the first cohort of the innovative Creative Digital Leadership Programme (CDLP) in November 2020, created by the always excellent Arts Connect. On reflection, the course could not be more perfectly timed. As Creative Learning Producer at the Midland Arts Centre (MAC), I oversee a large informal learning programme,…
DetailsBirmingham is home to one of three Youth Opera companies led by Welsh National Opera. During lockdown, we were delighted that youth opera members from South Wales, North Wales and Birmingham have continued to meet with us, virtually, learning new ways of working via digital technology, gaining skills in performing and recording themselves from home.…
DetailsThe murder of George Floyd has felt like a singular beacon, lighting a flame under white people and their awareness of white privilege. As a result, the Black Lives Matter movement has been reignited on the global stage and for the first time in my lifetime it has extended beyond my social media echo chamber…
DetailsDuring the summer term, I’m running the Arts Award ‘Discover at Home’ online programme for Coventry Music. As a music service, we’ve had to find innovative ways of keeping our children and young people accessing creative opportunities when our ensembles can’t meet, and many pupils haven’t been in school; we’ve delivered online instrumental lessons and…
DetailsThere are certain things in life that have an impact on all of us. Such as the death of Princess Diana, the destruction of the twin towers on 9/11 and of course Covid-19. These are the sorts of things that, if we ever have grandchildren, we’ll probably sit them on our knee and say: “I…
DetailsI joined the Birmingham Cultural Education Partnership – known as Birmingham Creates – as Development Coordinator at the end of January 2020. I managed two meetings in person with the CEP’s Steering Group – then we went into lockdown. Taking on the role of Development Coordinator at a time of such great change and upheaval…
DetailsThe extent of inequalities has been amplified during this crisis and as said elsewhere ‘We are all in the same storm but not the same boat’. Our response to the stark ‘materials divide’, that is lack of basic resources in home, is to organise the delivery of packs of art materials to 4,000 vulnerable children…
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