BLOG: Charlotte Cox, Teacher, Villiers Primary School, Bilston Classroom as Studio Programme At the start of the Classroom as Studio project, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. I joined with the hope of deepening my understanding of art education and finding new, exciting, and more engaging ways to teach art to my Year 5…
BLOG: Gurdip Kaur Devgun, Teacher, Bantock Primary School, Wolverhampton Classroom as Studio Programme As we approach the midway point of our journey with the Classroom as Studio programme, it has been a truly rewarding experience for both our school and our children. From the outset, we’ve enjoyed the opportunity to integrate the arts into our…
BLOG: Mark Riley, Artist, Dawley Brook Primary School, Kingswinford Classroom as Studio Programme “But is it art?”, we asked them. A little question, only four small words. We had presented the Year 4 children with some carpet samples that I had hastily assembled into a pile in front of them, and, as a counterpoint, one…
BLOG: ROB ELKINGTON – DIRECTOR, ARTS CONNECT It is a great pleasure to be involved as a co-lead of the Collaborate & Innovate (C&I) programme with our colleagues at The Mighty Creatives. We designed the programme with our commissioners, Arts Council England (Midlands) and have been running it since January 2023. It builds upon a…