BLOG: ROB ELKINGTON, DIRECTOR – ARTS CONNECT Researching through Creative Methods Whilst we love collaborating with teachers and artists, we’ve also been applying our skills as researchers with colleagues at the University of Wolverhampton. We’ve previously worked with Dr Josh Blamire from the Institute for Community Research and Development (ICRD) on a research project that…
BLOG: ROB ELKINGTON, DIRECTOR – ARTS CONNECT New Arts Leaders Subject Network We are pioneering with the Central Co-operative Learning Trust family of nine primary schools, a new approach to developing art subject leaders’ expertise and confidence. In common with the CPDL approach we use in our other programmes and activity, our starting point…
BLOG: Mia Bano, Teacher, Arden Primary School, Birmingham Making the Case for Curiosity Classroom as Studio Programme At Arden, our Oracy vision- “every child, every voice, every opportunity”- is more than a statement on a wall; it is something we strive to live and breathe each day. It was this belief in the power of…
“Lots of individual ideas, but also a renewed confidence about moving Art forward” Teacher Participant in Arts Connect Art CPD “I have taken away ‘practical art skills and teaching and learning ideas.” Teacher Participant in Arts Connect Art CPD BLOG: Becky Thompson Teaching Drawing in the Primary Classroom: Creativity in the Classroom – Art CPD…