High Meadow Community School, are always on the move. They thrive on change and are always reflecting on their practice as a result of new research, policy changes and new ideas too. As a school, High Meadow Community School in Coleshill are entering an exciting new phase as their new build is being created over…
From March 2021 British Arts Show 9 (BAS9) will be exhibiting in Wolverhampton for the first time ever. British Art Show is acknowledged as one of the most important recurrent exhibitions of contemporary art produced in this country and is unrivalled in its scope and national reach. British Art Show 8 attracted over 300,000 visitors…
Date: 14 July 2020 Time: 9.30am-12.00pm – with comfort break Venue: online – Zoom (password protected meeting) Cost: 16 places available on a first-come-first-served basis for £10pp Explore the use of playfulness in developing movement and music in early years, for both inside and outside environments. This online seminar will consider approaches to musicality and…
Date: Tuesday 14 July 2020 Time: 1.30pm – 3.30pm For: Primary Arts Coordinators/Teachers Venue: via zoom Cost: £10 Birmingham Education Partnership and Arts Connect are delivering an online workshop for Primary Teachers, which explores the role of the Primary Arts Coordinator and how it can strengthen Arts Provision, whilst also supporting school improvement. The workshop…
Join Arts Connect for a one hour session to find out more about the Artsmark and Arts Award programmes available for your schools. About this Event You are invited to grab a cup of tea, sit back and listen whilst Helen and Becky talk through the facts and practicalities of what it would take to…
West Midlands Culture Response Unit (WMCRU) is organising the Midsummer Festival, a free one-day festival celebrating arts and culture in the West Midlands on Saturday 20th June. Featuring a collection of many West Midlands theatre, dance, music, artists and venues Midsummer Festival will mark the Summer Solstice with a wide range of live, archived and…
We are part of a national initiative that will gift 25,000 vulnerable children and young people with a pack of art materials delivered to their homes. The packs will give them the means to be creative during the challenging times that Covid-19 has brought and ensures that children from deprived communities do not miss out…
Refugee Week is Coming – Activities for Children & Young People Refugee Week 2020 kicks off on 15 June, and children and young people everywhere are invited to take part, at school or at home. The festival is happening virtually for the first time this year and the theme is ‘Imagine’, which is an invitation…
#DanceConnect an online collaborative project between dance professionals, young people and a digital artist, from across the West Midlands. Arts Connect and DanceXchange, are pleased to announce an audacious new project #DanceConnect, bringing together a digital artist, dance professionals and young people, from across the West Midlands, in a dynamic collaboration to explore creative research…
R&D Bursaries for individual artists and small arts and culture organisations in the West Midlands. Arts Connect has repurposed its funding in order to invest in the cultural sector to innovate in their practice and in particular their digital work with children and young people aged 0-25yrs. Our plan is to deliver a range of…