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    •  Artsmark
    •  Artsmark Celebration Week
    •  arts partnerships

    Five questions with Professor Page

    16 November 2023, 5 minute read

    We speak to Professor Tara Page, Artsmark Project Lead at Goldsmiths, University of London. Professor Page is leading the team behind your Artsmark training.

    A group of young people all wearing black reach up to a young person being lifted into the air
  2. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Celebration Week
    •  arts partnerships
    •  peer learning

    Pupil Referral Unit pioneers North West Specialist Arts Network

    15 November 2023

    Manchester Secondary Pupil Referral Unit (MSPRU) is a multi-site Alternative Provision school located across five sites in Manchester. Hear about how their crucial creative partnership work has empowered them to lead the newly-formed North West Specialist Arts Network.

    Two globe art sculptures with images of Black Britons on them.
  3. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Celebration Week
    •  arts partnerships

    Colton Hills speak up!

    13 November 2023

    We hear from staff and pupils at Colton Hill Primary School about how engaging with creative arts organisations and practitioners has given them really exciting opportunities.

    A young girl is sitting in a chair with a drum kit behind her
  4. Promoting the arts in school benefits the whole curriculum – pupils grow in confidence and perform better across the board, writes the principal of an Artsmark Platinum Award school.

    A group of young women stand on a stage, staring at an audience with wide eyed and expressive looks on their faces. They are wearing black tops with a blue bricked wall behind them.
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    Artsmark - why we’re in it for the long run

    20 June 2023, 10 minute read

    Two schools explain why Artsmark is not an end in itself, but a long-term commitment, a spur to further action and just the start of their arts journey.

    A group of young people stand on a stage acting
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    •  Blog

    How to embed creativity across an academy trust with Artsmark

    20 June 2023, 10 minute read

    Putting creativity at the heart of a school is challenging – here one trust explains how it successfully embedded the arts.

    A group of children dance on a stage in dark red lighting.
  7. To mark Stress Awareness Month, we want to take the opportunity to celebrate the important role creativity can play in reducing stress, and how this can support children and young people’s overall wellbeing. Read our top tips to reduce stress in the classroom through creativity!

    Photo @ The LPA, Xavier Fiddes Hillyfield Primary Academy Description Arts and wellbeing activity at Hillyfield Primary Academy
  8. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Celebration Week
    •  arts partnerships

    Artsmark in action: Manchester Hospital School

    11 November 2022, 5 minute read

    Manchester Hospital School proudly received an Artsmark Gold Award. To celebrate, we spoke to Lisa Biggar, a teacher at the setting, about some of the things she’s most proud of...

    A selection of digital art created by students at Manchester Hospital Schools