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  1. Blog category
    •  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. 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
  5. Bolton School talk to us about how their Artsmark journey is an opportunity to celebrate, enrich and extend the cultural offer available to their students and engage with their community.

    Students from Bolton sitting outside a cultural venue
  6. Blog category
    •  CPD
    •  Artsmark Celebration Week

    Resources to deliver creative workshops

    11 November 2021

    Artswork share practical resources to help teachers lead creative workshops focused on three different activities; creating a vegetable orchestra, lyric/song-writing and spoken word performance

    Artswork Bridge logo
  7. Blog category
    •  CPD
    •  Artsmark Celebration Week

    My #Artsmark20 story: Reaching the Golden moment of your career

    6 November 2021

    In this inspiring blog, one teacher talks us through not only their Artsmark journey to Gold, but the impact its had on her own professional development.

    Teacher demonstration at a textile workshop
  8. Blog category
    •  CPD
    •  equality and diversity

    How can Artsmark support the creative lives of young people?

    10 June 2021

    As we begin delivering our new ten-year strategy, Let’s Create, our Children and Young People team are working hard to ensure that all youth engagement projects play a key role in helping us achieve our vision.

    Sixth form students filming other students in a studio with green screen