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  1. Blog category
    •  creative careers

    Meet the women putting young people at the heart of what we do

    7 March 2022

    This International Women’s Day, we interview two of our Directors from the Arts Council’s Children and Young People & Learning team; Anne Appelbaum, Director of Children and Young People and Hannah Fouracre, Director of Music Education.  

    Young primary pupil being taught to play bongos by her teacher who is standing behind her
  2. 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
  3. Blog category
    •  creative careers

    Artsmark Coordinating Assistant chats career aspirations

    2 March 2021

    This National Careers Week meet Emma Thorpe, who’s joined us for her placement with The University of Manchester.

    Image of Lion Mask made by a child in Tanzania
  4. Blog category
    •  creative careers

    How did we get here?

    1 March 2021

    It’s National Careers Week and we’re shining a light on creative careers.

    three images of Artsmark team members. Caroline (left) standing next to a piece of art, Jenny (middle) standing in the middle of a piece of street art and Leonore (right) playing piano
  5. Blog category
    •  equality and diversity

    Anti-racism resources for children and young people

    16 June 2020

    Over the past few weeks we’ve been sharing resources about the importance of diversity within schools, how to talk to young people about race and racism and showing our support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

    Two students sitting in front of a rainbow painted on a wall that says equality
  6. Blog category
    •  creative careers

    Creating the Creatives of the Future!

    27 February 2019

    This National Careers Week we want to take the opportunity to focus on our blossoming Creative Industries and the range of opportunities available for young people.

  7. Blog category
    •  Arts Award
    •  Artsmark Platinum
    •  creative careers

    Artsmark and Arts Award is a winning formula for success

    7 October 2018

    Delivering Arts Award’s range of qualifications can help schools meet the Artsmark criteria – enabling personalised delivery, facilitating progress, developing leadership skills and offering CPD opportunities for teaching staff.

  8. Blog category
    •  creative careers
    •  pupil voice
    •  secondary school

    Nurturing Young People’s Talent

    10 October 2017

    Rosie Gill, a Year 9 student at Ballard School, is one of the youngest people to achieve Distinction as an associate of the Royal School of Music and Trinity Music College.