My Gurus – Jane Bryant
Jane Bryant pays tribute to those who inspire her
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Royal Exchange launches Young Company
The Truth about Youth: The Festival, which saw hundreds of teenagers take over the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester for two we…
Mixing teenagers and orchestral music
First Time Live Youth aims to change the way orchestral concerts are perceived by young people, says Matt Carwardine-Palmer.
New route to youth arts employment
A new creative employment programme has been launched to support up to 6,500 new apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships and paid int…
Explore and discover the arts
Marina Castledine explains how the Arts Award is reaching out to more young people
An academic impact
An arts partnership linking THEATRE IS… with a new Academy school will enable the impact of arts participation on educationa…
National icon, international reach
Schools around the world have been invited to tune into a live science lesson taking place at the Royal Albert Hall. Lucy Noble te…
Challenge and Change
How can education in galleries thrive in the face of challenging times for culture and education more generally? Jane Sillis is en…
Raising the game
Rob Smith has found a sustainable model for working with artist educators that provides artists with an income stream relevant to…
Removing barriers and having fun
An arts college in Camden has been awarded a three-year contract by the Council to provide short break services in the borough for…
The devil in the detail
Will there be a mismatch between the vision articulated in the Henley Review of Cultural Learning and the strategies for making it…
Delivering online
Producing a programme for a digital audience requires many of the same skills as any other type of programming, as young people in…
Connecting with schools
A review of the extent to which London’s schools are engaging with cultural organisations has revealed a patchy and fragment…
The art of inclusion
Mindee Hutchinson highlights the importance of social nurturing when running arts activities with young people
A new environment
Gemma Williams describes how she helps autistic children become more creative and communicative by crawling on all fours dressed a…
There’s magic in it
Theatre has the potential to create profound and lasting wellbeing in young people. Emily Hunka explains how GLYPT is making a dif…
One of a kind
Tom Andrews explains how an arts programme celebrating kindness has made a difference to the way primary schoolchildren feel and a…
CLA keeps the pressure on education strategy
Concerns at the limitations of the Henley Review of Cultural Education and the Government’s response to it thus far (AP249)…
Arts become early years priority for DfE
The Department for Education’s new statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage has listed Expressive Arts and D…
Talent unlimited
Lisa Tregale shows how effective support can unleash the musical talent of young people from the widest range of backgrounds
First steps
Baba Israel explains how Contact takes a diverse approach to nurturing the ambitions of young people
Theatre tickets prove difficult to give away
Arts Council England’s scheme to attract more young people to theatre reached those who attended already
Bringing generations together
Older men performing raps in school assemblies? Swindon has found innovative ways of bridging the generation gap, says Joy Aldred
A family affair
Catherine Bradley shares examples of arts events that work for whole families, not just for children
