FREE CPD Visual Literacy art education- your chance to hear what ArtUK with SuperPower of Looking has been doing, get my spin on visual literacy, listen to other speakers and enjoy celebrating opportunities which enhance your classroom practice. TICKETS:buytickets.at/susanmcolescre…

Sharing Info from @C4Subject_Assoc : You might already have heard about research project that is being carried out by scholars from IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society and the University of Oxford’s Department of Education. The goal of the project is to support teaching and learning about the history of the British Empire and its complex – often contested – legacies within British culture, politics and society today. To that end, the project aims to provide a robust and nuanced research evidence-base that can reliably guide future programmes of professional development able to respond directly to the actual needs and experiences of learners, be they teachers or the young people in their classrooms. They are conducting a national survey and are looking for responses from teachers, particularly those who are working, or have recently worked – in an English secondary education setting. Visit the project website: portraitemb.co.uk/ Take the survey: redcap.idhs.ucl.ac.uk/survey…

Hoping the lucky recipients of the letters AccessArt is starting to send out listen up! Who would you like us to send them to? @theartcriminal @BobandRoberta @NSEAD1 @GomersalArt

Our special 70th birthday publication “Through Art, InSEA@70” is an open access free download at insea.org/insea-publications… and is a fascinating visual history of this important global visual art education organisation. @UNESCO @CSEA_SCEA @NAEA @NSEAD1 @Andriazaf

Proud to have played a part in this. If you really want to know what InSEA is, this is the place to start. Art educators do please share.

I’ll look v forward to reading!

Join the AccessArt Tiny Art School Movement! Aimed at reviving a sense of purpose amongst, and appreciation for, artist educators working in our communities, AccessArt has started a body of work to explore, celebrate and promote the notion of “tiny art schools” across the UK. Tapping into existing practice and innovation, we’ll be sharing how artist educators are working with their audiences, using community centres, village halls, and private studio spaces as art education labs, building creative and economic communities of all sizes. We’ll be exploring how the tiny art school concept can be both a viable business model for the artist educator, and help inform a ground-up, inclusive and diverse re-thinking of the purpose and value of art education for all today. We hope to inspire many more artist educators to recognise the purpose and power of their own creativity, and to think about how they can set up tiny art schools in their own name for the benefit of all. Find out more at accessart.org.uk/the-accessa… @SusanJonesArts @theartcriminal @PenAHay @engagevisualart @artukdotorg @RCA @AlumniRCA

Another great opportunity to look at art education initiatives across the globe. Follow the link for details of projects and speakers

Art Education in Crisis! Over the past few years there have been many evidenced reports which describe the state of arts education, including the impact of government cuts and Covid. AccessArt has created a page to house recent reports, and to share and suggest solutions. accessart.org.uk/arts-educat… Please do get in touch paula@accessart.org.uk) if there are reports or solutions you would like us to feature. Please also share the link where you can with policy makers, advocates, colleagues and friends. Many thanks. @theartcriminal @edharlowNEU @NickyMorgan01 @NickClancarty @sairskay @bphillipsonMP @lisanandy @nesta_uk @A_New_Direction @cvanetwork @warwickmansell @EduPolicyInst @phf_uk @CGF_UK @BowArts @ace_national @_CFTA

📢 Calling all primary educators! Do you work in Key Stage 1? Passionate about curriculum and assessment? Then, join us on Thursday, 12 September to share your views and ideas! ⏰ 5:30pm 📍 Online ✍️ Register here👇 neu-org-uk.zoom.us/meeting/r…

All children should be have the chance to sing, act and paint, but they have been let down over the last 14 years. Baroness Blower tells the Government we need action now to end the attack on Arts 👇

Thank you so much for speaking up @NickClancarty and your work over the years advocating for the importance of art education

Watching #Olympics2024Paris #OlympicOpeningCeremony #OpeningCeremony last night prompted me to wake this morning to watch the London 2012 Danny Boyle. When I watch I get the same feeling I had walking through #HarryPotter studio @wbtourlondon = we are good at this stuff. #labourgovernment2024 listen up & invest, for all our sakes @theartcriminal @_CFTA @RCA @UAL @NorwichUniArts @ArtsEmergency If you are a teacher - inspire your pupils by showing them all the creative skills involved...

Elliot Eisner was the 11th President of @InSEAOfficial who also wrote the seminal list “10 Lessons the Arts Teach” which is so very important and relevant to this day, please share. arteducators.org/advocacy-po… @BobandRoberta @MichaelRosenYes

Time for Labour to listen to all subject experts for Art, Craft & Design in their Curriculum Review in a way that the previous government never did. So many experts are ready to share their expertise and wisdom @BeckyFrancis7 @bphillipsonMP @_CFTA @sairskay @GuardianEdu @theartcriminal @PenAHay @PaulCarneyArts @artukdotorg @Alan_Measles @RoryStewartUK @SkyArts @NOW @Aiannucci #AntonyGormley @lemnsissay @LennyHenry #MaxinePeake #MelvynBragg @ShekuKM @TraceyEmin @royalacademy @Tate @_TheWhitechapel

Thanks Sarah - I think there is consensus amongst experts @BeckyFrancis7

I really hope so @PaulCarneyArts @BeckyFrancis7 - so much expertise, wisdom and insight ready to be offered! Ready to contribute with positive, pragmatic, evidence-based ideas and understanding

I wrote about exactly this need to repurpose the role of arts in society here accessart.org.uk/power-of-ar…

would love to hear more lucy