Wishing you all a great break and a happy new year - see you in 2015!

Our annual review for 2013/14 is out now! Please contact us if you would like a print copy or read it online HERE...

Sir Ken Robinson, our Patron and Founding Chairman, spoke at the Artsmark Conference on 23rd October on the permanent place creativity deserves in all our lives, not just a select few.

View his speech here

This exciting new programme is led by Westdene Primary School (Brighton and Hove)  in collaboration with Photoworks and Culture Shift.

The programme is designed to impact positively on narrowing the attainment gap for children on the Free School Meals initiative, pupils with special educational needs and those allocated pupil premium funding.

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Oxford University Museums worked with Angus Dick (digital artist) on an Arts Award project with pupils from Northfield School, a small facility for boys with Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties (BESD). Digital practices were explored using iPad technology and apps.

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One of our Strong Voices cultural partners is Making Space; a development organisation which promotes excellence in contemporary craft, design and visual arts. Over recent weeks associate artists from Making Space have been working with young people from Wecock Farm Community Association on a furniture upcycling project.

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Brilliant artwork from our Creative Careers tree at a recent careers fair in Southampton: we asked young people to fill out labels with their future creative career wishes. The winning label (pictured above) won a £20 itunes voucher for their hard work.

Keep an eye out for new course dates in 2015!

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Artsmark Awardees Round 14!

Mind is buzzing after @ArtsworkLtd Fnding Seminar great to meet people from @heritagelottery @StauntonCountry @the_spring to name a few!

— Sarah Gee (@Sarah_Filskit) November 20, 2014

A big congrats to Vicky Chapter, Participation and Learning Manager at Aspex Visual Arts Trust (Portsmouth) and Ronda Gowland-Pryde, Head of Education at John Hansard Gallery, winners of 2014 Marsh Awards for Excellence in Gallery Education!

“The Expo was a great opportunity to connect with arts organisations, practitioners and schools. To be able to meet face to face and discuss potential partnerships is vital and we find that it always leads to useful and exciting collaborations.”

(Matt Salvage of SoCo Music)

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Artswork have developed a programme to support Arts Award in libraries (2014/15) which builds on previous support through the Summer Reading Challenge. To help identify the needs of libraries in delivering Arts Award , the first stage is to consult with libraries and we have commissioned Paddy McNulty to work on this and the development programme.

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"Artswork’s investment is supporting vulnerable young women aged 15 to 19 with multiple needs who are at transition points in their lives, including those moving from care to community, from Youth Justice services to probation, from custody to community and from non-education to education."

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In September 2014, Artswork commissioned Paddy McNulty to undertake a consultation with Libraries in the South East region. Library Heads of Service and staff responsible for children and young people were asked about their current engagement with Arts Award and what would help them develop their Arts Award offer.

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