Artsmark and Arts Award
Artsmark
The Artsmark Award is the only creative quality standard for schools and education settings, accredited by Arts Council England. The programme aligns with School Improvement Plans and supports core EBACC and STEM priorities. It’s open to primary, secondary and special schools, pupil referral units, youth offending teams and sixth form colleges.
Benefits of Artsmark:
- Build young people’s confidence, character and resilience through arts and cultural education
- Use Artsmark’s clear and flexible framework to embed creativity across your whole curriculum and use it to address school improvement priorities
- Celebrate your long-term commitment to cultural education with pupils, parents and your local community
Artsmark is awarded at three levels; Silver, Gold and Platinum.
Schools and education settings are supported by our regional bridge organisation, The Mighty Creatives.
The Mighty Creatives will support you by running Artsmark Development Days, support sessions, giving you advice by phone, email or in person, sharing practical resources and introducing you to leading cultural organisations in your area, including our Artsmark Partners. Call 0116 261 6834. Email: artsmark@themightycreatives.com
Arts Award
Arts Award inspires young people to grow their arts and leadership talents: it's creative, valuable and accessible. It enables young people to deepen their engagement with the arts, build creative and leadership skills and achieve a national qualification.
The award can be undertaken in many settings such as arts centres, colleges and schools, community projects, libraries, galleries, local authorities, theatres, youth clubs and youth justice settings.
The Arts Award’s principles
- to offer learning and qualifications which support individual creative development in any setting
- to place young people at the heart of the Arts Award process
- to increase young people’s experience and understanding of arts practitioners and cultural organisations
- to embrace new art forms and technologies
- to reach the widest possible range of young people
- Award can be achieved at five levels, four qualifications and an introductory award.
Check out the Arts Award website for all you need to know to get started.
Opportunities
Become a Digital Literacy Champion
Can you help the Literacy Trust create original online content? Content from people in the local community has been very popular on their Facebook pages, take a look at the Read On Nottingham Facebook page to see..
Story-telling videos from local teachers, writing challenges by local authors and updates and activities from Literacy Champions. If you’re coming up with brilliant literacy-based ideas to keep your family or community entertained during this period, please share them with them with the Literacy Trust, they will make sure others know about it. Email any suggestions for digital content to Nottingham@literacytrust.org.uk
Art History For Everyone
Free EPQ and A level courses
Fast-track Art History Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) and A level courses for state supported students, offered free of charge online, and pandemic permitting, as a hybrid with some students in museums and galleries on Saturdays during term-time in the 2020-21 academic year.
The course has been offered for the last six years to a wide range of state maintained sector students, many from BAME and/or widening participation backgrounds, and for the past four years on term-time Saturdays at museums and galleries. Find out more on the Art History Link Up website.
