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Hello Caroline Bray has been recently employed to help museums become badged centres for provision of Arts Awards activities, and is about to embark on visits and meetings to many of you over the coming months. I only have her private email address so I'm wary of copying her in to such a group mailing. However, just in case she's not signed up to this GEM list I'll let her know what you're talking about and she can join in as she sees fit. I'd say that Arts Awards and Artsmark are definitely both very good and well thought through schemes. They're excellent vehicles for ensuring that the arts and museums sectors can pull together strategically to increase the cultural offer for young people. What museums need to do is to promote themselves as places where creative skills and cultural understanding are very strongly delivered. I think that opportunity was lost while Creative Partnerships was the major arts education scheme. A lot of people still don't see that museums have much to do with the arts, or that the arts can be harnessed to deepen understanding of the humanities and sciences. We all know they can and getting involved in these two schemes are a great opportunity to sell that. Bridget www.flowassociates.com On 2 Sep 2012, at 15:04, Sally Fort wrote: > Hi Sue (and Gemland) > > As a looonnng time validator / ACE project committee member / regional adviser, trainer and consultant for Artsmark I can tell you... > > a. Anything you do which involves art and / or professional artists (not just visual but also dance, drama or music; and more recently creative writing - and any form of digital media within those categories) is all eligible activity schools can use as examples of how they fulfill the criteria for Artsmark. Many teachers don't yet know about Artsmark but many do. So anything you do that counts as arts can be used to help them achieve the award - you don't particularly have to start doing anything new - so that's good news! > > b. Arts Award is a slightly different matter. As above anything you do that can be interpreted as arts can help young people achieve the award. You can also run the award yourself via things like summer schools, weekend clubs or in partnerships with schools when working on special projects - this is a more in-depth process and needs the appropriate training and briefing. See www.artsaward.org.uk > > c. As of this year your local Bridge Organisation (ie funded by Arts Council to strategically improve arts education and access to it in your region) are tasked with more schools and funded organisations working with both Artsmark and Arts Award, so if you have any questions do get in touch with your regional Bridge organisation, they'll be very happy to hear from you - see http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/what-we-do/our-priorities-2011-15/children-and-young-people/bridge-organisations/ > And for this reason, because I know how much work they'e putting into it, I suspect schools will be looking for it more in the next 1-3 years and you may either start receiving queries about it; or be able to use it to at the very least add value in your schools offer (artsmark is just for schools / PRU / FE / Youth justice settings so far; Arts Award can be run by anyone in touch with children and young people so could help with social programmes as well as educational ones). > > I too would be really interested to hear from anyone about if / how they approach this yet, and / or if they have any ideas about doing so in the future > > Sally Fort > Consultant: cultural projects > www.sallyfort.com > > From: "Pope, Sue (ACS, Cultural Services)" <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Friday, 31 August 2012, 13:37 > Subject: Artsmark > > Hi Friday Afternooners! > > Are any of you out there involved with Artsmark/Arts Awards? If yes – can i ask what you offer and how you are involved? Are you finding being part of this gets more schools interested in you? > > Cheers, > > Sue Pope > > Commandery Manager/Learning & Outreach Manager > Museums Worcestershire > The Commandery > Worcester > West Midlands Joint convenor for the Group for Education in Museums & > Campaign Make an Impact Champion > <image001.jpg><image002.jpg> > > Sidbury Worcester > WR1 2HU > 01905 361821 > www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk > > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > Confidentiality Notice > This message and any attachments are private and confidential and may > be subject to legal privilege and copyright. 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