Artsmark
Celebration Week
Artsmark Celebration Week is back
This year’s Celebration Week will take place from Monday 9 to Friday 13 November 2026. This year will be a momentous one as we celebrate Artsmark’s 25th anniversary.
We’re placing children and young people at the heart of Artsmark 25. We’ll be working with a group of young people to redesign our Artsmark certificate and will be sharing more details during Celebration Week.
For now, we’d love to hear how artists, musicians, performers and creators have inspired your teaching and the creative lives of your students. Use this form to submit your story, for example:
- Who has been your favourite artist to teach your students about?
- What has been the most inspiring project or performance for your students?
- Have you got any famous and/or creative alumni? What’s their story?
- What has been special about working with real life artists in your school?
In the meantime, if you’d like to invite us along to your school during Celebration Week, complete this form. And please do continue to invite us throughout the year, not just Celebration Week.
Shout it from the rooftops!
We developed tools and resources to help schools shout about arts, culture and creativity in their school.
From social media cards, to press releases and template letters to invite local MPs to a #CelebrateArtsmark event.
Download our #CelebrateArtsmark social media cards to use of Facebook or Twitter.
Use our online form to tell us about your work and the impact of Artsmark on your school and pupils, and we’ll help to share your story with the world.
Invite your local MP to an Artsmark event using our template invitation letter.
Invite your local paper or radio station using our template email invitation.
Download our template press release if you're working towards your Artsmark Award.
Shout about your success and download our template press release for awarded settings.
Over on the blog
Discover how Sawston Village College is inspiring a love of reading through filmmaking, creative partnerships and pupil-led learning as part of its Artsmark journey.
Research from the National Literacy Trust has shown that Reading for Pleasure is at a 20-year low. What if the answer lies in rethinking reading as a creative process? This blog explores how schools can unlock imagination, agency and Artsmark success through inclusive, creative reading practices.
Discover how Burnham-on-Crouch Primary School has woven creativity into everyday learning, transforming inclusion, wellbeing, and community through the arts.
Beyond the badge: How Artsmark helped Cumbria schools reimagine the arts
How can rural schools overcome barriers to arts access? Discover how the Artsmark framework helped schools in Cumbria take small steps toward big creative change.
In our latest blog, Tara Page from Goldsmiths, University of London, shares why collaboration and in-person connections are so important in sparking creativity and confidence across schools.
Bradford is this year's UK City of Culture. Tom Howell shares how the Bradford Artsmark Schools Network is helping schools turn short-term aspirations into lasting change.
