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  1. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Celebration Week

    Why Artsmark Celebration Week Matters

    Our Chief Executive Darren Henley tells us why schools, education settings and cultural organisations across the country are taking time to appreciate the benefits of cultural education this week.

    Young dancers at DRET schools dance festival 2018
  2. Blog category
    •  cross-curricular

    Supporting students to find their voice through creative writing

    Deborah May from creative writing charity First Story, an Artsmark Partner, tells us how their programmes can help you put creative writing at the heart of your Artsmark adventure.

    Young female pupil smiling and writing at a First Story workshop in Oxford
  3. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Celebration Week

    A great year for Artsmark

    Over the summer we’ve been reflecting on all the great things we achieved last year and wanted to say a big THANK YOU to our Artsmark community for helping us get to where we are today

    Matthew Bourne's New Adventures. ReBourne project with Patten School based on Cinderella, performed at Sadlers Wells Jan 2018
  4. Blog category
    •  cross-curricular
    •  Artsmark Platinum
    •  secondary school

    School should be more than merely passing exams

    Peter Robinson from Our Lady's Catholic High School talked to The Guardian about how achieving an Artsmark Platinum Award can change the life of a school.

  5. Blog category
    •  dance
    •  cross-curricular
    •  primary school

    Activating Dance in Primary School

    Claire Somerville, Head of Children and Young People’s Dance at One Dance UK, explains more about the PE & Sport Premium and how it can be used to benefit dance in primary schools.

  6. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Celebration Week

    Newly Awarded Artsmark Schools Announced

    We are extremely proud to have Dame Reena Keeble, who has made a significant contribution to the education sector throughout her career, as a valued member of the Artsmark Assessment Panel.

    Special Education Needs setting Artsmark activity
  7. Artsmark is ready to help your school take its art and cultural education to the next level.

    Art work on a wall outside a school
  8. Blog category
    •  cross-curricular
    •  primary school
    •  Artsmark Gold

    Artsmark and Poetry

    This National Poetry Day, Art Coordinator Sharon Palfreyman from Corrie Primary School, talks to us about how two inspiring arts and poetry projects helped them achieve Artsmark Gold

    Children playing outside