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There are many things to be cheerful about as the summer break looms. For Artsmark, we’re pleased that the team at Hull UK City of Culture 2017 is championing the importance of high quality art and cultural education and is encouraging schools to sign up to the Award.

Artsmark: Bringing cultural education to the screen.

There’s no doubt that film’s popularity can cause it to be undervalued, in the educational context. Yet, film is arguably one of the most influential art forms of the last century.

If I was to offer your school the opportunity to teach a subject that produces creative and exciting results, how many of you would think I was referring to architectural design? A handful of you? None of you? Well, that isn’t surprising as architectural design is not a subject normally taught in schools, and that’s a shame because it can produce very imaginative and inspiring result.

If we want diverse and excellent art to flourish in the future, we must get things right with children now.

Over the course of 2016, Bristol Plays Music has been running a pilot in primary schools across Bristol on behalf of the Arts Council, to explore how Music Education Hubs can work with Artsmark.

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Admiral Lord Nelson School in Portsmouth has become the first school in England to receive an Artsmark Platinum Award for the second time, achieving the highest level of recognition for its arts and cultural provision.