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RicNic is a youth-arts charity which has been running since 2004, beginning life as a summer holiday project set up by a group of 16 year olds who all shared a love for musical theatre.

Year 6 pupils, Kyle and Cadey from Senacre Wood Primary School's Arts Council, close Artsmark Celebration Week by telling us what they got up to and share their Artsmark journey with us.

Artsmark school, Admiral Lord Nelson School (ALNS) in Portsmouth, were named Creative School of the Year at the 2019 TES Awards.

Following the launch of a new cultural education e-learning module for school governors last year, we’ve been working closely with the National Governance Association to enhance this valuable tool even further, which will re-launch on 6 November 2019.

Congratulations on achieving your Artsmark Award! Download our templates and resources to help you shout from the rooftops about your achievements!

Lucy Palmer-Rimmer, Arts Council England’s Communications Officer for the North, visited Oakhill Primary School, observing how Artsmark keeps history alive for children in the Potteries ​There’s nothing unique to Oakhill Primary school on the outside.

“We were very much a meat and potatoes school,” says Gwen Perfitt, from Corringham Primary in Essex, in her assessment of her school’s former level of arts provision.

Thank you for your interest in Artsmark Celebration Week.

The Artsmark Award has been a part of Havelock Academy for over ten years now, holding a Gold award under the previous framework, and in 2017 they gained their Platinum Award in the new, refreshed framework. Here they explain why Artsmark is so important.

Rachael Borman, primary art teacher and director of AmaSing, explains how with a bit of creative thinking and collaboration, schools can still find ways to provide pupils with valuable arts and cultural experiences.