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Our research and programming provides valuable evidence for advocacy, broadens gallery education practice, and inspires professionals across the sector
Engage produces a range of publications including books, reports, research documents and toolkits specially commissioned and linked to Engage projects.
With the aim of sharing good practice and promoting understanding of the visual arts, our resources can be downloaded for free and used to inspire and support gallery education practice throughout the sector. In this section, you will also find our Careers advice pages and case studies published on behalf of our members as part of Sharing Practice.
As part of Engage Scotland’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the associated shutdown of the gallery sector, we supported Kirin Saeed, a visually impaired disability training specialist, to buddy up with the community engagement team at the National Galleries of Scotland, (NGS), in Edinburgh, during the summer of 2020.
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Case studiesProject report
Art for Baby was launched at The Gallery of Modern Art in March 2018 to specifically welcome and engage with parents and their babies under 12 months. The project was in response to research undertaken about the isolation and loneliness that mothers particularly felt within the first year of their babies' life, and their initial journey into motherhood.
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Case studies
This report, produced by Research Scotland, offers eight case studies highlighting where creative practitioners and organisations have successfully delivered face to face work in partnership with schools, communities and families.
Films featuring GEM and Engage educators on best practice in early years museum, gallery and heritage learning.
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Films
5 case studies responding to our February and June 2020 Sharing Practice theme 'Young people as co-producers'.
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Case studies
Podcasts, resources, blogs, toolkits and reports relating to the Engage Conference 2019 theme of young people’s cultural entitlement.
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Research report
3 case studies responding to our March/November themes 'Arts education, health and wellbeing'.
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Case studies
10 case studies responding to our September–October Sharing Practice theme 'Children and young people'.
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Case studies
4 case studies responding to our July Sharing Practice theme 'Learning through digital technology'.
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Case studies
In 2012 Engage Cymru ran two CPD training seminars, hosted jointly by the National Museum Cardiff and Artes Mundi, and Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno which focused on how galleries can contribute to the Welsh Baccalaureate (WBQ) by offering relevant programmes and activities.
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Evaluation reportPowerpoint presentation
The Everyone project explored and supported the development of access and disability equality in galleries and visual arts venues in Scotland.
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Case studiesFilmsPowerpoint presentation
This publication comprises the full research reports from 8 projects in phase 2 of the enquire programme.
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Engage publicationResearch report
he three cluster reports on the enquire research projects in 2004–06 are included in this publication
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Engage publicationResearch report
Useful sources of information on arts, galleries, young people, education, duty of care and social inclusion.
This publication gives an overview of Engage's encompass programme, which developed the work of galleries with young people. over a two-year period (1998–2000), fourteen projects took place across England, focusing on 16–18 year olds, and primary school children and their families.
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Engage publication