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Using photography as a method to navigate the day to day world

Published June, 2020

Open Eye Gallery discusses its ongoing rethinking of gallery education, through the role of photography as an educational tool in…

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Image : Photo: Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange

Engaging communities remotely at Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange

Published June, 2020

Case studies responding to our current Sharing Practice theme, Engaging communities remotely

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Image : Participants take part in sensory and movement activities at a gallery drop-in. Photo: Nick Singleton

Dementia-friendly sessions at The Hepworth Wakefield

Published May, 2020

This case study explores The Hepworth Wakefield’s approach to developing a dementia-friendly gallery through creative artist-led enquiry in partnership with…

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Image : Listen Harder. Sign writing workshop to support communities to mobilise for change, 2012 with LOW PROFILE. Image: Gemma Smith for Take A Part CIC.

Non-digital engagement in a COVID climate

Published May, 2020

Take A Part is a socially engaged arts organisation based in Plymouth that has a long track record of creating…
Moving In

Published March, 2020

In 2017, artists Kate Sweeney and Claire Ford moved their respective studios and created a new studio space in Northbourne residential…

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Image : Opening of the GoMA Youth Group Exhibition, GROWTH. Disruption, Resilience, Resistance at GoMA, 2019

GoMA Youth Group

Published March, 2020

In 2019 the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Glasgow, established a programme to engage with young people aged 16–25 in…

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Image : Anime Studio, February 2020. Photo: Chris Scott

Building Fresh Perspectives

Published February, 2020

Fresh Fruit is a youth programme for 8–25 year olds run by The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh. It consists of creative…

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Image : A Long-Distance Collective, WEMADE (performance view) U Studio, Young People’s Programme at Tate St Ives. Photo: Tate © Kirstin Prisk

Young People as Co-Producers: One Collective’s Journey

Published February, 2020

The Tate Collective Producers Team are the young people’s group at Tate St Ives. They meet up regularly to work…

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Image : Nursery worker Jayne Leveridge helping the children to develop embodied responses to sculpture. Image: Lawrence Bradby

Hands Find Form

Published December, 2019

Hands Find Form was a collaborative project involving Earlham Nursery School and the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts. Over a…
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Image : Children enjoy the participation area at Generation ART. Image: Jane Moorhouse.

Quay Arts

Quay Arts was the final venue for Generation ART: Young Artists on Tour; which allowed the team to benefit from all…
Image : Visitors attend the launch of Generation ART at New Walk Museum and Art Gallery. Image: Jane Moorhouse.

New Walk Museum & Art Gallery and Soft Touch Arts

Generation ART opened in January 2016 at two Leicester venues simultaneously — New Walk Museum and Art Gallery and Soft Touch Arts. https://vimeo.com/156830077…
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Image : Generation ART commissioned artist Leandro Stafford at Turner Contemporary

Turner Contemporary

Generation ART: Young Artists on Tour launched in June 2015 at Turner Contemporary, Margate, alongside the enormously popular Grayson Perry exhibition,…
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Creative Facilitation with Young People – Gateshead

This one-day Artswork course provides an introduction to a creative approach to group facilitation.
CPDSector event

Creative Facilitation with Young People – Bristol

This one-day Artswork course provides an introduction to a creative approach to group facilitation.
CPDSector event

Safeguarding Adults at Risk in the Arts and Cultural Sector – Peterborough

This Artswork course has been designed for individuals and organisations looking to update their understanding of safeguarding legislation and best practice.
Image : School workshop, Irthlingborough Junior School and Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, 2018

Blood from Stone

Published November, 2019

In April 2019 artist Justin Carter presented a new body of work, exhibition and related education activity at The Arches,…

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CPDSector event

Embedding Diversity in the Arts and Cultural Sector – Leeds

This essential training for all staff explores equality and diversity legislation, best practice and how this might influence your work. Delivered by Artswork.
Sector eventTraining

Safeguarding Adults at Risk in the Arts and Cultural Sector – London

This new Artswork course has been designed for individuals and organisations looking to update their understanding of safeguarding legislation.