Pat Thomson, Professor of Education in the School of Education at The University of Nottingham has published an illuminating new report: “Researching the Arts in Primary Schools”. It reports: Arts-rich schools offer art and music to all children every week and every year. They also offer other expressive arts subjects.…
Meet Stuart & Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason and their family: seven children between 15 and 28 who have become a fixture in British cultural life. Sheku, a cellist and the third eldest, won the BBC young Musician of the Year award in 2016, performed at Prince Harry’s wedding and starred at the…
In March 2024 professional artists Alison Townley and Cally Bond took pupils in years 1-6 at Hook Norton Primary School into the jungle of clay-manipulation, inspiring the children to create their own animal faces. The artists and materials were supplied free of charge to the school by us, Cotswolds Arts…
In February 2024 pupils at Middle Barton school in Oxfordshire took part in observational drawing classes, using their own bikes they were guided by art teachers (provided by us) learnign how to carefully observe what they saw before them and make marks based on tier observations of form, light and…
Ross Heywood is a young artist currently studying A Levels at Chipping Campden School. His medium of choice is pencils and pens & he is skilled at cartoon drawing as you can see from some of his intricate work. He hopes to pursue a career in Art. Ross has worked…