May 23, 2023
Curious Minds is pleased to once again be supporting Access All Arts Week from Sky Arts, which this year will take place Monday 19th to Friday 23rd June 2023.
April 21, 2023
"By opening our own school doors, we opened new avenues into the world outside".
How Wistaston Academy's adventurous outlook has inspired a school community that embraces creative opportunity.
How Wistaston Academy's adventurous outlook has inspired a school community that embraces creative opportunity.
April 6, 2023
Do you teach at a secondary school in Rochdale or Wigan? Are you interested in Artsmark Award and it's potential for wellbeing? We still have places available for schools to sign up for our #BeeWell and Artsmark pilot project.
March 28, 2023
Curious Minds is proud to launch a new, free online training programme designed to help the UK's heritage and cultural sectors make their venues more welcoming for young people.
March 16, 2023
Curious Minds is delighted to launch the Chance to See Fund - a fundraising collaboration with Wigan band, The Lathums.
March 9, 2023
Many young people and practitioners hoping to progress within the creative and cultural industries face multiple barriers and broken systems.
February 24, 2023
If you want to know how we can best develop the next generation of creative workforce, ask Holly Ball.
February 21, 2023
We’re delighted to see our Cultural Citizens programme included amongst 24 case studies highlighting the value of the arts in schools, published to mark the 40th anniversary of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (UK Branch) Arts in Schools report.
February 2, 2023
Pushing Boundaries is designed to remove barriers for a group of international artists - some of whom have experienced forced migration.
February 2, 2023
Curious Minds is proud to be working with the University of Manchester, the Anna Freud Centre for Children & Families, and Greater Manchester Combined Authority to help make the young people’s wellbeing everyone’s business.
December 8, 2022
Culture, heritage and creativity are essential to our future national prosperity, levelling up and recovery from crisis, is the key finding of a new report by the Local Government Association's (LGA) Independent Commission in Culture and Local Government
December 2, 2022
The 'from HEAD to TOE' project, funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation, aims to explore the role of the creating, moving body as a means to increase concentration, engagement and recall in English and Math, as well as produce memorable experiences.
November 11, 2022
As part of Artsmark Celebration Week 2022 - and as we reflect on Curious Minds' 10 years of being the Arts Council’s Bridge Organisation for North West England - we spoke to Emma and asked her to share own personal 'Artsmark journey'.