June 28, 2024
Wigan’s ‘Chance To See' Fund announces new grant opportunities to foster joy, positivity, and hope for young people.
June 6, 2024
If your school is based within the Whitehaven and Copeland area of Cumbria, an exciting opportunity will soon be coming to your area. Don't miss out!
August 3, 2023
How young people with Alternative Saturday Jobs have been teaching cultural organisations and partnerships about access and inclusion in their local area.
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.
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'.
November 9, 2022
The past couple of years have seen unprecedented challenges for the delivery of arts activities in all settings. However, this didn’t stop Bedford High School in Greater Manchester delivering a series of arts workshops and activities with a wide-range of partners, culminating in a mass concert at The Bridgewater Hall.
September 27, 2022
Every year we host Artsmark Celebration Week to shout out about the fantastic achievements of Artsmark settings across the North West and advocate for cultural education across the curriculum.
January 27, 2022
An Artsmark journey overshadowed by lockdown taught the team at Balderstone St Leonard's a great deal about the value of Pupil Voice. Celebrating their new 'Gold' status, Kate Turner explains why there's definitely no going back now!
November 10, 2021
Bedford High, in Leigh, has used Artsmark to transform practise within the school and has influenced the work of other settings through their seven-year Artsmark journey.
May 5, 2021
... with Balderstone St. Leonard's! Curious Minds is delighted to share an update from one of our Artsmark schools about how they've managed to stay creative and inspire each other through the arts during the pandemic.
March 10, 2021
At a time of austerity and constriction, Sefton’s Local Cultural Education Partnership (LCEP) is determined to maintain a high profile for its provision for the arts and creativity across its educational and community providers. Despite the new and additional challenges created by the pandemic, lockdown and school closures, their plans remain hopeful, challenging and ambitious.
February 24, 2021
Every challenge offers opportunity to grow. Head of Drama at Stockport Grammar School, Matt King-Sayce, seized this at the start of Lockdown#1 and has been working hard to develop new and existing cultural partnerships for his school through the last few months. Here he reflects on the positives inherent in pursuing partnerships.
November 13, 2020
Emma Robertson of Ullswater Community College (UCC) shares their celebration of human rights and creativity; everything from climbing the highest heights to personal messages of hope.