Creative & Cultural

Symposium: Teaching Artistry in Action

Name: Symposium: Teaching Artistry in Action — Join us in Liverpool for a day of keynotes, provocations, artist-led conversations, panel discussions, and networking as we elevate and advocate for teaching artistry.
Start: 2025-12-02T11:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-12-02T16:00:00+00:00
Location: Liverpool

Join us in Liverpool for a day of keynotes, provocations, artist-led conversations, panel discussions, and networking as we elevate and advocate for teaching artistry.

For Cultural Sector

Tue 2 Dec 11:00 - 16:00

Liverpool

Royal Court Theatre

Tickets

Teaching artists operate at the vital intersection of artistry and pedagogy - bringing their professional creative practice into classrooms, cultural organisations, and communities, and helping learners develop curiosity, resilience, identity and belonging. This work is essential to the arts and cultural ecosystem, yet too often undervalued or overlooked.

As we await the results of the Curriculum and Assessment Review and the arts’ place within it, Curious Minds invites you to join a national conversation at this crucial moment for cultural and educational policy. Teaching Artistry in Action brings together teaching artists, cultural leaders, funders, and policymakers to explore how we can make teaching artistry visible, valued and sustained in England. Alongside national focus the symposium will connect England’s work to the International Teaching Artist Collaborative (ITAC) and opportunities for exchange and collaboration.

Key note speakers include Darren Henley (Chief Executive, Arts Council England, Madeleine McGirk Rutherford (International Teaching Artists Collaborative -ITAC), Ali Eisa (Goldsmiths) and Saul Argent (Goldsmiths/Curious Minds PhD). More to be announced soon.

Tickets PWYC to £30
Tuesday, 2nd December 2025
11am to 4pm

This event is for:

Teaching artists, to feel valued, make connections, and leave empowered.
Funders & policymakers, to discover the investment case and influence system change.
Cultural & education leaders, to deepen insight, connect with new teaching artists and catalyse action in their organisations

Pricing:

We’re committed to making this event accessible to everyone. Tickets are priced at £5 for individuals, £15 for small organisations, and £30 for large organisations. If you're booking on behalf of a large organisation, please consider selecting a Pay-it-forward ticket (£35) to help sponsor a place for a freelancer.

If cost is a barrier, simply select a Community Ticket (£0) at checkout - no questions asked. We’d much rather have you in the room.

Speakers

Darren Henley CBE

Chief Executive, Arts Council England, Chief Executive, Arts Council England

Madeleine McGirk Rutherford

Founding Managing Director, International Teaching Artists Collaborative (ITAC),

Ali Eisa

Lecturer at Goldsmiths, BA Fine Art (Studio Practice) and contributor to BA Fine Art (Critical Studies)

Saul Argent

Cultural Education Research Specialist, Cultural Education Research Specialist

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