Blog posts
Lucy Palmer-Rimmer, Arts Council England’s Communications Officer for the North, visited Oakhill Primary School, observing how Artsmark keeps history alive for children in the Potteries There’s nothing unique to Oakhill Primary school on the outside.
![Male student proudly holds up pottery creatures]()
Since the Artsmark Partnership Programme launched last year, more than 650 arts and cultural organisations have signed up, offering a whole range of brilliant cultural opportunities for both young people and their teachers.
![Young actors at Hillstone Primary performing Hercules and Phoebe]()
Bolton School talk to us about how their Artsmark journey is an opportunity to celebrate, enrich and extend the cultural offer available to their students and engage with their community.
![Students from Bolton sitting outside a cultural venue]()
We hear from staff and pupils at Colton Hill Primary School about how engaging with creative arts organisations and practitioners has given them really exciting opportunities.
![A young girl is sitting in a chair with a drum kit behind her]()
We speak to Professor Tara Page, Artsmark Project Lead at Goldsmiths, University of London. Professor Page is leading the team behind your Artsmark training.
![A group of young people all wearing black reach up to a young person being lifted into the air]()
Manchester Secondary Pupil Referral Unit (MSPRU) is a multi-site Alternative Provision school located across five sites in Manchester. Hear about how their crucial creative partnership work has empowered them to lead the newly-formed North West Specialist Arts Network.
![Two globe art sculptures with images of Black Britons on them.]()
To mark Stress Awareness Month, we want to take the opportunity to celebrate the important role creativity can play in reducing stress, and how this can support children and young people’s overall wellbeing. Read our top tips to reduce stress in the classroom through creativity!
![Photo @ The LPA, Xavier Fiddes Hillyfield Primary Academy Description Arts and wellbeing activity at Hillyfield Primary Academy]()
Putting creativity at the heart of a school is challenging – here one trust explains how it successfully embedded the arts.
![A group of children dance on a stage in dark red lighting.]()
