Insights into inspirational arts practice in schools: Arts Explorers Programme
Written By: Author(s): Dr Sophie Frost
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Project outline
Since the opening of the Royal Festival Hall for the Festival of Britain in 1951, a priority of Southbank Centre has been to provide inspiring arts education programmes. Arts Explorers is the organisation’s 3-year creative learning project working with six Lambeth primary schools with limited or no arts provision, following one class of children in each school from Year 4 to Year 6. Having launched in January 2019, the programme aims to build and develop school-wide creative learning over a three-year period, working in partnership with teachers, pupils, senior school leaders and families to explore cultural opportunities and build skills and confidence in the arts. Running in tandem with the school year, the creative learning team at Southbank has devised a multi-arts programme of artist-led workshops, in-depth projects, trips to special exhibitions and performances and regular teacher professional development sessions. Through this intensive programme, the Arts Exp
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