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The Royal Opera House's Create and Dance is a free online programme that provides: A creative learning resource, created with teachers, for primary schools across England. Classroom-based and digital activities, with strong curriculum links, to give...

Encounters is seeking an exceptional individual or team to lead on the design and build of Chrysalis, a visionary project funded by Arts Council England to create an environmentally sustainable mobile, community, arts and learning space in collaboration...

Are you a D/deaf or disabled artist who would like to develop their creative practice? Are you interested in forming a new East Midlands ensemble of D/deaf, disabled artists and non-disabled artists? Would you like to be part of a collaboration...

National Writing Day is an annual celebration of writing designed to inspire people across the UK to get writing. Theirr message is simple: everyone has a story to tell and sharing it can be a source of pleasure and power. On 27th June 2018, National...

The Durham Commission on Creativity and Education is a collaboration between Arts Council England and Durham University that aims to identify ways in which creativity, and specifically creative thinking, can play a larger part in the lives of young people...

Wave Arts Education Agency / Arts University Bournemouth are hosting a free mini conference on Friday 8 June 2018. Titled ‘Cultural Education Matters’, the event explores the critical role arts and creative subjects should play in school...

Plymouth Arts Centre are launching a nationwide initiative to support women in film. Launching 'Reclaim The Frame' they hope to encourage more women to become filmmakers, and for a more meaningful female narrative in modern film....

Brick Built: A LEGO® Models Exhibition 25th May - 8th Sept 18 This exhibition has been specially created for Torquay Museum by LEGO® artist Warren Elsmore. Enjoy a celebration of the world’s architecture from three great cities, New York, Paris...

You can now apply for the Liskeard enabling fund for Health and wellbeing via online applications. There are two different routes in which you can apply, and the max pot available is £500. Health and Wellbeing plays an important part in our...

Action learning is an inspiring approach to professional development that offers a small group of peers a structured and reflective way to explore the issues they face. You can read more here. It can support you in your professional development by: Helping you to step...

Inspiring the future are passionate about introducing young people to the range of different jobs available to them, in as many industries as possible. Which is why they are pleased to announce our nationwide Inspiring the Future Theatre...

New Adventures is looking for the best and brightest young talent from across the UK to apply for a chance to be part of a brand-new Matthew Bourne production. Following the success of Lord of the Flies, in which the cast was made up of professional dancers and young...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on 25 May 2018. This is the most significant update of data protection laws in some time and has led to much confusion and misinformation in many organisations. We’ve asked GDPR expert Amber Bradley to...

We at RIO are now recruiting for a Consultant (Arts and Culture) to join our team and work as part of the Bridge programme. If you've been reading the sorts of news and content posted on this website and think that being involved sounds like the perfect career for...

Centred around an ongoing programme of schools visits and cluster meetings (which will engage approx. 80% of Wiltshire Schools over a 3 year period), contracted Coordinators do the following with support, resources and direction from their core team: - Build an...

£50,000 per annum, full-time (40 hours per week) permanent contract. Ballet and Opera capture the deepest human emotions. The Royal Opera House wants to share these life-changing art forms and their power to thrill, move and excite, with as many people as we can....

Module 1: MAKING MUSIC FOR ENSEMBLE THEATRE Sat 16 and Sun 17, Sat 23 and Sun 24, Thursday 28 and Friday 29 June 2018, 11am – 6pm each day, at Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA. Places cost £500, or are available free to applicants in receipt of benefits....

Do you think culture and creativity is essential for individuals and communities to thrive and flourish, not just a ‘nice-to-have'? If so, this may be an opportunity for you. Create Gloucestershire is looking for a part-time freelance Creative Catalyst who can help...

Forty-one talented children from Totnes School of Dance, between the ages of nine and twenty, have been chosen to represent Team England at the World Cup Dance Finals in Barcelona this coming June. They are the only children in the whole of the South West to be...

Centre for Young Musicians Taunton (CYMT) has just celebrated its 4th birthday and the Centre is delighted to be expanding its music production course on Saturdays at the Centre's base at Richard Huish College in Taunton. The creative music production course, teaching...

Sheila Ceccarelli from AccessArt addressed Somerset Primary Art-Coordinators at the SPAEDA Annual Art Conference, stressing the importance of creativity for each and every child at school. After many requests for a transcript of the speech, AccessArt is sharing it in...

Economic and political uncertainty, environmental and societal pressures mean there’s never been a better time to put sustainability at the heart of your business. Gill Pipkin, of Gill Pipkin Sustainability and Resilience Consulting, will introduce you to some...

Are you looking to increase participation in your arts education programmes, deliver Arts Award in partnership with schools or embed the award into existing programmes? Trinity College London is offering two free one-hour webinars for arts and cultural organisations...

Following on from the success of Art of Libraries in six early adopter libraries in Gloucestershire, Create Gloucestershire are now looking for a new person to take over the role of Creative Catalyst at Dursley Library from March – December 2018. They are looking for...

Plymouth Dance; the City of Plymouth’s dance development agency, in consultation with primary school dance specialists, has devised a programme to support the teaching of Dance in Primary Schools as part of the Physical Education Curriculum but also as a tool to...

Bridge Organisations across the country have recently begun galvanising arts and culture organisations to become Artsmark Partners. The Artsmark Partnership Programme will launch to education settings nationally later in the spring. The Programme is designed to enable...

Torbay Culture believes that culture matters. We’ve secured more than £2m of external funding to help us make it so. If you are just as passionate about arts and heritage in Torbay and want to increase its impact on people’s lives, why not join our Board? We’re...

The Young Producers at Tobacco Factory Theatres are looking for artists and performers aged 16 – 25, to showcase their new and developing work at SPARK: A Festival of Art this spring at Tobacco Factory Theatres. SPARK: A Festival of Art TEN SHOWS, TWO SPACES AND ONE...

Paper Nations works in partnership with writers and educators across the UK to share and develop resources that give all children the opportunity to access regular high quality creative writing support. One of the largest barriers facing young people who show...