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Put away your textbooks and choose your own adventure

Artist Thor McIntyre-Burnie reflects on how 'choose your own adventure' books were used as a catalyst to support his My Creative School project

Creative foraging, fortune cookies, and using rhizomes as a metaphor

Elspeth Penfold from Churchfields Primary School tells us about the school's My Creative School project

Dance, diversity and the search for new training pathways

Rosie Lehan on IRIE! dance's mission to encourage more young people from diverse cultural and social backgrounds to consider dance training at H.E level.

Eastbury Community School's journey to Artsmark Platinum

Jennifer Higginson, Head of Art and Design at Eastbury Community School, reflects on the school's journey to Artsmark Platinum.

Mapping non-formal music provision & social need in London

Jennifer Raven and Lawrence Becko share the recommendations from a recent Sound Connections report mapping music provision

Getting a feel for numeracy: haptic numbers in SEND teaching practice

Over a 9 month process, as part of the My Creative School Programme, Martine Bruce-Linton and artist Tash Cossey collaborated on a Creative Catalyst Project for Priory Special School in Upper Norwood, Croydon. Here they reflect on the specific context of the school, the project process and learnings in conversation.

A manifesto to ensure cultural inclusion for all

AND Advocate Paul Morrow introduces the Cultural Inclusion Manifesto - a guiding set of principles to help achieve real inclusion

An introduction to the new Art on the Underground commission

Jessica Vaughan from Art On The Underground gives us an introduction to their latest commission and Learning Guide

Connecting classrooms from Bexley to Lagos

AND Advocate Lucy Williams tells us about her inspirational British Council-funded trip to Lagos to visit a partner school

AND Advocates: Wellbeing and partnerships

Rachel Moss, AND Advocates Facilitator, reflects on session four of this year’s AND Advocates Programme focusing on wellbeing and partnerships

51 benefits of arts education for children and young people

Founder and Director of We The Parents, Neve Spicer, argues against judging the merits of arts education solely on academic outcomes

The power of the collective

Researcher Sarah Davies introduces our new Powerful Partnerships Resource Library - a collection of case studies, practical tools and research exploring strategic partnerships.

Adaptation, Reflection, Translation: a picture of practice

Greg Klerkx explains the elements of Translational Practice at the heart of the My Creative School programme

Using the body and memory to inspire creative writing

My Creative School practitioner Andrea Puerta shares some innovative exercises to help bring students' imaginations to life

Building a better Digital Strategy - Step 3: Share the Risk

In his third and final post, AND Trustee Eylan Ezekiel shares his tips for creating a better digital strategy for Arts, Culture and Heritage organisations engaging with schools

Creating an artistic school from scratch

AND Advocate Soren Ramsing tells us about his school's journey to embedding creativity and the arts in their work

Spring research round-up

Information Manager, Annie Thorpe, brings us up to date with important recent research in the arts, culture and youth sectors

Introducing Challenge London and our Place Strategy

Senior Partnerships Manager, Corinne Bass, shares information about our new joint-investment programme

Building a better Digital Strategy - Step 2: Spread the Load

In the second of three posts, AND Trustee Eylan Ezekiel shares his tips for creating a better digital strategy for Arts, Culture and Heritage organisations engaging with schools.

Hayes, 'the land overgrown with forest'

Uxbridge College AS Level student Kasey Smith tells us how the Our Hayes Our Heritage programme helped him to see the area in a new light

Found objects, vocalisation and listening at ANDInclusive

In addition to being Programmes Manager at A New Direction, Louise Barnell is also a sound artist and musician. Hear some of the work she did with students at ANDInclusive