Year
Show

How to get started with local history (during lockdown)

03-06-20
STEP participant, Tamyra talks us through her job as a Gallery Assistant at the Bow Arts’ Nunnery Gallery

5 actions to make today to support BLM

02-06-20
Programmes Officer, Pagan, speaks on our work, Black Lives Matter, and the actions we can all make to ensure change happens

Keeping Creative at Home: How to create your own clown show

02-06-20
Sam Holdsworth and Halima Habil from Clowns Without Borders share their steps on how to get clowning at home

7 creative ways to teach a recovery curriculum

01-06-20
Marina Lewis-King highlights some of our existing creative learning resources which could be particularly useful for re-opening schools adjusting to new spaces, split class groups and reduced equipment use

Learning Under Lockdown: Pegasus Opera Company

29-05-20
Sonia Hyams shares how Pegasus Opera Company have changed the way they operate during lockdown, including moving music programmes for students online

"Why I'm applying for Future Startup Now Founders"

28-05-20
Kieran Akhtar, Co-Founder of digital content production company, Rococo World tells us why he's applying for Future Startup Now Founders

5 things I learned about child-focused education while in lockdown

28-05-20
What lessons can we learn from teaching during lockdown to improve education practice in future? Kadir Karababa, Class Teacher and Creative Links Coordinator at Orchard Primary School, shares his thoughts

Children's arts packs to be distributed across London

27-05-20
A New Direction will coordinate the delivery of Let’s Create packs in London as part of a national Arts Council initiative to ensure children can stay creative while away from school

Keeping Creative at Home: How to get crafty using household materials

26-05-20
Want to get your children or students involved in more making & less screen time? The Craft Council’s Zoe Dennington and Rebecca Goozee share some ideas for crafting at home

10 Tips for Teachers: How to get creative on the cheap

21-05-20
The arts are often considered to be resource and expertise heavy, but what if you don’t have the budget? We asked teachers for their tips on how to cut the cost of creative activities at school

How young creatives are coping in lockdown

19-05-20
Find out what happened when we asked young creatives how they were coping, creating and working during lockdown

Keeping Creative at Home: How to turn your kitchen into a castle

19-05-20
Writer and performer Amy Gwilliam has long sought unusual spaces in which to perform theatre. Here she explores how to create a show in your own home

Creative Wellbeing at Home: Take some time out to ‘write the moment’

18-05-20
To mark Mental Health Awareness week, we some simple exercises from our first Creative Wellbeing at Home webinar

Learning Under Lockdown: Willow Nursery & Preston Manor

13-05-20
We spoke to two educational settings covering early years up to secondary age to find out more about their experiences of lockdown & their tips for other teachers

Creativity Quarantined

12-05-20
Creativity Quarantined is the podcast that explores the impact of Covid-19 on the creative and cultural industries

Keeping Creative at Home: How to get creative with sound

12-05-20
Musician and sound artist Lucy Claire shares a range of creative arts activities which use soundscapes and listening to engage and inspire

The Power of Starting

11-05-20
Create Jobs Alumna, Juliana knows the pressure to create and the potential to procrastinate but shares the techniques she used to get her latest podcast off the ground

Starting a new job  in Lockdown: Crystal at Museum of London

11-05-20
We speak to Create Jobs Alumna, Crystal Mah-Wing on what it's been like starting her new role as Project Assistant at Museum of London during lockdown

The Technical Side of Podcasting

11-05-20
Digital Content Producer Trainee at London College of Fashion with our STEP programme, Will Asare gives the technical 101 on how to make your own podcast

Taking an ecological perspective to partnership working

06-05-20
Senior Partnerships Manager, Corinne Bass, revisits our research exploring cultural learning ecologies and asks, can taking an ecological approach help partnerships' thinking during this tricky period?

Connecting schools with London's arts & cultural sector

05-05-20
At A New Direction, we've been working hard on updating and improving our LookUp platform