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Today something happened amazingin school... NORTH EAST ...and it happened with Arts Award Dear Teacher, n this brochure you will find a list of great arts and cultural organisations across the INorth East region that all have something amazing to offer your school. All of these organisations can help support your pupils to achieve Arts Award! This brochure is designed to be used as a resource for your school, to support your short, medium and long‑term planning, help you identify new partnerships and opportunities for your pupils and find out how these organisations can help. Circus Central Image provided by Circus Central, circuscentral.co.uk 02 03 Contents 06 Who are we? 07 What is Arts Award? 08 The different levels of Arts Award 10 Who is in this brochure? 12 Northumberland 18 Tyne & Wear 38 County Durham 44 Tees Valley 52 Training agencies and practitioners Beamish Image provided by Beamish Museum 04 05 What is Who Arts Award? great way for children Through Arts Award young people gain and young people to a nationally recognised qualification A be inspired by and enjoy enabling them to progress into further are we? arts and culture. Arts Award is... education and employment. Arts Award has five levels, four of which (Explore, • Offered at five levels, four accredited Bronze, Silver, Gold) are accredited and one introductory award qualifications on the Qualifications and his brochure is produced by theatres, arts and dance companies, A framework for learning Credit Framework (QCF). Arts Award Culture Bridge North East. cinemas, heritage sites, galleries new skills and sharing them Discover is an introductory level. TWe are funded by Arts and Music Education Hubs. Council England to support both • An opportunity to develop As they work towards Arts Award, cutural organisations and schools Over 2015-18 we will be working to creativity and leadership skills children and young people collect in their work, to make sure that create a network of Local Cultural evidence of what they have done and every child and young person is Education Partnerships across • A link between young people reflect on their experiences. able to experience the richness of our region. These will create close and creative arts professionals the arts and culture. Culture Bridge relationships with the education and At Discover, Explore and Bronze you can North East is managed by Tyne & cultural sectors, giving children and Arts Award is a range of unique choose to use specially designed arts Wear Archives & Museums and young people opportunities to access qualifications that supports anyone logs or you can create your own to fit is one of 10 Bridge organisations the fantastic cultural offer in the up to the age of 25 to develop and your project or the young people you’re across England. North East. demonstrate skills, interests and working with. Evidence can be collected leadership in arts and culture. From in any format that works for them and Culture Bridge North East can connect We think you might find the fashion to film-making, pottery to poetry, you: a folder, sketchbook, video diary, your school with a wide range of following websites useful: Arts Award inspires children and young a website or blog. Arts Award is managed cultural organisations working in this www.culturebridgenortheast.org.uk people to connect with and take part in by Trinity College London in association region, including libraries, museums, www.artsaward.org.uk the cultural world around them. with Arts Council England. 06 07 The different levels of Every child and young person has the opportunity to experience the richness of the arts Arts Council England ArtsDiscover is a non-accredited Award Silver is a Level 2 qualification introductory award. To achieve and has two units – Unit 1: Discover, children & young arts practice and Unit 2: people discover the arts and cultural arts leadership. Doing Silver involves world around them, find out about achieving an arts/cultural challenge, artists, performers, curators and their reviewing arts/cultural events, At all levels, children and young people work and share their experiences researching artists/performers/curators work with an Arts Award adviser. This with others. and arts/cultural organisations, and is a trained adult who supports young delivering an arts/cultural leadership people in gaining arts experiences, Explore is accredited as an project with other people. provides guidance and assesses arts Entry Level 3 qualification. logs and portfolios. Teachers, teaching Children & young people Gold Arts Award is the assistants, museum learning staff, collect their arts and cultural highest level at Level 3 art practitioners, youth workers and experiences in an Explore arts log and is also recognised volunteers can all train as advisers. as they go along, recording what on the UCAS Tariff (35 points). they find and enjoy. Gold has two units – Unit 1: personal In the North East we have a great arts/cultural development and Unit 2: network of Training Agencies who work Bronze is a Level 1 national arts/cultural projects leadership. together to deliver Arts Award Advisor qualification. Young people Gold involves achieving an arts/cultural Training. Please note that all of the take part in an arts/cultural challenge, reviewing arts/cultural events, training agencies also offer one to one activity, go to an arts/cultural researching artists/performers/curators support sessions, advice and guidance event, research their arts/cultural and arts organisations, and delivering across all 5 levels to formal (schools) hero/heroine and share their skills an arts/cultural leadership project and informal learning settings as well with others. with other people. as cultural organisations and venues. Sage Gateshead, Make Some Noise Image by Topher McGrillis 08 09 Who is in this brochure? e have listed all of the Arts Council England (ACE) champions, • Major Partner Museums (MPMs) organisations funded develops and invests in artistic and lead wide programmes of work for W by Arts Council England cultural experiences that enrich schools, families and lifelong learning. to work with children and young people’s lives. ACE support a range They develop excellent care and people as well as many of the Arts of activities across the arts, museums conservation; demonstrate innovative Award Supporters and Centres and libraries – from theatre to digital and engaging interpretations of their in the region. There are many art, reading to dance, music to designated collections. other excellent organisations and literature, and crafts to collections. individuals working in this area, but • Music Education Hubs include schools this brochure creates an excellent Arts Council England provides financial – from primary to further education starting point for understanding investment to support this through institutions ‑ professional music the rich cultural offer available several channels, three of which are organisations and arts organisations. across the North East. directly relevant to Schools: They work in local areas to bring people together to create joined up music The organisations are listed by their • National Portfolio Organisations education provision for children and locality, many are willing to work across, (NPOs) across England represent young people. and beyond the North East region. some of the best arts practice in the world. These organisations play a vital role in helping ACE meet their mission of great art and culture for everyone. Discovery Museum Image provided by Discovery Museum, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 10 11 Contents List 2 3 4 1. Alnwick Playhouse www.alnwickplayhouse.co.uk 2. Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival Ltd www.berwickfilm-artsfest.com 3. Berwick Visual Arts Berwick www.berwickvisualarts.co.uk 4. The Maltings Theatre & Cinema www.maltingsberwick.co.uk upon Tweed 5. Music Partnership North – Northumberland/Newcastle www.music.northumberland.gov.uk 6. Northumberland Theatre Company www.northumberlandtheatre.co.uk 7. November Club www.novemberclub.org.uk 1 8. Queen’s Hall Arts www.queenshall.co.uk 9. Théâtre Sans Frontières (TSF) 6 www.tsf.org.uk orthN u mberland 10. Woodhorn Museum and Northumberland Archives Alnwick www.experiencewoodhorn.com 5 7 10 We involve our Morpeth Wansbeck Tynedale cultural partners in our planning. Blyth Valley It’s a very joined-up 8 9 process Headteacher 12 13 01. Alnwick 02. Berwick Film 03. Berwick 04. The Maltings 05. Music 06. Northumberland Playhouse & Media Arts Visual Arts Theatre & Cinema Partnership North Theatre Company Festival Ltd alnwickplayhouse.co.uk berwickfilm-artsfest.com berwickvisualarts.co.uk maltingsberwick.co.uk music.northumberland. northumberlandtheatre. gov.uk co.uk Alnwick Playhouse is firmly Berwick Film & Media Arts Berwick Visual Arts operates England’s most northerly As part of the Music Hub in Northumberland Theatre established as one of the Festival champions and two galleries in Berwick‑upon‑ theatre and cinema, Northumberland we embed Company is a professional leading small venues in the celebrates filmmakers and Tweed, The Gymnasium dedicated to providing Arts Awards in many of the touring theatre company North of England. It is a visual artists of all ages, Gallery and The Granary year-round entertainment music activities we provide who specialise in engaging wonderful and vibrant arts with the aim of nurturing Gallery. We are committed to for all ages – music, and support. Students are audiences in rural centre, and a remarkably lifelong relationships with developing a welcoming and comedy, theatre, children’s given the opportunity to communities throughout strong and valuable part film. Taking place in 2015 engaging environment of shows, cinema, live event work towards bronze, silver the Northern region, of the community. between 23rd – 27th exceptional, ambitious visual streaming, classical concerts, and gold awards through through performance Our mission is to enrich September, we’ll work art to inspire, challenge and opera, dance and more. participation in our county and participatory theatre the life of the community with local schools on a film encourage accessible learning As well as hosting and music ensembles.
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