Artful Alliance

Background

In April 2022, Blue Cabin was commissioned by Artsmark and Arts Council England (ACE) to carry out a creative consultation with care-experienced children and young people in the North East of England, to understand their views of the arts and creativity within their Virtual School experience. This consultation with children and young people was part of a wider programme led by ACE working with local partners and Virtual Schools in the East and West Midlands and London, looking at how Artsmark could be a beneficial programme for Virtual Schools across the country.

ACE is keen to better understand key issues relating to cultural and creative education for care-experienced children and young people and has commissioned Blue Cabin to facilitate a national action research programme the Artful Alliance.

Through the Artful Alliance we will explore:

• How cultural and creative partners can best serve care-experienced children and young people
• How can carers, social workers, designated teachers and the wider community of stakeholders around the child be fully engaged, to support their education and development?
• What is the relationship between the arts and creativity and social pedagogy? Can this be explored through Virtual Schools?
• How can Virtual Schools and mainstream schools work better together for the benefit of care-experienced children and young people?

We are delighted to be working in partnership with tialt//there is an alternative, who will support the evaluation and action research of the Artful Alliance.