Arts in Education
The Department of Culture and the Arts though Creative Connections, its partnership with the Department of Education and Training is taking a lead role in the promotion of the arts in education, recognising the three key principles of recently released National Education and the Arts Statement.
Artists in schools programs offer new and exciting ways of teaching and learning.
Developed in conjunction with the WA Department of Education and Training, these guides have practical information on funding, planning, delivering and evaluating arts programs in schools.
Both these publications are available from the ArtsEdge website.
ArtsEdge facilitates collaboration between the education, arts and cultural sectors. By creating opportunities through partnership, we aim to encourage, develop, promote and celebrate learning environments which spark creativity in young people and their school communities. Contact the ArtsEdge Co-ordinator for more information.
- All children and young people should have a high quality arts education in every phase of learning
- Creating partnerships strengthens community identity and local cultures
- Connecting schools with the arts and cultural sector enriches learning outcomes.
Creative Connections: An Arts in Education Partnership Framework
In January 2005 the Hon Sheila McHale, Minister for Culture and the Arts and the Hon Alan Carpenter, past Minister for Education and Training released Creative Connections: An Arts in Education Partnership Framework 2005 – 2007.
Read the summary.
For further information about Creative Connections please contact the Senior Policy Officer, Young People and Education.
Artists in Schools
Artists in Schools: The ArtsEdge guide for artists and teachers in Western Australia 07-08 and its companion volume, Telling Tales: Western Australian Artists-in-Schools Partnerships are practical resource tools for artists and teachers to use in partnership when developing artists in schools programs.Artists in schools programs offer new and exciting ways of teaching and learning.
Developed in conjunction with the WA Department of Education and Training, these guides have practical information on funding, planning, delivering and evaluating arts programs in schools.
Both these publications are available from the ArtsEdge website.
ArtsEdge
ArtsEdge is a strategic partnership between the Department of Education and Training (DET) and the Department of Culture and the Arts (DCA), and a key delivery mechanism of Creative Connections.ArtsEdge facilitates collaboration between the education, arts and cultural sectors. By creating opportunities through partnership, we aim to encourage, develop, promote and celebrate learning environments which spark creativity in young people and their school communities. Contact the ArtsEdge Co-ordinator for more information.
