Information for Galleries, Museums and other organisations running events
engage is delighted to be managing Children's Art Day this year with
funding from the Clore Duffield Foundation,
the Mayor of London, and
Kids Love London - part of Visit London.
Children's Art Day takes place during Shine week -
a national schools festival celebrating talent in all young
people. On Thursday 9 July the spotlight will be on the Visual Arts. Organisations registering Children's Art
Day activities and events will benefit from:
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Being part of a UK-wide initiative which will receive media coverage
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Free stickers, balloons and logos to help to promote activities and events
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Free national publicity through engage, Shine, the Mayor's Office for London and Visit London
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Ideas for planning activities from engage website and resources
London-based Children's Art Day events registered before 15 May will also automatically be listed in a special Time Out supplement.
The day is a great opportunity for galleries, art centres, museums, schools and other organisations throughout
the UK to hold exciting art-based events and activities for children, young people and families - for both new and existing audiences.
We hope that your organisation will be able to participate in Children's Art Day this year, whether through a direct
collaboration between a school and gallery, museum or artist on Visual Arts Day, or by working with families over the
following weekend. We know how much children and their families value these activities, and look forward to hearing about
the events you are planning in celebration of Children's Art Day 2009
Further information for organisers can be found below
Please note: registrations for CHildren's Art Day 2009 have now closed.
Ideas for workshops and activities
Financial support
Press support and logos
Ideas for workshops, activities and events
It is up to you what you decide to do for Children's Art Day, whether it's a
two-hour event, or a five-day project - the aim of the day is to involve
children and young people (up to age 18) in art activities, whether in a
gallery, museum or other cultural centre, or in a school or community group on
or around Children's Art Day.
You may wish to organise a celebration event linked to an existing
programme/activity, or to organise something especially for the day.
Here are some ideas you might like to consider:
- Involving a practising artist / artist educator in leading a workshop or activity
- Giving children or young people the opportunity to see art works first-hand in a gallery or public space
- Could your activity link to a particular exhibition or artwork?
- Which media are most appropriate to the age groups you wish to work with? For example:
drawing, sculpture, photography, film, painting, digital technology or crafts such as knitting or glass blowing!
- Will you work with a particular group of children or young people, or will it be an open event for families, or young people and carers?
- If you want to offer a workshop to a school, check with the teacher to see what is the best
timing and subject matter for that year group or class. Think about possible links with the National
Curriculum or particular subject areas like Art & Design, Citizenship or History. See
http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/ for more information about the curriculum in England.
- Consider the needs of the participants when planning an event in terms of timings, access, and the levels of support they will need.
- Make sure you have taken into account Health and Safety and Risk Assessment concerns as well as ensuring adequate Child Protection measures.
To see the Arts Council England's Keeping Arts Safe guidelines follow
this link
You may find engage's Making Connections toolkits useful in planning activities. They can be downloaded here:
Working
with Schools
Working with
Young People
Working
with Early Years and Families
Financial Support
This year, the first 150 venues registering events will receive a grant of £50 as seed funding for an event.
This can be claimed on the event's completion and on submission of a brief report. If your event is one of the first 150 registered,
you will be contacted with further details of how to claim the grant. ** Please note that as there have now been over 150
events registered, funding is no longer available for events in 2009 **
You may also be able to apply for funding via Grants for the Arts from your
regional Arts Council (England only), from other Lottery distributors,
or from other local sources such as your local council.
Follow this link to find out more about previous Children's Art Days and the kinds of projects
and activities that have been run in the past.
Press Support and logo
If you wish to promote your event/activity in your own print, please download the following .zip file, which
contains the Children's Art Day logo in a variety of sizes in both JPG and EPS (Photoshop) formats::
CADlogos.zip
All registered organisations will receive publicity materials such as stickers and balloons before their events to help
with promotion and to give out to participants.
All London-based Children's Art Day events will automatically be listed in a commissioned Time Out guide and
will receive a postcard for young participants outlining opportunities to gain training, education and employment in the visual arts sector.
Children's Art Day will be promoted by engage, Shine, the Greater London Authority and through Kids Love London.
For any other help or advice, contact engage on 020 7729 5858 or email laura.cherry@engage.org.