Resources
Inspiring and creative resources for all!
The following free resources and links have been gathered to support cultural education delivery at home, in schools, and to help build partnerships across the cultural and education sectors. Let us know of any additions you think would be useful here.
The first three videos are exciting creative home learning activities that we commissioned visual artist Kirsty Jones to create, especially for Wiltshire and Swindon-based young people (suggested age 5-11) and their adults to have fun with and be inspired by! They can all be followed by watching the videos, and/or the PDF instructions, using everyday materials found at home. Let us know if you enjoyed creating your sketchbooks, prints, and collages, and do share photos of what you’ve made with us on Twitter
Activity 1: Sketchbooks
The first of our exciting creative activities for you to have fun with at home - learn how to make your own sketchbook(s) and then fill it with marks, drawings, rubbings and anything you like whilst being inspired by the world around you!
Activity 2: Printmaking
In this second video, you will discover mono-printing and how to easily create effective and interesting prints and pictures, taking inspiration from your sketchbook and from things you can find in your garden and in nature, (including potatoes!).
Activity 3: Collage
The third video invites you on a journey outside, or around your house, to find interesting things to make rubbings of to start building your collage. You can also cut out pictures and words from drawings or magazines to stick on, and add paint and colours!
Discover Creative Careers
Discover Creative Careers is a national resource that has been developed by CCSkills and partners, helping to inspire and connect young people with exciting careers across the arts and culture. Full of free resources for teachers, parents and young people!
ACE Let’s Create plan
In April 2021, Arts Council England published their first delivery plan of their current 10yr strategy, Let’s Create. In it is explicit support for cultural learning and ensuring that there is a focus on the creative lives of children and young people.
Championing the arts
The Cultural Learning Alliance exists to ‘champion the right to arts and culture for every child’. They lobby and develop powerful arguments toward this, making change happen. Keep in touch with their regular briefings and key documents on the current landscape for cultural learning.
Musical fun for families
Wiltshire Music Connect are collating a new list of fun and educational musical resources for families that you and / or your children can use from home. More will be added over the next few weeks, and if you have anything to add please get in touch.
Activities for under 5s
Wiltshire Creative have created ‘smARTies activity sheets’ which can be downloaded from their website for free. Full of creative activities for young children and their grown-ups to enjoy exploring different materials, art forms and creating together.
The Invisible Museum
Pound Arts are offering a host of online content and shows for families, including a time-traveling interactive storytelling series called The Invisible Museum, plus inspiring family activity packs to get creative and have fun whilst at home!
Creative Lowdown
Being creative is helping so many people feel a bit better in lockdown and during these uncertain times, so Arts Council England are sharing some of their top inspirations and activity picks from across the country each week on their blog.
#GetCreativeAtHome
Get Creative is a national campaign that shines a light on all the great cultural activity that takes place on a regular basis in local communities and encourages people to try their hand at something new and creative. Search activities and add your own.
Art on Tour 2020
With a mission to bring the Swindon Art Collection to all four corners of the globe, Swindon Museum and Art Gallery's 'Art on Tour 2020' programme has gone digital! Welcome to Art on Tour At Home - great art, activities and inspiring ideas, direct to your sofa!
Disclaimer:
These links are being provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or an approval by the W&SCEP. While we have tried to ensure that we only provide links to reputable sources, W&SCEP bears no responsibility for the content on these external sites.
We recommend that, for safeguarding purposes, parents / carers / school staff should check that content on external sites is appropriate before using it with children and are particularly cautious where any registration, sign-ups, in-app purchases or online interaction between young people could take place.