A2:Connect brings artists and educators together

A2:Connect brings artists and teachers together to learn from each other and create meaningful opportunities for young learners to explore and develop creativity and build skills in the expressive arts. A2: Connect is the Regional Arts & Education Network for the South Central Area covering Merthyr, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Cardiff, The Vale of Glamorgan and Bridgend county boroughs.

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Advocacy & Advice

Events

Professional development

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Advocacy & Advice

The Arts Champions are a team of advocates for the arts who promote, showcase and develop new approaches to the arts in education. Initially our Arts Champions will be teachers and or teaching assistants who are passionate about the arts. The network team will also be available to give support and advice and if you need a specific type of artist we will be able to put you in touch with one or someone who knows one at the very least!

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Events

A2 Connect provides the conduit for teachers and artists to come together whether through digital means or good old face to face meetings, forums conferences or marketplace events. We will hold a termly network meeting in the region as well as collaborate on larger conferences, study visits and local forums.

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Professional development

High quality training for teachers and artists on school based arts activity developing skills and techniques at a variety of levels. We’ll be creating and commissioning a variety of types of training, finding out what courses artists and educators in the area want to see and providing opportunities for them to train together.

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Projects

Specially commissioned exemplar and research projects that champion the arts in schools. Seeking to establish new relationships between artists, arts organisations, educational institutions and schools, we will particularly target work with those schools that do currently do not have much contact with artists or experience of instigating arts projects or residencies.

A2:Connect brings artists and educators together

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Nominate Your Arts Champions 2017

Arts Champions 2017

Who is A2: Connect? We are all A2: Connect.

A2:Connect Artists Fair and Network Meeting

Primary School Multi Arts Project - Tidy!

Arts in Education Learning Group

Active Approaches to - Shakespeare

Into Film Cymru - running a film club and film literacy - a unique teachers' networking event in Barry

Visual Art Programme Targets Young Talent

Gamelan music workshops - give pupils a hands-on taste of the music of Java

Into Film Cymru - running a film club and film literacy - a unique teachers' networking event in Barry