Arts Education in Practice: Professional Development Award
Arts Education in Practice: Professional Development Award
Children in Scotland managed the national pilot project of the Arts Education in Practice Professional Development Award - a new SQA accredited qualification for arts practitioners who work in either formal or informal education and community contexts in Scotland. The pilot project was supported by the Scottish Arts Council and Aberdeen City Council was involved from the outset in the steering group who planned the course, seeing a vital role for such a course in supporting artists to be prepared for working in community settings, and for ensuring communities get the quality 'cultural experience they deserve.
Mandy Clarke, a Community Arts Officer with considerable experience of working in the field, was one of nineteen arts practitioners participating in the pilot. A bronze casting project was devised as part of her work developed with
the Torry Community and chosen as her work based learning project. During this time she investigated her own art form and practice with the context of Arts Development work.
For further information about the Arts Education in Practice Professional Development Award pilot project visit the Children in Scotland website: www.childreninscotland.org.uk
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