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Quotes
“"The Creative Industries consistently punch well above their weight, outperforming all the other main industry sectors, and are a powerhouse within the UK economy...”
—Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Maria Miller
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Online Teaching Tools
App smashing for teachers: The power of app cross-pollination
TED Education article on stringing multiple tablet apps together to create, synthesise and adapt...
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Research and Policy
STEM to STEAM website
STEM + Art = STEAM In this climate of economic uncertainty, America is once again turning to innovation as the way to ensure a prosperous future...
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Inspiring Moments
Y-Dance Active Case Studies
Y-Dance are working in partnership with Sportscotland to deliver the Active Girls Project, supporting girls in both school and community settings to become more physically active through dance...
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Creative Partners
Making Music
Making Music is the UK’s membership organisation for leisure-time music, with over 3,600 groups representing around 200,000 music makers across the UK...
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Research and Policy
SQA Qualifications - Creative and Cultural Skills
There are approximately 3,000 businesses in Scotland employing 57,000 people within the Creative and Cultural Skills sector...
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Creative Partners
Scottish Ballet
Scottish Ballet, founded in 1969, is Scotland’s national dance company...
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Creative Partners
The Necessary Space
The Necessary Space was created to continue the work that Simon Sharkey pioneered as one of the founding directors of National Theatre of Scotland...
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Creative Partners
Horsecross Arts
Horsecross Arts Ltd runs Perth Theatre and Perth Concert Hall...
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Videos
Whole-school creativity challenge - Cawdor Primary School
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Online Teaching Tools
Rainstorms and Symphonies: Performing Arts Bring Abstract Concepts to Life
Edutopia article on what happens when early elementary teachers integrate music and theatre - student learning improves in reading, math, and science as they become better critical thinkers and problem solvers...
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Videos
Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off
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Creative Partners
Resilience Through Creativity from Comedy & Confidence SQA Training Centre
Resilience Through Creativity™ training the trainer program...
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Online Teaching Tools
Five top tips to run a successful design workshop
Based on the information in seperate guides for teaching design in primary and secondary settings, this article summarises the top five tips that will help to inform the quality of teaching when leading a design workshop, across all levels and settings...
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Quotes
“Science and arts are not an either/or...”
—Creative Industries Federation
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Creative Partners
David Hughes Dance Productions
If you see David Hughes Dance perform you will not forget it - that is a promise...
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Creative Partners
Youth Theatre Arts Scotland
Youth Theatre Arts Scotland (YTAS) is the national development organisation and umbrella body for Scotland’s youth theatre sector...
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Creative Partners
National Galleries of Scotland
Do you want to be inspired...
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Research and Policy
Artists and teachers resource
This ArtWorks Scotland resource has been developed for teachers and artists looking to embed creativity into school plans, offering relevant policy, evaluation and funding information, tips on planning together and case studies from artists and teachers who have worked in partnership...
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Creative Partners
Woodend Barn
Since 1994, Woodend Barn has grown into the leading multi-arts organisation in North East Scotland...