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Quotes
“Creativity is the freedom to explore, rejuvenate and affirm...”
—Hayley Durward, Citymoves Dance Agency
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Quotes
“Encouraging young people and children to be as creative as possible is the greatest gift a tutor or teacher can offer...”
—Keith Beattie, Education Officer, Scottish Music Centre
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Quotes
“Creativity is everything...”
—Carole Williams, National Drama Advisor, Scottish Community Drama Association
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Creative Partners
Craft Scotland
Craft Scotland is the national development agency supporting makers and promoting craft...
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Online Teaching Tools
What is Graphic Design Poster Competition
A collection of posters on Flickr submitted to a contest: come up with something creative or witty that visualises the question 'What is Graphic Design...
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Research and Policy
Research to support Schools of Ambition: final report
Provides an overview of the Schools for Ambition programme, which sought to enable 52 individual schools in Scotland to determine their priorities for a three-year period of transformation...
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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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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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Quotes
“We work a lot with the arts at the observatory, in many ways...”
—Dan Hillier, Edinburgh Observatory
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Online Teaching Tools
Marks on the Landscape
An interdisciplinary creative learning and teaching resource based around Fife Earth, an ambitious land regeneration project...
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Quotes
“The collections of Scotland's museums and galleries are a vital resource for education...”
—Helena Gillis, Museums Galleries Scotland
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Videos
Phil Hansen: The art of the imperfect
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Inspiring Moments
Mutual Curiosity: A look at participatory practice in Scotland
Scotland’s cultural sector has an excellent reputation for its participatory practice – artists and people working creatively together in communities, education contexts and other areas of public life such as social care and justice...
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Quotes
“Using our imagination, being ourselves, expressing our opinions - creativity challenges and develops the mind...”
—macrobert Young Consultant
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Quotes
“Creativity is not something gifted to the few...”
—Ken Edwards, Quality Improvement Officer, Angus Council
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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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Quotes
“Success in love involves...”
—Robert J. Sternberg, Oklahoma State University
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Quotes
“Creativity is all about bringing imagined possibilities to life: an idea, a philosophy, a mathematical formula, a work of art...”
—Dougie Irvine, Visible Fictions
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Research and Policy
How to improve the school results: not extra maths but music, loads of it
A Bradford primary school wants the world to know its newfound SATs success is down to giving all children up to six hours of music a week...
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Online Teaching Tools
Room 13 Scotland
Room 13 is a social enterprise organisation which encompasses an expanding network of linked studios worldwide...