We’re glad you’re here. AccessArt is a Subject Association for Art and a Registered Charity, supporting our members to help inspire and enable high-quality art education, and advocate for the importance of art in all our lives.
We hope you enjoy exploring. If you have any questions, please get in touch.
Thought Piece: 3 Lenses
A recording of the presentation given by Paula Briggs, CEO & Creative Director AccessArt, at the July 2025 All Party Parliamentary Group for Art, Craft and Design Education.
In this presentation, Paula shares three lenses which inform our current thinking about what art education needs from us right now.
Find more Thought Pieces from AccessArt here
AccessArt Treehouse
The government’s statistics show 20% of pupils are “persistent absentees”, and many more parents and learners find a more appropriate education outside the formal education system.
AccessArt Treehouse ensures that ALL pupils can access a high-quality art education, at a time when they need it the most. Find out more…
New Resource: Glimpses and Folds
Create a foldable sketchbook of life drawings that collapses into a single tiny image, offering fleeting glimpses of everything you’ve seen and captured. See the resource
Latest Resources
We work in collaboration with artists and educators and we also create content in house. The resources are designed to inspire and enable open-ended creative learning and to make the visual arts as accessible, relevant and engaging as possible.
See all our resources here
Art in times of ill health
Laura McKendry shares her journey as an artist educator into the Art and Health space. Explore here
co-design in the classroom
Find out how you can use co-design in your educational space to empower your learners. Explore here
Dreaming with Watercolour
Laura McKendry explores watercolour techniques and varied mark-making tools to work towards a series of outcomes with a group of SEND adults. Explore here
The AccessArt Primary Art Curriculum
AccessArt is perhaps best known for our innovative yet accessible way to teach art in Primary School. Explore everything you need to know about our approach and resources here.
We have thousands of schools using the new AccessArt Primary Art Curriculum, and the feedback has been great. If you’re looking to increase confidence, enthusiasm and knowledge amongst both pupils and teachers, then you are in the right place.
Find out more about our curriculum
Find out everything you need to know about the much talked about AccessArt Primary Art Curriculum
User Survey Report October 2023
Explore user feedback a year on from the release of the AccessArt Curriculum
What makes our curriculum unique?
Find out what makes the AccessArt Curriculum so special
Additional Pathways
Explore Additional Pathways created to integrate into the Primary Art Curriculum
Join the first-ever AccessArt Art Week this Summer!
This Summer, dedicate a week to the theme “Flourish” and celebrate all things growth!
The Art Week is designed for ages 5 to 11. It’s fully flexible, so you choose activities which will suit your school/setting, and fit in with your timetable.
Best of all, it’s completely free to take part in the AccessArt Art Week for all AccessArt members! Whether you are a school, home educator, family, or artist educator working in a community setting, please join us! Find out more…
Pedagogy: What Is Material Literacy?
AccessArt works hard to build understanding of best practice in art teaching and learning. Explore our latest Pedagogy resource: What is Material Literacy.
Explore all pedagogy resources here.
Upcoming cpd
Welcome to the Autumn Term CPD program of Zoom events aimed at supporting and connecting educators across a variety of educational settings.
Explore all upcoming CPD here.
In the Studio: sketchbook share
Thursday 25th September
4.00 pm – 4.45 pm (Via Zoom)
Free for AccessArt Members
In the studio: the accessart treehouse challenge
Thursday 16th October
4.00 pm – 4.30 pm (Via Zoom)
Free for AccessArt Members
Panel Event: The Cultural Learning Alliance Capabilities Framework
Monday 20th October
4.00 pm – 5.00 pm (Via Zoom)
Free for AccessArt Members and Non-Members
LATEST CPD RECORDINGS
Most of our CPD sessions are recorded for our full AccessArt members to access after the event.
Explore our evolving collection of CPD session recordings here.
Session Recording: Artist Educator Spotlight
Jake Spicer shares his journey from setting up Draw Brighton and co-founding Mawddach Residency to the conversion of a Primary School into a Tiny Art School
Session Recording: AccessArt Art Week 2024 - flourish!
In this session recording, we introduced AccessArt Art Week 2025: Flourish! We shared lots of tips to help with your preparations and answered any questions
Session Recording: AccessArt and International schools
Explore what AccessArt can offer communities across the world
Find your Community
Find out about the audiences we serve…
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AccessArt is 25 Years Old!
Find out more about our story.
We are so proud and grateful to our 24,000+ members, and we are excited about where we all go next. Thank you for being part of the AccessArt journey.
