Welcome to AccessArt: A Creative Community to Support Visual Arts Teaching & Learning

What You Say about AccessArt

• “This site has grown spectacularly since I last explored it. It’s inspirational and packed with ideas and action. Thanks for all the work people.”

• “…I love Access Art – I am really pleased we signed up! I am a member for my school and it has been a great inspiration even though we only recently joined.”

• “I love the site and it gives me a fresh perspective after teaching art for 20 years it’s easy to get into ruts of doing too much of the same stuff. There was one sculpture of birds that I incorporated into my curriculum this year and they are beautiful.”

• “I have enjoyed very much being a member and watching your charity grow from strength to strength. Long may it continue.”

• “The posts on Facebook that I quickly read and it triggers a little idea I can add to my lessons the next week bring art into all subjects. One such post was about making a little sketchbook. So I did! I made 70 from a paper for out year cohort to use whilst out on a field trip exploring our local area for our local history topic. No worksheets. ..just sketching.”

• “Your teaching resources are brilliant, so well worth signing up again”

• “I also wish to congratulate you on these amazing resources, it is a fantastic site.”

• “We love the AccessArt projects – they are stunning and inspirational – I have passed them on to other friends and colleagues who are equally impressed.”

• “The range of ideas and resources supports me in producing inspiring lessons for my students”

• “I have found it a hugely valuable resource, containing inspirational ideas. I particularly like the art starter
  activities and being inspired by the art week activities.”

• “AccessArt is a fantastic inspiration to my own practice as a teacher and made it a far more enjoyable experience for me too…”

• “AccessArt has given me ‘permission’ to practice my teaching in a way that I feel has integrity and links to my own personal understanding of the creative process.”

• “A great psychological support to teachers /artists carrying the creative torch! ;- )”

• “…interesting and different ideas, that are not focused on a same end product for every child, but a creative experience for every child.”

• “I am a new user to AccessArt and have been amazed at the depth and breadth of your resources. There is so much I can use and which inspires me.”
  

• “What I love about AccessArt is the open, innovative and experimental nature of the projects.”

• “AccessArt has given me the courage to experiment. Gone are the days when all the children in the class draw the same picture & in comes free thinking, new ideas, discussions and thinking outside of the box.”

• “AccessArt has made me feel like making art is a real profession that can challenge us and make us grow in ways that we never knew we could.”

• “I LOVE the resources. I have replicated 2 projects and they worked brilliantly. The photos and breakdown of each project is enormously helpful… Thank you for all your efforts, it is making a big difference to my teaching practice.”

• “Brilliant projects for my pupils with Autism that were accessible by all and created fantastic results!
  It always inspires me to try new projects. “

• “AccessArt has helped me to provide opportunities for children to be more independent in their work and gain the skills they need to progress as artists.”

• “Being featured on AccessArt has really given weight to what I am doing. I love the openness and sharing involved through AccessArt.

• “As a freelance artist and workshop leader it has been almost like having a friend to bounce ideas around with, getting so many balls rolling, and inspiring many projects.”

• “Really good to know there’s a community out there as when you are almost always leading
  projects alone. Great, thank you.”

• “What i particularly like are the warm up exercises for drawing that you share with us –
  particularly good at putting the kids at ease with the drawing process – and the projects can be followed easily.”