upcoming Zoom CPD
AccessArt is committed to helping educators and artists develop their passion for teaching art, and to better understand the AccessArt approach.
We do this through:
– A programme of Zoom sessions (below). The majority of our Zoom CPD sessions are offered free of charge to AccessArt members, whilst our collaborative CPD is offered at a reduced price for AccessArt members.
– Our evolving library of recorded sessions, available for AccessArt members to access.
– Our in-person sessions at our studio in Cambridgeshire. Our in-person sessions at the AccessArt Lab provide an opportunity for participants to help test and create content for the AccessArt website, and at the same time to inspire new ways of thinking about visual arts pedagogy.
– The AccessArt Artist Educator Network
Approaches to Drawing in the Primary Art Curriculum
Wednesday 14th January 2026
5.00 pm – 6.30 pm (via Zoom)
£35 Non-Members / £25 for AccessArt Members and trainee teachers
Aimed at: KS1/2 classroom teachers, art leads, SLT
“Drawing is an intellectual activity that should be embedded as a medium for learning across the curriculum”. – Eileen Adams
In this online session, Art Consultant Susan Coles will be joined by subject specialists to show how drawing can be used to enhance and broaden your Primary Curriculum, enabling the creative development in all learners.
Please note that this session will not be recorded.
In the Studio: The AccessArt Treehouse Challenge
Wednesday 4th March 2026
4.00 pm – 4.30 pm (via Zoom)
Free for AccessArt Members.
Aimed at: Home educators, educators working within vulnerable settings such as CAMHS, ESBA, hospitals, neuroinclusive spaces, nurture groups, care homes, youth offender institutions, extracurricular providers such as galleries, museums and community clubs, teachers and artist educators.
Join us for the launch of an AccessArt Treehouse Challenge! We’ll guide you through a series of simple, two-handed experimental drawing exercises designed to challenge traditional ideas of what makes a “good” drawing. These creative prompts invite you and your learners to let go of perfection, lean into curiosity, and celebrate the joy of the process. The activity is suitable for learners aged 11 and above but can be enjoyed with additional guidance by younger learners.
Join in with the exercises or simply listen and watch along — everyone is welcome!
This session will be recorded and available to AccessArt Members a few days after the event.
Unlocking Creative Confidence: What AccessArt Offers ITT Providers and Trainees
Wednesday 11th March 2026
9.30 am – 10.30 am (via Zoom)
Free for AccessArt Members and non-members
Aimed at: ITT providers across the UK, trainee teachers
Join us online for a session aimed at ITT providers and trainees and discover how AccessArt’s inspiring library of resources helps deliver an art-rich education that broadens children’s creative and cultural experiences and develops essential skills for life and work.
This online event will demonstrate how AccessArt can support ITT providers and trainee teachers in embedding rigorous arts pedagogy into their planning, while celebrating the unique skills and opportunities that art brings to the curriculum.
This session will be recorded and available to AccessArt Members a few days after the event.
Other Ways To Access CPD…
In-Person Sessions
CPD LIbrary
Collaborative Sessions
Artist Educator Network
