Arts & Extended Services

This programme of work has been commissioned by Cornwall Arts Partnership with match funding from Creative Partnerships and is being delivered by KEAP, Creative Partnerships and The Works with KEAP having the overall management.

The aim of the programme is to ensure that the Arts are firmly embedded into the Extended Services offer and that networks understand potential offered by the arts and creative sector, help them to develop partnerships and know where to go to make contact, links and find information.

The programme will be delivered through 3 strands- Support, Information & Signposting, Training, & Action Research.

Support, Information & Signposting

KEAP is an Arts Education Partnership (one of 9 across the SW) and is a passionate advocate for arts and creativity in education and encourages dynamic partnerships between teachers and creative practitioners. We provide information, support and guidance; advise schools on working with artists of all disciplines; and support artists and arts organisations in developing their education work. KEAP is involved with various programmes of work from Early Years to Gifted and Talented, both in and out of school, and across networks of teachers and organisations.

KEAP is meeting with all the extended services network co-ordinators to flag up its services and to ensure they have the resources for programming arts activities, such linking them up with creative practitioners and arts partners and making them aware of opportunities from the arts sector. KEAP has an extensive database of artists working in education across every art form and has excellent relationships with many arts organisations across Cornwall.

We also want to get a picture of the support network coordinators need from the Arts Sector to deliver on their ambitions.

Training

KEAP is building on the Training for After School Art Clubs, currently piloted in primary schools around Falmouth, Penryn and Redruth, to include artists from other disciplines and in other geographical areas. This training aims to equip practitioners with the skills to undertake work in primary schools in line with the needs of the extended schools programme and create a network of local artists as a resource for the school.

This programme is also linked with the Creative Partnerships Cultivate Programme which is exploring how to build cultural capacity from a grass roots level in N & SE Cornwall.
It also has strong links with the Youth Arts Partnership and the development of a Youth Arts Offer for Cornwall.

Action Research

The Action Research part of this programme focuses on young people and how they can shape and take a lead in their extended services offer. It moves on a step from art form specific clubs, and involves interesting projects which strengthen young people’s involvement in their community. There will be one project in each district and all are at early stages of development and activity is likely to be in the autumn term.