Zoom CPD

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

Other Ways To Access CPD…

In-Person Sessions

CPD LIbrary

Collaborative Sessions

Artist Educator Network

February

Making the Key Stage 3 Curriculum Engaging and Relevant for all Learners

The Tiny Art School Movement: Spotlight

March

Introduction to using Sketchbooks for Primary Schools

Drawing as a Medium and a Skill Across Primary Art Craft Design

Panel Event: Spaces and Skills to Nurture Creative Thought & Action

Drawing for Purpose KS3

April

Equity in the ACD Classroom: Where Have All The Boys Gone?

May

AccessArt and International Schools

Artist Educator Spotlight

Book Now

Making the Key Stage 3 Curriculum Engaging and Relevant for all Learners

Monday 3rd February
5.00pm-7.00pm (Via Zoom)
£35 for Non-Members / £25 for AccessArt Members and Trainee Teachers

Aimed at: KS3 &KS4 Teachers, SLT, Artist Educators

How can we create a curriculum that is engaging and relevant to all learners in KS3?

How can this help to increase the number of learners who choose to take art as an option subject in KS4?

In this session run by Susan Coles, we will explore how skills and creativity can be taught together in KS3 to foster exploration, cultural diversity, critical analysis and personal expression. Combining traditional techniques with digital media we ask how we can celebrate these skills, so learners feel encouraged to solve real-world problems through art.

Susan will be joined by Becky Mizon, Director of Creative Studies at Ormiston Victory Academy Norwich.

This session will NOT be recorded.

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The Tiny Art School Movement: Spotlight

Wednesday 12th February
11.00am-12.00pm (Via Zoom)
Free for AccessArt Members

Aimed at: Artists & Artist Educators

AccessArt is creating a body of work to explore, celebrate and promote the notion of “Tiny Art Schools” across the UK. Tapping into existing practice and innovation, we’ll be sharing how artist educators are working with their audiences, using community centres, village halls, and private studio spaces as art education labs to build creative and economic communities of all sizes.

At this online event, AccessArt will talk more about the importance of artist educators stepping forward to inspire communities. We’ll hear from John and Sarah Gamble from Art School Ilkley; and artist educator Inbal Leitner, who will share their inclusive and diverse offer to the art education community and their journey towards achieving this. 

This session will be recorded and available to AccessArt Members after the event. Attend the live session for an opportunity to win books!

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Introduction to Using Sketchbooks for Primary Schools

Monday 3rd March
5.00-7.00pm (Via Zoom)
£35 Non-Members / £25 for AccessArt Members and Trainee Teachers.

Aimed at: Artists, Educators working in all settings, in particular EYFS, and Primary Schools, Home, Community and Museum & Gallery Education

In this online session, you will learn the importance of developing the sketchbook habit in primary schools and understand the importance of the creative process in art, craft and design. This session will share examples from schools, AccessArt, and artists, and weave in some interesting art history references. Susan Coles (Art Consultant) and Mandy Barrett (Gomersal Primary School lead practitioner) will host this session, alongside artist Jo Blaker.

Please have a sketchbook or paper and pencils nearby, so that we can do a quick practical warm-up activity.

Please note, this session will NOT be recorded.

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Drawing as a Medium and a Skill Across Primary Art Craft Design

Monday 17th March
5.00-7.00pm (Via Zoom)
£35 Non-Members / £25 for AccessArt Members and Trainee Teachers.

Aimed at: Artists, Educators working in all settings, in particular EYFS, and Primary Schools, Home, Community and Museum & Gallery Education

Drawing is important across all Key Stages and underpins our art curriculums, but do we truly explore drawing for purpose in Primary education?

Drawing is versatile, whether it’s a scribbled sketch or a detailed observation. Drawings need to be understood not just as an end in themselves, but as cognitive, conceptual and expressive tools in making art and developing ideas.

Join Art Consultant Susan Coles and lead practitioners Mandy Barrett (Gomersal Primary School) and artist Jo Blaker to find out more and to see a range of activities which help you to understand the importance and diversity of drawing.

FOR THIS SESSION PLEASE HAVE SOME DRAWING MATERIALS, PENCILS, PAPER, PAIR OF SCISSORS HANDY AS WE WILL BE DOING SOME QUICK ACTIVITIES THAT YOU CAN USE IN THE CLASSROOM.

Please note, this session will NOT be recorded.

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Panel Event: Spaces and Skills to Nurture Creative Thought & Action

Wednesday 19th March
4.00pm-5.00pm (Via Zoom)
Free for AccessArt Members

Aimed at: Artists, Educators working in all settings, including EYFS, Primary and Secondary Schools, Sixth Form Colleges, Further and Higher Education, Home, Community and Museum & Gallery Education

The Work Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Survey: Insights Report (2023) highlighted creative thinking as one of the most important skills for workers.

In this online session, we’ll be joined by FE Art Lead and Artist, Toby Saville, and Sculptor and Lecturer, Silke Dettmers to discuss how we can develop approaches to creative thought and action through art. We’ll also look at the things which hinder creativity, and discuss how, as teachers, we can become creative facilitators.  

This session will be recorded and available to AccessArt Members after the event. Attend the live session for an opportunity to win books!

Book Now

Drawing for Purpose KS3

Wednesday 26th March
4.00pm-5.00pm (Via Zoom)
£35 Non-Members / £25 for AccessArt Members and Trainee Teachers.

Aimed at: KS3 &KS4 Teachers, SLT, Artist Educators

“Drawing is an intellectual activity that should be embedded as a medium for learning across the curriculum”. – Eileen Adams

Drawing can and should be more than a representational observation of an object. Drawing and mark-making should be used to engage students in expression, communication, critical-thinking, recording and visualising.

In this online session, Art Consultant Susan Coles will be joined by Becky Mizon, Director of Creative Studies at Ormiston Victory Academy; and Caroline Whelan, Leader of Learning for the Art department at Heath Park School in Wolverhampton.

This session will show how drawing can enhance and broaden your curriculum and how challenging the perception of what drawing enables creative development for all learners.

Please note, this session will NOT be recorded.

Book Now

Equity in the ACD Classroom: Where Have All The Boys Gone?

Saturday 5th April
Full day – 10.00am-12.00pm, one hour break, 1.00pm-3.00pm (Via Zoom)

£35 Non-Members / £25 for AccessArt Members and Trainee Teachers.

Aimed at: KS1, KS2, KS3 & KS4 Teachers, SLT, Artist Educators

The return of this popular and highly successful CPD run by Art consultant Susan Coles will explore the issues we face in engaging boys in the art curriculum.

Using research and evidence we will discuss how you can develop more inclusive learning models at all Key Stages and make the subject meaningful, relevant and engaging to 21st century learners, in a changed post pandemic world.

This session will support you to develop realistic and achievable strategies to make changes, to identify your own CPD needs and to achieve the goal of getting boys back into art, craft and design.

Please note, this session will NOT be recorded.

Book Now

AccessArt and International Schools

Tuesday 6th May,
1.00pm-2.00pm (Via Zoom)
Free for AccessArt Members and Non-Members

Aimed at: Teachers following an English Curriculum or equivalent, at schools overseas.

The AccessArt community is far-reaching, and we are thrilled to see a growing number of international schools using our resources to build and sustain an exciting art curriculum.  

If you work in an international school or live outside the UK, join us at this online event to explore what AccessArt can offer the communities you represent. We’ll be joined by an international school currently using AccessArt to share how they have adapted our resources to enrich their curriculum. We also hope the event will be an opportunity for you to make contact with other art educators in different countries and share experiences and inspiration. 

This session is suitable for those working in all educational settings overseas, but particularly for those working in schools and as home educators.  

This event is free and open to all (you do not have to be an AccessArt member).

This session will be recorded and available to AccessArt Members after the event. Attend the live session for an opportunity to win books!

Book Now

Artist Educator Spotlight

Thursday 15th May, 11.00am-12.00pm (Via Zoom)
Free for AccessArt Members

Aimed at: Artists, Educators working in all settings, in particular EYFS, and Primary Schools, Home, Community and Museum & Gallery Education

To celebrate our community of artist educators, we will interview an established artist educator about their past and current work in the art education community.  

Artist educators form a core group in the AccessArt community and hold a unique position in being able to bring a fresh and ‘disruptive’ approach to classrooms and other educational settings. 

To showcase this, an artist educator and member of the AccessArt community will be sharing what it means to be an artist educator today, and how the two strands of their practice feed into one another, enabling them to bring her ideas and skills to a younger audience. 

This session will be recorded and available to AccessArt Members after the event. Attend the live session for an opportunity to win books!

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Zoom CPD

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

Other Ways To Access CPD…

In-Person Sessions

CPD LIbrary

Collaborative Sessions

Artist Educator Network

February

March

April

May

Monday 3rd February 5.00pm-7.00pm (Via Zoom)£35 for Non-Members / £25 for AccessArt Members and Trainee Teachers

Aimed at: KS3 &KS4 Teachers, SLT, Artist Educators

How can we create a curriculum that is engaging and relevant to all learners in KS3?

How can this help to increase the number of learners who choose to take art as an option subject in KS4?

Susan will be joined by Becky Mizon, Director of Creative Studies at Ormiston Victory Academy Norwich.

This session will NOT be recorded.

Wednesday 12th February11.00am-12.00pm (Via Zoom)Free for AccessArt Members

Aimed at: Artists & Artist Educators

This session will be recorded and available to AccessArt Members after the event. Attend the live session for an opportunity to win books!

Monday 3rd March5.00-7.00pm (Via Zoom)£35 Non-Members / £25 for AccessArt Members and Trainee Teachers.

Aimed at: Artists, Educators working in all settings, in particular EYFS, and Primary Schools, Home, Community and Museum & Gallery Education

Please note, this session will NOT be recorded.

Monday 17th March5.00-7.00pm (Via Zoom)£35 Non-Members / £25 for AccessArt Members and Trainee Teachers.

Aimed at: Artists, Educators working in all settings, in particular EYFS, and Primary Schools, Home, Community and Museum & Gallery Education

Wednesday 19th March4.00pm-5.00pm (Via Zoom)Free for AccessArt Members

Aimed at: Artists, Educators working in all settings, including EYFS, Primary and Secondary Schools, Sixth Form Colleges, Further and Higher Education, Home, Community and Museum & Gallery Education

The Work Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Survey: Insights Report (2023) highlighted creative thinking as one of the most important skills for workers.

This session will be recorded and available to AccessArt Members after the event. Attend the live session for an opportunity to win books!

Wednesday 26th March4.00pm-5.00pm (Via Zoom)£35 Non-Members / £25 for AccessArt Members and Trainee Teachers.

Aimed at: KS3 &KS4 Teachers, SLT, Artist Educators

“Drawing is an intellectual activity that should be embedded as a medium for learning across the curriculum”. – Eileen Adams

Drawing can and should be more than a representational observation of an object. Drawing and mark-making should be used to engage students in expression, communication, critical-thinking, recording and visualising.

In this online session, Art Consultant Susan Coles will be joined by Becky Mizon, Director of Creative Studies at Ormiston Victory Academy; and Caroline Whelan, Leader of Learning for the Art department at Heath Park School in Wolverhampton.

This session will show how drawing can enhance and broaden your curriculum and how challenging the perception of what drawing enables creative development for all learners.

Please note, this session will NOT be recorded.

Saturday 5th AprilFull day – 10.00am-12.00pm, one hour break, 1.00pm-3.00pm (Via Zoom)

£35 Non-Members / £25 for AccessArt Members and Trainee Teachers.

Aimed at: KS1, KS2, KS3 & KS4 Teachers, SLT, Artist Educators

The return of this popular and highly successful CPD run by Art consultant Susan Coles will explore the issues we face in engaging boys in the art curriculum.

Using research and evidence we will discuss how you can develop more inclusive learning models at all Key Stages and make the subject meaningful, relevant and engaging to 21st century learners, in a changed post pandemic world.

This session will support you to develop realistic and achievable strategies to make changes, to identify your own CPD needs and to achieve the goal of getting boys back into art, craft and design.

Please note, this session will NOT be recorded.

Tuesday 6th May, 1.00pm-2.00pm (Via Zoom)Free for AccessArt Members and Non-Members

Aimed at: Teachers following an English Curriculum or equivalent, at schools overseas.

The AccessArt community is far-reaching, and we are thrilled to see a growing number of international schools using our resources to build and sustain an exciting art curriculum.

This session is suitable for those working in all educational settings overseas, but particularly for those working in schools and as home educators.

This event is free and open to all (you do not have to be an AccessArt member).

This session will be recorded and available to AccessArt Members after the event. Attend the live session for an opportunity to win books!

Thursday 15th May, 11.00am-12.00pm (Via Zoom)Free for AccessArt Members

Aimed at: Artists, Educators working in all settings, in particular EYFS, and Primary Schools, Home, Community and Museum & Gallery Education

To celebrate our community of artist educators, we will interview an established artist educator about their past and current work in the art education community.

Artist educators form a core group in the AccessArt community and hold a unique position in being able to bring a fresh and ‘disruptive’ approach to classrooms and other educational settings.

To showcase this, an artist educator and member of the AccessArt community will be sharing what it means to be an artist educator today, and how the two strands of their practice feed into one another, enabling them to bring her ideas and skills to a younger audience.

This session will be recorded and available to AccessArt Members after the event. Attend the live session for an opportunity to win books!

Monday 3rd February
5.00pm-7.00pm (Via Zoom)
£35 for Non-Members / £25 for AccessArt Members and Trainee Teachers

Wednesday 12th February
11.00am-12.00pm (Via Zoom)
Free for AccessArt Members

Monday 3rd March
5.00-7.00pm (Via Zoom)
£35 Non-Members / £25 for AccessArt Members and Trainee Teachers.

Monday 17th March
5.00-7.00pm (Via Zoom)
£35 Non-Members / £25 for AccessArt Members and Trainee Teachers.

Wednesday 19th March
4.00pm-5.00pm (Via Zoom)
Free for AccessArt Members

Wednesday 26th March
4.00pm-5.00pm (Via Zoom)
£35 Non-Members / £25 for AccessArt Members and Trainee Teachers.

Saturday 5th April
Full day – 10.00am-12.00pm, one hour break, 1.00pm-3.00pm (Via Zoom)

Tuesday 6th May,
1.00pm-2.00pm (Via Zoom)
Free for AccessArt Members and Non-Members

The AccessArt community is far-reaching, and we are thrilled to see a growing number of international schools using our resources to build and sustain an exciting art curriculum.  

This session is suitable for those working in all educational settings overseas, but particularly for those working in schools and as home educators.  

Thursday 15th May, 11.00am-12.00pm (Via Zoom)
Free for AccessArt Members

To celebrate our community of artist educators, we will interview an established artist educator about their past and current work in the art education community.  

Artist educators form a core group in the AccessArt community and hold a unique position in being able to bring a fresh and ‘disruptive’ approach to classrooms and other educational settings. 

To showcase this, an artist educator and member of the AccessArt community will be sharing what it means to be an artist educator today, and how the two strands of their practice feed into one another, enabling them to bring her ideas and skills to a younger audience. 