Flight Paths

Arts in Education Training for Exiled Artists 2005

Are you an artist? Are you interested in working in schools?

Oval House, The Lyric Theatre Hammersmith and Greenwich and Lewisham’s Young People’s Theatre are currently developing a series of training programmes for exiled and refugee artists. For the third year running, eight artists will be offered the opportunity to take part in a training programme consisting of a two day training course followed by work experience with a London based arts organisation. The 2005 course will begin in September. 

The course will give artist:

• An introduction to arts in education
• A brief insight into working in schools
• Information on the curriculum and classroom practice
• Practical ideas
• Guidance on planning arts in education sessions
• An introduction to a professional art in education organisation

Throughout the course each artist will receive mentoring from an experienced arts-in-education practitioner. This will provide an opportunity for one-to-one discussion and ensure that the trainee develops the necessary information, understanding, confidence and skills to enable them to work in schools.

Aims and Objectives

He training programme aims to:

• Provide a full and comprehensive arts-in-education training. This will include individual needs assessment, a two-day training course, up to 10 days work experience and career advice and guidance.
• Provide important and meaningful relationships with arts organisations that have the potential to provide future work and support.
• Provide a work experience programme that enables the trainee artist to work with a more experienced practitioner as a mentor and benefit from this one to one attention.
• Provide a quality of practical training and work experience that will enable the artists to find work in various arts-in-education projects and not just those specifically dedicated to working with children who speak English as an additional language.
• Nurture and support the participating artists, raise their self-esteem and give them the confidence and knowledge to find their way in the job market.
• Build a database of exiled artists detailing experience and expertise, to be available to other art-in-education employers across London.
• Provide opportunities for work in future Oval House, Lyric and GYPT projects as well as in the other host organisations.
• Raise the profile and status of the artists, paving the way towards a recognition of their worth as artists and increasing awareness of the contribution refugee and exiled artists have to make to the arts.
• Create a supportive network of artists and arts-in-education practitioners.

Contact Stella Barnes Head of Arts Education for more information:

Email: stella.barnes@ovalhouse.com

Telephone: 020 7582 6279