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Education and Engagement
Young at Art is dedicated to enriching the lives of children in Northern Ireland through the arts.
As part of this commitment, Young at Art delivers a host of engagement programmes for children, young people, and adults in several areas of art and creativity. These programmes aim to ensure that quality arts engagement and education are accessible to all children and young people, and to the adults in their lives.
CREATIVE CHILD - arts-based engagement programme working with nursery and primary school children, their teachers and parents
CREATIVE TEACHER - teacher development programme designed to mentor and support teachers in creative learning techniques
VISUAL ARTS ENGAGEMENT - special participant-led engagement projects such as COLOUR OF SOUND and HOME
Creative Child
Creative Child is a programme of direct contact creative experiences using arts-based engagement to explore and foster confidence, imaginative skills, and critical thinking skills with children.
Creative Teacher
Creative Teacher is a two-year teacher development programme designed to mentor and support teachers in creative learning techniques.
Access all areas
Access All Areas is an access and engagement programme for children and young people with special needs, learning disabilities, including those with neurodiverse and/or autistic spectrum conditions and other sensory or communication needs that ran during BCF20.
Journeys and Stories
Journeys and Stories is a school’s engagement programme exploring the challenges faced by newcomers to Belfast. The project was developed in partnership with and piloted in Fane Street Primary School in Spring 2020.