Case Studies
Supporting Arts Award in Libraries in Southampton
Date Created: 13th Apr 2016
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In 2015, we built on existing project work to support Southampton Libraries to continue their partnership work with Element Arts. Also involved in this work were Theatre in a bag and Southampton Scrapstore. The project’s aims were as follows:
- Train three more library staff as Arts Award Discover advisers
- Increase the amount of children completing Arts Award Discover
- Provide cultural and artistic opportunities for children in libraries, free of charge
- Further embed Arts Award as a cultural offer from public libraries (in the same way that the Summer Reading Challenge has become a part of many children’s early cultural lives)
Children were provided with creative crafting opportunities based on the theme of ‘dinosaurs’, and were encouraged to borrow dinosaur-themed books from Southampton Libraries. Arts Award Discover was delivered to over 100 children.
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