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West Rise, School by the Marsh

A documentary about West Rise Junior School in Eastbourne, which takes a hands-on, outdoors-oriented approach to learning, informed by the school’s location on the site of a Bronze Age settlement.

16-min watch
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ARTISTEACHER Toolkit

Guidance on facilitating experimentation and creative risk-taking within the classroom using 'Which Way is Up?', a set of imaginative prompts designed by Hannah Rennie and Shepherd Manyika with Cement Fields.

2-min read
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SHIFT: A Particular Reality

Student/educator collective A Particular Reality (APR) discuss the themes underpinning their nuanced pedagogies by, with, and for marginalised and minoritised people.

11-min watch
transcript available (pdf)
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SHIFT: Michael Crowe

‘Take your time to make sure you get it wrong’ is the principle for the after-school class ‘Spaghetti Club’, explains Michael Crowe in this film describing the content and outcomes of the programme.

22-min watch
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The Studio as a Site of Community and Collective Action

A conversation on the potential for studio spaces to contribute to a diverse and inclusive art world with Dr Charlotte Bonham-Carter, Dyana Gravina, Jane Morrow, and Rosalind Nashashibi.

54-min listen
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SHIFT: Melissa Bremmer & Emiel Heijnen

Melissa Bremmer and Emiel Heijnen discuss the philosophies behind their book Wicked Arts Assignments: Practising Creativity in Contemporary Arts Education (2020), and how the assignment as artwork can help facilitate students’ creative processes.

11-min watch
transcript available (pdf)
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SHIFT: Jose Campos and Oliver Herbert

Artist teachers Jose Campos and Oliver Herbert discuss their teaching practices during lockdown; re-igniting experimentation while taking stock of 'the new normal' through using everyday materials in their remote lessons.

14-min watch
transcript available (pdf)
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Visualise: Race & Inclusion in Secondary School Art Education

A landmark research commission and report on race and inclusion in art education in the UK.

185-min read
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Resist - Things Artists Do While Learning To Teach

A documentary follows a year in the collaborative project between the Institute of Education (University College London) and Freelands Foundation.

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SHIFT: Jess Gilbert

Artist-teacher Jess Gilbert discusses her methodologies for encouraging students to play, take risks and embrace the uncertainty of process-led learning.

12-min watch
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Should We Teach Art?

Responses by Juan Bolivar, Michele Gregson and Munira Mirza, chaired by Andy Ash.

71-min listen
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Thinking Making

A documentary that explores the work of Plymouth College of Art and its pioneering approach to art education.

29-min watch
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SHIFT: Elle Andrews and Dianne Minnicucci

Artist teachers Elle Andrews and Dianne Minnicucci discuss the role of photography within the classroom, with emphasis on its ability to engage underrepresented students and foster engaging methods for communication.

21-min watch
transcript available (pdf)
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Edges of Edie Evans

A response to the practice of Edie Evans during their fellowship at Swansea College of Art. 

5-min read
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Art Schools, Place and Policy

Dr Silvie Jacobi and Dr Matthew Macaulay explore the landscape of Art Schools through tracing the impact of changes to policy on teaching, learning and public perception. 

32-min listen
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SHIFT: Chris Francis

Secondary school art lead from Bournemouth and founder of @ArtPedagogy and @PhotoPedagogy Chris Francis reflects on his approach using the prompts ‘Culture and Concepts’, ‘Mischief and Meaning’ and ‘Authenticity and Actions’. 

13-min watch
transcript available (pdf)
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SHIFT: Nicola Hepworth

Artist teacher Nicola Hepworth discusses how her decades of teaching in secondary schools in London informs her painting practice, reflecting her students and wider community.

12-min watch
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Balancing Acts: Between Abstraction and Figuration

Drawing on his extensive career teaching on Foundation courses, Sean Kaye discusses how to teach painting by not teaching painting, and the relationship between the abstract and the representational.

59-min watch
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The Unteacher: Philip Guston and pedagogy as practice

A conversation on painter Philip Guston’s relationship to teaching practice with Sepake Angiama, Dana Clancy, and Alexis Harding, chaired by Ben Street. 

92-min listen
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SHIFT: Natasha Kidd & Jo Addison

Artists Natasha Kidd and Jo Addison reflect on their collaborative practice and the participatory performances that have constituted their ongoing project #InventoryofBehaviours.

12-min watch
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What if the environment was our teacher?

A student-led film documenting the Haberdashers’ Borough Academy project, led by artist Sean Roy Parker, to imagine an eco-responsive curriculum.

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SHIFT: Daniel T. Barney

Artist and educator Daniel T. Barney explores the productive 'misuse' of tools in an exploration of artistic teaching practices that go beyond traditional curricula to enable a pedagogy of play.

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SHIFT: Sadegh Aleahmad

Artist and educator Sadegh Aleahmad explores the discourse of ‘Decolonisation of Mind’, investigating its applications in his practice and its influence on his methodology for facilitating art workshops for primary school children.

11-min watch
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Lou Blakeway: Painting Her Stories

A response to the practice of artist and 2024 Freelands Studio Fellow Lou Blakeway during her fellowship at the University of Brighton.

6-min read