Thrive Digital Action Reseach Bursary

How can we create an atmosphere of creative magic and support through a distance engagement subscription?

 

Arts Connect commissioned us to explore this research question. Building upon our learning from the JQ Makes Spotlight on the Street project we want to explore a sustainable model for artists to work with schools post pandemic.

We’ve been on courses, attended conferences, tried new platforms and are about to deliver a pilot test of some of this thinking as part of our Spotlight on the Street project.

We are still on a journey to understand if this is possible, whether schools have an appetite and the infrastructure to buy into such an approach.

The Intention

 

We are seeking to create a working manifesto and subscription model for translating in person delivery to distance and digital engagement. There is magic and energy when artists directly deliver and develop creative programmes with children and young people in real life and we’re seeking to identify the right mix to ensure this remains integral in the relationship between schools and artists.

The technological and physical distance creates automatic barriers that need to be addressed from the planning stages. Distance learning has been an established delivery mechanism for decades, YouTube and an internet search has been the skills development library at the fingertips of the current generation of children and young people since birth.

We all assume that the lockdown periods have transformed how we see and are capable of, distance learning from the youngest to the oldest of us. In reality, there might be a greater shift away from so much digital activity. This period has highlighted the data poverty barrier of engagement for so many and the challenges faced by schools in delivering learning. The below gives you an insight into our journey so far.

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