The Outset Partners Grants Programme 2021 awarded an Impact Award to Artists in Residence. AiR connects artists with schools across the UK to co-design and carry out bespoke projects with young people and their teachers. These residencies ensure that young people in lower socio-economic areas can collaborate, experience and be inspired by outstanding artists, unleashing their creative ambitions, as well as supporting the school to provide an enriching curriculum. AiR believes that access to high-quality artistic experiences for young people needs to be prioritised more than ever. These bespoke, individualised 'residencies', co-created between artists and teachers not only address school improvement but also help to embed a framework for the development of the curriculum and professional teacher development within schools.
The Outset Partners Grant supported the academic year 2021-2022, with an expanded programme of 12 more additional state schools to benefit from the programme. This cycle included artist-led workshops, talks and events, focusing on illustration, photography and expressive drawing and involving themes of nature, fashion or climate change.
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