Arts In Warwickshire Education are inviting entries from Warwickshire young people aged 14 to 19 in a competition to find original artwork of the highest quality for permanent display in the public areas of the new Warwickshire Justice Centre in Leamington Spa. Read More >

This half term Big on Play commissioned Weapons of Sound - the UK's most eco-friendly band, to run free workshops to inspire children by using recycled materials to provide infectious rhythmic music on drums.

Recycled Music hits the right notes - Leamington Observer Thursday November 20, 2008

"The sound of green music could be heard in Leamington recently.

Youngsters made some noise at a series of unique eco-friendly music workshops using recycled instruments.

Arts in Warwickshire Education service WEAVE (Warwickshire Enviro Arts Vision for Education), provided the recycled materials for the workshops. The service, which offers a creative recycling resource for schools, pre-schools, further education and community groups to explore new ways of re-using waste materials, is currently involved in a number of projects throughout the county."

You can read more about Weapons of Sound on our Projects page.

Artsmark Round 9 is open. The closing date for applications is the 21st November. Schools will need local authority endorsement of their applications. It is important that we receive these (electronically to amandamorel@warwickshire.gov.uk) by Tuesday 11th November, otherwise we cannot promise that they can be returned within the time remaining before the Arts Council deadline.

N.B. The Artsmark website is advertising two Artsmark training events in the West Midlands at Stafford Gatehouse Theatre:

29th September (Part 1)

5th November (Part 2)

For more information please visit http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/artsmark/

Celebrating the move of Arts in Warwickshire Education to Whitnash Primary School. we are hosting our Warwickshire Artsweek exhibition which showcases the creative work of pupils of Year 6 and artists Emily Warner and Barbara Jones. Year 6 pupils explored the theme of memories and transition from Primary to Secondary School. The exhibition is open to the public from Monday 7th July to Saturday 19th July, 1pm to 5pm (closed Sunday 13th July).

All are welcome to visit the show please click here for futher details http://www.warwickshireartsweek.co.uk/

Please take a look at our images from the Private View on Monday 7th July > images

Congratulations to the thirteen Warwickshire Schools that have been awarded Artsmark in this year's round. They have been invited to receive their awards, alongside schools from fourteen West Midlands authorities, at the regional Artsmark celebration event to be held at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon on the 16th July.

Ash Green School Artsmark Gold

Bridge Town Prmary School Artsmark

Campion School and Community College Artsmark Silver

Henry Hinde Infant School Artsmark Gold

Kenilworth School and Sports College Artsmark Silver

Newburgh Primary School Artsmark Silver

Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College Artsmark Silver

North Leamington Community School and Arts College Artsmark Gold

Shottery St. Andrew's C. Of E. Primary School Artsmark Gold

St. Augustine's Catholic Primary School Artsmark

St. Nicholas C. Of E. (Voluntary Aided) Primary School Artsmark Gold

Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls, A Specialist Language College Artsmark Silver

The Dassett C. Of E. Primary School Artsmark Silver

Warwickshire schools have been involved in all aspects of planning the celebration event and will also be involved in presenting performances and display work as well as backstage support. These include, Brooke Special School, Harris School, Manor Park Community School, Round Oak School & Support Service, Clapham Terrace Primary School, St Paul's CE Primary School, St. Marie's Catholic Junior School, Telford Infants School and Welcombe Hills School.

Artist Matt Shaw, Chair of Warwick District Council Judith Falp & Consort

Big on Play is funded by the Big Lottery and will provide children and young people from the Warwick District access to a diversity of creative play opportunities at a wide range of indoor and outdoor locations including parks, leisure centres, community buildings and other green spaces. The children will be able to create play environments that are totally individual providing spaces that are constantly changing so they will want to return time and time again.

The project will be run by the highly experienced WEAVE (Warwickshire's Enviro Arts Vision for Education) team from Warwickshire County Council.who have already produced some outstanding play initiatives in the area.

The project will also include the use of natural materials in outdoor environments facilitated by the Warwickshire branch of the British Trust Conservation volunteers.

Another strand of the project will be to address the improvement of play areas for disabled children.

Big on Play will shortly be launching a stand alone website. Watch this space for further information.

The WEAVE creative recycling resource for schools, pre-schools further education and community groups is an exciting initiative linking arts and education. WEAVE has opened a new world of creative possibilities for Warwickshire's schools and communities. The project was inspired by visits to the ReMida Recycling Centre in the municipality of Reggio Emilia in Northern Italy, which promotes the idea that waste materials can be resources.

The new phase of the creative recycling project sees us with new premises, a new name but the same bold vision for creativity and learning. Weaving the best of the CREATES project into this phase is an exciting prospect for the team at WEAVE. As we continue to develop and expand the services we offer we have increased the diversity of our partners, and encouraged new links with local business. We are also offering a wider range of opportunities for our members as we develop our workshop programme and expand our focus across the curriculum.

WEAVE actively encourages children and young people to find new ways of re-using waste materials, promoting a positive attitude towards recycled goods, and encouraging new opportunities for communication and creativity. A wide range of materials from huge cardboard tubes, to small shiny plastic shapes, donated by businesses and industry can now be used to inspire young minds and ignite fascinating creativity in the classroom and beyond.

Welcome to our new website! We are always interested to know who is looking at our website and helping us to spread the word for 'arts leading learning.'

Please contact us if you wish to receive information about our activities or want to tell us what you think.

In April 2008 AWE moves into Whitnash Primary School in Leamington Spa. This will give us the creative space we need to continue developing the distinctive Warwickshire approach to arts led learning. Here we will have the facilities and resources for a range of activities in our creative learning ‘laboratory.’ As well as welcoming visitors from far and wide we are excited about the contribution AWE can make to the school and the Whitnash community.

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