Compendium - Art and design resources for secondary schools

Compendium - Art and design resources for secondary schools

BALTIC - Centre for Contemporary Art

BALTIC Foundation Club is a free series of online artist-led workshops and critical discussions for young people aged 13-19. Topics include printmaking, poetry, film, spoken word, animation and sound pieces. 

BALTIC Foundation Club


Art Crush app by Sunderland Culture 

Providing fun, quick and easy access to artworks by Grayson Perry, David Hockney, Damien Hirst, Yinka Shonibare CBE, Barbara Hepworth, Mona Hatoum, Caragh Thuring, Anish Kapoor and many more. Your pupils can create their own collection anywhere, anytime on their mobile, tablet or computer. 

The simplicity of the interface allows young people to quickly and easily swipe through artworks to discover what art they like, and can create their very own collection and discover their individual ‘art personality’.

  • Download from Apple store: https://apple.co/3lYsCIn 
  • Download from Google Play: https://bit.ly/3j9IRjZ 

Royal Academy  

Inspired by the RA’s world-class exhibitions, leading artists and architects and collection, they have created a range of art-based activities that include making a stop-frame animation, how to create a portrait and even how to make your own paintbrush. 

Art activities

How to make a stop-frame animation


Tate Gallery 

The Tate has a wide range of beautifully created art movements and artist profiles to interest creative minds. 

Learn about Impressionism 

Explore other artists


MIMA - Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art

MIMAMAKING - MIMA has partnered with Illustrator Katie Chappell to launch a new weekly YouTube show. Each show is filled with  lots of brilliant 'making and doing' ideas for children and young people of all ages to do at home or in the classroom.

Introduction to the show

Full list of episodes


V&A; Museum 

The V&A; Museum has a whole host of downloadable lesson plan ideas for secondary school teachers. 

Art, craft and design downloads


Paul Carney Arts

Paul has developed a range of free art, craft and design lesson plans that encourage self directed learning.  

Paul Carney Art downloads


Laing Art Gallery

Why not enjoy all of the art and culture the Laing has to offer from the comfort of your own home with their virtual gallery tour?

Virtual tour of the gallery


GemArts

Mini Zine Making with Mani

Get creative and express yourself with Mini Zine Making with Mani.


Bowes Museum 

In honour of the magnificent painting by Dieric Bouts that depicts St Luke drawing the Virgin and Child, Bowes Museum has created a video series called #InspiredByBouts. Find out more by clicking the links below:  

Inspired by Bouts video series

Portraits through objects PDF download

More activities relating to bouts


National Glass Centre 

The programming team have come up with a series of fun home-based workshops inspired by each of the 7 international artists in their new online exhibition No Strings.

No Strings workshops


South Shields Museum

Take One Treasure Challenge - activities inspired by the museum collection. The activities are in three parts to be completed at the learner’s own pace. 

Take One Treasure Challenge