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Welcome to our online directory. This resource will help you find the great arts and cultural organisations across the North East that all have something amazing to offer your school. You can search using geographical location, subject areas or key stages. These organisations can also help support your pupils to achieve Arts Award and your school to achieve Artsmark.
Alnwick Playhouse is an Arts Award Supporter and is proud to run projects in partnership with local schools and its youth theatre, to help young people achieve their Arts Award.
Enjoy a wide range of live music, theatre, films, and event broadcasts in this purpose-built venue, with special student and group rates available.
We are the Music Education Hub for Northumberland and Newcastle, providing whole class/small group music tuition, music curriculum support, Arts Award and Artsmark initiatives, CPD programmes and instrument hire schemes.
​Northumberland Theatre Company works with children and young people within schools and community groups to support and enhance their theatre and drama projects, including for Arts Award.
November Club is a professional theatre company creating exceptional and remarkable site-specific theatre in unusual places, from their home in Northumberland.
Arbeia Roman Fort is the most extensively excavated military supply base in the empire, with Arts Award Advisers from Discover to Silver levels, that can facilitate projects for all ages and abilities, including those with special educational needs and disabilities.
Arts Centre Washington has had a strong reputation for participatory arts since it was founded in 1977, and it plays a vital role in arts engagement in Sunderland. It can support young people with Arts Award in a number of ways.
balletLORENT is the North East's leading, critically acclaimed dance theatre company, offering a range of exciting, creative, and imaginative workshops and activities.
BALTIC is a major international centre for contemporary art, based on the south bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead. BALTIC offer Arts Award support in contemporary visual arts from Discover and Explore through to Bronze, Silver and Gold.
Beacon Films, formerly Beacon Hill Arts, is an award winning company specialising in supporting young people with special educational needs, autism spectrum disorders, and other additional needs to create their own films and music.
