News
19 April 2021
A students perspective - The highs and lows of learning in lockdown
As part of our Compendium series of interviews, we speak to two students from Queen Elizabeth High School in Hexham.
15 April 2021
Early Years Foundation Stage Consultant opportunity
CBNE is seeking to appoint an organisation or consultant(s) to work with us from October 2021 until February 2022 on our Creative Classrooms CPD programme for teachers. We welcome applications from cultural organisations or practitioners developing early years work, and early years leaders or consultants working in or directly with schools.
14 April 2021
We're looking for Art and Design Specialists
CreatED is a creative subject specialist training series within the Creative Classrooms online CPD programme. Having successfully developed music and dance sessions we are now looking to focus on art and design for our next mini-series.
24 February 2021
Lockdown Learning - An interview with Gary Wright, Headteacher at Usworth Colliery Primary School.
01 February 2021
Blog: Arts Award Discover at Home
By Tracy Linsley, Tees Valley Museums
Tees Valley Museums developed an Arts Award Discover at Home digital resource in May 2020. This consisted of adjusting a current booklet so that it was suitable for families, developing an accompanying crib sheet, resources to link to their collection and instruction videos, which were made accessible through their website.
Tees Valley Museums developed an Arts Award Discover at Home digital resource in May 2020. This consisted of adjusting a current booklet so that it was suitable for families, developing an accompanying crib sheet, resources to link to their collection and instruction videos, which were made accessible through their website.
01 February 2021
Blog: delivering Gold Arts Award during lockdown
By Hannah Scully, Teacher of Visual Arts, Durham Sixth Form Centre
At DSFC we are fortunate to have a variety of cultural partners that we regularly work with and the students have all sorts of creative opportunities available in the North East. This work is an integral part of our Arts Award delivery and many students get involved in extra activities, so it is an added bonus for them to be able to gain an extra qualification. Arts Award also pushes students to experience opportunities that they may not have had the chance to experience otherwise.
At DSFC we are fortunate to have a variety of cultural partners that we regularly work with and the students have all sorts of creative opportunities available in the North East. This work is an integral part of our Arts Award delivery and many students get involved in extra activities, so it is an added bonus for them to be able to gain an extra qualification. Arts Award also pushes students to experience opportunities that they may not have had the chance to experience otherwise.
01 February 2021
Blog: An Arts Award journey with MIMA
By Bella Smith, Assistant Learning Curator, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, MIMA
MIMA puts art into action and connects art, people and ideas. Part of Teesside University, MIMA is an international art gallery and museum with close relationships with local communities. We commission, collect and re-think modern and contemporary art. We work with artists and communities on projects that raise debate, open discussion and generate new possibilities.
MIMA puts art into action and connects art, people and ideas. Part of Teesside University, MIMA is an international art gallery and museum with close relationships with local communities. We commission, collect and re-think modern and contemporary art. We work with artists and communities on projects that raise debate, open discussion and generate new possibilities.
26 January 2021
Keeping North East families connected with culture in a crisis
By Sallyanne Flemons, Project Manager, Family Explorers North East
Bearing the subtitle ‘Day out reviews and recommendations’ one might expect a crisis closing all our cultural venues to signal the demise of the Family Explorers North East Facebook Group. But a new partnership with Culture Bridge North East (CBNE) helped the project to stay relevant, useful and connected with the rich content our region’s cultural organisation excel at providing.
Bearing the subtitle ‘Day out reviews and recommendations’ one might expect a crisis closing all our cultural venues to signal the demise of the Family Explorers North East Facebook Group. But a new partnership with Culture Bridge North East (CBNE) helped the project to stay relevant, useful and connected with the rich content our region’s cultural organisation excel at providing.
08 December 2020
Creative arts has positive impact on health & wellbeing of school
By Charlotte Jones, Curriculum Leader of the Creative Arts at Newminster Middle School, Morpeth
"As we approached September 2020 it became clear that, as a school, we needed to put the health and wellbeing of our community at the heart of all of our activities this term, in order to support our students and staff through this pandemic. As a platinum Artsmark school the creative arts seemed the perfect outlet to provide these opportunities."...
"As we approached September 2020 it became clear that, as a school, we needed to put the health and wellbeing of our community at the heart of all of our activities this term, in order to support our students and staff through this pandemic. As a platinum Artsmark school the creative arts seemed the perfect outlet to provide these opportunities."...
23 November 2020
Blog: How schools are continuing to work with arts partners safely
By John Quinn, Artist in Residence
...I’d been so busy adjusting to the new normal, I hadn’t thought what I’d do if a school wanted an artist to actually come into school...
...I’d been so busy adjusting to the new normal, I hadn’t thought what I’d do if a school wanted an artist to actually come into school...
19 November 2020
Call out for Drama, Art & Design and Music Specialists
Call out for drama, art and design and music specialists from both primary schools and the cultural sector.
CBNE is launching CreatED. A brand new training series within the Creative Classrooms online CPD programme.
CBNE is launching CreatED. A brand new training series within the Creative Classrooms online CPD programme.
18 November 2020
Culture Bridge North East appoints interim programme manager (maternity cover)
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Clare Elliott as interim programme manager, to cover Mel Burgess’ maternity leave. Clare joins the team this month and will lead the Culture Bridge North East team until Mel returns to work next summer.
13 November 2020
BLOG: Why now is the right time to embark on our Artsmark journey
By Jessica Ditch, Grange Park Primary
12 November 2020
BLOG: How Artsmark inspired our school to continually develop how we teach the arts
By Hannah Oxnard, Art and Music Lead, Burnopfield Primary School
09 November 2020
BLOG: Artsmark has reaffirmed our children’s love of the Arts
By Jenny Mason, Simonside Primary School, Newcastle
05 November 2020
Creative Coordinator for Hadrian’s Wall 1900th Anniversary Festival 2022
2022 is a hugely important year for Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site as it marks the 1900th anniversary of the commencement of its construction.
21 October 2020
Bridge Youth Voice Initiative - Call To Tender
The Bridge England Network is looking for an experienced individual or organisation to project manage and produce a short online digital magazine series that highlights elements of best practice around 'youth voice' in the context of creative and cultural learning.
