NEW: Early Starters webinar, in partnership with AMA

2nd May: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Family Arts Campaign webinar, in partnership with the AMA

Creating engaging early years arts experiences

Join the Family Arts Campaign and early years experts TOIH for an exclusive how-to session on leading and delivering accessible, creative experiences for very young children and their families.

Liz Clark, Artistic Director of TOIH will discuss the value of arts in early years creative, how you can reach families, how to cater for diverse audience needs, and will share ideas for bringing the whole family together through early years activities.

The session will also include time to ‘ask the expert’ so bring your questions for Liz on how to make your programme accessible and engaging for little ones and their family members.

What will I gain?

• More information about the benefits of early years arts activities
• Ideas on how to implement accessible family friendly activities in your theatre, gallery, museum or arts venue
• Practical advice on how to get more families interested and engaged in your cultural offer
• Answers to any questions you have about early years activities
• Information on how to become even more family friendly with the support of the Family Arts Campaign

 

Who is it for?

• Representatives from arts and culture organisations who wish to create engaging experiences for very young children and their families
• Those who have never set up activities/events for very young children or those who would like to know more about how to become more inclusive to children of all ages
• Those with existing experience of working with early years who wish to discuss and share challenges with each other in a collaborative peer learning environment
• Venue and non-venue based organisations

 

How do I take part?

This is an online workshop using training platform WebEx. Instructions for joining the workshop will be sent to you on booking your place.

 

Speaker

Liz Clarke
Artistic Director, Turned On Its Head

Liz has a professional dance practice spanning 25 years as a dancer, choreographer, producer and director. She is currently Artistic Director of Turned On Its Head who make theatre for children aged 6 months to four years. Her practice is almost exclusively in early years and she is currently Associate Artist for Early Years for People Dancing (www.peopledancing.org) and leads their new Early Years Dance Network founded to support and develop good practice across the UK.

Liz’s work is informed by current early years, attachment and neuroscience theories and she is interested in developing new forms of practice in dance that meet the needs of children in our society today. In 2016 she was shortlisted for the Arts Foundation Lionel Bart Award for Children’s Theatre for her commitment to developing early years work. Liz blogs about dance and creativity at ourcreativeadventure.com

 

Cost

• AMA member rate: £50 + VAT
• Non-Member: £50 + VAT

 

Book here