Children and the arts

On 27 July 2000, the NCA took a delegation of artists to meet the Arts Minister, Alan Howarth. The subject for discussion was children, young people and the arts and delegates raised concerns including: the need for arts practitioners to be able to develop their own artistic skills and learn how to develop them in children; the need for teachers and youth workers to develop artistic skills which they can use in working with young people; the lack of arts provision in schools, and the importance of the arts in the development of emotional literacy in the young.

NCA delegation report: Children and the Arts, July 2000

NCA briefing paper: Children and the Arts, July 2000

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