AccessArt

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AccessArt
Formation1999;25 years ago (1999) Registered in 2004
Founder
Registration no.1105049
Legal status Charity
Location
Affiliations The Council for Subject Associations
Revenue (2023)
£308,382
Website www.accessart.org.uk

AccessArt is a British arts charity and membership organization, working across the UK to further 'the advancement of visual arts education'. [1] [2] It is the leading provider of digital visual arts resources in the UK, [3] with over 22,000 schools as paying members, [4] using AccessArt's educational materials in their teaching. [5]

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Founded in 1999 by Royal College of Art graduates, Paula Briggs and Sheila Ceccarelli and registering as a charity in 2004. [6] [7]

Projects

Inspire: A celebration of children's art, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. [8] [9] [10] [11] [December 2019 – March 2020]

"The first exhibition of work made by primary school children at The Fitzwilliam Museum in its 250 year history and was designed in partnership with AccessArt." [12] [13] [14] "The Inspire project demonstrates how a regional art museum can serve as a hub for teacher training and development and support the development of a community of practice around art and design education." [15]

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