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Formation | 1999 | Registered in 2004
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Registration no. | 1105049 |
Legal status | Charity |
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Affiliations | The Council for Subject Associations |
Revenue (2023) | £308,382 |
Website | www |
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]
Founded in 1999 by Royal College of Art graduates, Paula Briggs and Sheila Ceccarelli and registering as a charity in 2004. [6] [7]
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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The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It offers postgraduate degrees in art and design to students from over 60 countries.
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The Bronx Museum of the Arts (BxMA), also called the Bronx Museum of Art or simply the Bronx Museum, is an American cultural institution located in Concourse, Bronx, New York. The museum focuses on contemporary and 20th-century works created by American artists, but it has hosted exhibitions of art and design from Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Its permanent collection consists of more than 800 paintings, sculptures, photographs, and works on paper. The museum is part of the Grand Concourse Historic District.
Richard Fitzwilliams is a British public relations consultant and commentator. He is known for his specialisation in promoting figurative art exhibitions, including those held at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Threadneedle Prize at the Mall Galleries. From 1975 to 2001, he served as the editor of “The International Who's Who.”
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