The arts make us who we are. They create communities. It’s through self-expression and shared experience that we’re able to define ourselves. The arts communicate feelings and shape ideas. They comment and they invite comment. They lead the way, and they show us where we’ve been. They help us think.
Arts and Minds is a coalition of over 20 national organisations – led by the National Education Union – who have come together from across the arts and education sectors. We see all arts and creative subjects as a crucial part of the curriculum and are using our combined professional expertise to call for their restoration. We are joined by our Arts Ambassadors, leading practitioners in their field who represent the breadth of our creative industrie