Gloss

"A culture populated by a people whose imagination is impoverished has a static future. In such a culture there will be little change because there will be little sense of possibility." Elliot W Eisener

Welcome to Gloss Arts Education Agency, we are part of the South West Arts Partnership. Gloss Arts Education Agency is an Arts Council and Gloucestershire County Council funded initiative offering information, advice, guidance and brokerage between the arts and the education sector. We work across the county of Gloucestershire and in partnership with our 8 other Arts Education Partnerships across the whole of the South West.

Our website contains information for artists, teachers, education officers and all those involved in programming and commissioning creative activities for children and young people. 

FREE !! Our database of artists is free to use and free to register. We also offer free help contracting artists, general advice on arts education and project

 

Disability Inclusion

We are working tirelessly to develop access to high quality arts opportunities for disabled young people within Gloucestershire, we are working with the County Council's Creative Inclusion Project Manager - Sarah Everitt, for more information on Sarah's work follow this link for the Disability Inclusion pages, or click on the drop down bar under 'Educators'

You should find all the help you need on the following pages but feel free to give us a ring or email us if you need further assistance, we are more than happy to help.

We want to be transparent within everything we do so if something is not clear, you have difficulty accessing information or can't find a policy document then give us a call…

Starfish (J Williams)

Mural (Simon Tozer)

St Christopher's Best Practice School Visit

 
Enterprise through Education

Gloss Arts Education Agency working alongside teachers representing the Severe Learning Disability schools from across Gloucestershire visited St Christopher’s School in Wrexham. The school has 241 pupils with a range of disabilities and is an outstanding example of enterprise and community engagement.

 
The schools' philosophy is to not stand still, and Maxine Pittaway - Head Teacher, drives the school forward with motivated and well trained staff.The school has a range of entrepreneurial businesses, to find out more download our report Education through Enterprise. 
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