This new weekly, five part series of conversations with art educators, practitioners and makers expands on the ideas presented by Visualise: The Runnymede Trust and Freelands Foundation 2024 report on Race & Inclusion in Secondary School Art Education. These conversations aim to support educators in providing a more diverse art curriculum. In today's episode 'Broad canvas' I talk with Henry Ward, an artist, educator and the Director of Freelands Foundation and Shabna Begum, CEO of the Runnymede Trust who give an overview of the UK arts education ecosystem.

Freelands Foundation works to broaden access to art education and the visual arts across the UK. They work with teachers and educators to develop diverse and ambitious approaches to art education. Read the report Visualise report here. Apologies for the disruption to sound quality in this episode.

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