Arts and creativity team

What is the role of the Arts team?

Our role is to develop and support the integration of the arts and creativity in education, in both the formal and informal sectors within Midlothian.

By engaging the professional arts sector in schools and informal learning contexts, we can demonstrate how we can meet educational targets and add value to curriculum delivery and other service areas.

Our aims

• To create opportunities
• Inspire individuals
• Raise aspiration
• Nurture talent

Working across all art forms we provide CPD, develop and deliver a range of projects and events, and work in partnership with other teams across the authority.

Current initiatives include:

• Reside, a two year sculpture residency
• ARTivators, a creative learning network for Midlothian.
• Youth music forum, a one year pilot project to support youth music in Midlothian.
• Midlothian art challenge, joint initiative with SQA.
• Dance development programme.