Please donate to help keep the MakerWorld doors open
Please donate to help keep the MakerWorld doors open
The Children’s Art School are looking to expand their team of freelance artist facilitators. We need enthusiastic visual arts practitioners who enjoy working with children, are great communicators and love a creative challenge! If you fit that description and are looking for freelance opportunities join us for a free creative training session at our MakerWorld […]
We are recruiting! Read More →
Intergalactic Space Jungle was a MakerWorld project delivered over the 2023 summer holidays featuring the amazing Celestial Sound Cloud. Young people and their families were invited to take part in a series of space-themed sculpture, light and sound workshops, culminating in a final exhibition at the Piazza Centre in Huddersfield. Drumming, music and dance workshops
Intergalactic Space Jungle – Impact Report Read More →
The Children’s Art School is delighted to announce that we have been given funding by Reaching Communities to ensure that our MakerWorld offer can continue until April 2026. A massive thank you to players of the National Lottery! This funding means that we will be delivering free creative activities throughout the year. MakerWorld will be
Funding by Reaching Communities ensures MakerWorld can continue until April 2026! Read More →
VOTE FOR CHLOE WILLIAMS! Chloe is the Founder and Director of The Children’s Art School and has been nominated for a Community Arts Award in the Yorkshire Choice Awards! The nomination is for her achievements with MakerWorld and Our Biennale. The awards are determined by public vote. The more votes we get for Chloe, the greater the chances
We are delighted to be delivering Our Biennale again this year, supported by Arts Council England, Kirklees Council, KYOM23 and Little Lives. Our theme is Magnificent Me! This is an opportunity for children to take over the streets, make a noise, be heard, be seen and look magnificent! We want children and young people to feel that they have a right
Our Biennale – ‘Magnificent Me!’ Read More →
It’s been dinosaurs and volcanoes this term at both our Holmfirth Tech studio and Maker World space in Huddersfield. Joy and creativity in abundance! We are thrilled to see so many visitors coming into Maker World. Every week we see lots of familiar faces as well as making new friends with people who have come in
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We are delighted to have been noticed by Creative Lives, a national organisation who champion community and volunteer-led creative activity. Maker World has become such a joyful, place where children and families feel at home and enjoy being part of the creativity, the colour and, at times the chaos! It brings people together and we are proud of it’s
Maker World featured on Creative Lives website Read More →
The Children’s Art School is looking for new Trustees, people passionate about our work and supportive of our vision, mission, values and goals. Charity Trustee is a voluntary but crucial role. As a Trustee you will work with the Director through quarterly Board Meetings to set the strategic direction of the company – artistically, educationally, financially and
Opportunity to become a Trustee of The Children’s Art School Read More →
We had an amazing summer at Maker World – such joy, creativity and positivity. Watch our film to see for yourself.
Watch our new Maker World film – see our summer of creativity Read More →
We have had an amazing creative summer engaging with over 1000 children and their families all over Kirklees thanks to National Lottery Community fund, Kirklees Council, Arts Council England, Kirklees Libraries and Sangam Festival. Our Maker World offer at Piazza Centre, Huddersfield offered 15 days of free hands on creativity for children and families. The
An amazing, creative summer – engaging with over 1000 children and their families! Read More →