BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2421@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170623T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170623T143000 DTSTAMP:20170601T203227Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/dot-art-champion-creative-career s-event/ SUMMARY:John Lennon Art and Design Building: dot-art: Champion Creative Car eers Event DESCRIPTION:Free Event to Help Teachers Champion Creative Careers in School s\n\nOn Friday 23rd June\, dot-art Schools and partners Liverpool John Moo res University are holding an inspirational day of advocacy to help educat ion professionals to champion the value and impact of studying art. The ev ent will begin with a tour of the LJMU Art and Design Academy\, followed b y a visit to the 2017 dot-art Schools exhibition in St Georges Hall\, then finish by hearing from three expert speakers on the diverse and vital ran ge of careers that are opened up by a creative education.\n\ndot-art Schoo ls is an innovative\, online\, inter school art competition culminating in an high profile exhibition of work by year 5 and year 9 pupils. Its aim i s to nurture talent\, raise ambition and highlight creative career paths. The programme is now in its fifth year and has just launched in Cheshire f ollowing great success in Liverpool.\n\nHowever\, while the impact of budg et cuts and the removal of creative subjects from the curriculum are makin g schemes like this more and more important\, it is clear the teachers and parents are sometimes unable to appreciate or communicate the enormous va lue of a creative education and the impact it can have on a student’s li fe\, whether or not they choose to follow an overtly “creative” path.\ n\ndot-art Schools and LJMU are holding this Creative Careers day for head teachers\, senior leaders\, school governors and art &\; design curric ulum leaders to find out more about the impact of the creative industries nationally\, hear guest speakers making the case for how studying art & \; design can benefit young people at school and beyond\, discover the ran ge of creative career pathways that exist and take away compelling evidenc e and further information to share with colleagues\, students and their fa milies.\n\nThe event will take place across three venues\; the LJMU Art an d Design Academy\, St George’s Hall and The Walker Art Gallery. It will begin at 9am and end by 2.30pm. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.\n \nTickets are FREE but must be pre-booked by calling 0345 0176660 or visit ing: championcreativecareers.eventbrite.com ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2017/06/creative-careers-image-header.jpg LOCATION:John Lennon Art and Design Building\, Duckinfield Street\, Liverpo ol\, L3 5RD\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.405426;-2.96999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Duckinfield Street\, Liverp ool\, L3 5RD\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=John Lennon Art and Design Building:geo:53.405426,-2.96999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20170326T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR