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Beyond Words: A case study in AI-assisted artistic evaluation

Dr Jessica Pitt, Co-Director and Creative Researcher at Magic Acorns

An example of using ‘beyond-words’ methods as evaluation in action After a fruitful end of term reflection session of Music Garden – a 4-year training project…

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A collage with magazine cut outs of words such as music, seed ,mesh, delightful, smiles

Artist development

Creative training

Beyond Words: Using creative evaluation in community arts practice

Dr Jessica Pitt, Co-Director and Creative Researcher at Magic Acorns

At Magic Acorns we use ‘beyond-words’ methods to reflect on artistic practice – both immediately after each session, and summatively at the end of a…

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Creative training

Ripple Festival

Watch Ripple Symposium sessions

Four sessions from the Ripple Early Years Arts Symposium are now available to buy and watch online. The symposium brought together inspiring voices, practical insights,…

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Group of five people standing on a beach with bright blue sky behind them, all wearing white tops, white visors and holding large white tubes

Artist development

Creative training

Residencies

Artist reflections on WAVELENGTH

Held in May 2025 among the sand dunes of North Beach Great Yarmouth, this unique outdoor arts experience invited local families to listen, move, play,…

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More-than-human literacies in early childhood with Professor Abi Hackett

Creative training

Research

More-than-human literacies in early childhood

Join us for the next in our popular series of Magic Webinars: More-than-human literacies in early childhood with Professor Abi Hackett Tuesday 21 October 2025,…

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Creative training

Music

Research

Watch. Wait. Wonder: What children teach us through sound

Dr Clare Seymour of diversitybuds

Written by Dr Clare Seymour of diversitybuds   I recently had the joy of attending a presentation by Dr Jessica Pitt at the MEHEM (Music…

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Dr Jessica Pitt

Research

Becoming Creative Researcher at Magic Acorns

Dr Jessica Pitt

Written by Dr Jessica Pitt, Creative Researcher and Co-Director at Magic Acorns This photo was taken in early spring this year as I sat in…

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Magic Acorns
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