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Let’s embrace the word gap

Barbara Cavanagh

At the start of any research project you have to think about your research question/s and what it is you are trying to find out.…

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Creative training

Magic Online – Early Years Creation Course.

Sophie Fox

Join us for this amazing opportunity to learn with theatre maker, designer and performer Joy Haynes on this very special Magic Digital course exploring creating…

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Research

Looking Beyond

Barbara Cavanagh

Over the past few weeks I have been watching and rewatching videos of Magic Acorns’ projects. It has got me thinking about two things in…

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Collage of artwork made by people

Artist development

Creative training

Acorn Network – Licensed to be Creative!

Brilliant to spend the afternoon at the University Centre of West Anglia in Kings Lynn last week for our latest Acorn Network. There were 60+…

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Artist development

Creative training

Music

“It felt like it was filling my heart and soul.”

Sophie Fox

  Earlier this year we spoke to Bella who was one of the participants who took park in our Germination project. Germination was a professional…

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forest with path leadng up to it

Creative training

Research

Unexpected Meanderings

Barbara Cavanagh

Since my last blog, I have been expanding my reading to look more deeply not only into Froebel and his philosophy but also at play…

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window overlooking ocean

Research

Upside down, Inside Out, and Round and Round

Barbara Cavanagh

At the time I found out that I was going to be working on the Inside Out project, Diana Ross was in the headlines following…

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post it notes

Artist development

Creative training

Music

Making Connections – Acorn Network

Sophie Fox

Britten Pears Arts, Suffolk Artlink and Suffolk Libraries co-curated this network day, sharing their ongoing projects around early years music in community settings. The theme…

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Sketch on large sheet of black paper

Artist development

Residencies

Space & Time to Play

Claire Atherton

“The drive to play freely is a basic, biological drive. Lack of free play may not kill the physical body, as would lack of food,…

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