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  • Learning Through Making Fund | Apply by 12pm on Friday 11 September 2026.

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Why Make?
Reflections on the value of material exploration in art education projects.

As Freelands Foundation launches its latest open grants funding round this summer 2026 with the Learning Through Making fund, Artistic Director Dr Henry Ward traces making, from its origins to its primary importance at this current moment.
5-min read
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Repeat to Make: Repetition as Artistic Strategy

A short-read exploring how artists and artist educators balance their practice with the responsibilities of daily life, through the generative potential of repetition.

5-min read
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SHIFT: Laura Yuile

Artist, researcher and educator Laura Yuile traces her exploration of surfaces, systems and ghosts to inform her methodology of site-specific and culturally responsive pedagogies when teaching across contexts in the UK and China.

11-min watch
transcript available (pdf)
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The case for artist fellowships in art schools

A reflection on the role of the artist in UK art schools as teacher, learner, maker

7-min read
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Why Make?

Reflections on the value of material exploration in art education projects.

5-min read
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Alternative Models of Art Education

Mark Rohtmaa-Jackson, Annebella Pollen and Elina Merenmies explore radical approaches to art education with reference to both historical and contemporary alternative models.

27-min listen
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SHIFT: Polly Brant

Artist educator Polly Brant emphasises practice as lifelong learning in this short film, while discussing making publications, materiality through collaboration and dismantling barriers for working-class primary and secondary school students.

11-min watch
transcript available (pdf)
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SHIFT: g.a.d.o.

Artist duo g.a.d.o. share their experiences as artists-in-residence in a rural German school, where they live and work on school grounds in collaboration with teachers and students.

9-min watch
transcript available (pdf)
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Championing making practices in UK art schools

A reflection on five years of thinking, teaching and practicing painting in UK higher education by Freelands Foundation.

8-min read
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Creative Break Time

A 2026 short film documenting a collaborative project designed to support the wellbeing of teachers, whilst providing them with care and time to foster inspiration, collaboration and peer learning.

7-min watch
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Toby Rainbird: One Thing May Hide Another

A response to the material practice of artist Toby Rainbird during their 2025 fellowship at University of Brighton.

6-min read
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Freelands Awards – Celebrating Art Education

Reflecting on the role of the Freelands Awards in championing the importance of art education within the UK’s cultural life. 

4-min read
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SHIFT: Louise Ashcroft

Multidisciplinary artist Louise Ashcroft discusses using comedy in their facilitation to enable honest, participatory, non-hierarchical teaching. 

19-min watch
transcript available (pdf)
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Studio Fellows: Kelsey Cruz-Martin

A deep-dive into the experience of a Fellow at Cardiff Metropolitan University.

6-min watch
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The Studio as a Site for Artist Learning

Mapping the different ways learning takes place in artist studios, through the lens of artist anecdotes and archival research. 

8-min read
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Studio Fellows: Jennie Bates

A deep-dive into the experience of a Fellow at Birmingham City University.

5-min watch
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Debris, dead horses and devotion: the art of Matthew Wilson

A response to the material practice of artist Matthew Wilson during their 2025 fellowship at Falmouth University.

5-min read
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Studio Fellows: Marly Merle

A deep dive into the experience of a Fellow at Bath School of Art.

5-min watch
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Reflecting on the Freelands Artist Programme

Insights into an action-research partnership programme supporting artists across the UK.

9-min read
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Kirsty Bell: Faces

A response to the material practice of artist Kirsty Bell during their 2025 fellowship at Ulster University, Belfast. 

5-min read
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Studio Fellows: Matthew Wilson

A deep-dive into the experience of a Fellow at Falmouth University.

5-min watch
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Belonging in Practice: The Artist-Teacher Residency

A 2025 film by Kit Vincent exploring Dianne Minnicucci’s time as the resident artist-teacher at Thomas Tallis School. Part of Autograph’s Visible Practice Residency.

7-min watch
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Jennie Bates: Back to School

A response to the material practice of artist Jennie Bates during their 2025 fellowship at Birmingham City University.

5-min read
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Teaching Behaviours w/ Sadegh (Sepanta) Aleahmad

Artist and educator Sadegh (Sepanta) Aleahmad is joined in conversation by Freelands Foundation Education Curator, Nathan Marsh, to discuss reclaiming play through experimental approaches to teaching art.

29-min listen
transcript available (pdf)
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Teaching Sculpture in Schools

Reflections from the partnership between Yorkshire Sculpture International and Freelands Foundation. 

7-min read