Creative Educators Map

Curious Minds is a leading charity which works to make high quality creative and cultural learning opportunities available to all children and young people, wherever they live and whatever their circumstance.

We do this by connecting teachers, youth workers and community leaders with artists and creative professionals; giving them access to information, expertise, space and resources to facilitate collaboration and innovation in the field of creative and cultural education.

We built this Creative Educators Map to demonstrate the vast scale and diversity of our creative and cultural education workforce in a way that hasn’t been done before. We also wanted to create a useful tool for teachers and school leaders; helping them to find and connect with the wealth of expertise that exists within their own local communities.

We believe that the skills and experience needed to support post-pandemic reconnection with learning, and to deliver engaging, enriching and enjoyable experiences for children, already exists in abundance within our communities. It is there in the form of freelance teaching artists, grassroot creative networks and cultural organisations. 

In spring and summer 2021, Curious Minds called on policy makers and school leaders to #PassTheBaton to the nation’s expert army of creative educators, to provide children with a summer of fun, friendship, and freedom.