QUICK READ: Swap the heavy headlines for 5 minutes of sunshine with 10 heartwarming stories about creativity
We’ve collated happier news stories from the national headlines, as well as highlights from…
Collaborations at Oxo 2025
Stop Southbank in Its Tracks This August 🐾
From Seedlings to Canopy: Discover the growth of ‘Wild at Art’ 2026 🌳 The…
Beyond School and Home: Teen Loneliness and the Importance of Third Spaces
Teenagers need places to belong beyond school and home. Sociologist Ray Oldenburg calls these…
A Revival of In-Person Community Groups: Face-to-Face vs. Screen-to-Screen Connections
How YouTube and TikTok have substituted the in-person creative communities we once relied upon.…
It’s never too late to pick up a paintbrush as over 60s embrace art and crafts to combat loneliness
They may have reached retirement age, but Britain’s over-60s are far from hanging up…
art-K Wrapped 2025: Our Year in Paint
Celebrating 28,557 Teaching Hours in 2025! Enough Time to Repaint 19 Mona LisasWelcome to…
Q&A: art-K’s Arthur on Colours, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2025
Arthur wasn’t diagnosed as colour blind until secondary school. He submitted an unintentionally green-tinted…
How to Choose the Right Children’s Art Class in 5 Simple Steps
How does one choose the right art classes for their child? There are so…
The Anxious Generation Under Exam Conditions
2025 exam results reveal the emotional toll on a generation raised with smartphones, pandemics…
The Power of Being Seen: Giving Children’s Artwork a Stage
How the pride of exhibiting, from the classroom to Oxo, shapes creative and personal…
A New art-K Programme for Primary Schools
Supporting Teachers Through a Creative Crisis Last month, we (art-K) commissioned YouGov to carry out…
Have we forgotten how to play?
Creative Solutions to a National Play Shortage The National Institute for Play has declared…
