The Hastings and Rother Arts Education Network seeks to help redress the balance of diminishing cultural resources in schools.
Established in 2013 the network brings together schools, cultural organisations and artists in meaningful, lasting relationships.
Working with partners in Hastings and Rother in East Sussex, the focus is on using local resources for local schools, creating sustainable projects that embed culture into young people's everyday lives.
We offer regular networking meetings for teachers and practitioners, information exchange including newsletters, opportunities for cultural engagement and bespoke cultural projects; supporting teachers in the classroom, artists working in schools and organisations offering cultural outreach.

Network Meetings

Our next network meeting will be on Tuesday 6th February at The Stables Theatre in Hastings from 4-6pm.
Leslee Udwin will be talking about thinking behind her charity Think Equal. You can listen to Leslee in January's Womans Hour at  https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001tr3f 
Will we also have updates from local cultural event organisers and time for teachers to network with teas and coffees provided.
Open to teachers and artists -  places are free but need to be booked through Eventbrite
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"...and if we truly wish to use all our talent, offer opportunity for all, and increase social mobility, then access to arts and culture must remain high on the agenda, whether in school or outside school."
Darren Henley OBE

"It was through dance lessons at school that a world of opportunity and freedom opened up for me. To be able to express myself now through my work is entirely down to this first opportunity. I wholly support a programme that offers young people the chance to experience the same high quality arts education. Experiencing and participating in the arts can genuinely change the direction of someone's life and it is in our schools that these first encounters should take place." 
​Hofesh Shechter