CULTIVATING ARTS AND MINDS
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The Artist✼Academic Project is hosted by the Centre for Arts and Social Transformation (CAST) at the University of Auckland. Warm thanks to Helen Sword (project leader), Amy Lewis (researcher and content writer), Selina Tusitala Marsh (artist/iconoclast), Peter O'Connor (CAST Director), and the entire CASTaway team for their many contributions to this project.
Click on the thumbnails below to visit the CAST website and explore other arts-based initiatives led by researchers from our Centre.
The Centre for Arts and Social Transformation (CAST) website
The Centre researches how the arts have the potential to make a more socially just and equitable world through improving the quality of life of all citizens.
Te Rito Toi
Te Rito Toi helps teachers work with children when they first return to school following major traumatic or life changing events. Te Rito Toi provides research informed practical classroom activities and lesson plans.
MITEY
The University of Auckland and the Sir John Kirwan Foundation partnered to develop Mitey - a whole school mental health education programme for New Zealand Primary schools.
Creative Schools Initiative (CSI)
The CSI mission is to make schools places where teachers and students can regularly experience the joy of the creative process.
Writing with Pleasure
If you aspire to write more stylishly, creatively, prolifically, and with greater delight, you’ll find a treasure trove of inspiring resources on these pages created by Helen Sword.
SMUDGE SKITTLE
Created by Alys Longley, SMUDGE SKITTLE offers researchers and teachers a little inventory of resources entangling creative practice research and writing.
Te Ora Auaha,
Creative Wellbeing Alliance
Te Ora Auaha is a national network for the arts, health and wellbeing, providing resources for professionals using creativity to enhance health and wellbeing.
The Creative Thinking Project
The Creative Thinking Project provides information and ideas about the creative process and the benefits of creativity.
Arts Beyond Borders
This UNESCO-funded project aims to provide secondary school teachers with research-based classroom resources that promote global citizenship through the arts.