Conceived as a one-year pilot project in 1998 through the School Arts Visiting Organisation (SAVO) and delivered in collaboration between DCA and the DoE since 1999, ArtsEdge is a strategic alliance facilitating partnerships across and between the arts and cultural and education sectors. Additionally, ArtsEdge is a key delivery mechanism of
Creative Connections: An Arts in Education Partnership Framework.
Through facilitation between the sectors, ArtsEdge creates opportunities through partnership to encourage, develop, promote and celebrate learning environments which spark creativity in students and their school communities. ArtsEdge supports the sectors by providing opportunities for the development of sustainable partnerships and creates resources designed to recognise and promote the value and importance of arts and culture across the curriculum.
ArtsEdge encourages communication between artists and educators, with the recognition and celebration of achievement in arts in education one of the program’s most important roles.