Osun Arts Foundation

read moreArtsmark is the creative quality standard for schools, accredited by Arts Council England providing a clear framework for teachers to plan, develop and evaluate arts, culture and creativity across the curriculum and beyond. We can boldly confirm that Osun Arts Foundation is an Artsmark partner. It's vital that children have the opportunity to learn and enjoy arts and culture from an early age. It develops their creativity, inspires future careers and enriches their childhood. Therefore invite us to come to your school.

read moreWe are passionate about what we do and strive to make sure all our workshop participants get the most out of their experience. A number of our facilitators are actually trained teachers themselves and have the necessary skills to meet the learning objectives our workshops. We are not an agency. As an artists led organisation, we personally know all artists that work for us. Many of our artists have performed together on stage for many years so know and trust each other. Workshops - A description of the workshops and what they contain, arts (batik), dance, percussion, a final performance in the school, if applicable, etc.

read moreDance forms are the basis of African arts and culture, and for this reason, Osun Arts use dance to facilitate learning methods for children, teaching them a variety of songs and dances in the original languages and styles. Here, the participatory nature of our work is achieved when pupils do a range of dance movement understanding the communication between them and the drummer African rhythms and dance movements is part of what we do in schools. Everyone in the group during workshops takes part and the session involves participants wearing African clothes especially when it is done towards a final performance.