Engage, the National Association for

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Education, is an educational charity in the

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. It aims to promote visual arts through gallery education, and describes itself as "the lead advocacy and training network for gallery education". It was founded by Colin Grigg in 1989 as the National Association for Gallery Education when he was working at the Arts Council. The organisation runs the Marsh Award for Excellence in Gallery Education. It has been recommended as a resource for art teachers. It publishes a journal, ''engage'', and has run seminars. In 2019 its activities included a conference on health and wellbeing, a creative writing and literacy programme, work on

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-friendly galleries, professional development activities for people working in the arts, and support for research into arts education. It has representation on the

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on Art, Craft and Design Education. In 2019 the organisation's income came from the Arts Council England, the Arts Council of Wales,

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and the

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Charitable Trust.

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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GALLERY EDUCATION at Companies House
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Engage (Visual Arts) Charities based in London Organisations based in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Organizations established in 1989 Arts organisations based in the United Kingdom