Do children’s festivals encourage better arts education in schools?

As DreamBIG Children’s Festival returns to thrill kids and families, we consider whether this impact can translate into the classroom.
Young boy interacting with light art. arts education. DreamBIG

Adelaide Festival Centre’s DreamBIG Children’s Festival returns from 17-27 May 2023 and, for the first time, its opening concert involving 1200 students from 15 schools alongside dance by Dusty Feet Mob will be live-streamed into classrooms across South Australia.

It is exactly this resource for teachers that will encourage better integration of arts education into schools, says Melissa Newton-Turner, a Doctor of Education candidate at QUT, drama educator and consultant, and long-term friend of Paech.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's former Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs, and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram: @lleizy_