FREE SCHOOLS

I am thinking about the idea of a Free School or our own Art School more and more - and how if the Ruskin bid came off or not then this is a model/idea we could look at. i know we wrote around this in the bid, but feel that the more i read about arts education i feel we have something to offer - we have enough contacts, interested people. What do you think? I think we could take a lead on developing and delivering rigorous relevant and important arts education city wide. We could partner with organisations across the region and build it as program/participation/education. I like the idea that members of community could lead sessions aswell. i find the free unis difficult as it still follows the traditional model - but free. i want there to be a true equality of knowledge. Its my new vision for the future and builds on the mentoring A time and A place scheme. The farm could be a site for rural working etc, like in the war, they moved the RCA to Windemere!.... I shall stop, im getting ahead of myself.