18 schools and youth organisations across the city will have their own Arts Council, where young people will choose which art media they want to explore and with which artists they want to work.

Teachers, youth leaders, parents, carers and young people have given their own time over the last two years to prove the concept of an Arts Council in schools.

The first batch of Arts Councils included 8 schools (East Park Primary, Eastfield Primary, Kelvin Hall, Malet Lambert, Ron Dearing UTC, Sirius Academy West, The Boulevard Academy and Thoresby Primary), the Home Educated Group & delivered HEY Creatives Careers programme to an additional five schools/youth centres supporting 314 children and young people in Hull. The Arts Councils are working with:

• Playwright Maureen Lennon to create small plays to put forward for the Fresh Ink festival (Sirius Academy West)

• Graffiti artist Ollie Marshall to create murals & exhibitions (East Park Primary and Eastfield Primary)

• Multidisciplinary artists Lauren Saunders & Anna Bean to develop showcases for Creative Voice, Big Malarkey & libraries

• Digital artists Jay Moy & Peter Snelling to create digital showcases

• Music makers Beats Bus

• Illustrator Jodie Smith, who uses her experiences to support CYP to create an Illustrated book on emotions

Community showcases are planned across all schools. For the next phase, a further 8 schools & Youth Aspire Connect will be included in the programme.

You can read about what our Arts Councils are getting up to over on our blog.