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Kate Mason @katejmason.bsky.social · Jul 13

☀️🌳🐝🌱🦢🩶 #eaglepond #hollowponds @EppingForestHT @CoLEppingForest #coleppingforest @eppingforestht @coleppingforest #heron #forest #nature #theoldways #woodlands
Music credits: ‘Magpie’ - The Unthanks

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Kate Mason @katejmason.bsky.social · May 30

🤩👀🪨 The Giant’s Causeway - somewhere I’ve always wanted to visit & finally made it last weekend! It’s a truly magical & humbling place 💫🙏
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#thegiantscauseway #basalt #basaltcolumns #volcanic #countyantrim #causewaycoastalroute #northernireland #worldheritagesite #unescoworldheritagesite

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Kate Mason @katejmason.bsky.social · May 29

💥😍💫 V&A East Storehouse yesterday evening and it was AMAZING!!! 💜💚🧡🩵💛❤️
TOTAL game-changer in so many ways!
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➡️ www.vam.ac.uk/east
🗓️ Opens: 31 May 2025
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⚡️ A pleasure & privilege to attend yesterday evening to represent Creative Newham
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@vamuseum #V&AEastStorehouse #HereEast #EastBank

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Kate Mason @katejmason.bsky.social · May 29

💥😍💫 V&A East Storehouse yesterday evening and it was AMAZING!!! 💜💚🧡🩵💛❤️
TOTAL game-changer in so many ways!
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➡️ www.vam.ac.uk/east
🗓️ Opens: 31 May 2025
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⚡️ A pleasure & privilege to attend yesterday evening to represent Creative Newham
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@vamuseum #V&AEastStorehouse #HereEast #EastBank

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Kate Mason @katejmason.bsky.social · May 29

💥😍💫 V&A East Storehouse yesterday evening and it was AMAZING!!! 💜💚🧡🩵💛❤️
TOTAL game-changer in so many ways!
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➡️ www.vam.ac.uk/east
🗓️ Opens: 31 May 2025
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⚡️ A pleasure & privilege to attend yesterday evening to represent Creative Newham
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@vamuseum #V&AEastStorehouse #HereEast #EastBank

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Kate Mason @katejmason.bsky.social · Apr 29

👀💫🏺🏟️ London’s Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall Art Gallery 🤗
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#londonsromanamphitheatre #archaeology #romanlondon #romanhistory #guildhallartgallery #cityoflondoncorporation

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Tom Doust @tomdoust.bsky.social · Apr 28

Social impact is always better together 🤲 Thrilled to share the latest Institute of Imagination Impact Report 🚀 a celebration of collaboration + partnership! Working with The LEGO Group, Save the Children UK, BBC Education, @thefea.bsky.social + many more! Read more: bit.ly/4jYn6DL

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Kate Mason @katejmason.bsky.social · Apr 14

🤗🧡☕️🐕💫 In the best company 😘 @sazzzleb
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#Windsor #berkshire - pic credit @sazzzleb

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Kate Mason @katejmason.bsky.social · Apr 14

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Kate Mason @katejmason.bsky.social · Apr 14

💥👀🩵💜🩶 Noah Davis - @barbicancentre.bsky.social
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What a beautiful, shimmering, evocative and often unsettling exhibition- loved it! 🤗 especially enjoyed the gently ‘off-kilter’ and timeless feel throughout.
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🗓️ Sun 11 May ‘25
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➡️ www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...

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Kate Mason @katejmason.bsky.social · Apr 11

😍💫💥 ‘Any Other Business’ - exhibition by PRISM @prismtextiles #prismtextiles 💚🩵💙
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➡️ closes 14 April showing at @thepavilionsmileend #mileend #london #textiles #textilesart #craft #design #making #designercraft #art

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Kate Mason @katejmason.bsky.social · Apr 4

💚☕️🌼 Lovely to visit St. Margaret’s House @st.margarets.house in sunny #BethnalGreen ☀️
Gorgeous garden & fab ‘The Garden Cafe’ @the.gallery.cafe #talithaartsgarden
Mosaic @alexmchallam Sculpture @teucerwilson
#stmargaretshouse #creativity #communityarts #creativearts #wellbeing #creativehealth

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Daisy Alys Turnell @daisyturnell.bsky.social · Mar 13

The IPO has published a new survey aimed at designers, design businesses, legal professionals and anyone interested in design, to help to shape the future of the UK designs system.

More info: ipo.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/13/d...

Design Protection Survey: helping to shape the future of UK design rights

We've launched a survey to understand how well this design protection system serves the UK's vibrant design community, and we need your insights to help shape its future.

ipo.blog.gov.uk

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Kate Mason @katejmason.bsky.social · Mar 22

💫💚💗🩵 Thank you to Poppies Fish & Chips, Camden for helping making my Mum’s birthday #fishandchips meal last weekend memorable 😍

#poppiesfishandchips #camden #fishandchips #traditionalfishandchips #london #camdentown

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Kate Mason @katejmason.bsky.social · Mar 21

'Department for Education confirms launch of natural history GCSE.
Campaigners have been calling for the qualification for years but plan stalled despite a curriculum being drawn up'

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Department for Education confirms launch of natural history GCSE

Campaigners have been calling for the qualification for years but plan stalled despite a curriculum being drawn up

www.theguardian.com

Kate Mason @katejmason.bsky.social · Mar 21

💜💚🧡 Not every London borough (if any) has its own coat,but Newham has!
💫 Thank you to Christopher from Arts in the Docks for allowing me to try on the beautiful ‘The Place I call Home’ Newham Coat.

⚡️Each square was carefully & lovingly created by Newham residents, then crafted together.

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National Society for Education in Art & Design @nsead.bsky.social · Mar 18

⬩NSEAD’s response to the Curriculum and Assessment Interim Review⬩

The Curriculum and Assessment Review (CAR) interim report published today sets out the key findings from consultations and the open call for evidence carried out in autumn 2024.

Read NSEAD’s response: link in bio

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Becky Francis @beckyfrancis.bsky.social · Mar 18

The next stage of the Curriculum and Assessment Review will look to create a more inclusive and fair system, address subject-specific challenges, and assess available pathways beyond GCSEs.

Find out more ➡️ www.gov.uk/government/p...

Curriculum and Assessment Review: interim report

An independent review of the curriculum and assessment system in England, with statistical analysis.

www.gov.uk

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Kate Mason @katejmason.bsky.social · Mar 17

💙💛💚 Loved attending 'The Line Community Gathering' last week🤗

💫Great hearing about fab work The Line are doing. Featured here Juma Harding Dimmock &
Charlotte Hodes

➡️ the-line.org

#TheLine #Sculpture #walking #WalktheLine #PublicArt #OutdoorArt #EastLondon #PublicArtTrail #art #nature #heritage

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Kate Mason @katejmason.bsky.social · Mar 17

'Zandra Rhodes urges youngsters to draw every day'

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@theartcriminal.bsky.social @accessart.bsky.social #drawing

Zandra Rhodes urges Kent youngsters to draw every day

Kent-born Zandra Rhodes hopes her Colourful Heritage project will inspire local youngsters.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Kate Mason @katejmason.bsky.social · Mar 9

'Children and young people are being asked by the government to give their views on what matters to them.

For those aged 10-21 years old, and up to 25 years old for those with special educational needs and disabilities.

SURVEY LINK: ➡️ www.iwill.org.uk/NYS-Deliver-...

www.bbc.com/newsround/ar...

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Newham Heritage Month @newhamheritage.bsky.social · Mar 4

⏳ The countdown is on - just under 3 weeks left to apply to be part of #NewhamHeritageMonth 2025!

💷 Got questions about how to get up to £8,000 funding to create a festival project?

👇Let us know below and we'll answer them!

Find out more + apply now at www.newhamheritagemonth.org/blog/newham-...

Newham Heritage Month 2025 Launch

Newham Heritage Month is back for a sixth year. This year the festival will take place in September 2025 with the theme 'Newham At 60', celebrating our borough's sixtieth anniversary.

www.newhamheritagemonth.org

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Kate Mason @katejmason.bsky.social · Mar 9

💥⚡️🎭 Animal Farm #AnimalFarm - incredible, visceral recent production at Theatre Royal Stratford East @stratfordeast.com on tour now going to Leeds Playhouse & Nottingham Playhouse @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social
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#stratfordeast #theatreroyalstratfordeast #georgeorwell

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Kate Mason @katejmason.bsky.social · Mar 9

‘Co-creation of cultural projects boosts socio-economic inclusion, DCMS study finds
Research identifies a combination of strategies to increase engagement in culture among lower socio-economic groups.’ Jonathan Knott @artsprofessional.co.uk

www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/co-crea...

Co-creation of cultural projects boosts socio-economic inclusion, DCMS study finds - Arts Professional

Co-creation and participatory practices are one of the most effective ways to engage audiences from lower socio-economic backgrounds with culture, research commissioned by the Department for Culture M...

www.artsprofessional.co.uk

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Kate Mason @katejmason.bsky.social · Mar 9

“Art deco designers shared a desire for an aesthetic appropriate for a modern world.”
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‘One hundred years ago this April, the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs introduced art deco to the world.’ @dezeen.com #artdeco

www.dezeen.com/2025/03/03/a...

"Art deco designers shared a desire for an aesthetic appropriate for a modern world"

One hundred years ago this April, the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs introduced art deco to the world. To kick off our Art Deco Centenary series, Kathleen Murphy Skolnik gives an overvi...

www.dezeen.com

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