Lesson(in)Action

Within the national notion of education-  creativity sometimes seems to be  valued only in terms quantifiable and measurable  outcomes. Unless it is useful in its  aesthetic  it is held with the same regard  and affection of a weed trying to push through the  black tarmacadam of the playground. Beautiful to look at but ultimately doomed -chanced upon by the overseer tasked with maintaining that space of practice. Enclosed  in its own concrete framed  flower bed it remains apart from the purely  functional

as this flyer from LESOCO illustrates the arts must be commodified and sold to prospective learners in language like this: (the Creative Industries) are the most exciting – and fastest growing – sector of the British economy. If people tell you there aren’t jobs in the Creative Industries – they’re wrong! Did you know that the creative sector makes more than £8m an hour, and employs nearly 1.7m people? And 35.5% of the UK’s creative businesses are based in London.