Cultural Education

Various Dates

Digital Resource

Art Bytes allows children and young people to see galleries as places “for them” and encourages future cultural engagement. It is based on 10 years’ experience in the North West and is proven to nurture talent, raise ambition and develop confidence, as well as support mental health and help develop vital skills for future employment.

After a shortlisting panel and an online public vote, the winning artist from each school sees their work displayed in our virtual gallery. Art Bytes culminates every June with a celebration event at a high-profile cultural venue in each of the nine regions of England, which is also available to schools to stream in the classroom or assembly. National and Regional winners are announced, certificates and prizes are presented, and the virtual gallery goes live. The competition is open to all primary (year 5), secondary (year 9) and SEND schools across England.

Schools involved in Art Bytes receive:

• A dedicated portfolio page on the Art Bytes website, featuring students artwork entries, brief info and a link to your schools website
• Promotion via printed publicity & social media
• Your school’s winner exhibited in a high quality virtual exhibition
• Invitations for shortlisted students, their families and staff to attend celebration event
• A certificate for each shortlisted student and the school
• The opportunity to win some great prizes for both student and school

Why participate in Art Bytes?

• Champion the creativity of the nation’s next generation using art and virtual technology, raising aspirations for better futures.
• It builds on nine years' experience running our successful North West dot-art Schools competition, proven to nurture talent, raise ambition and develop confidence, as well as support mental health and help develop vital skills for future employment.
• Raise students’ aspirations and engage student’s families. 
• Help build valuable cultural capital in students and tackle the disadvantage gap that we know the pandemic has increased markedly.

We’re a small social enterprise so we have to charge a nominal entry fee of £195 +VAT in January 2022, then we ask for entries to be submitted online by February half term.

Find out more and register for Art Bytes here.

Art Bytes, a not-for profit social enterprise, is a brand-new national Ed-Tech programme, born from nine years success of the dot-art Schools programme in the North West region.

Art Bytes' mission is to champion the creativity of the nation’s next generation using art and virtual technology, raising aspirations for better futures.

Art Bytes is a registered Artsmark Partner and looks forward to partnering with schools to support their Artsmark journey.

Disclaimer: All digital resources promoted through the Culture Catalogue are entirely the responsibility of the named provider. Babylon ARTS is not responsible for the information supplied by the providers and used on the Culture Catalogue. Babylon ARTS is not responsible for the quality or content of the activities and events that are delivered. Teachers and students should satisfy themselves as to the quality and appropriateness of the activity or event by liaising directly with the provider. All safeguarding, equality, health and safety matters relating to the activities and events are the responsibility of the provider.