Introduction
The National Arts Education Archive (NAEA) is now under new management. After 25 years of being managed by a Board of Trustees
(The National Arts Education Archive Trust) the Archive has formed a fruitful and mutually beneficial link in partnership with
Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) and the Universities of Huddersfield, York St John and Manchester. After various consultations
and negotiations the NAEA Trust agreed, with the approval of the Charity Commission, to pass over full responsibilities for
the management, sustainability and future development of the Archive to YSP Trustees. The Trust has now been dissolved and a
new Steering Group has been formed (December 2009) on which former NAEA Trustees, Dr John Steers and Professor Ron George,
are members.
The assets of the NAEA exist as a major research facility and resource to be developed within YSP learning, research and
artistic programming. It was established back in 1985 to provide a documentary trace of the development of arts education
in the UK and worldwide, by collecting children's and students' work and the papers, letters and work of key educators and
artists in the visual arts, music and language. This material, comprising more than 100 catalogued collections, is based
in the Lawrence Batley Centre at Bretton Hall, and is available to researchers, students, lecturers and the general public
on an individual basis by appointment The Archive is currently open by appointment only on Mondays and Tuesdays each week.
The Collections
View a list of the collections here
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND DETAILS ABOUT THE NAEA@YSP PLEASE CONTACT:
Leonard Bartle (Centre Administrator)
National Arts Education Archive @YSP
The Lawrence Batley Centre
Bretton Hall
West Bretton
WAKEFIELD WF4 4LG
Tel: 01924 830690
Email: leonard.bartle@YSP.co.uk
or leonard@leonardbartle.orangehome.co.uk
NAEA is now registered as part of YSP's MLA (Museums, Libraries and Archives) Registration No RD 287
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