The Max Reinhardt Charitable Trust, the National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE), and engage, the National Association for Gallery Education, are delighted to announce the second Max Reinhardt Literacy Awards.

Galleries, art museums and visual arts venues in England are invited to submit proposals to host the Max Reinhardt Literacy Awards 2016-17, supported by the Max Reinhardt Charitable Trust, which will grant 3 venues an Award of £6,000 to support a dedicated programme of creative writing and literacy work with schools.

The aims of the Awards are:

• For a creative writer to work with a school and a gallery/art museum/visual arts venue on a creative writing or literacy project, exploring the venue’s collections, displays or building
• For a resource to be developed by the Venue, Creative Writer, NAWE and with the school on using creative writing to explore the venue’s collections, displays or building
• For these resources to be shared with the arts and education sectors in order to encourage the greater use of galleries/art museums/visual arts venues by schools for creative writing and literacy work

For more information and to get involved