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                  Art is an Election Issue

                  A message from Bob and Roberta Smith

                  In partnership with our colleagues at The National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD) we have released a film of our patron Bob and Roberta Smith RA talking about why we should teach art in schools. Bob and Roberta Smith is currently standing against Michael Gove MP in Surrey Heath as part of the General Election 2015.

                  In the film Bob & Roberta Smith explains that the arts are Britain's unique selling point, why STEM should become STEAM, and why teaching art in schools is a route to success. Bob says that we should be Teaching art and visuality in the same breath as engineering and maths, and science

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                  Join the debate #artmakespeoplepowerful

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