Engage (visual arts)

Engage, the National Association for Gallery Education, is an educational charity in the United Kingdom. It aims to promote visual arts through gallery education, and describes itself as "the lead advocacy and training network for visual arts engagement and participation".{{cite web |title=National Association for Gallery Education operating as Engage: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2019 |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=2&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&p_p_resource_id=%2Faccounts-resource&p_p_cacheability=cacheLevelPage&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_objectiveId=A9917894&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_priv_r_p_mvcRenderCommandName=%2Ffull-print&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_priv_r_p_organisationNumber=3975404 |website=charitycommission.gov.uk |access-date=18 October 2022}} It was founded by Colin Grigg in 1989 as the National Association for Gallery Education when he was working at the Arts Council.{{cite book | last=Hickman | first=R. | title=Art Education 11-18: Meaning, Purpose and Direction | publisher=Bloomsbury Academic | year=2004 | isbn=978-0-8264-7201-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q1bUAwAAQBAJ&pg=PR10 | access-date=18 Oct 2022 | page=10}}{{cite web |title=Case study: Engage |url=https://forarthistory.org.uk/case-study/engage |publisher=Association for Art History |access-date=18 October 2022}}

The organisation runs the Marsh Award for Excellence in Visual Arts Engagement.{{cite web|title=THG scoops award for excellence in gallery education |url=https://eastdevon.gov.uk/news/2021/01/thg-scoops-award-for-excellence-in-gallery-education |publisher=East Devon District Council |access-date=18 October 2022 |date=29 January 2021}} It has been recommended as a resource for art teachers.{{cite book | last1=Addison | first1=N. | last2=Burgess | first2=L. | title=Learning to Teach Art and Design in the Secondary School: A companion to school experience | publisher=Taylor & Francis | series=Learning to Teach Subjects in the Secondary School Series | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-317-61343-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rBYcBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA14 | access-date=18 Oct 2022 | page=14}} It publishes a journal, engage,{{cite book | last1=Gregory | first1=P. | last2=March | first2=C. | last3=Tutchell | first3=S. | title=Mastering Primary Art and Design | publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing | series=Mastering Primary Teaching | year=2020 | isbn=978-1-4742-9489-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tK7FDwAAQBAJ&pg=SA8-PA20 | access-date=18 Oct 2022 | page=8-PA20}} and has run seminars.{{cite book | author=Art Libraries Society | author2=Art Libraries Society/UK and Eire | author3=Cambridge University Press | author4=Art Libraries Society/UK and Ireland | title=Art Libraries Journal | publisher=ARLIS | issue=v. 16-17 | year=1991 | issn=2059-5670 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OLZWAAAAMAAJ | access-date=18 Oct 2022 | page=}}

In 2019 its activities included a conference on health and wellbeing, a creative writing and literacy programme, work on dementia-friendly galleries, professional development activities for people working in the arts, and support for research into arts education.

It has representation on the All-party parliamentary group on Art, Craft and Design Education.

In 2019 the organisation's income came from the Arts Council England, the Arts Council of Wales, Creative Scotland and the Max Reinhardt Charitable Trust.