Art History Link-Up – Art History Link-Up

“Art History Link-Up was started by an extraordinary teacher who was determined that the subject should be available to all students regardless of their qualifications, backgrounds or school system. The next generation of academics, curators, thinkers and practitioners will include many of AHLU’s alumni.”
The Hon. Hannah Rothschild CBE
“We are proud to support the great work that Art History Link-Up does in making art accessible to young people from a broad range of social backgrounds. A targeted education programme like this enables youngsters to see just how relevant art history is in contemporary society.”
Dr Gabriele Finaldi, Director, The National Gallery
“Art History Link-Up is a fantastic charity whose work addresses a very real gap in the UK education system. By giving young people from diverse backgrounds access to art history, the charity not only transforms their lives but helps ensure that this important subject can thrive in the twenty-first century. This is a scheme that ought to be scaled up with as much support as possible.”
Dr Munira Mirza, Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit
“I quit my Saturday job to be able to come to this course and I have no regrets. This course has changed my life and I’m totally in love with Art History.”
“I love my Art History classes at AHLU, they've completely leveled up my Saturdays from being sit-arounds to something insanely productive and honestly valuable. It's not a club, it's quality education.”
"Art History Link-Up has given us the valuable possibility to allow our students to take a History of Art A level alongside their other A level courses. This experience has opened up a world our students were not aware existed at all before. I cannot stress enough how far-reaching this awareness has been for those individual students and how significant this project is for promoting social mobility."
Dr An Pancaldi, Lead Teacher of History, London Academy of Excellence

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We want young people from diverse backgrounds to be inspired by Art History and to use it to enhance their life and educational experience. By enabling access, we believe that Art History has the potential to transform students’ lives, and in turn, that they have the potential to transform the sector.

“I quit my Saturday job to be able to come to this course and I have no regrets. This course has changed my life and I’m totally in love with Art History.”

“I love my Art History classes at AHLU, they've completely leveled up my Saturdays from being sit-arounds to something insanely productive and honestly valuable. It's not a club, it's quality education.”