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12 November 2015 – 12 January 2016
Irene Mensah Brighton Fringe Bursary
ART:sync and urbanflo creative in conjunction with Brighton Fringe are very pleased to announce the 'Irene Mensah Artist Bursary' in honour of our dear friend and colleague who sadly passed away in 2013. Applications are invited for this very special award, which will be available for community artists based in Brighton & Hove who are participating in Brighton Fringe 2016.
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12 November 2015 – 12 January 2016
The encoreinsure.com Brighton Fringe First Bursary Scheme
5 FREE Brighton Fringe 2016 registrations to first time Brighton Fringe participants
Encore Insure in conjunction with Brighton Fringe are very pleased to announce the encoreinsure.com Brighton Fringe First Bursary Scheme to reflect their support of Fringe performance and the creative zeal of new makers to produce fantastic work without extortionate budgets.
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12 November 2015
What Goes on at…Lumiere
Lumiere, is the UK's largest light festival in Durham, happening from 12th November and featuring light-based art installations across the city. I spoke to the festival producer Kate Harvey to find out more.
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12 November 2015 – 12 January 2016
Think Big with 02 - Brighton Fringe Registration Bursary
Brighton Fringe has hooked up with O2 Think Big to become an official Youth Partner. This means that if you are aged between 13- 25, you can apply for a Think Big fund to contribute to an event or project that will be included in Brighton Fringe.
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12 November 2015
Case Study: Meridith Dickin, Gold Arts Award
My first experience of Arts Award was when I got involved in Express Yourself, a project run by City Arts in Nottingham.
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10 November 2015
Do artists have a responsibility when representing conflict?
Hannah Kemp-Welch is currently finishing her Gold Arts Award through Circuit, at the Tate. As part of her Award, she ran a live event looking at art and conflict. Here, she shares her thoughts on the artist's responsibility...
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7 November 2015
MozFest2015-AADigital
Arts Award are down at MozFest 2015 this weekend to look at the ways we can get creative with technology and digital media.
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6 November 2015
Interview: Lumiere's budding artists
This year's Lumiere festival in Durham will feature an installation called 'Precious' created by Media Studies students from Durham Sixth Form Centre in collaboration with New Zealand company Storybox. Ellen Orange speaks to some of the students involved in the project to find out more.
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5 November 2015
Get Gold - a blog by Emrys
A new blog by Arts Award Youth Network Project Manager, Emrys Green, sharing insights and ideas from his experience of doing and advising on Arts Award. Informal ramblings designed to give some useful information about how you can achieve your own Gold Arts Award.
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5 November 2015
Get Gold with the Arts Award Youth Network
If you read my first post, then you'll known that I have the privilege of managing the Arts Award Youth Network. We run events and activities to support young people interested in the arts and Arts Award.
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5 November 2015
Get Gold with a difference
Gold is about preparing you for the creative industries - in a way A levels don't often do (in my opinion). Keeping a broad cultural experience is exciting.
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5 November 2015
Get Gold by reaching out
Outreach programmes and 'making art accessible' are not about belittling it, relying on 'amateur' work, or squeezing it into strange places.
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31 October 2015
What has happened in visual art since Arts Award was born?
This December, we'll be celebrating Arts Award's 10th Birthday by asking you to vote for the best of visual art from the last ten years! Here are some of our highlights to get you thinking…let us know what we've missed in the comments box.
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30 October 2015
Arts Award Off The Shelf: Laura Dockrill
Arts Award Voice's deputy editor Tom interviews Laura Dockrill about how she decided to get into writing, and the authors that inspired her to follow her dream career. This video will be useful if you are completing the Arts Award Part C Inspiration section of your Bronze portfolio.
Tom also talks to Emma Jones from the Ministry of Stories about the ways in which they support young people taking their Arts Award to find their own inspiration.
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28 October 2015
I can do both! Is the multi-skilled artist a good thing?
With a specific focus on the backstage theatre industry, is being a multi-skilled practitioner a help or a hindrance within the industry today? Can someone market themselves as having skills in multiple departments? And how important is it for someone who has chosen to specialise to have a knowledge of other departments?
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28 October 2015
Backstage with…Curing Perfect
Curing Perfect is an online graphic novel that explores stem cell biology, presented by Creative Mind's Carousel. We caught up with Becky Bruzas, speaker at Curing Perfect and Sarah Gordy, networker and presenter at Curing Perfect to find out more.
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26 October 2015
Case study: Neha Lakhanpaul, Arts Award Activist, Bronze and Silver achiever
Neha has just joined the Youth Network as an Arts Award activist. She also studies Law at Brunel University.
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26 October 2015
Case Study: Mary Strickson, Silver Arts Award
Mary Strickson was an Arts Award Voice Reporter from 2014-15, and is now a regular contributor to the magazine. She is also close to finishing her Silver Arts Award.