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5 August 2015
Where are they now?...with Hannah Butcher
Hannah Butcher completed her Bronze and Silver awards, then decided to become an Arts Award advisor. She's currently delivering Arts Award at Future Education.
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5 August 2015
Case study: WW1 Special Edition, Luke Hasler
Luke has just completed his Special Edition WW1 Bronze Arts Award, making an immaculately detailed trench model, and commemorative cross. He's previously completed Bronze and Silver Awards.
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5 August 2015
Case study: film maker Agi K
Agi K is a truly exceptional 12 year old film maker. She's home educated in Wales, has already completed her Gold Arts Award, makes multiple films each week and last year won the NYFF award. Her videos are now available on Vimeo On Demand.
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5 August 2015
Case Study: Bronze achiever Daniel Doggett
Daniel completed his Bronze Arts Award at Cornerhouse, working on his scripts, sharing his work publicly and collaborating with directors and actors. We caught up with him to find out all about it.
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5 August 2015
Case study: Gold achiever Rianna Hobson
Rianna Hobson is the first person to achieve her Gold Arts Award through a library project. Rianna's a keen photographer, who combined her love of image making, with words and library activity...
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5 August 2015
Case study: Gold achiever Sophie Rogers
Sophie Rogers is the first person in Scotland to complete a Gold Arts Award. She is also a trained Bronze and Silver adviser, music coordinator at Depot Arts and is about to release her debut album.
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5 August 2015
Case study: Silver achiever Fahima Khatun
Fahima Khatun completed her Silver Arts Award at BFI Academy. Here she describes her experience, and discusses how it has helped her in the art world.
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5 August 2015
How to...make a successful music video
Music videos are a good way for film makers to express their creativity and originality. But, don't make the mistake of thinking they're easy to create...
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5 August 2015
How to...review Shakespeare Schools Festival performances
Shakespeare Schools Festival is the largest youth drama festival in the UK! Whether your school is taking part or not, there's no reason why you can't get to a performance in your area. Here's a simple guide to reviewing a performance yourself.
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5 August 2015
How to shoot your own Arts Award portfolio video
This is a guide for those of you who want to know how to make a great video, showcasing the method you used to put your portfolio together.
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5 August 2015
How to...make your own equal rights poster
Last week, I attended a screen printing workshop with Illuminate. Illuminate is part of Nottingham Museums and Galleries for 16-24 year olds and we meet weekly every Wednesday, getting up to lots of creative activities and munching on Jaffa Cakes!
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5 August 2015
How to...report from festivals (part one)
Interested in reporting from a festival? Here is your guide to getting started...it's not easy, but it sure is fun.
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5 August 2015
How to...report from festivals (part two)
In Part One you learned all about the logistics of festival writing, but how do you come up with the goods? What makes a great festival review?
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4 August 2015
Get Gold with Mud 'n' Music
I'm sorry I skipped last month, first time since I started the series. But I hope those involved in our Youth Network training, Latitude and Edinburgh projects will know why!
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4 August 2015
Do we live in a global art world?
Did you know that last year the Louvre was recorded as the most visited museum in the world? Did you know that five museums/galleries in the UK made it into the top twenty? Would you have guessed that the entire list was made up of museums and galleries in first world, fully developed countries?
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4 August 2015
Voice is returning to Edinburgh Festival Fringe!
We are hitting it harder with more shows, more interviews, and more ways to catch up with our content
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4 August 2015
Pocket releases beta channel
The read it later web service releases a new beta channel, with access to new features
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3 August 2015
Where are they now?...with Emrys Green
Emrys Green has completed his Bronze, Silver and Gold awards, and currently manages the Arts Award Youth Network. He also manages arts events and web builds through two of his own companies - Unit Twenty Three and Cloud Artisans.