Arts Award on Voice

Idriss is a talented filmmaker who has worked with us as a Voice Contributor. Now he's travelling the country for various film projects, showcasing his talent and building up an impressive repertoire. Let's hear things from his own words!

Tom began his career in the arts nearly 10 years ago as a member of of the Bury St Edmund's Youth Council. Nowadays, he is the well-recognised editor of Voice with a degree in politics and a masters in journalism tucked neatly under his belt. Let's see what else he's been up to!

I spoke to Rob about his work in a psychiatric ward and why it forms part of his comedic and poetry material

I spoke to Ingrid about the inspirations for her plays and her view on Fringe and the importance of the arts

Singer/songwriters The Tailormade are fresh off their first tour and talk to Voice about the experience

Suffolk Libraries chief executive talks to Voice about the importance of reading, her career, and offers advice to young people

We hear from Durham Sixth Form Centre about the wide variety of art forms and events their students get involved with to complete their Gold Arts Award. 

After achieving her Gold and Silver Arts Awards, Lizzy Whynes began her career freelancing as a Theatre Practitioner, and is now an Education Officer at Harrogate Theatre. She speaks to Voice about the impact of the Award, her career, and offers some amazing advice to young people.

Dave Darch from A Little Learning (among other places) sits down to talk about the many hats he wears in the creative world but particularly the one which led to him getting young people to teach adults how to code at MozFest 2017.

Hear Katie and Cheryl talk about their work with Helix Arts and how their experience working with young people brought them down to MozFest to deliver a workshop around Social Media and expression.

We spoke to Hannah Prentice, currently doing her Gold Arts Award about the volunteering she’s doing as part of her award and it bringing her to MozFest.

Joanna Bailey speaks to British contemporary artist Philip Gurrey about his experimental portraiture work, and what advice he would give to aspiring artists!