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23 November 2015
Top tip 6: My beautiful portfolio
This is where you show off your wonderful work so get it going it from the off. Document everything as you go – or you'll miss out best bits! Your portfolio may come in handy for college or job interviews, so make sure you're proud! Take a look at Tom's Gold portfolio or Dan's Gold Blog or Corina's Bronze work experience blog.
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23 November 2015
Top tip 4: Remember the backstage boys (and girls)
Check out the guys behind the art – techies, curators, website designers, marketeers…interesting work. Kolby thought so too – read his Gold opinion piece.
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23 November 2015
Top tip 3: Artists are wonderful
Find them, talk to them, work with them - get inspired across the arts. Great place to start is reading Voice interviews …and you'll find some artists already love Arts Award, check poet Holly McNIsh
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23 November 2015
Top tip 2: KISS
Keep It Simple Stupid! Challenge yourself to do one creative thing - don't make life too complicated. Check out Voice's How to guides for straight-talking help.
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23 November 2015
Top tip 1: Love your art
Choose an arts activity you really enjoy and you'll love doing your award too. Arts Award lets you decide what you do, so now's the time to get into some crazy art form no-one's heard of but you think is great. Maybe it's time to give yarn-bombing a go?
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19 November 2015
What goes on at? Takeover Day
Takeover Day was set up by Kids in Museums to allow children the chance to experience 'meaningful roles, working alongside staff and volunteers to participate in the life of the museum'. Takeover Day 2015 is happening tomorrow, with arts institutions and platforms across the UK allowing over 5000 kids to get behind the wheel. We caught up with Project Administrator, Mikaela Webb to find out more.
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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
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
What goes on at...Shakespeare School's Festival
This year, we're running a review writing competition with Shakespeare School's Festival. You can review any SSF performance, just upload it to Voice and add it to the 'Shakespeare School's Festival' Voicebox to enter. We chatted to SSF's Venue Director Iain Jones to find out more about the festival.
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8 November 2015
Femi Owolade-Coombes
A future innovative leader, this "savvy micro-human" is an inspiration for us all
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6 November 2015
Sitting on the Access Fund Panel
This week I was given the opportunity to represent the Youth Network and sit on the panel to make decisions on applications for an Access Fund through Arts Award.
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29 October 2015
Backstage with...BBC Ten Pieces
Ten Pieces is a huge scale project that aims to support teachers to deliver the music curriculum. After watching 10 Pieces II, we chatted to Jennifer Redmond, Assistant Producer at BBC Ten Pieces about making classical music appealing to all ages.
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28 October 2015
What has happened in music since Arts Award was born?
This December, we'll be celebrating Arts Award's 10th Birthday by asking you to vote for the best music 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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27 October 2015
What has happened in television 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 TV 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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24 October 2015
WHY? What's Happening for the Young? 2015
WHY? Festival celebrates the rights of children and young people and uses the arts to confront difficult issues.
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19 October 2015
My Word is Gold: Winners Announced!
Congratulations to the winners of our competition My Word is Gold.
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12 October 2015
Competition Brief: SSF reviewing on Arts Award Voice
Starting today, primary, secondary and sixth form students are being given the chance to enter reviews of Shakespeare School Festival (SSF) performances to a special competition on Voice!
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8 October 2015
Case Study: Sally Trivett, Voice Community Coordinator and Silver Achiever
This month, we're celebrating Arts Award's 10th Birthday. We've called on the Arts Award Youth Network to discuss the impact that Arts Award has had on them. Today, it's our Voice Community Coordinator, Sally Trivett.