Arts Award on Voice

My Art Award Challenge for the Gold level award was to try and get more confident at sketching.

An investigation into where money is better spent for those experiencing homelessness – the arts or government initiatives.

Acrylic painting. Feedback please. 

On the 12th of December I watched Louis Tomlinson's live stream. It was one of the best I watched in 2020 so I wanted to share it with everyone else. 

Emrys answers a few questions about being self employed. There's advice about doing tax returns, getting work and what insurance types mean. And answers to several other questions. So if you're starting out in the big bad world of work or becoming a self employed individual for the first time - this article is to help you get going and through your first tax return.

As part of my art award I watched and reviewed The Vincent Van Gogh Immersive Experience. I was originally planning on viewing this live in York however due to COVID 19 and lock down this was not possible, instead i viewed it all online.

Jamie Reid shared their experience of completing Gold Arts Award during the challenges of 2020 lockdown. He says of his Arts Award: "Overall I found it an enjoyable experience as I was able to explore the Arts industry in greater depth than I had previously."

Amy Carter has completed her Gold Arts Award over 2020 battling the issues of lockdown and having to complete a portfolio online. Find out about how Amy handled these challenges and what she did for her Arts Award. 

We catch up with Director of Tiger Monkey, Emma Ghafur, about what goes on behind the scenes at this arts organisation. 

We chat to Jess Johnson who achieved her Arts Award 10 years back and is now pursuing her dream to be a novelist, to celebrate Arts Award's 15th birthday. 

Arts Award has been supporting the development of creativity and leadership skills for all young people for 15 years. Arts Award has championed creativity, nurtured talent and offered insights into the arts world, together with a taste of creative careers. Across the UK there are over 4,000 centres and an impressive 563,973 awards achieved. That's a LOT of Gold, Silver, Bronze, Explore and Discover Arts Awards over the years!

Singer-songwriter Marsela guides us through this process during our final Artist Workshop in the series funded by the Arts Council England.