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4 July 2016
Your creative career
2-10th July was Arts Award Week. During the week we discussed the central theme: Our Creative Future. We be offered advice on taking the first steps towards your career dreams, and will be shared advice from industry professionals and high profile creatives. See this page for activity that happened during the week, and to find top career tips going forwards.
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29 June 2016
Can art change the world runner up: Taiwo, Adekola and Kim
In Spring 2016 we ran a competition to find 13-25 year olds who are creating art that aims to make a difference. Taiwo, Adekola and Kim a group of three poets, were one of three entries to be awarded runner up.
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29 June 2016
Can art change the world runner up: Massiah Abraham Begashaw
In Spring 2016 we ran a competition to find 13-25 year olds who are creating art that aims to make a difference. Massiah Abraham Begashaw, a written/spoken word poet and photographer, was one of three runners up.
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23 June 2016
What has the EU done for British arts?
There has been a lot of talk about different aspects of the EU referendum: the economy, immigration and trade being the big talking points, but what impact does the EU have on arts and culture?
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22 June 2016
Winners announced: Can art change the world?
In Spring 2016 we ran a competition to find 13-25 year olds who are creating art that aims to make a difference. You can read full interviews with the winners, and preview their work over the coming weeks.
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19 June 2016
ArtsAward10 Twitter Party
An online celebration of Arts Award's 10th birthday. Aged 13-25? You're invited! Please note, this is a past event.
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13 June 2016
Crime Story
Reading or writing about murder? Ellen Orange visited the perfect festival for budding literary detectives.
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10 June 2016
Well that happened
A legend dies, a TV show dies, Clinton wins the nomination and a new copyright lawsuit
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7 June 2016
Is literature more accessible now than ever?
With the rise of literature festivals, are we getting closer to, or further from accessible reading?
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3 June 2016
Meet the ArtsAward10 Twitter Party Q&A Panel Members
Find out more about the panelists for Arts Award's Twitter Party, that will be held during Arts Award Week 2016. Please note, this event has now happened.
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26 May 2016
A celebration of the EGOT
If I asked you, can you name five people who are EGOTs, what would your answer be?
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26 May 2016
My Brighton Fringe
A great art scene, buzzing crowds and new discoveries about love. It's been almost 3 weeks since my visit to Brighton Fringe, and of course, I want to go back.
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26 May 2016
Readers rejoice: there's a new bookworm app in town, and it’s called Litsy!
Described as 'Goodreads meets Instagram', Litsy is more social media focused than the former and unlike the latter, it is exclusively bookish.
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24 May 2016
Cover to Cover: Literary Yorkshire
Into reading? Then Yorkshire is the place to go. Many times the inspiration for a great novel, the Northern country has also spawned its fair share of terrific British writers. So where can you go to revel in all this glory?
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12 May 2016
Literature and mental health: Part 3
I'm now a long way into Warwick University's Literature and Mental Health course on Future Learn, and have started to really consider how books could be used on a wider scale. How do we prescribe reading?
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11 May 2016
Arts Award Week
Here you'll find all the information you'll need about Arts Award Week - a weeklong celebration of Arts Award's Tenth Birthday!
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10 May 2016
Street Stories
The most honest and heartbreaking experience I had down in Brighton…
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10 May 2016
Drowned Voices Rise
A beautiful installation in a garden, with poetry readings by Brian Mander to help set the tone.