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23 November 2015
How to...be a theatre freelancer
There are so many jobs in the arts and with that a number of different pathways to get into an arts career. The 4 main things that opens doors into arts careers are passion, creativity, training and hard work.
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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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23 November 2015
Want my job…with Noah Altshuler
Noah Altshuler is an 18-year-old playwright who is currently working as playwright in residence at the Mark Twain House & Museum. His play The Sawyer Studies opens next Tuesday at Camden's Etcetera Theatre.
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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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19 November 2015
Top tip 10: Use your Voice
Love the content on our new site? Get posting now!
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18 November 2015
My gold arts award story!
In this video, i talk about my experience with arts award as a whole. What i did for my leadership and some advice i would give to people who are thinking about doing gold.
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18 November 2015
Lumiere Festival
Lumiere is the UK's largest light festival, featuring light-based art installations across the city for four days. Produced by Artichoke and commissioned for the fourth time by Durham City Council, this year's festival offered a host of different artworks against the beautiful backdrop of Durham City.
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12 November 2015 – 12 January 2016
Pebble Trust Brighton Fringe Awards
For the sixth year running, The Pebble Trust is supporting Brighton Fringe participants by offering three bursaries to young people wishing to put on an event. This could be in any category.
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12 November 2015 – 12 January 2016
Irene Mensah Brighton Fringe Bursary
ART:sync and urbanflo creative in conjunction with Brighton Fringe are very pleased to announce the 'Irene Mensah Artist Bursary' in honour of our dear friend and colleague who sadly passed away in 2013. Applications are invited for this very special award, which will be available for community artists based in Brighton & Hove who are participating in Brighton Fringe 2016.
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12 November 2015 – 12 January 2016
The encoreinsure.com Brighton Fringe First Bursary Scheme
5 FREE Brighton Fringe 2016 registrations to first time Brighton Fringe participants
Encore Insure in conjunction with Brighton Fringe are very pleased to announce the encoreinsure.com Brighton Fringe First Bursary Scheme to reflect their support of Fringe performance and the creative zeal of new makers to produce fantastic work without extortionate budgets.
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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 – 12 January 2016
Think Big with 02 - Brighton Fringe Registration Bursary
Brighton Fringe has hooked up with O2 Think Big to become an official Youth Partner. This means that if you are aged between 13- 25, you can apply for a Think Big fund to contribute to an event or project that will be included in Brighton Fringe.
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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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5 November 2015
Get Gold - a blog by Emrys
A new blog by Arts Award Youth Network Project Manager, Emrys Green, sharing insights and ideas from his experience of doing and advising on Arts Award. Informal ramblings designed to give some useful information about how you can achieve your own Gold Arts Award.
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5 November 2015
Get Gold with the Arts Award Youth Network
If you read my first post, then you'll known that I have the privilege of managing the Arts Award Youth Network. We run events and activities to support young people interested in the arts and Arts Award.