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Blog
5 November 2015Get Gold - a blog by Emrys
View BlogA 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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Blog
5 November 2015Get Gold with the Arts Award Youth Network
View BlogIf 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.
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Blog
5 November 2015Get Gold with a difference
View BlogGold is about preparing you for the creative industries - in a way A levels don't often do (in my opinion). Keeping a broad cultural experience is exciting.
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Blog
5 November 2015Get Gold by reaching out
View BlogOutreach programmes and 'making art accessible' are not about belittling it, relying on 'amateur' work, or squeezing it into strange places.
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Feature
31 October 2015What has happened in visual art since Arts Award was born?
View FeatureThis December, we'll be celebrating Arts Award's 10th Birthday by asking you to vote for the best of visual art 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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Interview
30 October 2015Arts Award Off The Shelf: Laura Dockrill
View InterviewArts Award Voice's deputy editor Tom interviews Laura Dockrill about how she decided to get into writing, and the authors that inspired her to follow her dream career. This video will be useful if you are completing the Arts Award Part C Inspiration section of your Bronze portfolio.
Tom also talks to Emma Jones from the Ministry of Stories about the ways in which they support young people taking their Arts Award to find their own inspiration.
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Blog
28 October 2015I can do both! Is the multi-skilled artist a good thing?
View BlogWith a specific focus on the backstage theatre industry, is being a multi-skilled practitioner a help or a hindrance within the industry today? Can someone market themselves as having skills in multiple departments? And how important is it for someone who has chosen to specialise to have a knowledge of other departments?
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Interview
28 October 2015Backstage with…Curing Perfect
View InterviewCuring Perfect is an online graphic novel that explores stem cell biology, presented by Creative Mind's Carousel. We caught up with Becky Bruzas, speaker at Curing Perfect and Sarah Gordy, networker and presenter at Curing Perfect to find out more.
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Case Study
26 October 2015Case study: Neha Lakhanpaul, Arts Award Activist, Bronze and Silver achiever
View Case StudyNeha has just joined the Youth Network as an Arts Award activist. She also studies Law at Brunel University.
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Case Study
26 October 2015Case Study: Mary Strickson, Silver Arts Award
View Case StudyMary Strickson was an Arts Award Voice Reporter from 2014-15, and is now a regular contributor to the magazine. She is also close to finishing her Silver Arts Award.
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Blog
21 October 2015An open letter to photography
View BlogTo my camera: I like it best when we are as one. My eye against yours.
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Blog
8 October 2015Case Study: Sally Trivett, Voice Community Coordinator and Silver Achiever
View BlogThis 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.
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Interview
5 October 2015Arts Award movers and shakers: Diana Walton
View InterviewDiana has been around since the first shoots of Arts Award grew in the West Midlands in 2000 and has helped the award to flourish over the years
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How-to Guide
1 October 201510 tips for getting going with Arts Award
View How-to GuideIt's Start Your Arts Award Day! Here are our top tips for getting going with Arts Award...
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Review
30 September 2015Danny Wallace and Jamie Littler at Bath Children's Literature Festival
View ReviewDanny Wallace is a natural fit as a children's author, achieving that nigh on impossible adult trait of speaking to children as equals.
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Feature
30 September 2015Creativity vs Education: What have we learnt this month, class?
View FeatureThis month we have discussed the current state of creative education in the UK and it has proved itself to be rather lacking. From interviews with leading demonstrators to creative utopias, here is the best from September.
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Case Study
29 September 2015Fern Hallam - Photographer
View Case StudyFern found Arts Award at a low point in her life, having left school without qualifications due to anxiety and depression. "When I saw the Bronze Arts Award it was like a ray of light," says Fern, who went on to complete a Bronze and Gold Award using photography.
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Feature
25 September 2015Arts Award Discover Club at Latitude Festival
View FeatureThe Arts Award Youth Network smashed it again! 68 Discover Arts Award were completed at Latitude Festival!
