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7 December 2015
Deja-View: Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Spectre
Are you bored of films repeating themselves? Feel like you keep watching the same film over and over again? It's not just the endless remakes and sequels that are giving you a sense of filmic deja-vu, many films follow tried and tested formulas. First up, it's marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Spectre.
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7 December 2015
Creativity Takes Confidence
Art is all about opinion. There is no right or wrong answer. But because of this, we as artists invest so much of ourselves into our work and to show that to the world can make you feel exposed and vulnerable. It's often hard to trust your opinion, that what you're creating is of a high quality, and it takes guts to share that work with others.
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7 December 2015
Alternative Festive Films: The dark side of Christmas
From the archive: I think it's fair to say Christmas isn't all fun and games when it comes to films.
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3 December 2015
Case Study: DJ and Nicole from Corali Dance Company
DJ and Nicole are both dancers with Corali Dance Company, a UK company who focus on performers with learning disabilities, pairing them with collaborators from the wider dance world, offering career development and training opportunities. Here we meet two of their dancers who have completed Arts Award, at Bronze and Silver.
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1 December 2015
Celebrate Arts Award’s first decade by choosing the best art!
We're celebrating Arts Award turning 10, and this December we want YOU to choose the best in the arts since 2005. Remember to add your email address when you vote, so we can add you to our prize draw to WIN A Hudl, £40 Theatre Tokens, an annual under-26 Art Pass OR £20 iTunes Voucher. We'll keep the polls open until 16th December and will announce the most popular moments between Christmas and New Year...get voting!
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27 November 2015
An open letter to Writing
I love writing, but we have had our difficulties.
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27 November 2015
Where Are They Now? with Dan Dunbar
Youth Network Leader Dan has achieved Bronze, Silver and Gold Arts Awards- and created brilliant work in fundraising and creating an informative documentary (both linked to in the interview below). Find out what he's been up to and what advice he would give to young people doing an Arts Award.
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27 November 2015
Where Are They Now? with Jonathan Tebble
We catch up with author Jon about his new book and Arts Award experience!
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27 November 2015
Where are they now? with film maker Rob Savage
Multi-award winning writer and director Rob Savage talks about his profession, and the impact Arts Award had on his career...
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27 November 2015
Where are they now? with animator Nathan Wilkes
3D Animator Nathan Wilkes talks about films, superheroes, and how Arts Award helped him get to where he is today.
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27 November 2015
Where are they now? with Amerah Saleh
Freelance, spoken word poet, workshop facilitator, and Founder of Creative Superheros talks to Voice about how her career, and how Arts Award aided her development
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25 November 2015
Theatrecraft
Last week I attended Theatrecraft in London! This is just a quick blog explaining what went on throughout the day and my opinions on it!
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24 November 2015
Working at Affinity Festival: Part 4
The second day of Affinity Festival arrived and I was super excited for what would come.
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24 November 2015
Working at Affinity Festival: Part 3
The Affinity festival itself was a huge success, lots of people came and the performers and workshops went amazingly!
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23 November 2015
Top tip 8: Is that my reflection?
Tip: Make a plan, keep a diary, review on video, think. It's what Arts Award's about (as well as art). Enjoy watching Dom working out his strengths and weaknesses!
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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
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.