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12 October 2015
Get Gold with Arts Award's 10th Birthday
I'm taking a slightly new slant this month. Partly because I've been terrible over the summer and ashamedly got out of the habit of my regular blogging. But I hope that this blog becomes a useful resource for our exciting new Gold Hub - a dedicated collection of resources and support on Voice to help you complete your Gold Arts Award - so I'm going to improve the regularity.
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12 October 2015
Competition Brief: SSF reviewing on Arts Award Voice
Starting today, primary, secondary and sixth form students are being given the chance to enter reviews of Shakespeare School Festival (SSF) performances to a special competition on Voice!
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9 October 2015
Case Study: Jo Nead, Arts Award Activist and Gold achiever
I first came across Arts Award during work experience at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2013, where I was given the opportunity to complete a Bronze Arts Award alongside the course.
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8 October 2015
BBC Music’s Ten Pieces Secondary Film Screening in Salford
The BBC filmed ten pieces of classical music for Arts Award's tenth birthday! Well no, they didn't. But Ten Pieces? Tenth birthday? It's meant to be. They made the BBC Music Ten Pieces film in order to inspire young people of secondary school age to embrace classical music and filmmaking.
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8 October 2015
Case Study: Sally Trivett, Voice Community Coordinator and Silver Achiever
This 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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5 October 2015
Arts Award movers and shakers: Diana Walton
Diana 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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2 October 2015
Raising the Game: National Association of Youth Theatre event
To Be or not To Be at NAYT... That is the question
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2 October 2015
Review – Fightstar: “Grand Unification”
These hard-rocking heroes from London faced a lot of criticism due to frontman Charlie Simpson's previous pop career with Busted (now McBusted…). However, views soon changed when they exploded on to the scene with their debut back in 2006… (Honestly. It's that good. Everything exploded)
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1 October 2015
It's Start Your Arts Award day!
Celebrate 10 years of Arts Award by pledging yourself to complete one.
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1 October 2015
#ArtsAward10...Happy Birthday Arts Award!
Yes folk, this month Arts Award is celebrating turning ten years old.
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1 October 2015
10 tips for getting going with Arts Award
It's Start Your Arts Award Day! Here are our top tips for getting going with Arts Award...
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30 September 2015
Danny Wallace and Jamie Littler at Bath Children's Literature Festival
Danny 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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30 September 2015
Creativity vs Education: What have we learnt this month, class?
This 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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29 September 2015
Google event brings a flurry of new devices!
Apple announced their latest flagship phones at the start of the month, Google ends September with theirs
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29 September 2015
Fern Hallam - Photographer
Fern 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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29 September 2015
Case study: Filmmaker Agi K.
Agi K is a truly exceptional 12 year old film maker. She's home educated in Wales, has already completed her Gold Arts Award, makes multiple films each week and last year won the NYFF award. Her videos are now available on Vimeo On Demand.
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29 September 2015
How to ... make Arts Award work for you
Doing your Arts Award gives you a whole range of experiences and teaches you new skills. You need to make sure that when you are writing your college/university or work application that others can see what you have learnt.
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29 September 2015
How to...make a great Arts Award portfolio
Want to know how to make your Arts Award portfolio as brilliant as you can? Here are our top tips to take it to the next level...