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1 November 2015
Want my job?...with Mozilla's Cassie McDaniel
Want my job?...with Mozilla's Cassie McDaniel
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30 October 2015
Interview with Hollie McNish, poet and spoken word artist
Hollie McNish is a critically acclaimed poet and spoken word artist. Benjamin Zephaniah once said, "I can't take my ears off her"
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30 October 2015
Arts Award Off The Shelf: Simon Cox
Arts Award Voice's deputy editor Tom interviews Simon Cox to discover what being a Casting Associate for film and TV involves, and some of the challenges he faces when casting for such projects as The Hobbit and Robot Overlords. This video will be useful if you are completing the Arts Award Part C Inspiration section of your Bronze portfolio.
Tom also talks to Eronita from Into Film about their Talent Development scheme and how this can support young people who are completing an Arts Award.
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30 October 2015
Arts Award Off The Shelf: Laura Dockrill
Arts 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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30 October 2015
Arts Award Off The Shelf: Angel Coulby
Joshua from Arts Award Voice's editorial team interviews Angel Coulby to find out how her admiration for other children performing on stage started her off on her career as a professional actress, and on the variety of work she has undertaken. This video will be useful if you are completing the Arts Award Part C Inspiration section of your Bronze portfolio.
Joshua also talks to Jane from National Theatre about the various opportunities they have open to young people who are completing their Arts Award.
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30 October 2015
Arts Award Off The Shelf: Luca Silvestrini
Lizzy, one of our Arts Award activists, interviews Luca Silvestrini about how his passion in dance developed into his role now as the Artistic Director of Protein Dance. This video will be useful if you are completing the Arts Award Part C Inspiration section of your Bronze portfolio.
Lizzy also talks to Constance Gibbs from Greenwich Dance about the many ways in which they help young people who are completing their Arts Award.
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29 October 2015
Backstage with...BBC Ten Pieces
Ten Pieces is a huge scale project that aims to support teachers to deliver the music curriculum. After watching 10 Pieces II, we chatted to Jennifer Redmond, Assistant Producer at BBC Ten Pieces about making classical music appealing to all ages.
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28 October 2015
Backstage with…Curing Perfect
Curing 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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27 October 2015
What's Happening for the Young - an interview with Holly Hunter
Holly is the Lead Programmer of the WHYFest 2015 at the Southbank Centre. What is Happening for the Young is a festival aimed to create awareness of the rights of the youth and encourage them to use their voice. In this interview, Holly gives me an insight into her own career path and some of the highlights of this weekend.
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26 October 2015
What goes on at...Juice Festival
Juice Festival is a week-long festival for children and young people from 24th-31st October. At their launch party Ellen Orange had the chance to talk to Chris, the Artistic Director, Ryan and Rachel, two Juice Festival Coordinators and member of Team Juice, Lily to find out more.
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20 October 2015
'My Word is Gold' winner: Freya Averley
Freya Averley, lives in Newcastle. She is now 16 - she did her Gold Arts Award while 15 - and has been training circus intensively for nearly 4 years with Five Ring Circus at Circus Central in Newcastle.
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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
What goes on at...Bath Festivals
We're teaming up with Bath Festivals for March's literature month. Bath Literature Festival - running until March 8th - is just a part of this. We caught up with learning and participation leader, Hazel Plowman to find out more...
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2 October 2015
Backstage with...Bath Festival's Judith Robinson
This month we're teaming up with Bath Festivals to bring you news and opinions from the festival, and the wider world of lit. Here, we meet festival Literature Producer, Judith Robinson.
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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
July was the month of Mud n' Music
This month we've been discussing the modern British festival - and reporting live from one of the best!
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28 September 2015
Want my job?...with Garth Jennings
Garth Jennings has worked in both film and publishing, directing such classics as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and signing a three book deal with Macmillan Children's books. This weekend, he could be found at Bath Children's Literature Festival...
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25 September 2015
What goes on at...Brighton University Saturday Club
The National Art & Design Saturday Club offers young people aged 14–16 the chance to study art and design every Saturday morning at their local college or university for free. We caught up with Brighton Uni's Joanna Tolley to find out more...