The Great Animal Race of the Jade Emperor - Monday 06 August until Friday 10th August (11:00 - 17:00), in association with OYAP Trust (Oxfordshire Young Arts Partnership)

Free access to exhibitions and workshops from just £3!

To all beginners of Arts Award Discover, I would like to give you a preview of what you are capable of doing if you are uncertain about doing Arts Award. I hope my portfolio inspires you!

Picasso 1932 was a wonderful exhibition, I loved it! If you went there or are going to go, I hope you like it.

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I described and showed Evie the exact way  to play a short sequence so that we could all improvise together (with William too) on our Bronze Arts Awards Course at The Womack-Banning Piano Academy.

Orchestras across the country have been trying out schemes to encourage a younger audience into the concert hall and have experienced varied success. Whilst working at the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra I learnt a lot about audience development and been researching the ways in which it can be improved.

This article is about exploring the issue of whether Art should be a compulsory GCSE. I am showcasing my own opinions and exploring the results of my recent survey which asked the public whether they were in favour or not and why. Please comment on whether you think Art should be a compulsory GCSE and why.

We chat to Tyler, who recently completed his Silver Arts Award in dance and dance science. 

We catch up with Lily Doolin who's participating in her Silver Arts Award, making and decorating unicorns out of cake, clay and mosaic! 

An exhibition of modernist American painting from the inter-war years, at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

I saw Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre, London. Based on the Disney animated film, The Lion King premiered on Broadway in 1997 and The Lion King London opened in October 1999, playing to packed houses ever since!

The Lion King is a musical based on Disney's 1994 animated film. First opened in Britain at the Lyceum Theatre on 19 October 1999, the musical features African animals, represented by actors and actresses of all ages, in animal costumes and giant hollow puppets with elaborate and excessive makeup. Performed at the Lyceum Theatre, the musical is directed by Julie Taymor and music and lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice, and has been running for 16 years.

For Unit 2, I organised an art exhibition designed to celebrate the friendship between my best friend and I and our progress in art since we were 12. Art brought us back together after we went to separate schools and therefore it is really important to us. I wanted to share it with everyone to demonstrate the power of art so I have created a mini online exhibition to show the development through the displays.