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10 July 2024 – 20 July 2024
SouthWestFest - Patchwork Project Workshop
Join SouthWestFest and theatre maker, poet and facilitator Antonia Underwood for this free drop-in intergenerational workshop bringing together creative writing and crafting!
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9 May 2024
Does the school system support creatives?
My Gold Arts Award discussion for unit 1D. My arts debate is around whether the school system supports creative people, creative subjects and the creative industry in general.
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25 November 2023
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - an ingenious adaptation of the revered fairy tale
Hope, bravery, kindness, and love flow bountifully from the enchanting tale of Narnia and its saviours, yet malevolence lurks beneath its fantastical façade in this phenomenal adaptation.
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12 March 2021
Creativity and the Brain
Art and science are often considered to be polar opposites, but Mozilla Festival’s ‘Creativity and the Brain’ event worked to unite them through the research of neuroscientist Fernanda Pérez-Gay Juárez.
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29 April 2020
Creativity during lockdown: A series
Running out of things to watch on Netflix? Not to fear, because over the next few weeks I'll be bringing you a series of interviews with creatives who have been performing online to satiate your lockdown boredom.
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1 February 2019
Education cuts: the real impact
Let’s take a look at how today’s students are being affected by the cuts to the education system.
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22 July 2018
DEBATE: Should Art be a compulsory GCSE subject?
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.
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14 November 2017
See Think Make on Digital Creativity in Primary Schools - MozFest 2017
We're posting up the session plans for the youth led sessions at MozFest 2017.
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1 July 2017
Is Art as important as academic subjects?
What are the Arts? What are academics? And why is there a division between two respectively creative fields?
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26 May 2017
Manchester handled its loss with kindness and creativity
22 May will be remembered eternally in Greater Manchester and further for suffering a crippling loss and dealing with it by being creative and "defiantly kind".
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27 March 2017
Creating Community through Creativity: My Trip to the Philippines!
In February, I embarked on a trip to Manila, Philippines. Here I explain what led me there and why.
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31 January 2017
Raise your flag
Capturing the emotion behind creativity and code in art form at Mozfest 2016
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13 January 2016
Changing the world with creative minds
The scene is the plush Whitehall Banqueting suite, a £300 a-seat Mencap fundraising do featuring a meal and a jazz style cabaret hosted by Michael Parkinson and Lord Brian Rix.
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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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4 November 2015
The best TED picks: on technology, kids and education
Who says it best? The most informative videos about the importance of creative technology from an early age.
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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.