UK New Artists (UKNA) have taken over Leicester this past weekend, showcasing 75 new and emerging artists across exhibitions, spoken word, film, music, and dance. Check out our highlights of Saturday's events.

TrinityTalent celebrates Arts Award achiever Riley for Leadership.

 Trinity Talent celebrates Arts Award Achiever Em King for Leadership.

Delightfully weird, but wonderful. Allison Katz’s first institutional solo show in the UK at Nottingham Contemporary.

Hattie Hignell did her Gold Arts Award around 8 years ago and now works as a Senior Print Artist for a children's retailer. We catch up with Hattie to celebrate Arts Award 15th birthday. 

We caught up with environmental artist Marisa Rehana Manna about environmental influences on her visual artwork. It's part of the Artist Workshop with Voice series, funded by Arts Council England

Charlotte has completed her Bronze and Silver awards, and is now starting her Gold. Catch up on her Arts Award story so far...

A colourful workshop by our artist in residence Nicky Carvell at Turner's House in Twickenham.

I set myself three challenges to complete for my Silver Arts Award: stroboscopic, light painting and photogram photography.

My creative journey to a final piece for Silver Arts Award. (Please excuse the spelling mistakes, I’m dyslexic)

We catch up with Carol Leach from the Arts Award Initiative about how they help young people complete their Arts Award, finishing Gold Arts Award in a month and how you can get involved! 

Who doesn't want to learn how to create magnificent silk paintings? And that's exactly what I did - follow my journey and progress as I learn this ancient technique.