A modern, genre-bending elegy, Passerine is an ambitious and accomplished poetic study of loss and hope. 

We talked to Amerah Saleh, General Manager at Beatfreeks, about her role, career path and any advice she had for young people interested in the arts. Read on to find out more!

Kizzy Blue Wade was selected for TrinityTalent for Progress in her Arts Award achievements. 

Get creative this new year in specialist online music courses for 11-16s. We’re using Zoom to help you explore your creativity in safe, affordable weekly sessions. Book today!

This week on instaviews we will be interviewing Instagram poet and self-published author, J R Darbon. 

As part of the celebrations of 15 years of Arts Award, we're running a competition to find out why you love the art you do. £50 arts voucher anyone? Yes please! 

Apply for this paid internship if you are from a BAME background

After the shocking events, which have taken place in Minneapolis, I have written a collection of poems, all focused on the topic of race and societal tension. I truly believe that the pen will be able to bridge the divides in our fractured world. 

Sanah talks about her latest experience in the BBC's ‘Performance Live: The Way Out’, her doctorate on whiteness in clinical psychology, and how spoken word can be used to help mental health

“We have a need, as humans, to compartmentalise to a degree. We section things off in our minds in order to form a basic understanding of them.”

Join us Friday May 8th at 12pm over on our Instagram channel for a live Q+A 

Poetry is an art, a passion that can only be written by those who are gifted with the power of creativity. It can be the most wonderful of fairy tales to the one of histories darkest most sad moments.