Voicebox: Kickstart your career
What's the best pathway into the arts and media - a creative apprenticeship or a university course? How do I build my experience and contacts, and survive as a young professional? This Voicebox offers ideas about developing your creative career, providing you with insights and opinions from both professionals and peers.
We also have a careers section dedicated to helping you find inspiration on taking that next step!
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News
2 February 2021Kids in Museums launches Museum Careers Quiz
View NewsThe quiz is the latest in a series of resources to help young people discover careers in museums
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Interview
15 January 2021Interview with Evlon De Souza Fellow of Trinity College London and alumni
View InterviewWe catch up with 26-year-old Evlon De Souza, Fellow of Trinity College London, Grade 7 piano player, the youngest Speech and Drama examiner and one of only two Indian examiners!
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How-to Guide
14 January 2021How to be a self-employed (freelance) creative
View How-to GuideEmrys answers a few questions about being self employed. There's advice about doing tax returns, getting work and what insurance types mean. And answers to several other questions. So if you're starting out in the big bad world of work or becoming a self employed individual for the first time - this article is to help you get going and through your first tax return.
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Event
15 January 2021Instaviews with Ava Klass Friday 15 Jan at 5pm
View EventAva Klass, 13-year-old music prodigy and Myleene Klass' daughter will be joining us for our first Instaviews of the new year.
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Interview
4 January 2021Where are they now? with Sapphire Urwick: Arts Award 15th birthday
View InterviewSapphire Urwick achieved her Bronze Arts Award 15 years ago, in Arts Award’s first year in operation! Since then she’s set up a theatre company and worked as an educator and trainer, read on...
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Case Study
21 December 2020Jamie Reid, Gold Arts Award
View Case StudyJamie Reid shared their experience of completing Gold Arts Award during the challenges of 2020 lockdown. He says of his Arts Award: "Overall I found it an enjoyable experience as I was able to explore the Arts industry in greater depth than I had previously."
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Case Study
21 December 2020Maddie Hinchliff, Gold Arts Award
View Case StudyMaddie Hinchliff shares her Gold Arts Award journey with us. She explored musical theatre at The King’s School in Worcester and has completed her Bronze, Silver and Gold, and impressively, completed her Gold during lockdown 2020.
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Case Study
21 December 2020Amy Carter, Gold Arts Award
View Case StudyAmy Carter has completed her Gold Arts Award over 2020 battling the issues of lockdown and having to complete a portfolio online. Find out about how Amy handled these challenges and what she did for her Arts Award.
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Interview
18 December 2020Where are they now? with Becky Lawn, Arts Award 15th birthday
View InterviewBecky works as a social scientist in public health and lives in Vancouver, but she still remembers the benefits of doing an Arts Award in 2008, when she was 16 years old. We catch up with Becky to celebrate Arts Award 15th birthday.
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Interview
14 December 2020Where are they now? with Hattie Hignell, Arts Award 15th birthday
View InterviewHattie 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.
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Interview
14 December 2020What goes on at Tiger Monkey?
View InterviewWe catch up with Director of Tiger Monkey, Emma Ghafur, about what goes on behind the scenes at this arts organisation.
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Interview
14 December 2020Where are they now? with Jessica Johnson, Arts Award 15th Birthday
View InterviewWe chat to Jess Johnson who achieved her Arts Award 10 years back and is now pursuing her dream to be a novelist, to celebrate Arts Award's 15th birthday.
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Blog
14 December 2020Celebrating Arts Award Alumni, Arts Award 15th Birthday
View BlogArts Award has been supporting the development of creativity and leadership skills for all young people for 15 years. Arts Award has championed creativity, nurtured talent and offered insights into the arts world, together with a taste of creative careers. Across the UK there are over 4,000 centres and an impressive 563,973 awards achieved. That's a LOT of Gold, Silver, Bronze, Explore and Discover Arts Awards over the years!
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Interview
14 December 2020Where are they now? with Tom Spence, Arts Award 15th Birthday
View InterviewTom Spence did his Arts Awards in the early days! He tells us about developing as a composer and his work with Skimstone Arts in Newcastle to celebrate Arts Award 15th birthday.
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How-to Guide
14 December 2020How to navigate creative careers during a pandemic
View How-to GuideGet clued up on creative careers during Covid-19 with this practical guide
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How-to Guide
11 December 2020How to make a cover song your own with Marsela
View How-to GuideSinger-songwriter Marsela guides us through this process during our final Artist Workshop in the series funded by the Arts Council England.
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Blog
4 December 2020What the judges are looking for with your TrinityTalent nominations
View BlogWant to find out what the judges are looking for with your TrinityTalent Class of 2020 nominations? Read on to find out all about it.
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Event
9 December 2020How to make a cover song your own with Marsela
View EventThe talented Marsela with be delivering an exclusive performance for Voice magazine on Instagram and demonstrating how to take a cover song and make it your own. This is the final session in our Artist Workshop series funded by the Arts Council England.
