Voicebox: Kickstart your career

A diverse panel and audience alike were brought together to discuss the troubled state of arts education and the way to change its future

Brighton Fringe Festival is just around the corner, so we catch up with their Press Officer, Jess Weiss, to find out how you can get a job like hers. 

It's one thing to write a solid CV or cover letter, but another to make your job application stand out between those of other candidates with similarly good CVs. How do you convince your dream employer that you're the ultimate fit? How do you sell yourself well and get that job?

We speak to comedian Suzi Ruffell about getting into comedy, using arts as a platform for activism and her work with Alan Carr. Lauded as ‘a real stand up gem’ by The Guardian, this young independent woman celebrates her working-class roots with a sideways look at the world.

We interview writer/performer Jackie Hagan about activism in the arts, diversity, inclusion and social engagement. 

Reviewing my one-week experience in the Archives at NT Studio

Aged 16 – 25 and interested in craft and making?

We’d like to invite you to help plan and deliver our next Young People’s workshop, which will be part of our Hey Clay! festival in a few weeks’ time. This is a great opportunity to build your experience and gain lots of transferable skills. It’s fantastic for CV building, and if anyone is working towards Arts Award the workshop can be used for arts leadership/arts skill share units in your portfolio.

Hey Clay! is our nationwide free festival of ceramics. Studios, art centres and galleries all open their doors for the weekend to run free, hands on clay workshops for the public throughout the UK. The festival runs from the 23rd to the 25th of March, and is part of the Get Creative festival.

If you have previously achieved an Arts Award, then we are looking for you!

Many organisations announce new apprenticeship schemes to mark the 11th annual celebration.

We talk to the team at Time & Tide Museum about their Arts and Design Arts Award projects through Creative Collisions.

Is 2018 your year to start an art career? Here are a few resolutions to help you get there, and some links to more resources too.

From food poisoning in South East Asia to volunteering in a migrant camp - we could all learn a thing or two from ambitious student Georgie Campbell.