Voicebox: Kickstart your career

Emrys 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.

Ava Klass, 13-year-old music prodigy and Myleene Klass' daughter will be joining us for our first Instaviews of the new year. 

Sapphire 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...

Maddie 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.

Becky 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. 

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 catch up with Director of Tiger Monkey, Emma Ghafur, about what goes on behind the scenes at this arts organisation. 

Arts 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!

Get clued up on creative careers during Covid-19 with this practical guide

Singer-songwriter Marsela guides us through this process during our final Artist Workshop in the series funded by the Arts Council England. 

Want to find out what the judges are looking for with your TrinityTalent Class of 2020 nominations? Read on to find out all about it. 

Watch former Trinity College London student, Lola Warman, perform the drums live on Instagram and demonstrate how to play for different genres. This is the penultimate session in our Artist Workshop series funded by the Arts Council England.