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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6 November 2020
Where are they now? with Bhavesh Jadva: Arts Award 15th birthday
Bhavesh Jadva was one of the founder editors of Voice, when doing his Arts Award way back when. He tells us what happened next…
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5 November 2020
Online learning: the revolution?
How Covid-19 is impacting the university experience
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30 October 2020
Comedy with Archie Maddocks
In times like these, who doesn’t love a good laugh? Voice caught up with hilarious comedian and writer, Archie Maddocks, about what he has been up to lately, and how he has weathered the Covid-19 storm, as part of the Artist Workshop with Voice series, funded by Arts Council England.
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27 October 2020
How to conceptualise a shoot with Louis Femi Adebowale
Voice caught up with filmmaker, editor and photographer Louis Femi Adebowale, about how to conceptualise a shoot, on Instagram live on Thursday 22 October, as part of the Artist Workshop with Voice series, funded by Arts Council England.
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14 October 2020
Arts Council England reopen DYCP funding for individuals
£18 million will be allocated over the next 12 months to help cultural and creative practitioners develop their creative practice.
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1 October 2020
How to sing with Joanne Roughton-Arnold
Voice caught up with opera singer, and violinist Joanne Roughton-Arnold for her advice on how to sing, and her journey to opera, as part of the Artist Workshop with Voice series, funded by Arts Council England.
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29 October 2020
Comedy with Archie Maddocks: Artist Workshop with Voice Series
Join award-winning stand-up comedian and writer Archie Maddox for this Voice special workshop on how to be a comedian. Sign-up to more free skills share workshops in the Artist Workshops with Voice series.
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15 September 2020
The A-levels anticlimax
The long-term effects of thrice changed A-levels
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7 September 2020
A-level fiasco: What happened and is it now fixed?
How did the first lot of A-level results go so horribly wrong and now that the grades have been revised, is the problem finally solved?
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7 September 2020
Where are they now? with Tarryne Wills: Arts Award 15th birthday
We catch up with Tarryne Wills, Bronze Award Award achiever and now TV Production Coordinator to celebrate Arts Award 15th birthday.
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22 October 2020
How to Conceptualise a Shoot with Louis Femi Adebowale: Artist Workshop series with Voice
Find out how to conceptualise a shoot and ensure that your end product matches the commissioner's vision with freelance video editor and photographer Louis Femi Adebowale. Sign-up to more free skills share workshops in the Artist Workshops with Voice series.
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17 September 2020
How to Sing with Joanne Roughton-Arnold: Artist Workshops with Voice magazine
Test out your opera singing skills with professional singer Joanne Roughton-Arnold, a lyric coloratura soprano with a flair for contemporary music and a range of over three octaves. Explore more free skills share workshops in the Artist Workshops with Voice series.
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8 October 2020
Dance with Project X: Artist Workshop series with Voice
Twist and turn, lengthen and strengthen, flex and float and wave your body with multi-disciplinary Project X, an organisation who platform dance of the African and Caribbean Diaspora. Sign-up to more free skills share workshops in the Artist Workshops with Voice series.
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24 September 2020
Graffiti art with Sinna One: Artist Workshop with Voice Series
Explore the art of graffiti with a LIVE demonstration from artist and illustrator Sinna One. Sign-up to more free skills share workshops in the Artist Workshops with Voice series.
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10 September 2020
Aiding our planet through art with Marisa Rehana Mann: Artist workshop with Voice series
Work towards aiding our planet through art with artist Marisa Rehana Mann. Much of Marisa's art practise focuses on the environment, images of endangered creatures in their natural habitat to act as an emblem for helping to preserve that area. Sign-up to more free skills share workshops in the Artist Workshops with Voice series.
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4 August 2020
How to approach a character with Akash Prasad
Voice caught up with actor, writer and producer Akash Prasad about how he approaches a character and his latest short film 'Built To Be', as part of the Artist Workshop with Voice series, funded by Arts Council England.
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30 July 2020
How to get into the film industry and get funded by writer, director and choreographer Margo Roe
Voice caught up with writer, director and choreographer Margo Roe about how to enter the film industry, what it's like being at Edinburgh Fringe festival and where to begin when creating your own choreography for film. Margo Roe is a writer, director and choreographer from the Midlands, UK.
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29 July 2020
Matt Windle, Birmingham Young Poet Laureate (2007-08) & Birmingham Poet Laureate (2016-18)
Interview (over email due to social distancing) with former Birmingham Poet Laureate and boxer Matt Windle (The Poet with Punch) on his experiences and involvement in the poetry 'industry'. Published here with full permission from Matt.