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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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.
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29 July 2020
Studio 2 - John Charles Exhibition
John Charles exhibition and latest commission reveal
Held at studio 2 Liverpool
Written by Danni Skelding
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27 July 2020
John Charles - Exhibition Review
Review of John Charles solo exhibition
Written by Danni Skelding
26.07.20
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3 September 2020
Creating Art with Molly Macleod: Artist workshops with Voice
Learn about graphic scores and turning sounds in to images with multidisciplinary artist Molly Macleod. Explore more free skills share workshops in the Artist Workshops with Voice series.
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8 July 2020
Do Arts Subjects in Schools Matter?
For a long time we have been fed the narrative that arts subjects don't belong in schools. So I decided to dig a little bit deeper. Why do people feel this way about these subjects? And is there any substantial evidence to support their views?
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30 July 2020
Approaching character from actor Akash Prasad: Artist workshops with Voice
Get an introduction to how to approach building character from actor, producer and writer Akash Prasad. Explore more free skills share workshops in the Artist Workshops with Voice series.
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26 June 2020
Celebrating 15 years of Arts Award
2020 marks the 15th year since Arts Award launched! Can you believe Arts Award has been helping young people achieve their artistic desires for 15 years?! Let's find out what others are doing to celebrate.
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16 July 2020
Introduction to poetry with Theresa Lola: Artist workshops with Voice
Get an introduction to writing poetry with Young People’s Laureate for London Theresa Lola. Explore more free skills share workshops in the Artist Workshops with Voice series.
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9 July 2020
Choreographing for film with Margo Roe: Artist Workshops with Voice
Writer/ Director/ Choreographer Margo Roe explores how to create choreography for the camera and how to bridge the gap between narrative and movement. Explore more free skills share workshops in the Artist Workshops with Voice series.
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10 June 2020
LOOKOUT: Creative Careers podcast
New six-part series invites experts from across the creative industries to inspire young people