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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24 February 2024
Artist Workshop with collage artist and curator Annete Sagal
Learn how to make your own collage in five simple steps
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26 January 2024
Fashion workshop with Mini’s World founder Adwoa Owusu
Understand more about fashion, entrepreneurship and styling in this short workshop
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12 September 2023 – 14 May 2024
Story Curators
Come and join our Story Curators course for ages 11-16 and learn how exhibitions and installations are created - from first ideas to fully built!
Tuesdays from 4.30pm - 6.30pm
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17 May 2023
How to approach arts professionals for career advice
Feeling nervous about approaching someone new? Want to engage and be the funny/charming/inspiring person you know you are but are too scared to make the first move? We’ve all been there. Networking is a handy skill to have when it comes to arts careers.
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28 March 2022
Alternative Careers in the Theatre Industry
Owning the spotlight on stage is not the only way to be a part of the rich history of theatre. Consider a career of the heroes behind the curtain who are there from the first finished script, to cleaning up the roses on closing night, and everything in between.
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22 February 2022
How do we choose what unpaid opportunities we support with our creative energy?
A reflection on a discussion event sharing the good, the bad, and the ugly bits of unpaid roles in the Arts.
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26 February 2021
Where are they now? with Ceri Davies: Arts Award 15th birthday
Ceri Davies completed her Silver Arts Award in 2012 and went on to become a disability rights campaigner, setting up her own community interest company, More Mascots Please. Find out more about what Ceri's been up to in this video interview.
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8 February 2021
How to get involved with the creative industries
A guide to help you navigate your journey into the creative industries.
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14 January 2021
How to be a self-employed (freelance) creative
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.
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4 January 2021
Where are they now? with Sapphire Urwick: Arts Award 15th birthday
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...
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21 December 2020
Jamie Reid, Gold Arts Award
Jamie Reid shared his 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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21 December 2020
Maddie Hinchliff, Gold Arts Award
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.
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21 December 2020
Amy Carter, Gold Arts Award
Amy 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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18 December 2020
Where are they now? with Becky Lawn, Arts Award 15th birthday
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.
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14 December 2020
Where are they now? with Hattie Hignell, 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.
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14 December 2020
What goes on at Tiger Monkey?
We catch up with Director of Tiger Monkey, Emma Ghafur, about what goes on behind the scenes at this arts organisation.
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14 December 2020
Where are they now? with Jessica Johnson, Arts Award 15th Birthday
We 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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14 December 2020
Celebrating Arts Award Alumni, Arts Award 15th Birthday
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!