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Showing posts with label bronze. Show all posts
Monday, 27 April 2015
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
New training dates from The Arts Award Training Agency for Kent
Want to train as an Arts Award Adviser?
Public Training
The Arts Award Training Agency for Kent have a selection of public training dates and locations available in Kent in the coming year.| Level | Location | Date | Time |
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| Bronze and Silver | Folkestone - The Quarterhouse | Thursday 7th May 2015 | 09:30 - 16:00 |
| Discover and Explore | Canterbury - The Gulbenkian | Tuesday 11th August 2015 | 09:30 - 13:00 |
| Discover and Explore | Margate - Turner Contemporary | Tuesday 13th October 2015 | 10:00 - 13:30 |
| Bronze and Silver | Maidstone - Maidstone Museum | Wednesday 11th November 2015 | 09:30 - 16:00 |
Training sessions include your Arts Award toolkit and extra resources to help you to successfully deliver the award. Refreshments are provided and lunch is provided at Bronze/Silver training days.
To book onto any of these training sessions visit the Arts Award website, select the level you wish to train in and 'South East' region to bring up a list of the available dates. Select the Kent date that you wish to attend and follow the instructions to make and pay for your booking. If you require assistance to book, please contact us.
If you are unsure which Arts Award level to train in, you can contact us for further advice tailored to your setting and young people.
Training Costs
For details of the cost of public Arts Award Adviser training and delivery costs see the Arts Award costs and funding.Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Meet Kent's Advisers: Nova Marshall
Here at the Forum we thought it would be nice to catch up with some of Kent's Advisers who are out there delivering Arts Award in different settings. Please use their experience and ideas when delivering the award yourself as it always helps to see ideas passed on.
Our first adviser to be interviewed is the lovely Nova Marshal
Hi Nova, to begin with can you tell us in what settings have you delivered Arts Award?
I have delivered the arts award in a number of settings:
What has your best experience been?
Working with the children from the youth group within their community was a rewarding experience for me and for them. I had gone into the project to be an additional youth worker/artist, however during the time I was working there I wanted to be able to make a really positive impact. Through discussions with the staff, we created an art project around World War 1 that would enable the children to achieve Arts Award Discover. Many of these children visited an art gallery and took part in the gallery’s creative workshop for the very first time.
Do you have an arts award story?
As an adviser, I worked with a young woman who was part of a Young Adult Parents Group. Whilst she attended each week, she was fairly hostile about what she was prepared to do and what she wasn’t. One week, an issue regarding taking photographs became apparent. She explained to me that she was very unhappy about her photograph being taken as she had body-images issues. I explained to her that we needed to take photos as proof of her involvement as part of the wider project. I suggested a way that we could take photos of her that didn’t have to include her whole body, in which she agreed. Each week she would look at any photos taken of her self, delete the ones she didn’t like and keep the ones she did.
At the end of one particular week, she came up to me and said that I was the first person to really listen to her and to understand her needs. From this moment onwards, each week she became more confident and her self-esteem began to grow. By the end of the 13-week project, she had lost weight through a process of healthy eating and started to really consider her future, not only for herself but her children too. She achieved her Bronze Arts Award and took part in a celebration event.
She is now doing an apprenticeship at a health and beauty salon and is really enjoying learning skills, meeting new people and earning some money.
This is not a typical arts award story but just by listening and supporting her, she was able to take the next step in transforming her life.
What is challenging about the award?
The structure of each award can seem quite ‘fixed’ but with some creative thinking you can find different ways of tackling this and documenting work.
Children and young people work at different paces and can be working on different elements of the award, so it can be challenging to keep up with where they are in their arts award journey.
Time – making the best of the time that you have with the group is vital so they remain on track to achieve the award.
What advice would you give other advisers?
Our first adviser to be interviewed is the lovely Nova Marshal
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Name
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Nova Marshall
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Company/School/Group
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Aim4 Partnerships
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Artform(s)
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Visual art – ranging from sculpture, printmaking, photography, collage, collaborative painting, textiles, graphic design, site-specific art installations
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Where are you based
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Margate, Kent
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Registered Centre Name(s)
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Aim4 Partnerships (I am also linked to Turner Contemporary and Kemsley Community House)
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Hi Nova, to begin with can you tell us in what settings have you delivered Arts Award?
I have delivered the arts award in a number of settings:
- Working with a youth group (6 – 11 years) as part of a housing association (informal setting)
- Working as part of Turner Contemporary, in an outreach youth setting (11 years +)
- Working with a Young Adult Parents group as part of a Children’s Centre
What has your best experience been?
Working with the children from the youth group within their community was a rewarding experience for me and for them. I had gone into the project to be an additional youth worker/artist, however during the time I was working there I wanted to be able to make a really positive impact. Through discussions with the staff, we created an art project around World War 1 that would enable the children to achieve Arts Award Discover. Many of these children visited an art gallery and took part in the gallery’s creative workshop for the very first time.
Do you have an arts award story?
As an adviser, I worked with a young woman who was part of a Young Adult Parents Group. Whilst she attended each week, she was fairly hostile about what she was prepared to do and what she wasn’t. One week, an issue regarding taking photographs became apparent. She explained to me that she was very unhappy about her photograph being taken as she had body-images issues. I explained to her that we needed to take photos as proof of her involvement as part of the wider project. I suggested a way that we could take photos of her that didn’t have to include her whole body, in which she agreed. Each week she would look at any photos taken of her self, delete the ones she didn’t like and keep the ones she did.
At the end of one particular week, she came up to me and said that I was the first person to really listen to her and to understand her needs. From this moment onwards, each week she became more confident and her self-esteem began to grow. By the end of the 13-week project, she had lost weight through a process of healthy eating and started to really consider her future, not only for herself but her children too. She achieved her Bronze Arts Award and took part in a celebration event.
She is now doing an apprenticeship at a health and beauty salon and is really enjoying learning skills, meeting new people and earning some money.
This is not a typical arts award story but just by listening and supporting her, she was able to take the next step in transforming her life.
What is challenging about the award?
The structure of each award can seem quite ‘fixed’ but with some creative thinking you can find different ways of tackling this and documenting work.
Children and young people work at different paces and can be working on different elements of the award, so it can be challenging to keep up with where they are in their arts award journey.
Time – making the best of the time that you have with the group is vital so they remain on track to achieve the award.
What advice would you give other advisers?
- You need to be very organised so you have a grip on where each person is in their personal learning journey.
- If you don’t already, get to know each child/young person so you can best advise them when working on their award.
- Being open and flexible is essential.
Sunday, 19 October 2014
Six Ways to Wellbeing
Do you have young people wanting to do their Arts Award? We have this opportunity for young people to do their Bronze or Silver Award with Six Ways to Well-being in Swale.
Six Ways to Wellbeing with Wide Eyed Theatre
Your ideas, performed from scratch - Join our unique young persons performance group in which we create a story of people, place and events that make us happy and share them with the world.
All the ideas come from you...
Book your place here
Timetable:
Project Launch - Tuesday 28th October - 10am till 4pm - Bluetown Heritage Centre
This session will launch the project and is open to anyone interested in joining the project. It will be a day of building our performance company and creating project ideas.
Lunch will be provided - if you need support with transport please email vicki@wide-eyed-theatre.co.uk
Weekly Evening sessions in November and December - Location and times TBC
Celebration Event - 6th December - Location and times TBC
This is part of the Six Ways To Wellbeing programme being managed by Ideas Test and Swale CVS and is funded jointly by Kent County Council, Artswork and The Royal Opera House Bridge. Find out more about the Six Ways to Wellbeing at www.sixwaystowellbeing.org.uk.
You can find Ideas Test, Swale CVS and Six Ways to Wellbeing on Twitter @IdeasTest @SwaleCVS and @liveitwelluk, all of whom will be tweeting about the project under #sixwaystowellbeing. Six Ways to Wellbeing is also on Facebook, please search for ‘liveitwellkent’.
You can find out more about Wide Eyed Theatre on www.wide-eyed-theatre.co.uk
FAQs
Is there an age limit/restriction to take part?
You must live in Swale (which includes Faversham, Sittingbourne, Sheppey and surrounding villages) and aged between 13 to 19 years.
What happens after I book?
We will email you to confirm the details and send you some forms for you and your parent/guardian to fill in.
What do I need to bring on the day?
You must send us signed consent from your parent/guardian in advance or bring it on the day. If we don't have it you won't be able to take part.
Where can I contact the organiser with any questions?
Yes, please get in touch if you have any questions. Call Cassy Fry Programme Coordinator on 07713 865955 or email cassy@creativepeopleplace.info.
Do you have questions about Drama Workshop with Wide Eyed Theatre? Contact Ideas Test
Book your place here
Six Ways to Wellbeing with Wide Eyed Theatre
Your ideas, performed from scratch - Join our unique young persons performance group in which we create a story of people, place and events that make us happy and share them with the world.
All the ideas come from you...
Book your place here
Timetable:
Project Launch - Tuesday 28th October - 10am till 4pm - Bluetown Heritage Centre
This session will launch the project and is open to anyone interested in joining the project. It will be a day of building our performance company and creating project ideas.
Lunch will be provided - if you need support with transport please email vicki@wide-eyed-theatre.co.uk
Weekly Evening sessions in November and December - Location and times TBC
Celebration Event - 6th December - Location and times TBC
This is part of the Six Ways To Wellbeing programme being managed by Ideas Test and Swale CVS and is funded jointly by Kent County Council, Artswork and The Royal Opera House Bridge. Find out more about the Six Ways to Wellbeing at www.sixwaystowellbeing.org.uk.
You can find Ideas Test, Swale CVS and Six Ways to Wellbeing on Twitter @IdeasTest @SwaleCVS and @liveitwelluk, all of whom will be tweeting about the project under #sixwaystowellbeing. Six Ways to Wellbeing is also on Facebook, please search for ‘liveitwellkent’.
You can find out more about Wide Eyed Theatre on www.wide-eyed-theatre.co.uk
FAQs
Is there an age limit/restriction to take part?
You must live in Swale (which includes Faversham, Sittingbourne, Sheppey and surrounding villages) and aged between 13 to 19 years.
What happens after I book?
We will email you to confirm the details and send you some forms for you and your parent/guardian to fill in.
What do I need to bring on the day?
You must send us signed consent from your parent/guardian in advance or bring it on the day. If we don't have it you won't be able to take part.
Where can I contact the organiser with any questions?
Yes, please get in touch if you have any questions. Call Cassy Fry Programme Coordinator on 07713 865955 or email cassy@creativepeopleplace.info.
Do you have questions about Drama Workshop with Wide Eyed Theatre? Contact Ideas Test
Book your place here
Tuesday, 7 October 2014
An exercise to begin the Arts Award
In our last session Vicki introduced the forum group to an exercise she uses regularly with groups of all sizes, ages and abilities. Its great at identifying skills and areas of interest that the participants have. It is also is a way of identifying an individuals arts challenge that can be used in Bronze and Silver and other levels. When coming to evaluation it is a point to look back on a develop progress. The best thing about it is that its fun!
Materials needed: Something to draw with, Paper
1) Ask the group to draw around both their hands on one side of paper. If they have large hands they can overlap!
2) In one of the hands ask the group to write/ doodle/ draw positive things about them selves e.g. skills, their personality, what they enjoy. This can sometimes be an exercise within itself as some groups find it very hard to say positive things. You can suggest things to encourage them by telling them your own or ask the to ask someone else in the group to give them a positive point they've noticed about the person. Aim for a minimum of 5 things and 3 of those to be arts related.
3) In the other hand we create wishes for ourselves. Try to not call this a 'negative' or 'bad' hand. Changing the language to 'I would like to be a better listener' is more proactive than 'I am rubbish at listening'. Again make sure some of these are arts related.
4) The final stage is to discuss your 'hands' and find challenges. How this is done depends on the group; some groups may be willing to share with everyone, others may want to work with a partner or you on a one to one basis. The idea is to identify a goal or challenge for the individual that they feel comfortable about. This may jump out of the I wish hand, or it may be a combination of using skills they are already good at to achieve something new. For example many of our participants are great at drama but want to take it further by writing a script or directing. Others have combined feeling comfortable in the group with a new skill such as photography and photographed the group rehearsing and performing.
Enjoy the exercise and don't forget to revisit the hands when evaluating and reflecting!
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
Gallery oppurtunity from an Arts Award Supporter
For anyone looking for an opportunity for young people to engage directly with with artist and gallery there is a a private exhibition viewing in Ramsgate next Thursday for young people. There's a chance to talk to the artist and meet the gallery director to know more about galleries. its a really good opportunity for anyone doing arts award or studying arts subjects. Click the link below to find out more.
http://artsawardvoice.com/magazine/events/inside-art-gallery
Monday, 7 April 2014
Artsbox, Objects, Stories and Puppets
In March we had two forums so we also welcomed Peter Morton, from Knuckle and Joint Theatre, to the
second session with his great Puppetry workshop. Peter demonstrated
some fun and interesting tasks on how to transform an ordinary object
into something creative and imaginative.
Rose, from Artwork, provided everyone with fliers and leaflets and a look into the new 'ArtsBox' concept. ArtsBox is an online dropbox service whereby you can link and collate any photos, videos or imagery to portfolio's, viewed by a Moderator.
Please see our earlier post on signing up to Artsbox here
Peter lead the creative activity...
Using Objects:
1. Pass around an object, eg; an umbrella, a book, a shoe
2. Each person had to respond with "This is not a ...","It is a ..." In which people were invited to think creatively of a different object instead, i.e; "This is not a shoe, this is a ship, sailing in the sea".
3. Change the object for new ideas.
4. Pass around again without repeating and of the previous objects already mentioned.
Secondly, Peter split the group in two to create our very own puppets, simply out of a mug and a dish cloth. The key was to:
1. Accentuate the body stance with detail to movement and breathing.
2. To establish a point of focus on the puppet from the puppeteer/puppeteers. This enables the audience to focus on the puppet.
3. Add an objective; a daily routine for the puppet to move to i.e. getting out of bed, getting dressed, etc.
4. Change the object and do the same.
The outcome of the sessions were great and we look forward to welcoming everyone to the future Forum sessions.
Rose, from Artwork, provided everyone with fliers and leaflets and a look into the new 'ArtsBox' concept. ArtsBox is an online dropbox service whereby you can link and collate any photos, videos or imagery to portfolio's, viewed by a Moderator.
Please see our earlier post on signing up to Artsbox here
Peter lead the creative activity...
Using Objects:
1. Pass around an object, eg; an umbrella, a book, a shoe
2. Each person had to respond with "This is not a ...","It is a ..." In which people were invited to think creatively of a different object instead, i.e; "This is not a shoe, this is a ship, sailing in the sea".
3. Change the object for new ideas.
4. Pass around again without repeating and of the previous objects already mentioned.
Secondly, Peter split the group in two to create our very own puppets, simply out of a mug and a dish cloth. The key was to:
1. Accentuate the body stance with detail to movement and breathing.
2. To establish a point of focus on the puppet from the puppeteer/puppeteers. This enables the audience to focus on the puppet.
3. Add an objective; a daily routine for the puppet to move to i.e. getting out of bed, getting dressed, etc.
4. Change the object and do the same.
The outcome of the sessions were great and we look forward to welcoming everyone to the future Forum sessions.
Arts Award Advisers Forum: 26 March 2014
How to become a Supporter
The best place to start is here with this short guide.
So what are the pros of being a supporter? If you are an arts venue or heritage organisation you can attract more visitors by displaying the supporter logo on events which are suitable for Arts Award participants alongside talks with experts and artists, exhibitions and more. By offering discounts and incentives to groups you can join the Arts Award Supporter map to promote your centre to schools and groups undertaking the award in your area.
The activity comprised of the group splitting in two; each group were asked to discuss and plan a hypothetical situation, e.g, how one School or Youth group can be a Supporter to others; where they would start, and what the plan of action would be. The two groups were then asked to report back to each other to share ideas.
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