What is Arts Award?
Arts Award’s unique qualifications support children and young people to grow as artists and arts leaders, inspiring them to connect to and take part in the wider arts world. The flexible framework, which is endorsed by Arts Council England, develops creativity, leadership and communication skills.
Arts Award is available at five levels, four of which are on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF). The highest level carries UCAS points and there is also an introductory level. Young people can progress through all five levels, or start at any stage.
Why offer Arts Award as part of your creative practice?
accredit your existing arts offer - train as an Arts Award adviser and support the children and young people you work with to achieve a nationally recognised qualification.
add value to your practice - using Arts Award’s flexible framework within your programme and projects will ensure measurable outcomes and reflection throughout.
work in partnership and kick-start a project - include Arts Award as part of your offer to help establish new partnerships with schools, libraries, youth programmes or arts and cultural organisations, and to attract participants to your projects.
For more information on Arts Award visit: https://www.artsaward.org.uk
or Real Ideas - the South West Bridge https://bridge.realideas.org/our-work/arts-award/
Arts Award in Gloucestershire
To mark #Love Arts Award and the 15th year anniversary of Arts Award in 2020, Gloucestershire will be running a year long campaign to raise the profile of Arts Award and celebrate all the fantastic achievements, individual journeys and stories of schools, teachers, artists, arts and cultural organisations who have participated over the years.
To get the ball rolling, have a look at the short films, showing how Arts Award is being delivered in four different settings in Gloucestershire, or the first of our blog collection.
Want to share your story? We would love to hear from you, and how it has added value to what you do now.
Find out more how we are working together to pilot the NEW Glos Discover at Home award in our latest webinar with Real Ideas and Trinity College London, click here.
Already an Arts Award adviser?
Come and join our network of artists, teachers, arts managers who deliver Arts Award in Gloucestershire - we meet to provide each other with ongoing support, resources, joint moderation, and test new ways of delivering the programme together on a larger scale.
Not sure how to get started?
We will be hosting a series of introductory sessions about Arts Award and Arts Award adviser training (when permitted) in Gloucestershire later in the year.
Looking to connect up with an organisation or advisers who deliver Arts Award?
We will be hosting a series of ‘Welcome to Arts Award’ events, hosted by the many arts and cultural organisations who deliver Arts Award across the county.
Want to train to be an Arts Award Adviser?
Trinity College has developed three new online courses for anyone who wants to become an Arts Award adviser or offer a different level of Arts Award. On each course you'll join a live webinar with an experienced trainer and complete two learning modules independently. How to book here.
For more information about how to get involved, contact Louise Bardgett, Programme Manager on email: louise@creategloucestershire.co.uk
Discover at Home is now live!
Discover at Home is a special on-line version of Arts Award Discover, the first level of Arts Award and is aimed at children aged 11 and under (or anyone under 25 with additional needs). Arts Award is a set of awards for children and young people that gets them involved in and excited about arts and culture and celebrates their creative achievements.
Arts Award Discover at Home fits the bill, and is a fantastic way for children to be rewarded for the creative activities they enjoy. You can even get a certificate!
During Covid-19, it feels even more vital to highlight new ways to deliver the award remotely and engage families creatively while they are at home.
Find more information, and the Creative Challenges on the Discover at Home page.
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