At my school, they offer something called Arts award. Basically it is a nation wide award consisting of three awards: bronze, silver and gold. At my school they offer a club and help from teachers however there many out of school clubs that offer the same type of thing. You do need to have the support of some kind of group or club to do the award.
I have just started my bronze award and for this I need to complete the four parts: part A take part, Part B be the audience, Part C Arts inspiration and Part D arts skills share. For each part you need to record some kind of evidence. There are many different ways you can record this information such as a poster, website or blog, PowerPoint, folder or scrapbook, however the judges of the arts award really love creative scrapbooks. Here's a picture of my scrapbook.
I decorated mine in a creative way but you could simply write on it or come up with something completely different.
Part A: Take part
I was lucky enough to take part in a workshop set up by my school but there are many out of school clubs you could try. If you need some ideas then you can check out artsawardvoice.com. You also need to record some evidence from your activity. This could be a diary entry, a photos or a video. You also need a description of the activity and what you enjoyed about it. Remember the arts award is all about having fun so enjoy what ever activity you choose to do.
Part B: Be the audience
For this one you need to attend some kind of event such as an art gallery, a play, an arts festival or any other type of event. If you font know about any events in your area then you can check out http://archive.artsawardvoice.com/supporter. Again, you need to have some evidence of what you have done, this could be a ticket, a brochure, photos or something completely different: be creative. You will also need a review, the name of the of event and you need to share your review. You can do this in many different ways such as sharing it on a blog, a display board at a youth centre in a magazine. You could also share it at artsawardvoice.com.
Part C: Arts inspiration
For this you need to research your arts inspiration. This could be an artist, a musician or an actor. You will need to find out about there life, their career and work. You also need to say why you chose them and finally, you need a summary of the main things you found out about them. They must all be in your own words so don't be lazy and copy and paste. I will post my part C for any of you that need some inspiration.
Part D: Arts skills share
Now this may seem daunting but really its not. For this you will need to organise some kind of activity where you are teaching other people an arts skill. This could be n the form of a small session with a thew people on how to do a certain type of arts; it could be a presentation on how to improve your skills in a particular area or it could be an online tutorial but what ever you do, be creative and different. For your record, you will need your plans for the skills share; a picture of film of you doing it and your thoughts on how it went. Again, what ever you decide to do just enjoy it an if it doesn't go to plan it isn't a huge problem as long as you tried your best.
When you have done all this hard work, your adviser will send it of to be assessed and hopefully you will receive your bronze award!
I am sorry this has been such a long post. I hope you have a great time doing your award and if you have any questions comment them and I will replay with an answer.
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