This is a program managed by the Trinity College London and in association with the Arts Council England which has an award program for anyone aged between 7 and 25.
" Through Arts Award young people learn to work independently, helping them to prepare for further education and employment."
Arts Awards has been inspiring young people to produce art and to let them see that they can have a professional future in the arts world. With the help from the Arts Council England, Arts Award has been able to help 1,680 young people.
‘The Arts Award celebrates young people’s creativity and recognises their commitment to the arts. But it also demonstrates how successfully young people lead one another to get involved and participate. It is a leadership born out of passion – the passion to express yourself, the passion to bring others with you on that voyage of discovery which the arts makes possible and so exciting’ (Rt Hon David Lammy MP,
Minister for Culture speaking at the launch of the Arts Award, October 2005)
As it states in the Arts Award pilot document ' The Arts Award offers Arts Council England a new way of working with young people. It enables us to celebrate individual development through the arts and help young people to explore personal pathways in the arts world. It also creates new opportunities for us to work in partnership with the education and youth sector to demonstrate the impact of the arts on young people.'
Arts Award incentives young people to choose their own art, they should express themselves in a way they feel more comfortable either if it's photography, fashion, film, writing, plastic arts or even dance.
In conclusion their mission is ' to support any young person to deepen their engagement with arts, develop creativity and leadership skills, and achieve a national qualification.
REFERENCES:
Arts Council England, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Arts Award.Online; http://www.artsaward.org.uk/site/?id=1977
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