As the students await results & decisions about Unis, colleges & careers, we are also looking to the future by embarking on the Arts Award . If you haven't come across this, it's a nifty qualification that endeavours to forge the Creative leaders of the future.
Currently a dozen or so students are working their way through the Bronze & Silver levels. Essentially an Art based project which consists of art challenges, exploration & projects, the Arts Award can cover all aspects of the Arts so you can cover visual art, music, drama , dance etc. All being well we will offer the Arts Award at Gold Level next year. The Tameside area (where we are) is a champion of the Arts Award & we've been lucky enough to get help from the experts locally.
The students have been gathering evidence throughout the year as they took part in workshops (the image shows a painting workshop we took part in with Chinese visitors) & visits to galleries - but we will also be gathering insights from the visits to the Degree shows in June & also from our End of Year exhibition at the college itself. More on the Award as it progresses but you can follow the link & have a look at the Arts Award website.
http://www.artsaward.org.uk/site/?id=64
