The Arts Award
Arts Award is a nationally recognised qualification for young people aged between 5 and 25, and embraces all interests and backgrounds. Arts Award’s unique qualifications support children and young people to develop as artists and arts leaders. The programme develops skills for success in 21st century life including creativity, leadership, relfective thinking and communication skills. Young people also develop knowledge and understanding of their chosen art forms. Arts Award can be based around any arts or media activity, and can be completed in a wide variety of settings - like youth clubs, arts centres, schools, colleges, theatres or community groups.
Mrs Smita Sonthalia is a trained Arts Award adviser at Discover, Explore, Bronze and Silver levels, and Samarpan Art School is a registered Arts Award Centre.
Arts Award is managed by Trinity College London in association with Arts Council England.
For more details on the arts award please visit www.artsaward.org.uk
Levels
Discover
The Arts Award Discover is the start of the Arts Award adventure. It takes children and young people on an artistic journey as they explore the arts all around them, investigate different art forms, research an artist, and then share their discoveries with others.
As well as developing their knowledge and understanding of the arts, Arts Award Discover boosts children's creativity, curiosity, confidence and communication skills.
Explore
Arts Award Explore encourages children and young people to experience different art forms and artists, and develop their own creativity. Along the way they record what they've achieved and enjoyed and share it with others.
As they work through Arts Award Explore, young people build their artistic knowledge, creativity and confidence – and gain a recognised qualification in the process. They research a range of genres, creators and arts organisations, and make full use of their imagination and communication skills.
Bronze
Bronze Arts Award develops young people’s artistic abilities alongside their research and communication skills. This level involves them in the arts as creators and audience members, and encourages them to take their first steps towards leadership by sharing their learning with others.
This qualification develops art form knowledge and creativity alongside reflective practice, problem-solving skills and confidence. Young people complete a portfolio as their Arts Award journey progresses, explaining what they've seen, done and learned along the way.
Silver
Silver Arts Award gives young people the chance to take on an artistic challenge and a leadership role too. As well as being about creativity, it's about becoming a reviewer, researcher and project manager. Participants build a broad range of transferable skills as they complete their portfolio and gain a Level 2 qualification.
There are two strands to Silver Arts Award – one focusing on artistic practice and the other on arts leadership. Completing both successfully requires teamwork and independence, creativity and critical thinking, leadership and collaboration, confidence and communication.
