Young People's Arts Award
In January 2005, Tessa Jowell announced the government's continued commitment to this exciting award and in May 2005 the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) approved the award as an accredited qualification at Levels 1, 2 and 3 on the National Qualifications Framework.
The Young People's Arts Award is the first award scheme to recognise young people's development through the arts. It focuses on young people's involvement and engagement so each award is built around a programme tailored to the individual's ability, level of knowledge and skills. The young people taking the award are able to grow as young artists and young arts leaders by setting their own starting points and challenges.
The Arts Award can be run wherever young people engage in the arts – in arts organisations, schools, youth arts projects, youth clubs or community groups. It is aimed at young people in their teens and early twenties, from all backgrounds and diverse cultural interests - whether they're into opera, performance art, painting or hip hop.
The Arts Award can be taken at Bronze, Silver or Gold levels. It encourages young people to develop in their chosen artform, to review the work of others, to make use of arts resources in their communities, to share their skills and to run arts projects with others. It also enables them to explore future options in the arts including training courses and jobs.
Young people get support from other young people as well as their Arts Award adviser – who may be an arts worker, teacher or youth worker. Advisers must undergo training in running and assessing the award before they can work with young people. Details of training will in due course be published on the Arts Award website.
Arts Council England is working with Trinity College London to run the scheme from September 2005. A new website, www.artsaward.org.uk will be live in September and will provide information about taking part in the award.
To learn more about the award visit Arts Council England's website.
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