Guide to
BRONZE
What’s form does your Creativity take? Do you do: Music, Dance, Drama, Photography, Fashion, Visual Art, Graffiti Art, Film, Crafts, Ceramics, Radio, Carnival, Journalism, Literature, Digital Arts, Poetry, Textiles, Architecture,, Sculpture, Circus Skills, Technical Theatre or show your creativity in another way? All of these are Arts and are rewarded through the Arts Award What is Arts Award? A bit like the Duke of Edinburgh Award, it’s a way of getting recognised for things that you enjoy doing outside of school. With the Arts Award you focus on your creativity in any art form(s) you like. What do I have to do? For Bronze Arts Award it’s simple: take part in an activity, attend an event, research your arts hero and share your skill in some way. You collect evidence of these in a portfolio you design in a way that suits you and you don’t have to do any writing unless you want to! How to Use this Guide This guide contains everything you need for each section. It also has a set of task sheets to help you structure your portfolio. You don’t have to use these but they are there to help. You can either fill them in and cut them out to stick in your portfolio, include their content the content in your own style or say your answers aloud in a group discussion or through our video diary room! Ask your youth worker if you aren’t sure which way to record your evidence or about any questions you have about Arts Award. www.artsawardvoice.com www.artsbox.co.uk
Creating your Portfolio A portfolio is just a way of presenting your work. It might be a folder, scrapbook, photo album, paper tied together, sketchbook, notepad, blog, Artsbox profile, or other suitable online format. Your portfolio is there to say something about you, your creativity and what you enjoy. For example if you like graffiti art then it might be done in a graffiti style, if you like fashion it might have fabric covers and stitching and if you like photography it might have a lot of cuts out of photographs from newspapers/magazines as well as your own shots. It can be typed using computer graphic design, hand draw/written or a combination. For the Arts Award you need to collect evidence of everything you do and include it. This means your portfolio might include:
Photos of you doing activities
Ticket stubs, programmes and flyers
Video tapes/voice recording/CDs – your reflections/planning (instead of or as well as notes)
Any drawings/sketches you produce
Samples of fabric etc.
Photocopies of pages from books/CD covers etc. for your research
Print offs of research from internet/screen grabs
Posters, collages or PowerPoints you produce
Print off of a website you’ve created or online chats about arts events, e.g. using Artsbox : www.artsbox.co.uk etc.
Newsletter or newspaper cuttings
Feedback forms, questionnaires or comment books
Witness statement from your youth worker
You’ll also need to number the pages to create an index with the 4 different Arts Award sections labelled. Use task sheet 1 to help.
Part A: Take Part Does exactly what it says on the tin—you need to take part in an Arts activity. On page one you’ll see a list of possible art forms. You can choose from any of these for the take part section. The activity could be a workshop, a performance or a personal art project but it shouldn’t be something you’ve done in lessons. You may have something specific in mind that you are currently rehearsing for, or planning to do in the next few months, perhaps a workshop you will take part in during youth club If there’s an Arts skill you’d like to develop or something new you’d like to try then talk to your youth worker about doing something in at youth club.
What you need:
Evidence of you taking part, e.g. photos, poster/flyer, programme/ticket stubs of a show you were in, sample of your work or a witness statement from your youth worker.
Task Sheet 2: Taking Part— you can either stick this straight into your folder or take the sections and rewrite/cut and stick in as part of your design or record your answers to the questions using the diary room
Part B: Attend an Event All you need to do here is attend an Arts event and share what you thought about it. This can be any Arts Event e.g. gig, art exhibition, dance show, play, concert etc. Talk to your youth worker about what you can count or if there’s an event you want them to arrange an outing to.
What you need:
Evidence of your attendance e.g. photo of you outside the entrance, ticket stub, programme, poster etc.
Task sheet 3: Review an Event—the important part here is to share what you thought. You can use the task sheet for prompts.
To share your review
To share your review you could:
Discuss it at youth club recorded by the video kiosk
Post a review online (e.g. on Artsbox or on your own webpage) and print off a copy. Your review can be written or a video or audio recording of you speaking.
Have a online chat about it with a friend e.g. on MSN etc. then print it off
Part C: Arts Hero The Arts Award is all about being creative, following your interests and showing the process you’ve used. For the Arts Hero section you need to follow these 3 steps… Who inspires you? 1.
Choose your arts hero to study!
Your arts hero can be a musician, singer, actor, visual artist, dancer, choreographer, writer, poet, fashion designer, photographer, director, lighting designer or anyone else who works in the arts… Some examples include Vincent van Gogh, Banksy, Keira Knightley, Zac Efron, Michael Jackson, Mozart, Coco Chanel, JK Rowling, Andrew Motion, Steven Spielberg, Eminem, Rhianna – choose someone you admire! 2. Research your hero keeping evidence of your research For the Arts Award you have to show evidence of your research. This can include a bibliography, print offs of websites, photocopies of magazines, newspapers and cd covers, photos, interview recordings and notes and sketches you’ve made. What to research? Try and find out as much as you can about your hero’s life, work and any influences. Important: As you do your research keep a notes sheet – handwritten, in MS Word, or some other format as you do need that evidence. For example for a musician you can try and find out when and where they born, the kind of culture they grew up in, what inspired them to start playing, what made
them famous, when they released their singles and albums, any collaborations they’ve had (work with other people), if their style of music changed over time, what the response to the music was like (reviews) and if this changed. 3. Present your findings You can choose how you want to communicate what you’ve found out. It could be written by hand or typed, a biography, a timeline, a PowerPoint, a website, in the form of a collage or a poster or in any other way you can think of! What you need:
Evidence of your research. This could be notes you took, website URLs, screen grabs/print offs, photo of you doing research or copies of CD/book covers, newspaper/magazine cuttings etc.
Your final presentation about your arts hero
Use ‘Task sheet 3: Researching your arts hero’ for further hints of what to include
Part D: Share your Skill This section is all about you showing someone else or a group how to do something arts related. Again this can be any Arts related skill e.g. dance moves, drawing graffiti letters, photography, fashion design etc. You can share it with a friend or with a whole group (e.g. dance/drama group). Choosing your skill and how to share it What skill do you want to share? If you are part of dance/drama group then leading the warm up is a good way of skill sharing. Talk to your group leader about what you could do. If you’re feeling confident you could show your youth group or small group how to do something like an art/craft technique like comic book drawing. All you actually need is to share a skill with one person, it could be how to use a graphic design tool with a friend/sibling for example. If you’re feeling stuck and not sure what to do then talk to your youth worker. You’ll need to plan your session, filling out Task sheet 5—planning your skills share sheet with your youth worker or group leader. Make sure you also prepare feedback forms for participants to fill out and ask someone to take photographs. When you’ve finished you’ll need to review how it went using Task sheet 7. What you need:
Task sheet 5 - Planning your Skill Share
Evidence of you doing your session e.g. photos, video, anything participants produce or worksheets etc. you make.
Feedback from the participants using Task sheet 6 Participant feedback—you can get feedback from the group leader too
Use Task sheet 7 Review your activity to review your session
Task sheet 1: About Me Portfolio Introduction Name: Date of Birth: Art forms I enjoy: Include the kind of art events you like to see, any regular arts related clubs you’re involved with. You might also want to mention any performances etc you’ve been part of
Index Section A: Take Part…………………...p. Section B: Attend an Event…………...p. Section C: Arts Hero…………….…….p. Section D: Sharing my Skill…………..p.
Task sheet 2: Take Part My Arts Activity is… I will be learning / the skills I’ll be developing are…
In the session today:
I learned…
I enjoyed…
In future I would like to improve further by…
Things I found challenging were…
Task sheet 3: Attend an Event Review your Event The review is all about your own response, here are a few questions to get you started:
What was the event e.g. concert, play?
Describe it (what it was about etc)
What did you like?
What didn’t you like?
What did you think of it overall?
Did you learn anything new about the artform/subject?
Did anything inspire you about it?
Would you recommend it? Why?
Task sheet 4: Arts Hero The name of my arts hero is…
I chose them because…
Research Summary: What I’ve learnt about my arts hero…
What I think of them now…
NB Don’t forget your need to present your results and keep evidence of your research
Task sheet 5: Planning your Skill Share Subject/ Focus/ Name of game: Your reason for choosing the activity/ subject:
Your Plan Date and time: Who are you going to work with?
What is their prior knowledge/ experience of your chosen topic/ activity? What will your role be?
What is the objective of your presentation/ task? (what do you want the group to understand by the end?) What practical things do you need to organise: (equipment, materials to show, research, pictures, music?) How will you get feedback?
How will you know the project has been a success?
Age range: Number of people: Their Gender:
Task sheet 6: Skill Share Participant Feedback Name of presenter/leader: Subject skill: What did you think about the presentation/activity: □ it was excellent □ it was good □ it was OK □ I didn’t like it What did you enjoy most about the presentation or activity?
What do you think could be improved for next time?
Any further comments:
Task sheet 7: Skill Share Evaluation Subject Area/ Skill: How well do you feel your presentation/ task went? □ very well □ well □ not as good as I had hoped □ poorly What went well?
What was challenging?
What could you improve in your preparation or delivery for next time?
Did you think you communicated your skill or interest effectively to the group? How did you do this?
Did the group understand the task/ presentation, and were they engaged? How could you tell?
What feedback from the group was most useful?
Bronze Arts Award Checklist: When you’ve completed all the activities use the checklist below to make sure you have everything in your portfolio. PART A: Taking Part in an Arts Activity □ Task Sheet 2 Completed/equivalent content □ Evidence of your actual participation in your chosen arts activity (i.e. photo of participation in activity, examples of work created) PART B: Arts Event □ Evidence of attending at least 1 arts event (i.e. programme/tickets/photos) □ Your response/review of the event □ Evidence of sharing of review with others PART C: My Arts Hero/ Heroine □ Task sheet 4 completed/equivalent content □ Evidence of research into my chosen artist or arts practitioner (i.e. notes from internet/ interview record/notes/photos/biography) □ Summary of what you have found out and your thoughts on that person PART D: Skills Sharing □ Task sheet 5 Skills Share Planning completed □ Evidence of the activity (lesson plan/photos/work produced or created or performed) □ Review on how well it went: Task sheet 6 from participants and Task sheet 7 your evaluation If you can tick all these then talk to your youth worker about moderation to get your Arts Award! Bronze!
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