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EastbourneCollege ebcollegelife eastbournecollege Art is an important part of everyday life at the College and there are many opportunities to explore new skills. The Arts Award at Eastbourne College is offered as an option in the 6th form.

We run the award through a programme of professional workshops and through the provision of a team of mentors who support each individual. Lesley Samms from Pure Arts Group is a mentor as part of the programme and supports individual project delivery as well as also running workshops in her specialist areas. We also have relationships with a number of creative organisations which has included Smokescreen Visuals, Culture Shift and Lewes Live Literature.

Gold Arts Award is a Level 3 qualification on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) and is designed for ages 16 and above, but is open to young people aged 11 to 25. The award has 16 points on the UCAS tariff.

GOLD ARTS AWARD

For this award, students collect evidence of their experiences in their individual art portfolios: Personal arts development • extending their own arts practice, experiencing another art form and creating new work • identifying and being involved in the world of the arts through placements, volunteering, training and research • reviewing arts events/experiences and finding out about artists and their career paths • making the case for an arts issue and communicating it Leadership of an arts project • planning a project, identifying it’s aims and outcomes • organising the people and resources • delivering the project and managing it's effectiveness • managing a public showing/sharing of the work • reviewing their leadership development and finding effective ways to collect and evaluate feedback from participants, audience members and other stakeholders.