Arts Awards for Young People
Arts Award for Young People/Blackpool BLAZE Programme
News for 2011/12
Our very own home-grown Art Hero ‘Little Boots’ has agreed to be our Blackpool Arts Award Ambassador and is taking a keen interest in this year’s projects and events. We are also pleased to announce that this year’s Arts Award Programme will be delivered in partnership with the BLAZE Project. BLAZE is an ambitious youth-led culture and sport programme for Lancashire, Blackpool and the Fylde Coast that is part of WE PLAY, the North West cultural legacy programme for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
This means that we will be able to offer young people from Blackpool more opportunities to attend arts events across Lancashire as well as a very exciting programme of artist led activities in their home town. They will also be part of a growing network of young people who are ‘making things happen’ for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad’.
Key dates for this year’s summer activity programme are Mon 25
th -29
th July and Mon 1
st – 5
th Aug 2011, when we will be taking part in an exciting range of Artist led creative activity.
The summer scheme will have key strands of visual arts/fashion/photography/filmmaking/music and festival. The aim of the two weeks is to have fun exploring new artforms, meet new people, create artwork that can be showcased and plan a young people’s festival that will be a mix of art, fashion, music and sport.
And our Festival 'Under The Town' is planned for 1
st September 2011 at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool.
We are currently recruiting for our 2011 Bronze Arts Award/BLAZE programme. If you would like to be involved this year please contact: Kerry Hunt at the Grundy Art Gallery, tel: 01253 478170 email:
kerry.hunt@blackpool.gov.uk The Arts Award/Blaze Blackpool programme is managed by Blackpool Council’s Arts Service working in partnership with Lancashire County Council and Creative Lancashire. BLAZE 2011/12 is funded by a National Lottery Award through Arts Council England.
About the National Arts Award for Young People
- The Arts Award is a national qualification which recognises how young people develop as artists and arts leaders
- The award is a personal learning programme which develops and assesses both arts-related and transferable skills, such as creativity, communication, planning and teamwork
- Young people aged 11-25 can achieve awards that are recognised by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority on the National Qualifications Framework at Levels 1, 2 and 3
- The award was launched in 2005 by Arts Council England and Trinity Guildhall