Arts Award
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Arts Award motivates and celebrates young people’s artistic achievements.
Open to anyone up to the age of 25, Arts Award embraces all interests and backgrounds. Young people can achieve an award through any arts, media or cultural activity, developing knowledge and understanding of their chosen art forms. Arts Award’s unique qualifications support young people to develop as artists and develop their creativity, leadership and communication skills.
We run a varied programme of events for children and young people in music and visual arts, working with them in schools, the community and through our in-house groups.
Contact us
For more information or to speak to a member of the team, please email schools@theglasshouseicm.org
Art Award Levels
We offer all young people that we work with the opportunity to complete an Arts Award across all five levels: Discover, Explore, Bronze, Silver and Gold.
Discover Arts Award
20 guided learning hours (recommended)
Arts Award Discover is an introductory award, designed for ages 5 and above, but is open to children and young people aged up to 25.
To achieve an Arts Award Discover, children and young people collect evidence in an individual arts log of their experiences of:
- taking part in arts activities
- researching artists or craftspeople and their work
- sharing their arts discoveries
Explore Arts Award
Entry Level Award in the Arts (Entry 3) – Qualification number: 600/3894/9
25 guided learning hours + 10 independent learning hours = 35 hours total qualification time (TQT)
Arts Award Explore is an Entry Level (Entry 3) qualification on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) and is designed for ages 7 and above, but is open to children and young people aged up to 25.
- taking part in a range of arts activities, including a personal response about what has inspired them about taking part
- the work of artists or craftspeople and arts organisations
- creating a piece of art work
- sharing with others what they have enjoyed and/or achieved through completing their Arts Award
Bronze Arts Award
Level 1 Award in the Arts – Qualification number: 501/0081/6
40 guided learning hours + 20 independent learning hours = 60 hours total qualification time (TQT)
Bronze Arts Award is a Level 1 qualification on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) and is open to young people aged 11 to 25.
To achieve a Bronze Arts Award, young people collect evidence in an individual arts log or portfolio of their experiences of:
- actively participating in any art form
- at least one arts event and their review of that event
- researching the career and work of an artist or craftsperson
- passing on an arts skill
Silver Arts Award
Level 2 Award in the Arts – Qualification number: 500/9914/0
60 guided learning hours + 35 independent learning hours = 95 hours total qualification time (TQT)
Silver Arts Award is a Level 2 qualification on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) and is designed for ages 14 and above, but is open to young people aged 11 to 25.
To achieve a Silver Arts Award, young people collect evidence in an individual arts portfolio of their experiences of:
Arts practice and pathways
- identifying and planning an arts challenge
- implementing and reviewing their arts challenge
- reviewing arts events and sharing their views
- researching future opportunities and careers in the arts
Arts leadership
- identifying a leadership role and planning the project’s aims
- planning the practical issues
- being an effective arts leader
- working effectively with others
- reviewing their project and leadership role
Gold Arts Award
Level 3 Certificate in the Arts – Qualification number: 500/9666/7
90 guided learning hours + 60 independent learning hours = 150 hours total qualification time (TQT)
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.
To achieve a Gold Arts Award, young people collect evidence in an individual arts portfolio of their experiences of:
Personal arts development
- extending their own arts practice, experiencing another art form and creating new work
- being involved in the world of the arts through placements, volunteering, training and research
- reviewing arts events and finding out about artists or craftspeople and their career paths
- researching and making the case for an arts issue
Leadership of an arts project
- planning a project, identifying the project’s aims and outcomes
- organising the people and resources
- delivering the project and managing the effectiveness of the project
- managing a public showing of the work
- reviewing their leadership development and finding effective ways to collect and evaluate feedback from participants, audience members and other stakeholders
