Silver Arts Award Unit 2 (Arts Leadership) A + B – Leadership Project Plan

What skills and qualities are needed for effective leadership? There are many skills (i.e. which can be developed over time) and qualities (i.e. that you’re ‘born’ with) that are essential to have to be a good leader. Some of these are listed below (NOTE – I have focused this list on those skills and qualities […]

Silver Arts Award Unit 2 (Arts Leadership) C,D and E – Progress Portfolio and Review

Before the sessions, Alys and I held a series of online meetings to discuss possible activities for my ‘warm – up’ section, as well as during the ‘drama’ and ‘sound recording’ portions. We also produced a document for reference during the sessions, that includes rough session schedules, comprehensive list of all the activities that we […]

Silver Arts Award Part 1D – Arts Research (Interview with Alys Jenkins)

Below, check out my interview with Alys Jenkins (pictured above) – a Workshop Facilitator and Forest School Leader! 1. Tell me a bit about your career(s) and what it(they) involve(s). I have two jobs – both of which are creative! The first is as a Drama and Dance Facilitator, these days mainly for UCAN Productions […]

Silver Arts Award Part 1C – Arts Event Review

What is a review? To put it simply, a review is a personal view about something. Indeed, the Oxford English dictionary defines a review as a ‘critical appraisal’ of – almost anything; a restaurant, tourist attraction, book, film or theatre production; and right now, we’ll be talking about the ‘theatre’ kind. They usually break a […]

Silver Arts Award Part 1 A+B – Arts Challenge

A few months ago, I set myself an Arts Challenge, to develop my skills in an art form that particularly interests me. In this post, I’ll tell you what challenge I set myself, why I chose that particular challenge – and how I achieved it!  Background Before I get started, a bit of background is […]