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Gold Arts Award
Recycled Runway fashion show
Gold Arts Award is the highest level on the Regulated Qualifications Framework, and develops young people’s creativity, communication and leadership skills working alongside professional practitioners. This year a record cohort of 26 pupils joined the programme in Year 12. In total, 36 pupils took part, one of the largest groups of any school in the country. Year 13 pupils pursued a wide range of projects including:
• Mark Burnham wrote, directed and produced his film A Lonely Rhythm which he showcased alongside the work of renowned documentary filmmaker Rene Edwards. Mark has subsequently been accepted to study film at the University of Southern California.
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‘I have loved being a part of the Gold Arts Award programme. Not only did it enable me to pick the brains of a professional filmmaker working in the industry, but it has also provided me with invaluable practical skills and mentoring thanks to the Smokescreen Visuals film course. I thoroughly enjoyed the process and believe that my filmmaking has improved, namely in the fields of cinematography and editing. Without the Gold Arts Award programme it is unlikely that I would have ever been accepted at my dream university for film production, the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.’ Mark Burnham
Mifrah Faisal worked with a team to put on an Arts Award event with high profile guests from the creative industries Lily Flint undertook a workshop in professional make-up techniques
Esme Lawton and Maisie Williams ran textiles workshops for Year 9 pupils as part of their leadership delivery
Sasha Marlow designed 90 outfits for her Recycled Runway fashion show involving 60 pupils modelling and backstage. Images and costumes from the show were also showcased in the Birley Centre
‘I am really grateful for the Gold Arts Award as it gave me the opportunity to do the thing I love which is fashion, and helped me prepare for my future hopefully in the fashion industry. I was lucky to work with professionals, and I am so grateful to everyone who helped, not least all the models and make-up artists. Over the past 18 months, I have learned so much about everything that goes into putting on a big show, from initial concept through to final realisation. I am now much more confident about following this career.’ Sasha Marlow
Fin Carver developed his photography to produce publicity and backstage images for the Recycled Runway project.
Mark Burnham (centre) filming with Smokescreen
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