SILVER ARTS AWARD, Unit 1

SILVER ARTS AWARD

Unit 1 
Assignment 1.1 Part A: Identify and agree on an appropriate arts challenge

OPTIONS
1) Picture collage for creative arts evening in response to the theme ''Cool Britannia''
I have chosen this challenge because I did photography as one of my GCSE options so I have the relevant knowledge and skills to complete it. Also while completing it I could further develop my photography and creative skills. Although this challenge does not reflect my aspirations it does reflect my creative side as photography is one of my favorite hobbies. I feel like my strengths in this challenge will be my previous experience of photography and my weaknesses I feel would be that I have never really worked as independently as this challenge requires.

2) Create a painting/artistic piece for creative arts evening in response to the theme ''Cool Britannia''
This challenge was also chosen on the basis that i have previous experience and relevant skills in art as I completed my art GCSE with an A*. In this challenge I would like to develop my artistic skills and is a way for me to continue to do art since I did not choose it as one of my Alevel subjects. my strengths would be that I have completed arts projects before so I know the procedure and how to plan out my time. My weakness, like the first challenge, would be that I would have to work very independently with little input from arts teachers.

3) Create a costume for the whole school production of Le Miserable
I chose this as it poses more of a challenge than the first two options. It poses such a great challenge because I have very little experience with a sewing machine and I would have to develop all of my textile skills from scratch with almost little to no help. I like this challenge as I would have to step out of my comfort zone and try something that I have never done before. This challenge does not reflect my aspirations but it does reflect my creative and artistic personality. I feel that my strengths in this challenge would be that I have the creative and artistic skills required to create a design for the costume and my weakness would be that i do not have the technical skills to create the costume.

4) Be cast in the whole school production of Les Miserable
I have chosen this challenge as I feel that I would be forced to leave my comfort zone and try something new. In this challenge I feel that it would mostly be me trying and learning new things about drama. It would also mean that I would gain a knowledge of the French Revolution and a greater understanding of French history. My strengths in this challenge would be that I am resourceful so would be able to find relevant information to help me find out more and I would practice for my the audition. My weaknesses would be that I don't have any previous experience within drama and therefore do not have any skills.

CHOSEN ARTS CHALLENGE
I have chosen to mix up the picture collage challenge and the art challenge to form a new challenge. It is now to create a picture collage with artistic elements for creative arts evening in response to the theme ''Cool Britannia''. This union of challenges means that I now have a challenge that i have previous experience in and one that I am passionate about. I will post my progress in this challenge on blogger through pictures and sketches. I will also include images of my piece being showcased at Creative Arts Evening.