The Creative Club is a new FREE series of arts workshops for 12-17yr olds in Sincil Bank, Lincoln. Sessions will take place on Wednesday's 4pm - 6pm at the Youth Hub, Bridge Central, Portland Street, Lincoln LN5 7NN. Attend as many sessions as you’d like, however, spaces for each workshop are limited, so book early to avoid missing out.

UK New Artists are looking for creative young people in Lincoln and Lincolnshire to join 'Foundations', a six month programme of training and activity for aspiring artists of all disciplines, aged 14-19yrs. The programme will include Workshops, Go and see trips and Mentoring.

Creative Citizens is the Talent Development strand of our City Takeovers, in which we work with a range of community partners across the city to create opportunities for young people to engage with and create art. For Leicester 2022 we worked with 30 young people from Leicester, and partnered with Attenborough Arts Centre and Pedestrian.

Are you a previous YCA winner or nominee? Aged 16-19yrs? Want to attend a live arts event in Nottingham FOR FREE every month? Join Inspire Me, a new monthly club hosted by UK New Artists and Young Creative Awards, exclusively for YCA alumni.

Each month attend a live arts event at a city centre venue in Nottingham (think comedy, music, dance, visual art) and then go for a drink afterwards to socialise and share thoughts.

UK New Artists is an Artsmark Partner organisation, one of a number of Arts Council England endorsed network of organisations who are devoted to bringing great arts and cultural opportunities to children and young people.

Arts Award is a range of unique qualifications that supports anyone aged up to 25 to grow as artists and arts leaders, inspiring them to connect with and take part in the wider arts world through taking challenges in an art form - from fashion to digital art, pottery to poetry.

Next Generation Weekenders are micro residencies for young creatives (aged 14-18yrs). The projects provide young people with the opportunity to experience new art forms, meet professional artists and explore progression routes and creative career opportunities.

In partnership with Speakers for Schools, UKNA’s virtual work experience programme saw eight 14-16yr olds join us in the Google Classroom for a week of artist-led workshops, talks and activities, exploring the UK arts industry, new artists and potential career paths.

Celebrating Catterntide is a one day festival that commemorates the long forgotten ‘Catterntide Day’, an annual celebration of St Catherine, the patron saint of lace and textile makers. UK Young Artists, Nottingham Trent University’s (NTU) Lace Archive and Backlit Gallery (itself a former textile factory) host a range of family-friendly activities to ignite and inspire people on this important archive and Nottingham’s social history.

This spring UKYA have been working with community partners; Backlit Gallery, Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum, Nonsuch and Improving Lives Nottingham to deliver a series of creative projects, with funding from Nottingham City Council's Family and Community Learning team.

Creative Citizens is UKNA’s Talent Development strand as part of our City Takeovers. This was a new aspect for Nottingham 2019, for which we worked with four partners across the city to commission projects and develop new opportunities for young residents to explore and expand their creativity.