NAAC Music & Dance Academy

Dear Students and Parents - Please note that due to the Coronavirus outbreak and the rapidly changing situation, we are Cancelling the remaining NAAC Music & Dance?and Shiamak Dance?classes for this term.? We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause but our top priority remains the health, safety and well-being of our students and tutors.

We will hopefully restart the classes after the Easter break and further details will be communicated to all as to when the classes will restart.

In the meantime...you can check the NHS webpage for information and FAQs on the virus...www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19

Thank You for your support...Keep Well And Stay Safe...:-)

Kind Regards - NAAC

Please see poster for this year?s Young Creative Awards?? the deadline for entries is Monday March 23! Most applications come in during the last week so there?s still time to encourage the young people you work with to Go for it!

There are three age bands: 11-15 years old; 16 ? 18 years old and 19 ? 24 years old. They need to register on the website and enter either as an individual or part of a group, within one of these categories:

Animation and Digital Media

Creative Writing

Dance

Design and Architecture

Fashion and Textiles

Film

Graphic Design

Music

Photography

Theatre

Visual Arts See more on each category here: http://www.youngcreativeawards.org/categories/

Register your profile and begin here: ?https://enter.youngcreativeawards.org/account

The award ceremonies are taking place at Metronome this year, from 19 ? 21 May? it?s a fabulous celebration of young peoples? creativity and we want everyone to know about it!

Sky Arts? Landscape Artist of the Year 2020 are currently looking for artists to take part in the new series and would love to get the word out to any artists or art groups.? ? ?

Attached is a flyer telling people how to enter and we would be extremely grateful if you could let people know about the competition (and encourage them to enter) via your mailing lists, social media and noticeboards. If you?re not familiar with the programme, here is a brief summary:

Artists enter with a landscape artwork they have created within the last five years, via our website:

https://www.skyartsartistoftheyear.tv/landscape

If selected to take part in the competition, they will then be given the opportunity to paint a specially chosen, stunning landscape within the UK.

The prize on offer is a ?10,000 commission for a major British institution plus ?500 worth of art materials from Cass Art.

The deadline for applying to the competition is 17^th April 2020.

If you haven?t watched the programme before, here is an episode of from last year?s competition: https://vimeo.com/showcase/6515653/video/374368124 ?Password is st0ryvault

Our sister series Portrait Artist of the Year 2020 is currently airing on Tuesday evenings on Sky Arts. Please see flyer with full details and pass on to anyone you think might be interested and we look forward to your entries!

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