Creative Careers – Curious Minds

March 22, 2024

Active Listening

In 2022, Curious Minds worked with seven early career professionals under the Kickstart scheme as Creative Youth Voice Champions. In this short blog, one of these Champions, Faisal, looks back on his experiences and how he saw his work directly benefiting young people in Bolton.

February 16, 2024

Goldsmiths PhD Collaboration

Curious Minds proudly announces a groundbreaking collaboration with Goldsmiths University and SeNSS for a new PhD opportunity titled 'Creativity, curiosity and professional artists in schools.' Delve into the influence of teaching artists, exploring how they ignite creativity and critical thinking in pupils. Guided by experts from Goldsmiths and Curious Minds, our innovative studentship project promises groundbreaking insights into arts education.

November 8, 2023

A group of young people engaged in conversations around a table.

November 8, 2023

Young Associates Recruitment 2024

We are recruiting the latest cohort of Young Associates. We are looking for ten young leaders from creative backgrounds, aged 18 to 25 years old, who are ready to take on a new challenge and become the next generation of leaders and change-makers.

October 3, 2023

Holly Ball is chatting animatedly with two people at an event. She is wearing a burgundy top and carrying a coffee cup.

October 3, 2023

Preparing Generation Curious

Holly Ball, Curious Minds' Head of Careers & Employability, outlines the three vital contributions that cultural education makes to young people's employability toolkit.

August 3, 2023

Libby is stood in a heritage venue. She is looking directly at the camera.

August 3, 2023

Learning from Lived Experience

How young people with Alternative Saturday Jobs have been teaching cultural organisations and partnerships about access and inclusion in their local area.

March 9, 2023

A diverse group of artists participate in an Artsist Practise Day as part of the Pushing Boundaries programme.

March 9, 2023

Breaking Barriers

Many young people and practitioners hoping to progress within the creative and cultural industries face multiple barriers and broken systems.

February 24, 2023

Holly presenting to a group of young people about digital creative career opportunities at the University of Bolton.

February 24, 2023

Creating Careers

If you want to know how we can best develop the next generation of creative workforce, ask Holly Ball.

May 16, 2022

Young professionals sat around a table and planning.

May 16, 2022

Young Associates Recruitment

Now we are recruiting for the latest cohort. We are looking for ten young leaders from creative backgrounds, aged 18 to 25 years old, who are ready to take on a new challenge and become the next generation of leaders and changemakers in cultural education.

March 25, 2022

A young adult and older adult are in discussion. The older adult has an historic advert for biscuits taped to his back.

March 25, 2022

Biscuits are your Superpower

Beth is 22 and has been running youth events since 14. Who better, then, to give us the low down on the pearls, pitfalls and the secrets of success?

February 7, 2022

3 people listening to a young woman describe something.

February 7, 2022

Creative Champions Across the Region

10 Creative Youth Voice Champion Kickstart Jobs confirmed for Local Cultural and Education Partnerships across the North West

May 26, 2021

Two people are deep in discussion at a creative event.

May 26, 2021

Young at Heart

Often, conversations around youth leadership understandably focus on the benefit this has for young people. But, behind each of the success stories is a story less often told of the individual adults who have enabled the young people’s success.

March 23, 2021

Two people are sat at a desk in discussion

March 23, 2021

Creative Kickstart

Curious Minds is working closely with national and regional partners to support a wide range of employers as they open their doors to young people who need the opportunity the most. 

February 15, 2021

The Atkinson Alternative Saturday Job

Curious Minds and The Atkinson, Southport are looking for a creative and motivated young person to develop an “Adopt the Collection” fundraising pack for supporters of The Atkinson.