April 2017
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Shortlist<br />
The Artskickers Awards<br />
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Tony Adigun, Avant Garde Dance<br />
John Akinde, Studio 3 Arts<br />
Sharlene Carter, Studio 3 Arts<br />
Susana Cortes, Lemon Art Lab<br />
Claire Ward-Thornton, Arthoppers<br />
Winner<br />
Sharlene Carter, Dance teacher &<br />
Choreographer (Barking and Dagenham)<br />
Sharlene is an incredibly inspiring and motivated<br />
dance teacher, always connecting up new talent<br />
with prestigious groups and individuals, seeing<br />
the potential in someone and giving them<br />
opportunities to progress. "This is a woman who<br />
knows and notices them all. She knows the kids/<br />
the parents/the teaching assistants in schools/the<br />
teachers and she’s not afraid ever to get stuck in<br />
working on something new."<br />
Amaria Braithwaite, Singer<br />
Freya Hannan-Mills, Actor<br />
The Year 3 & 4 Students of Gayhurst Community<br />
School<br />
Art Students of Stoke Newington School<br />
TWIST Theatre Company<br />
DISCLAIMER: tears WERE shed in the choosing of these lists...<br />
THANK YOU to everyone who nominated or was nominated and to the brilliexcellent committee of volunteers who made<br />
the #Artskickers Awards happen: Monique Argus, Zita Branton, Julie Daniels, Kelly Gough, Vardeep Edwards, Gail Kinahan,<br />
Caroline McCambridge, Rebecca Smith, Sophie Thompson, Jo Thorpe, Sinead Watters & Orla Quirke<br />
Muchas gracias to the utterly artskicking judges: Sharon D Clarke MBE, Deborah Curtis, Denise Gough, Susie McKenna, John<br />
Mulholland, Renell Shaw, Lemn Sissay MBE, Gavin Turk, Kathryn Tyler, Zabou<br />
Heartfelt gratitude to Gary Conway, Madeleine Flower & the team at The Stage EC2<br />
LOVEEAST APRIL <strong>2017</strong> 11