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- British Women Artists Competition 2011 - We at British Women Artists are delighted to give you the #ArtOpps ...http://bit.ly/v97tO5
- Extending Digital Print - A weekend workshop with one-to-one assistance to explore the possibilities of #ArtOpps ...http://bit.ly/seGCZH
- Festive Papermaking Course | Larna Campbell - Festive Papermaking Course: This course focuses on forming #ArtOpps ...http://bit.ly/vuw1OT
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- National Culture Forum Leading Learning Programme 2011/12
- The Future of Small and Medium Sized Businesses in Nottingham
- Please be part of the Association of Fine Artists artwork - completely free
- Language and the City - A National Juried Show at Studio Couture Detroit
- Notes from Producer Discussions and Forums during First Bite
- Save BBC Birmingham
- The Lonely Clouds of Guernica – 18th November (8pm)
- E: arts, talking, Beacon, Lincs LN5
- An Afternoon of Events
- Playwrite required
- Organisational Development Consultant
- Language Alive! Drama Programmes - Spring 2012
| Worcester Arts Workshop: Volunteers Posted: 10 Nov 2011 02:03 AM PST [Voluntary] A livley and exciting community arts centre is looking for a volunteers.... |
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| Posted: 09 Nov 2011 01:17 PM PST British Women Artists Competition 2011 - We at British Women Artists are delighted to give you the #ArtOpps ...http://bit.ly/v97tO5 |
| Posted: 09 Nov 2011 09:17 AM PST Extending Digital Print - A weekend workshop with one-to-one assistance to explore the possibilities of #ArtOpps ...http://bit.ly/seGCZH |
| Posted: 09 Nov 2011 09:17 AM PST Festive Papermaking Course | Larna Campbell - Festive Papermaking Course: This course focuses on forming #ArtOpps ...http://bit.ly/vuw1OT |
| Posted: 09 Nov 2011 02:00 AM PST Added on 9/11/11 Competition EastEnders: E20 is written by a team of young writers, all under the age of 23. All of the writers complete a 4-week EastEnders: E20 Writers School where they are taught how to write for television by EastEnders Script Writers and Producers. Deadline: 30th November 2011 Added on 9/11/11 Competition Commonwealth Short Story Competition is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction. Regional winners receive £1,000 and the overall winner receives £5,000. Deadline: 30th November 2011 This post has been generated by Page2RSS %7Cutmcsr%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Elondoncomedywriters%2Ecom%2Fopportunities%2Fmain%2Ehtml%7Cutmcmd%3Datom%3B%2B){kind=small}  |
| National Culture Forum Leading Learning Programme 2011/12 Posted: 09 Nov 2011 07:00 AM PST
They have also negotiated to offer formal accreditation for this programme, at an extra negotiable cost, for those that want it. This will entail an additional written element of two 3000 word assignments and leads to accreditation from City University of a module for their MA in Cultural Leadership. (This accreditation is transferable to cultural leadership masters programmes at other UK universities.) Who it is for: The programme is aimed at senior managers of Cultural and Leisure Services in local government, senior staff of agencies who work closely with local government, directors & senior managers of companies and trusts that deliver outsourced services for local authorities, senior managers of cultural and leisure organisations (both public and private sector) who wish to improve their ability to work in the political context. It is expected that participants will have overall responsibility for more than one area of cultural services, but because local authorities and cultural organisations have such varied structures we aim to be flexible. What's most important is an ambition to succeed in the workplace and to extend the creative and innovative perspectives of cultural services to influence the wider political agenda. It is open to managers and officers from all four nations, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. How much it costs: The subsidised cost in 2011/12 of each place is £4000 + VAT for local authorities and charitable trusts and £5000 for commercial companies and national cultural bodies. For 2011/12 we also have some bursaries worth £1000 or £1500 each, bringing the price down to well below its true cost. We are also prepared to stagger invoicing so that fees can be spread across two financial years. Please contact the Programme Director if you would like further details of these. Where and when: The timetable for recruitment and delivery has been extended to December 2011. The whole programme will now run from December 2011 to November 2012. The residential sessions will be held in the West Midlands. The provisional dates for the residentials are: 3 days – 30 Jan (eve) to 2 Feb (teatime) Jan 2012 Participants will negotiate with their mentors on convenient mentoring session dates between February '12 and November '12. The final make up, venues and times for the action learning sets will set by mutual consent after the 3 day initial session in Jan/Feb. Selection procedure: Applications will be received by e-mail only and up to midnight on Dec 5th 2011. All applications will be assessed by the Director of the programme and the Leading Learning steering group and applicants will be notified of the outcome by 9 Dec. The programme will start immediately after with notification of the 360 degree review process. Next Steps: If you wish to apply please complete the application form and equal opportunities form (available on the website www.ncfleadinglearning.co.uk) and attach the two letters of support requested. Please do not attach a separate CV or any further papers. E-mail the form and attachments to leadership@cloa.org.uk by end of Dec 5th 2011. If you wish to discuss any aspect of this information or receive clarification on any point arising, please contact the Programme Director, Sue Isherwood: leadership@cloa.org.uk. Tel: 01749 871110/07919 540803. |
| The Future of Small and Medium Sized Businesses in Nottingham Posted: 04 Nov 2011 03:12 AM PDT Date: Nov 24, 2011 Time: 6:45 PM - 9:00 PM Where: The Park Inn Mansfield Road NG5 2BT Nottingham United Kingdom Organized by: Nottinghamshire Derbyshire FSB |
| Please be part of the Association of Fine Artists artwork - completely free Posted: 09 Nov 2011 09:04 AM PST Association of Fine Artists is an ambitious digital artwork. It aims to bring together the fine artists of the world in a Guild-like organisation. This is modelled on the Guilds that the artists of the Renaissance used to belong to. It is completely free to join up and as the success of the piece is directly related to the number of members that sign up, I would ask any fine artists to please take the time to join the association. In the future the association will represent artists in difficulty and bring help to those in need. That is the future. Right now please be part of this artwork just by signing up. Thanks. |
| Language and the City - A National Juried Show at Studio Couture Detroit Posted: 09 Nov 2011 08:48 AM PST Language and the City January 20,2012 – February 19,2012 Our use of language influences the way we construct and engage with the built environment. Spoken and written language is explicit in our everyday world. We see it in our road signs, advertising, general signage, public announcements, and directions. We are particularly aware of language when, whether presented in text or verbally, it is misused or ambiguous. It is through these deviations and perversions that we form new relationships with built environment. In these situations, many ideas and possibilities are suggested to us, expanding the use of language from a mere informational or persuasive role and into the delightful and layered realms of misdirection, onomatopoeia, malapropism, pun, opposition or inversion of meanings, haiku, surrealism, dada, and general absurdity. With this in mind, Studio Couture calls for entries to a juried exhibition of art, design and architecture in which written and spoken language is made explicit in our experience of the city. Complete submission guidelines can be found at http://www.studiocouturedetroit.org. Exhibition Calendar: Call for Entries November 1, 2011 Deadline for Submittals December 9, 2011 Announcement of Accepted Entries December 21, 2011 Delivery and installation of Works January 8, 2012 Exhibition Opening January 21, 2012 Exhibition Schedule January 20, 2012-February 19, 2012 ABOUT STUDIO COUTURE: Started in 2011, Studio Couture is a multi-purpose arts incubator space with a gallery, student-directed design studio and community arts space. It is located in Detroit's central business district. Its mission is to use art and design methodologies to promote community building and urban renewal. The space will also create entrepreneurial opportunities and demonstrate the theory and practice of art and design through lectures, panel discussions and workshops. Funding is provided by Lawrence Tech. |
| Notes from Producer Discussions and Forums during First Bite Posted: 09 Nov 2011 09:19 AM PST Growing Our Own Producers During the First Bite Festival, which took place at mac, birmingham on the 24th September 2011, China Plate hosted a number of events aimed at both Producers and Artists from the West Midlands and beyond. These discussions/forums were a response to an Open Space session, held by the mid*point steering group in June 2011, entitled 'Growing Our Own Producers' – a session which posed a number of questions addressing what it means to be a Producer, and the relationship between Producers and Artists. It also suggested the creation of a West Midlands based Producers Network, based on an On-Call model aimed at promoting conversations between Producers and Artists. China Plate's additional events were designed to address the questions raised in the session and to open up further discussions. A link to the Open Space notes can be found here http://bit.ly/o3emUm. These notes are simply intended as a record of the conversations had during those three sessions and as a prompt to further debate around the regional producing question. A morning session was held specifically for Producers with the intention of finding out how many working/budding Producers were in the region. We posed the following questions in 3 separate groups before coming together and sharing thoughts:
The second session was an informal exchange between Producers and Artists. This was a relaxed opportunity for artists and producers to open up conversations and share contacts. In the afternoon we programmed an Artists/Producer forum aimed to open up a wider discussion between Artists and Producers regarding what had been raised in the morning sessions and the questions posed at the Open Space session. We invited 3 industry professionals to speak at the beginning of the session, and then opened up the discussion to all other attendees. These speakers were: Katie Keeler (Theatre Bristol). Katie is an established and well-respected Producer working in Bristol and nationally. She outlined what she saw were the 10 most important aspects of being a successful Producer. Lucy Moore (Independent Producer/Arts Agenda). Lucy is a Producer working out of Brighton – she works with Stillpoint, Inspector Sands and Hydrocracker Theatre Company and is an Associate Producer for Arts Agenda. She spoke about the Producer network 'Soup', which she has created with a small number of Producers in Brighton. Katie Day (The Other Way Works). Katie is an artist and director and Artistic Director of The Other Way Works. She was a self-produced artist for a number of years before working with Producers including Katie Keeler and Ric Watts. She spoke about making the move from self-producing work to working in collaboration with Producers and Venues. General notes from Session 1 An Open Meeting for Producers and Budding Producers The majority of people who attended this session were attached to regional venues or already well embedded in the region's theatre making ecology. This may be a reflection on the number of people interested in producing as a career in the West Midlands, or on early career arts professionals' reluctance to define themselves in this way – see below. How do we define a 'Producer'? Do we need sub titles?
What is the difference between these types of producer – if any? At what point does the Producer hand over to the project manager? What are the expectations relating to the producer's artistic input? Kate McGrath (producer with Fuel) recently conducted a small straw poll that suggested Artist's dreaded receiving "feedback" from their Producers (although they understood the value) whilst Producers felt it was the most exciting part of their job. Where are the Producers? Is it possible/desirable to set up a Producing hub in the West Midlands? First we need to know where the producers are. Is the perceived dearth of producers in the West Midlands accurate? The group felt that people who might be thought of as producers (although they might not currently call themselves that) could be found: - In venues - Working with NPO companies - Working with non NPO companies - Working with communities - Working outside of the arts? - At festivals - In education – universities Other colleges Vocational training - Outside of region - Running their own company - In outreach and education departments. How do you help people realise they are producers? Are they also artists? How do Producers and Artists start to make connections? - Trust - Through audiences - By seeing each others work - By defining their areas of passion - By understanding your strengths - By knowing what/who you like and finding ways of making introductions - By creating meeting spaces around festivals and events - Speed dating! - Orchestration and design - Doing your homework - By putting yourself in a position to make something happen that couldn't otherwise happen. - Through drinking tea/beer/wine (networking) - Online forums - Through venues How do Producers start off? By wanting to provide a platform and support for creation but not to make work themselves. Coming to Producing from different places, not always from a theatre background. By not being restricted by funding – as in funded through an initiative set up by a third party Beginning as performers and then becoming producers. How do Producers create networks? What are people involved in already? How might they operate across genre boundaries (dance, art, live art, theatre, etc) Not fast process – it's more organic It might be interesting to look at other models such as… PANDA (in Manchester) FST (Federation for Scottish Theatres) – this is a fee-paying network but they have been set a mandate to act as a lobbying group for their members. Do we try and create a Producer network and if so what are the rules? OR Do we try and support something that may emerge more organically? Where is the support coming from? Is there a different buy-in for freelancers? If the support is coming from venues and their staff, there are clear-cut boundaries. However, if it is coming from freelancers, their offer is potentially less altruistic – individuals receiving support maybe potential future collaborators or competitors. Theatre Bristol successfully held a space with no agenda attached to it – they were the glue that held things together without being based in a building. Should the new midpoint model try and do something similar? General notes from Session 2 An Informal Exchange between Artists and Producers
With approximately 40 people in the room, China Plate introduced the session, using some principals of Open Space as a guideline; take the iniative to speak to those people you want to speak to; the law of two feet; the people in the room are the right people. Individuals then were asked to very briefly introduce themselves. After the introductions were made individuals then had an opportunity to connect with each other, making new relationships and gaining better understanding of each-others working practice. General notes from Session 3 Artists / Producer forum
Notes from Katie Keeler: Katie Keeler works for Theatre Bristol as part of a collective of Producers whose driver is to make better theatre in Bristol. She ran through her top 10 things that make a good producer:
Notes from Lucy Moore Lucy is an independent Producer with a particular interest in outdoor and site-specific work. She has links with BAC and Arts Agenda and feels producing is something she still figures out as she goes along. Working with Inspector Sands involved bringing experienced and emerging practitioners together to create work. Her role of Producer was supported by an Executive Producer on this project. The Executive Producer in this context operated as a kind of mentor for Lucy. Lucy raised the issue that producing can often feel isolating. Independent Producers often work from home, on a project by project basis, which can also feel financially scary. She developed a way of working to encourage peer support – 'Soup'. Soup involves 3 producers working from each others houses once a week. The 3 producers would start the day together, discussing the work they were focusing on before working independently on different projects. This allows them to share skills, knowledge and ideas, bounce ideas off each other and gain valuable advice. In addition they also hold 'Soup Drinks', where they invite other producers to meet for drinks, networking and to give and get advice. Notes from Katie Day Katie is an Artist who has both self-produced and worked with producers. Katie started her company after leaving university in 2004, and learnt the nuts and bolts in how to run a company. She was self-taught and retained control so she could devise and direct her own work. Even when later in her career, when Katie began working with Producers, she still remained heavily involved. Katie also spent time running Theatre Sandbox. This involved producing 6 new commissions of other people's work, facilitating artists to make ideas happen. She found it useful to work with her peers in this way. When Katie began working with Producers she found it refreshing and really useful. They supported fundraising, administration, marketing, tour-booking and other areas. This allowed Katie to be artistically focused, which was particularly useful in the run up to shows. She recognises as an artist who has self-produced in the past the process of handing work / control over to a producer could be challenging. She is particularly interested in working with Producers who hold a portfolio of work, and have the ability to tour book, having a strong network of contacts and reputation. Further Discussion After each speaker had address the audience the session was opened up for questions and comments. Key things that came up included:
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| Posted: 09 Nov 2011 09:05 AM PST A campaign has been launched to SAVE BBC BIRMINGHAM - please do all you can to help! On 6th of October it was announced by the BBC's Director General that television production in our region will be further reduced and moved to Manchester, Bristol and Cardiff, and radio drama production in our region will consist of "The Archers" only. This is despite the promise given by the BBC at the time of renewing the BBC Charter that they would invest in the English regions. We have only a few weeks before these plans are put into effect, and if we are to persuade the BBC to reconsider then we must act quickly!!! The proposal to move TV and radio programme making from the Midlands is hidden away in one bullet point at the bottom of page 18 in the 'Delivering Quality First' review. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/review_report_research/dqf/dqf.pdf) These proposals: • Are devastating to the Midlands' digital media industry and the area's freelancers. • Run contrary to the BBC's Charter obligation, which is to represent all the regions and nation. • Will culturally marginalise the Midlands region giving no return on significant BBC licence fee revenue. Please write to your MP to let them know of your concerns and ask them to support EDM 2373 There is a template letter you can personalise and use . http://www.equity.org.uk/branches/central-england-general-branch/documents/save-bbc-birmingham-letter/ You can find your MP and their contact details here: http://www.writetothem.com/ And here are suggestions of other things you can do: http://www.equity.org.uk/branches/central-england-general-branch/news/save-bbc-birmingham/ Please also show your support by joining the Save BBC Birmingham forum website and adding supportive posts and following the campaign: http://www.savebbcbirmingham.co.uk/forum/discussions Do tell everyone you know about this campaign and encourage them to write to their MP; this campaign is for all Midlands BBC licence fee payers. We only have until 19 December 2011 to get our voices heard, as this is the closing date for the public consultation on the BBC "Delivering Quality First" proposals. Please don't delay as once the BBC is gone from our region, it's gone for good.         |
| The Lonely Clouds of Guernica – 18th November (8pm) Posted: 09 Nov 2011 09:02 AM PST It started with a photograph of a soldier at a ceremony in Kabul for a fallen comrade. On his neck, a tattoo read: "God Forgive Me." An inescapable thought followed: What happens when you return home with that? The final part of Come As You Arts Northwest's hit series of anti-war plays, this moving and funny love story ponders why Tony Blair and George W. Bush wanted Pablo Picasso's haunting anti-war masterpiece, Guernica, covered at the U.N. when it was needed most. And asks whether Wordsworth's idea of wandering lonely as a cloud is preferable to the anti-psychotic medication doled out to returning solders. All the letters appearing in the play are written by fallen servicemen. The production is the second for Come As You Arts North West at The Old Joint Stock Theatre – they previously brought THE PLAY THAT KILLED ME in July this year 'A remarkable story – moving and funny, with a unique perspective on just how important art, including theatre of course, can be at times of crisis.' Manchester Evening News on the first in the series: The Play That Killed Me. 'Powerful stuff ' – Reviewgate.com on The Play That Killed Me at the Old Joint Stock Theatre. Special ticket (limited number) offer when quoting mid*point 1811 – buy one ticket (full price) get one half price Tickets: £12. Concessions: £10         |
| E: arts, talking, Beacon, Lincs LN5 Posted: 09 Nov 2011 02:42 AM PST Recurring Event First start: 2011-12-02 19:00:00 GMT Duration: 7200 Where: http://lincolnshire.gov.uk Event Status: confirmed Event Description: http://lincolnshire.gov.uk An evening of artists' presentations and interventions |
| Posted: 08 Nov 2011 06:51 AM PST Saturday 26 November An Afternoon of Events Join us on Saturday 26 November for a packed programme of free events for all at MK Gallery. We'll be launching a new public artwork in Campbell Park, unveiling the four winning designs from Design Your MK, our public art competition for children and hosting a closing event for our current Project Space exhibition, with panel discussions, performances and special video screenings. Families can also enjoy a special Mini - Makers workshop, along with storytelling in Campbell Park. We hope you can join us! Here's a full programme of events during the day: Mini-Makers Shelter Building with The Parks Trust 1 - 3pm / Free / For ages 4+ Taking inspiration from Ivan and Heather Morrison's new Cave sculpture in Campbell Park, have a go at creating your own shelter from natural materials, before heading over to Campbell Park for stroytelling. Closing Event Community without Propinquity Saturday 26 November From 2pm / Free Join us on the final weekend of our current Project Space exhibition for an afternoon of panel discussions, live performances and special video screenings. Launch Party Design Your MK 3pm / Free Over the past couple of months we've invited children aged 4 to 16 to create exciting, colourful designs, which they would like to see installed on porte cocheres across Milton Keynes.
Join us as we unveil the four winning designs, which have been painted on to porte cocheres, and see a selection of the shortlisted entries.
Launch Event 4pm / Free Location: Campbell Park Work is nearly complete on Cave, a new public artwork for Campbell Park in Milton Keynes, commissioned by MK Gallery in collaboration with The Parks Trust. The artwork, by artists Heather and Ivan Morison is formed from three concrete panels and will nestle into the hillside of the park, providing visitors with a resting place that offers a panoramic view over the countryside. |
| Posted: 09 Nov 2011 08:29 AM PST Production Company looking to develop a one man stage show with an up and coming playwrite. |
| Organisational Development Consultant Posted: 09 Nov 2011 07:02 AM PST B Arts, a community arts organisation based in North Staffordshire, are looking to appoint an Organisational Development Consultant(s) to work with the Board and Staff on a new Business Plan for implementation from April 2012. Consultants will be required to work across 5 areas, including fundraising and communications. The consultant should have experience or knowledge of: • Organisational development for arts and cultural organisations • Understanding of B Arts Ltd's local context and international work • Maximising income opportunities for participatory arts organisations • Communication and negotiation skills • Knowledge of the participatory arts sector B Arts develops creative programmes and projects that sustain, develop and enrich communities; while employing artists in work that is intelligent, thoughtful and contributes to a process of cultural democracy. For more information suitable and experienced consultants can download the full brief at: http://www.b-arts.org.uk/home/ or by emailing us at info@b-arts.org.uk Proposals need to be submitted by Thursday 17th November, 5:00pm. |
| Language Alive! Drama Programmes - Spring 2012 Posted: 09 Nov 2011 06:23 AM PST The Play House is an established and respected educational theatre company. Its work ignites the imagination to make sense of the world, by providing exciting participatory theatre and drama to stimulate the learning of children and young people. Start Date: 1 Jan 2012 - 9:00am |
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