Contact International Forum – Now open for applications
18–26* July 2010, Manchester, UK
Contact International Forum is a unique opportunity for artists or practitioners working with young people across the world, to share ideas and ways of thinking in creating theatre by young people. The forum is a platform to discuss innovative practice and build valuable relationships with international colleagues, as part of the Contacting the World 2010 festival.
Contacting the World is Contact’s pioneering international theatre exchange project for young people. This year, 12 companies from England, South Africa, Indonesia, India, Iran, USA, Jamaica, Denmark, Netherlands and Switzerland are twinned to collaborate on creating new work together. In July, over 150 young performers from all over the world will descend on Manchester for an 8-day celebration of work created by young people.
Contact International Forum presents an exciting chance to engage with the festival, broaden your international connections and explore performance practice from across the globe. Forum participants will see and experience work created by young people from diverse cultural, social and economic contexts. There are a limited number of places on the forum, participation includes:
- A daily specialist practitioner forum, facilitated by Baba Israel, Contact’s Artistic Director and CEO
- Access and participation in the CTW company skills sharing workshops
- Access and contribution to daily discussion forums
- Tickets for all 12 CTW performances and matinee performances
- Accommodation for 8 days (optional)
- Hospitality for 8 days
- Local travel in Manchester
- Inclusion in the final street performance (subject to funding)
*Option to participate in a Youth Leadership Summit on 26 July
If you’re interested in applying to be part of the forum, please download the application form from the Contacting the World website or contact Ruth Adkins at ruthadkins@contact-theatre.org or on +44 (0)161 274 0642
Deadline for applications: 5 April 2010
MYAN e Newsletter March 2010
- Arts Council: New Awards for Northern Talents
- First Time Voters Wanted
- Contact International Forum, now open for applications
- Summer Project at Nexus Art Cafe
- Exhibition Opportunity – Call for artists – Noise Arts Lab
- Global Action Plan Art Competition
- Creative Apprentice Wanted
- Cultural and Education Development Officer Wanted
- Freelance Creative and Performing Arts Youth & Support Workers
- Get sorted 2: Budgeting and Fundraising for Youth Arts Projects
- Workshop for drama workers and teachers.
- Artsplan upcoming courses
Arts Coucil: New Awards for Northern Talents
Northern Futures recognises and rewards the best emerging talent, age 21-40, from the North of England, and will showcase prize winners and runners up at the Northern Futures Award Exhibition at The Civic from 28 July to 3 September 2010.
The judging panels for this innovative award will include Yorkshire Sculpture Park, British Fashion Council, BFI Southbank and the Baltic Gallery. For the inaugural year there are four entry categories: Fine art, Fashion, Film and 3D Design.
The North of England has produced some of the most innovative and respected creative individuals the world has seen. Artists and innovators which include Henry Moore, Dame Vivienne Westwood, Damien Hirst, Mike Leigh, Danny Boyle, David Hockney and Peter Saville, illustrate the wealth of talent that the North produces.
Art and culture are integral to the renaissance of the North. Northern Futures celebrates the future talent emerging from the region and aims to cement the North as a hotbed of new creativity and showcase its talent to the world. To take part or for more information visit http://www.northernfutures.co.uk .
First Time Voters Wanted
The Independent Newspaper, are looking for 18-year-olds from across the country to talk one of their journalists on the phone about whether or not they’ll be voting at the general election in May, if not why not and a bit about the issues that matter to them etc. If you would like to take part or know of young people from your organisations who would like to take part, please contact Charlotte Philby at the Independent Magazine at C.Philby@independent.co.uk. Young people taking part would have to have a photo taken.
Contact International Forum is now open for applications
Contact International Forum (18 – 26 July 2010, Manchester, UK) is a unique opportunity for artists or practitioners working with young people across the world, to share ideas and ways of thinking in creating theatre by young people. The forum is a platform to discuss innovative practice and build valuable relationships with international colleagues, as part of the Contacting the World 2010 festival.
Contacting the World is Contact’s pioneering international theatre exchange project for young people. This year, twelve companies from England, South Africa, Indonesia, India, Iran, USA, Jamaica, Denmark, Netherlands and Switzerland are twinned to collaborate on creating new work together. In July, over 150 young performers from all over the world will descend on Manchester for an eight day celebration of work created by young people.
Contact International Forum presents an exciting chance to engage with the festival, broaden your international connections and explore performance practice from across the globe. Forum participants will see and experience work created by young people from diverse cultural, social and economic contexts.
Fees for a place on Contact International Forum 2010 are:
£600 + vat (without accommodation)
£750 + vat (with halls of residence accommodation)
Deadline for applications is 5th April 2010.
If you are interested in applying for a place, please contact Ruth Adkins at ruthadkins@contact-theatre.org or on + 44 (0)161 274 0642. For more information visit: www.contactingtheworld.org
Summer Project at Nexus Art Cafe
Nexus are looking to develop a summer programme of art workshops/activities culminating in an exhibition and possibly a weekend festival to showcase youth arts in the city centre at the end of summer. It would be wonderful if this festival could spill out of the venue onto the streets of the northern quarter or perhaps even Picadilly gardens!
A similar scheme last was piloted summer (though no festival) in conjunction with a local church group with some considerable success. This year they are looking to build upon that foundation and really push the programme forward and hopefully reach many more young people who may not ever access a ‘conventional’ kind of arts space otherwise. If you or your organisation wish to get invloved or you know of any useful links or contacts, please contact Emily Philips at the following address: info@nexusartcafe.com
Exhibition Opportunity – Call for artists – Noise Arts Lab
EXHBITION CONCEPT:
·To showcase emerging artists who are creating work during the socio- economic conditions of the ‘recession’.
·Exhibition will be context/ site specific when situated at the proposed venue, Noise Arts Lab.
Overview of themes:
·Art Market and the Economy
·Art in the Public realm
·Participatory, interactive and activist art
If you are a creative practitioner that makes work in relation to the above themes and would like to be involved please send:
·Artists statement [100 words max] [how you re practice is relevant to the themes of the exhibition]
·Proposal of Work to be exhibited [100 words]
·Artists C.V
·Examples of Past Work [images/ stills]
This brief is open to all practitioners; Illustrators, Graphic Designers, Photographers, Printers, Film Makers, Theatre Groups etc.
Closing date for submissions: Monday 15th March
Provisional date for exhibition: May 2010
Venue: Noise Arts Lab, Market Street, Manchester
Contact: Taneesha Ahmed taneeshaahmed@gmail.com
Global Action Plan Art Competition
Global Action Plan, a climate change charity are running an art competition which would give students an opportunity to get their art nationally exhibited in high profile galleries, such as the Village Underground in East London, the View Gallery in Bristol and the Manchester Town Hall. The competition involves entering a piece of art which has been inspired by climate change. The competition is being organised by Climate Squad (a division of Global Action Plan), who attempt to raise climate change awareness in young people aged 16 – 25.
Closing date for entries is 28th May and entries should be uploaded to the website. For more information and a more detailed brief visit: http://www.cop-art.org.uk
Creative Apprentice Wanted
Manchester City Council’s Cultural Strategy Team are looking for a Creative Apprentice to join their team. If you are a Manchester resident aged 18-24 and do not have a degree, please visit the link below for more information and details of how to apply:
https://apprenticeshipvacancymatchingservice.lsc.gov.uk/navms/Forms/Candidate/VisitorLanding.aspx
Cultural and Education Development Officer Wanted
The Phoenix is a youth arts charity based in Bolton. They are looking for a Cultural & Education Development Officer to join their team.
One Year Fixed Term Contract, Salary £22,000 – £24,000
Three days a week this role will involve a commissioned post as Cultural Development Officer for Bolton Council’s ‘Find Your Talent’; to engage with, and evaluate and monitor, existing and future partners of the ‘cultural offer’ within Bolton, with a specific focus on third sector and schools development.
Two days a week this role will involve developing, programming and delivering The Phoenix’s cultural educational services with a specific focus on primary education.
The job involves a variety of duties. These will include project management, promotion and marketing, liaising with partners and evaluating projects. You will be expected to have:
Project Management experience and excellent communication skills.
Experience of working in the arts and knowledge of the education system is essential.
The successful applicant will be a self-motivated individual. They must demonstrate an ability to work unsupervised, use their own initiative and communicate appropriately with a diverse range of people.
Deadline for applications: 2pm March 15th
Interviews: March 17th or 18th
Further details and application form may be obtained from:
matthew@boltonphoenix.co.uk
Freelance Creative and Performing Arts Youth & Support Workers Needed
Activate Arts are a creative and performing arts charity based in Liverpool. They have a number of Lancashire contracts starting very soon and are looking for Lancashire based youth & support workers to work alongside delivery staff, supporting learners and assisting with the delivery of the course.
Previous experience of working with children and young people, especially vulnerable, at risk and disengaged learners would be an advantage. They also have a number of course working with young people with Special needs and learning difficulties.
Pay – £10.00 per hour, varied hours
Please email your CV and a Covering letter and your availability Monday – Sunday to viv@activatearts.com or Hill House, Archway Road, Huyton, L36 9XB. T: 0151 4824884
Get sorted 2: Budgeting and Fundraising for Youth Arts Projects
23rd September 2010, 10 am- 4.15 pm, Cornerhouse, Manchester.
This one-day training course is aimed at organisations and individuals who already have an idea for a youth arts project but are unsure on how to finance it. ‘Get Sorted 2’ will take you through a step by step guide for planning and drafting your own budget, advise on the best way to fill in funding applications and suggest where you can go to find the funds you need.
‘All participants will receive a certificate of attendance upon successful completion of the course and a wealth of practical resources. Prices for each course, which include lunch and refreshments, range from £110 to £150, with limited bursaries available. Please also remember that ENYAN members can request a 5% discount on all Artsplan publications and training!
For more information on these courses or to book a place, please contact the Artsplan Team via: artsplan@artswork.org.uk or call 02380 682535.
Workshop for drama workers and teachers
DRAMA, IDENTITY AND DIVERSITY:
Tuesday 23 March 2010
10am – 3.30pm
Venue: Royal Exchange Theatre
Beginning with the simple question, “What If?” drama can take children and young people on a journey of discovery. What if I was a refugee? What if I went to that school? What if I didn’t have any friends? What if everyonelooked at me with suspicion? Drama can enable us to create fictional characters and put them in fictional situations which reflect real people in the real world, without leaving the safety of the classroom. To give someone a name and a voice, in other words to humanize ‘the other’ can dramatically affect the way we see them.
Using some of these ideas as a starting point, this workshop will use
practical, accessible drama-based approaches to explore issues around
identity and diversity, and is suitable for everyone working with both young people and adults.
Cost: £50 (teachers and practitioners) / £30 student teachers
Book at Royal Exchange Box Office: 0161 833 9833
Artsplan Upcoming Courses
Artsplan (the in-house professional development department of ENYAN) is delighted to have an exciting programme of youth arts training courses taking place this year at the Cornerhouse in Manchester.
Upcoming courses include:
Behaviour Management and Youth Arts – 22nd April 2010, 10 am- 4.15 pm
Creating Safety: child protection and youth arts – 20th May 2010, 10 am- 4.15 pm
For further course information visit: www.artswork.org.uk/artsplan.
VACANCIES: North West Associate Artists, Cineclub
Cineclub, The Young Filmmakers Network is a mini-studio system, where children learn to become proficient, low-budget filmmakers on a sustainable basis. Cineclub is about learning from mistakes and risk taking.
We’re recruiting filmmaking facilitators, presenters and trainers who wish to join our expanding organisation and represent us in the North.
Our regional Associate Artists will train children and teachers in low budget film production, including all pre-production, production and post-production activities. These workshops range in duration from 1 day projects to after school clubs lasting 1 or 2 schools terms in length. Our network includes young filmmakers from primary schools, secondary schools and youth organisations.
Candidates will need:
- A knowledge of low budget filmmaking techniques
- To be confident and friendly
- To have an understanding of behaviour management and the challenges of working with young people
- To have experience running filmmaking activities with children & young people
- An enhanced CRB disclosure or must be prepared to apply for one prior to commencing work
Our filmmaker projects are run as after school clubs, one day workshops and week long summer projects, working with a range of children from primary and secondary schools but also with a range of disabilities and challenging behaviour groups.
Work is on an ad-hoc basis. Most of our projects are run as several afternoon sessions over several weeks. In this instance payment is £60 per session, but this is variable depending on the project.
Selected applicants will be asked to attend a workshop session/interview where you can demonstrate your skills and tell us more about yourself.
Prior to being offered work, successful chosen candidates MUST attend Cineclub’s compulsory, 2-day induction training (dates TBC).
Interviews and workshops will take place on Fri 9 April 2010 at Zion Arts Centre.
To apply please download an application form from the News section of the Cineclub website and return to elle@cineclub.org.uk
Follow the link to download the application form: www.cineclub.org.uk/index.cfm/pcms/site.About_Us.News
Deadline: Tue 16 March 2010
Mediabox Partnerships & Networking event
Thursday 15th April 2010
Cornerhouse, Manchester
16:00-18:00
Free
If you work with young people or are a creative or media professional, this event is an opportunity for you to find out how to form and maintain creative partnerships for youth media projects. You will hear advice from those who have gone through the process and have had really positive outcomes. You will also receive advice about the funds available for organisations to run youth led media projects.
The event will be followed by a networking session that will hopefully result in some effective partnerships between youth organisations and creative/media professionals.
To book your place register at http://mediaboxpartnerships.eventbrite.com/
OPPORTUNITIES: Lead arts practitioners
TiPP are looking for experienced Lead Arts Practitioners to deliver Summer Arts Colleges in the North West.
10 young people involved in the Criminal Justice System will take part in 3 weeks of structured arts activity for 25 hours per week during the school summer holidays. They experience a range of arts activities and visits to venues, culminating in a celebration event.
You will lead the project on a daily basis, co-ordinating artists and young people. You will be closely supported by staff from TiPP who have run Summer Arts Colleges for a number of years. Training will also be given. You must have experience of working with young people in the Criminal Justice System.
Areas we are working in include Blackpool, Bolton, Salford and Trafford.
Please see here for further information about the Summer Arts Colleges: http://www.unitas.uk.net/SummerArtsColleges/
Please email Rachel@tipp.org.uk with an expression of interest and details of your relevant experience.
CONFERENCE: Restoring the Balance
Restoring the Balance: The effect of arts participation on informal learning, health and wellbeing
Voluntary Arts England is presenting a free, one-day national conference on Tue 30 March, 10am-4pm at FACT, Liverpool
The conference, part of the Up For Arts project, has been designed to celebrate and recognise projects, schemes and organisations that reach out to disadvantaged communities using arts/crafts as a vehicle for increasing levels of informal learning, health and wellbeing.
Throughout the day BBC 24’s Breakfast presenter Susanna Reid will chair discussions which will explore the major social, health, economical and environmental benefits in developing opportunities for and participation in arts and cultural activities.
Keynote speakers will be given a platform to share creative ideas and best practice and will highlight exemplar projects such as:
- Up for Arts which is a high profile informal learning/arts participation project within BBC Radio Merseyside. Up for Arts is collaboration between Voluntary Arts England and the BBC
- Liverpool’s Year of Health & Wellbeing
- Arts Council England’s national 2010 Arts Participation Campaign
- Restoring the Balance, Voluntary Arts England’s latest publication which showcases how wellbeing, health and, in some cases, lives have been transformed as a result of arts participation
The conference will be thought provoking and inspiring combining insightful keynote presentations and panel discussions with practical workshops, led by some of the most influential figures from across the health, local authority and voluntary arts sector.
The conference is free, but places are limited. To find out more and to book a place, visit http://restoringthebalance.eventbrite.com
Music Month @ NOISELAB
As part of ‘MUSIC MONTH’ with Guest Editor Mistress De Funk’ – R1 DJ & resident at Sankey’s , this week on @ NOISELAB:
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Wednesday 3rd March @ NOISELAB, Market Street
17.30 for a 18.00 start till 20.00
“How to Survive in the Ever-Evolving Music Industry”
With Elliot Rashman (Happy Mondays Manager) & Techno DJ Mistress De Funk (BBC R1 & Sankey’s)
- Musician? Producer? Songwriter? Manager? DJ? Singer?
- Looking for that big break in the music industry?
A lot has changed in the music industry since those ‘Madchester’ times, when Elliot managed indie outfit Happy Mondays & Simply Red. People are less inclined to spend money on music now due to the freedom of internet sharing and wannabes looking for a quick route to success through the likes of the X Factor, and Britain’s Got Talent. Unfortunately this has left a lot of young artists with no idea of how to manage themselves, or how to develop as an artist.
Elliot will talk about the ways in which the music industry has changed, and will provide tools and knowledge for surviving in the industry as it is in its current guise.
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Elliot Rashman is now semi-retired and devotes much of his time to selectively mentoring and coaching young artistes from all the creative disciplines – he specialises in encouraging them to wake up and smell the coffee. Elliot likens to working in today’s music business to ‘tap dancing on the Titanic’.
Elliot has worked in and around the music business for thirty years. In that time he has managed and worked with a diverse selection of artistes including Simply Red, Happy Mondays, James, Ian McCulloch and the Lightning Seeds.
All tickets are Free. To book go to http://elliotrashmanlab.eventbrite.com/
Submit your creativity now to www.NOISEfestival.com
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Sunday 7th March @ NOISELAB, Manchester
14.00- 15.30
Running A Creative Business Q’n'A with David Vincent (Sankeys, Pacha, Hacienda)
- Thinking about starting your own creative business?
- Trying to get your new venture up and running?
- Want to know how to promote, programme, design & sustain your business?
- Want to know how to make your entrepreneurial mark in the creative industries?
NOISE welcomes creative entrepreneur David Vincent. David runs the most successful club in Manchester – Sankeys and also promoted the legendary Hacienda, and Pacha in Ibiza. At this intimate session he will talk about
– running a venue
– promoting events
– sustaining a creative enterprise.
David is a killer business man, and will offer invaluable insight and advice, answering any questions you may have about the music business.
He comes from the old school days, working with the likes of Tony Wilson – though continuing to be current and successful, always adapting as changing trends emerge. From design, to programming, to promotion, he will talk through all aspects of running a creative business. Come and utilise this opportunity to hear from the best in the business.
All tickets are Free. To book go to http://creativebusinessqna.eventbrite.com/
Submit your creativity now to www.NOISEfestival.com
Artsnet / Toolkit Musicians’ Professional Development & Networking Event
Wed 10 March, 1-6pm
Band on the Wall, 25 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ
This event’s for you if you’re a Manchester-based artist in the early
stages of your music career.
Whether you are (or want to be) a musician, band member, workshop
leader, producer, independent record company, music student etc etc…
this is for you.
So if you’re interested in getting hooked into networks, talking to
other people in the business, finding out about opportunities & events
that are available to you… come on down!
It will be a very informal day. Drop in at any time, stay all day or
just pay a flying visit.
It’s completely FREE to attend!
Music organisations attending include:
- Affinity Entertainment
- All FM
- Armstrong Learning
- Drake Music Project
- Fat Northerner
- Greater Manchester Music Action Zone (GMMAZ)
- Manchester Music Service
- Musicians Union
- MusicLeader
- North West Vision and Media
- Orderly Bazaar
- School of Sound Recording (SSR)
- Spearfish
- Unconvention
To book visit http://music-networking.eventbrite.com
DRAMA, IDENTITY AND DIVERSITY: workshop for drama workers and teachers
Tue 23 March 2010
10am-3.30pm
Venue: Royal Exchange Theatre
Beginning with the simple question, “What If?”, drama can take children and young people on a journey of discovery. What if I was a refugee? What if I went to that school? What if I didn’t have any friends? What if everyone looked at me with suspicion?
Drama can enable us to create fictional characters and put them in fictional situations which reflect real people in the real world, without leaving the safety of the classroom. To give someone a name and a voice, in other words to humanize ‘the other’ can dramatically affect the way we see them.
Using some of these ideas as a starting point, this workshop will use
practical, accessible drama-based approaches to explore issues around
identity and diversity, and is suitable for everyone working with both young people and adults.
Cost: £50 (teachers & practitioners) / £30 student teachers
Book at Royal Exchange Box Office: 0161 833 9833
More information from Exchange Education: call Amanda on 0161 615 6720
Venture Arts Open Book Exhibition
Venture Arts Open Book Exhibition is taking place at the following venues:
- The Lowry: 11 February – 28 March
- People’s History Museum: 24 April – 6 June
- Manchester City Art Gallery: ‘ We came, We saw…..We ventured’ 16 March – 28 April
- Zion Arts Centre -12-18 July.
For more information see the attached press release: Venture Arts Press Release
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