blankpages, Blank Media Collective’s online magazine for emerging artists, is looking for a Fiction Editor and Poetry Editor to join our dedicated team of volunteers.
Who: Manchester-based practitioners
What: Voluntary positions within the Blank Media Collective team
Location: Manchester
When: ASAP
Deadline: Once our maximum number of applications has been reached, the vacancies will be withdrawn
Payments: None – mentoring and support given by Blank Media Collective team
The Poetry & Fiction Editors will work within the blankpages team, sourcing submissions and working with contributors to create meaningful relationships and an atmosphere of constructive creative criticism.
Responsibilities for the two Editors will include:
• sourcing, proof-reading and editing submissions
• developing a pool of writers for the magazine and encouraging new contributors
• considering new ways to present works within the magazine and implementing these changes
• suggesting and/or writing related articles
• attending team meetings (at least one per month), contributing to the overall vision for the publication
• raising awareness and visibility of blankpages
The blankpages Fiction Editor and Poetry Editor will work closely with John Leyland (Editor) and the rest of the blankpages team, maintaining the quality and relevance of these important strands of the publication. They must also have a good understanding of Blank Media Collective as a whole and be open to supporting the progression of the organisation.
The roles will be for an initial 3 month period, which will be extended if both the individuals and Blank Media Collective are in mutual agreement.
For further information please visit the Support Our Work page.
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We are looking for short story entries of no more than 1000 words and imaginative illustrations on the given titles below:
Sport’s Day Fiasco
Ruddy, Sam and Ondine
The Intergalactic War
Rage
The Magic Pot.
The stories must be original and previously unpublished. The deadline for entries is midnight on Sunday 31 October 2010. All the winning stories and drawings will be published in the Children’s Story Book in 2011.
The entry fee is £5 per story or illustration and you can enter as many times as you like along with the correct entry fee. Submissions and payment are accepted online as well as by post. School, colleges and youth clubs can submit up to 20 stories for just £60.
The prizes are £150 for the winners in each of the four age categories, £75 and £50 plus £200 worth of books goes to the school that submits the best overall entries.
The competitions are open to children from the ages of 7 to 18 years old. For more information please check out the rules on our website. If you have any questions then please do get in touch.
www.chapteronepromotions.com
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Freelance Cover for Cultural Regeneration Officer – Central Wards, Manchester
Fee: £150 per day including travel
Start Date: September 2010 to approximately March 31st 2011 (extension of the contract is likely) for approximately 2.5 days per week
Manchester City Council’s Cultural Strategy Team is looking for a freelancer with the vision, drive and enthusiasm to deliver a comprehensive arts and cultural programme across the central wards of Manchester.
The Cultural programme enhances the work of the central wards South Manchester Regeneration Team, which aims to improve the quality of life of residents by addressing the social, physical and economic needs of the area. Your work will make a key contribution to improving the quality of life of our communities through developing and delivering arts and cultural initiatives.
Cultural regeneration in the area has a particular focus on community involvement, public art in urban settings and capacity building local arts and cultural organisations. You will deliver the programme in a freelance capacity with distinct areas of individual responsibility.
You will have experience of successfully delivering outcome focused cultural regeneration projects, experience of working within a regeneration environment, developing strong partnerships, managing budgets and grant monitoring. Fundraising experience would also be desirable. An effective and persuasive communicator, you will be able to work with a range of partners to boost community involvement in arts and culture.
For a discussion about this role, or for a full brief, contact Louise Sutton – Cultural Regeneration Manager on 0161 2344238
To respond to the brief, please send a CV and covering letter outlining your interest in the role and areas of expertise, along with details of two referees who can comment on your work in similar settings to: l.sutton@manchester.gov.uk or to: Cultural Strategy Team, Manchester City Council, PO Box 532, Town Hall, Manchester, M60 2LA.
The Deadline for a response to this brief is Monday 6th September at noon
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FREE Creative Workshops for Young People aged between 12-19 years, living in Salford.
Come and join us during our Youth Arts Week and get involved!
Take the opportunity to explore different creative art forms, build new friendships and have fun at the same time!
Activities
- 3D Sculpture
- Photography
- Graffiti Stencilling
- DJ & Music Production
- Clay Modelling
How to Book………….
To book your place on Youth Arts Week, or for more information please contact Francine on francine.hayfron@startinsalford.org.uk or call 0161 351-6000.
All bookings must be made by Friday 6 August 2010.
Where: Start in Salford
Brunswick House
62 Broad Street
Salford
M6 5BZ
When: Monday 9 August – Friday 13 August 2010
10.30am to 4.00pm
Bring your own pack lunch.
www.startinsalford.org.uk
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Zion and Skylark Theatre Company are looking for the next generation of imaginative and talented young playwrights and performers to inject some youthful creative talent into producing an exciting new piece of theatre. If you think you have a story to tell then sign up to this great opportunity to perform on the Zion stage and be part of the creation of a new piece of theatre.
The young people will have the opportunity to explore their own experience of the world through story-telling, improvisation, writing, dance/movement, music and acting, culminating in a final workshop presentation. Skylark will take their cues from their specific abilities, skills and interests, helping to shape a fully integrated theatre work ready for performance.
To sign up and get involved or to find out more contact
saskia@zionarts.com / tel: 0161 232 609
Dates: 16th – 27th August
Monday-Friday 10am-3pm
11 – 18 years
Free
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A Night Less Ordinary
If you’re under 26 and want to try something different, then you can get free tickets to some of the best shows around.
A Night Less Ordinary, launched in February 2009 and running until March 2011, is a scheme that offers thousands of free theatre tickets which are available to anyone under 26 for all sorts of theatre events including comedy, tragedies, musical theatre, dance, modern mime, plays, circus and much more.
The following Greater Manchester theatres are participating and information on free tickets can be obtained by ringing the box office numbers below:
Contact Theatre, Manchester: 0161 274 0600
Octagon,Bolton: 01204 520 661
Oldham Coliseum: 0161 624 2829
Library Theatre Company,Manchester: 0161 236 7110
The Met, Bury: 0161 761 2216
Royal Exchange, Manchester: 0161 833 9833
Further information on the scheme can also be found at www.anightlessordinary.org.uk
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This Autumn CUBE gallery are delivering a project with The Architecture Foundation. The programme is for 16-19 year olds and will look at Manchester’s redevelopment through a series of ten interdisciplinary workshops with creative professionals. They will work with architects, historians, developers, artists and members of the community to develop a body of work exploring changes planned or already underfoot in New Islington, Hulme and Cheetham Hill, and the project will end with a public celebration event in a pop-up cinema which the students will design and build with architects from EASA010 to show a film they’ll make.
If you are aged 16-19 an interested in taking part, please visit: www.cube.org.uk for further information.
CUBE are looking to recruit by 16th August 2010
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UK Young Artists is a showcase for the best of the UK’s young and innovtive creative talent. Applications are now open for the first annual event taking place in 2010 with the chance to be selected to represent the UK at the Biennale of young artisits from Europe and the Mediterranean in Morocco in 2011. Final selection will be made up by an international panel of artists and critics.
Deadline 14th June 2010
For more information and details of how to enter visit: www.ukyoungartists.co.uk
Tags: Arts Award, Competition, creative, International Youth Arts Festival, Youth of Today
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A Night Less Ordinary
If you’re under 26 and want to try something different, then you can get free tickets to some of the best shows around.
A Night Less Ordinary, launched in February 2009 and running until March 2011, is a scheme that offers thousands of free theatre tickets which are available to anyone under 26 for all sorts of theatre events including comedy, tragedies, musical theatre, dance, modern mime, plays, circus and much more.
The following Greater Manchester theatres are participating and information on free tickets can be obtained by ringing the box office numbers below:
Contact Theatre, Manchester: 0161 274 0600
Octagon,Bolton: 01204 520 661
Oldham Coliseum: 0161 624 2829
Library Theatre Company,Manchester: 0161 236 7110
The Met, Bury: 0161 761 2216
Royal Exchange, Manchester: 0161 833 9833
Further information on the scheme can also be found at www.anightlessordinary.org.uk
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Manchester Day Parade
Sun 20 Jun
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS….
This is an opportunity for community groups, resident groups, local businesses, individuals etc who may be interested in participating in the new Manchester Day Parade.
If you’d like to register your interest in the below opportunity please complete the attached form and email or post to Billie Klinger, Walk the Plank, 72 Broad Street, Salford M6 5BZ / info@walktheplank.co.uk
Would your group/organisation/family like to take part in the first Manchester Day Parade…a celebration of all that’s great about our city? This is your chance to be part of an amazing procession that brings colour, music, dance and larger-than-life characters to the streets. What do you think is so fantastic about your city that it’s ‘Out of this World’? Who are your heroes? What bit of Manchester past or present would you like to celebrate?
There’ll be opportunities to create floats & costumes, or work with dance specialists to develop movement and dance, or to come along on the day and get dressed up in fantastic outfits and make up.
There are 3 levels of involvement that you can apply for:
- Gold – for groups that want to work with an artist to develop your own ideas for designing a float, or creating costumes, or making music or movement
- Silver – for groups that want to take part and already have costumes/a float, or groups that want to take part but have only a limited time to work in advance of the parade
- Bronze – for individuals, small groups or families who want to take part and are willing to work with other people to create a section of the parade, or want to get involved but don’t know where to start…
We can’t promise to involve everyone that wants to take part in the first year, but we’re certainly going to try!
Tags: Manchester Day Parade, parade, Walk the Plank
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