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Artist Directory
4th Mar, 2010
Birmingham Youth ServiceArtist Directory 2010Birmingham Youth Service Projects and Events Team are currently in the process of updating their Artist Directory, comprising of arts professionals available for work with young people. The purpose of the resource will be to offer assistance in finding suitable artists for specific projects or pieces of work ranging from ‘one-off’ sessions to projects spanning months. The Directory is produced regularly to include new artists. We are always on ... Click for more...
Arts Council consultation
5th Feb, 2010
Achieving Great art for everyone - a consultation The arts have flourished in the last 15 years, and there is now a genuine acceptance that they are part of our fabric as a nation. The Arts Council want to build on that strength, but in our constantly changing environment we need to work together to achieve the very best for the arts. From mid January to April 2010 Arts Council will be consulting on the future priorities for the arts. Your views on the current arts environment, now and post e... Click for more...
Arts Council Consultation
26th Jan, 2010
ACE consultation on future priorities for the artsdeadline: 14 April 2010This consultation from Arts Council England (ACE) sets out its understanding of the current landscape, celebrates the success of the arts and identifies areas for development over the next ten years.It is asking for your thoughts on the way forward. Your views will inform its long-term strategic framework and its next set of investment decisions. To take part in the consultation visit www.artscouncil.org.uk/consultation.... Click for more...
Call for Performers
4th Mar, 2010
Luton Fringe 2010 – Apply now to performLuton Fringe festival is back for its third year on 16-24 July 2010. Luton Fringe will be showcasing, once again, new and exciting work from professional artists and companies. We are now looking for all those talented performers who would like to get on stage this summer. And the range of arts on show is being expanded. New for 2010 are comedy, live art and afternoon children’s theatre.Luton Fringe 2010 is now accepting applications to perform and is l... Click for more...
Craft Rally
16th Feb, 2010
Artquest <http://www.artquest.org.uk/> are delighted to be partnering with the Crafts Council <http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/> and Yorkshire Artspace <http://www.artspace.org.uk/> on Craft Rally: A network for makers <http://www.artquest.org.uk/projects/craft-rally.htm> . This major events series, being developed with maker Helen Carnac <http://helencarnac.wordpress.com/> , will be an inclusive, dynamic and inspirational opportunity for makers to exchange infor... Click for more...
Empty Shops Grants Scheme for Artists
8th Mar, 2010
What are we looking for?The Arts Service is seeking artists and creative practitioners from all art forms to submit proposals to use empty shop spaces for creative projects in Hereford and its market towns. We are seeking ideas and proposals which are imaginative, innovative, of a high quality and demonstrate a consideration for local audiences and engaging with local people, residents and visitors alike. Artists can work individually, collaboratively or with or for an organisation. How much ... Click for more...
Fashion Designer opp.
16th Feb, 2010
Do you want to design for asos.com?The International Fashion Fusion competition has opened its doors to the whole of the UK and now anyone can enter. You just need to be 15 years or older and be able to translate your design ideas into sketches. The winner will not only have their design sold on asos.com but will also receive a 6 month placement at the leading etailer and to work along side Madras designer Jessica Ogden <http://fashioncapital.co.uk/Lifestyle/News/International_Fashion_Fusi... Click for more...
Film Marketing
9th Mar, 2010
Getting Noticed – The Art of MarketingDATE: 22nd March 2010. 09:30-16:00LOCATION: The Electric Cinema, 47 Station Street, Birmingham, B5 4DYWHO SHOULD ATTEND: Anyone who is currently working on a feature film or Producers who wish to expand their knowledge in the area of Marketing and Distribution. THE EVENT: In today’s crowded market place, where producers are constantly trying to attract investors and talent, it is imperative to have a well-conceived and cost-effective marketing plan. Pr... Click for more...
International Community Arts
16th Feb, 2010
Laundry in partnership with Birmingham City Council and The Drum presentinterchat Wed 7 & Thu 8 Apr 2010 £15 to £40 Auditorium Featuring:Airan Berg, Linz 2009 European Capital of Culture (Austria); François Matarasso (UK); Fundacja Pogranicze (Poland); Laundry (UK); Nova Kultura (Bulgaria).Dates:April 7th and 8th, 2010Cost:Day One: Individual artist £15, orgnisation £20Day Two: Individual artist £15, organisation £25Both days: Individual artist £25, organisation £40 How to book:Content:D... Click for more...
New Media Training Bursaries
9th Feb, 2010
Multiplatform Bursaries Skillset is investing £200,000 in multiplatformskillsby offering bursaries worth up to £800. With500 places available on 38 courses, Skillset can pay up to 80% of your multiplatform training costs. Eligible Multiplatform courses Skillset's TV Skills Council, composed of key TV industry representatives, has selected a wide range of multiplatform training courses which you can use Multiplatform Bursaries to pay towards. Course topics include the following…..· Intr... Click for more...
Park Archway Structure commission
3rd Mar, 2010
BIRCHMEADOW PARK QUOTATION REQUESTDESIGN BRIEF FOR ARCHWAYBirchmeadow Park, Birchmeadow Road, Broseley, Shropshire, TF12 5LP1.0 THE PROPOSALBirchmeadow Park Management Committee has recently secured a grant from Community Spaces and Shropshire Council to improve their local park. The Committee are working with Shropshire Council in order to achieve this. As trustees of the park, Shropshire Council is setting out a quotation for the archway phase of this project. Part of the park improve... Click for more...
Performing Arts and Health conference
9th Feb, 2010
Rosetta Life invites you to join the discussion: Performing Ourselves, 29th March 2009A one day conference in Birmingham aimed at addressing how the performing arts and healthcare can work together to deliver best practice for health care service users. This is an opportunity to come together as Artists, Health Care Professionals and Arts and Health practioners for a day of sharing, interactive case studies and networking. Please forward the attached information on to colleagues, networks and... Click for more...
Stained Glass awards and scholarship
20th Jan, 2010
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE 2010-11 - deadline for entries Friday 9 April 2010ASHTON HILL AWARD 2010-11 - deadline for entries Friday 9 April 2010ARTHUR AND HELEN DAVIS TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP 2010-11 - week in April - check website for detailsAll award information and application conditions and forms can be downloaded from www.worshipfulglaziers.com Click for more...
Funding
BBC Small Grants
12th Jan, 2010
BBC Children in Need launches small grants programmedeadline: 15 January, 15 April, 15 July and 15 October BBC Children in Need has announced the launch of a small grants programme based on its experience that significant and valuable work can be achieved with a small annual grant of £10,000 or less for up to three years.The programme is designed to encourage those who may never have considered applying to BBC Children in Need to send in an application. The Small Grants programme is in additi... Click for more...
Media Awards
12th Jan, 2010
Media Trust is offering 20 awards of £500 between now and the end of March 2010 to organisations using digital media to help empower disadvantaged communities. That is one award every week. Selected projects will receive a bursary for a place at one of Media Trust's training events, together with other communications support. www.mediatrust.org/communityvoices/get-involved Click for more...
Jobs
Birmingham Festival Coordinator
3rd Mar, 2010
VISUALISE FESTIVAL COORDINATORFREELANCER BRIEFSpecification for Brief1. IntroductionBirmingham City Council Arts Team delivers a range of projects, programmes and initiatives including arts in local neighbourhoods, mobile arts, Arts Champions, festivals such as Brilliantly Birmingham and Hello Digital, arts projects for young people (including Gallery 37) and training for artists. We hold the overview of public art commissioning for the authority and lead on strategic developments such as t... Click for more...
Consultancy opportunity
8th Feb, 2010
A consultancy opportunity has arisen to assist two arts organisations, Qube Arts and Wem Town Hall, in exploring collaborative working and identifying business income generation opportunities achievable through a partnership programme in a rural area. The aim of this work will be to extend the scope and reach of arts activities and services at both venues, with a view to sustainable delivery.For further information or for the consultancy brief please contact Laurel RobertsEmail: l.roberts@... Click for more...
Crafts Arts Centre Director
24th Feb, 2010
ARTISTIC DIRECTORSALARY: 25,000 Full TimeNew Brewery Arts New Brewery Arts www.newbreweryarts.org.uk is Gloucestershire’s hub of visual and performing arts and crafts – inspiring learning and culture for the enrichment of all, regardless of age, ability or privilege. Having re emerged from a £2.8 million refurbishment two years ago, we now boast a Craft Gallery, Craft Shop, Café, Theatre and 12 Resident Makers Workshops, a Ceramics Studio and three education studios in which we deliver an ex... Click for more...
Creative Jobs Fund
18th Feb, 2010
Future jobs fundFunds to cover wage costs for newly created posts in creative and media organisationsGECKO is a member of 3SC, a consortium national lead for the Department of Work and Pension's Future Jobs Fund, aiming to develop additional jobs for workless young people, in roles that are rewarding for the individual and also have a positive community impact.This allows us to create 900 jobs in organisations in the Midlands and South West. We are already working with arts venues and organi... Click for more...
Programme Development Brief
3rd Mar, 2010
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMEFREELANCER BRIEFSpecification for Brief1. IntroductionBirmingham City Council Arts Team delivers a range of projects, programmes and initiatives including arts in local neighbourhoods, mobile arts, Arts Champions, festivals such as Brilliantly Birmingham and Hello Digital, arts projects for young people (including Gallery 37) and training for artists. We hold the overview of public art commissioning for the authority and lead on strategic developments such ... Click for more...
Seminar coordination brief
3rd Mar, 2010
CREATIVE FUTURE ll SHARING SEMINAR FREELANCER TENDER BRIEFSpecification for Brief1. IntroductionBirmingham City Council Arts Team delivers a range of projects, programmes and initiatives including arts in local neighbourhoods, mobile arts, Arts Champions, festivals such as Brilliantly Birmingham and Hello Digital, arts projects for young people (including Gallery 37) and training for artists. We hold the overview of public art commissioning for the authority and lead on strategic developmen... Click for more...
Youth Dance job
5th Mar, 2010
Youth Dance ContactJob Reference: SD346Directorate / Organisation:Community Services DirectorateLocation:Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6NDJob Category:CommunityDivision / Section:Culture, Arts & Festivals DevelopmentSalary Range:£3,924 - £4,303 paDuration:Fixed-term until 31 March 2011Hours per week:7.4Weeks per year:52.14Closing date:Monday, 15 March, 2010Interview Date:Monday, 22 March, 2010Application Type:Enhanced-CRB DisclosureShropshire and Telford Arts Part... Click for more...
Workshops
Community Arts Workshop
9th Mar, 2010
Interchat - Artist-led sessions to explore good practice in community engagement projectsApril 7th and 8th, 2010The Drum, BirminghamFurther information and booking:www.the-drum.org.uk/event/interchatFeaturing Airan Berg, Linz 2009 European Capital of Culture (Austria); François Matarasso (UK); Fundacja Pogranicze (Poland); Laundry (UK); Nova Kultura (Bulgaria).Wednesday 7th April, 2pm - 8pmArtist-led sessions to explore good practice in community engagement projects, with local and internatio... Click for more...
Creative Writing Workshops
16th Dec, 2009
Segments2010Creative Writing WorkshopsMondays 9:45 - 12:15Museum Resource and Learning Centre,58 Friars Street, Hereford February 8th, March 8th,April 12th, May 10th, June 7th, July 12th, (no Segment in August)Sept 13th, Oct 11th, Nov 8th,Dec 6thOpen to AllSessions are free but places limited. To book please call Sally Givertz01989 563370 or email sallygivertz@btinternet.com Click for more...
Film Archive Management
2nd Feb, 2010
Huntley Film Archives and Skillset will be holding a five day residential course on“Film Archive Collections : a practical management guide”This intensive and very hands on course will help you evaluate, manage and utilise moving image collections to be held on Sunday 18th April to Friday 23rd April 2010Whether you are looking to develop a career in film archiving, or you’ve got a collection and want to exploit it, this is the course for you.By the end of the course, you will be able to :-... Click for more...
Getting into Creative work
4th Mar, 2010
Pathways into theCreative Industries.Book your place now!Thursday 22 April, 201010am - 4pmMalvern TheatresGreat Malvern, WorcestershireWest Midlands Cultural OfferFREE Event:The second in a series of events working towards a regional Cultural Offer for Children and Young People, this event will focus on Pathways into the Creative Industries.Keynote speaker: Jennie GodsalveEngagement Advisor, External Relations - CC SkillsEvent to include: best practice case studies from the national Find Your... Click for more...
Media Industry events @ Borderlines
9th Feb, 2010
CREATIVE INDUSTRY EVENTS @ BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL Borderlines Film Festival, Britain’s biggest rural film festival, will take place in Herefordshire and Shropshire from Friday 26 February to Sunday 14 March 2010 at a remarkable 40 venues with over 200 screenings/events.This year we are hosting a number of industry events in Hereford on Wednesday 3 and Thursday 4 March:· Creative Investment Roadshow with Business Link, Screen WM, 4ip, Digital Content Development, UnLtd, Innovation Networks ... Click for more...
Printmaking Workshops
16th Feb, 2010
Fine Art Printmaking Opportunities 2010 at The Sidney Nolan TrustSaturday 10 April 2010 – Intaglio Printmaking - Participants get to grips with traditional and contemporary methods of making fine art prints, using a modern portable etching press that is virtually identical to those in use for many centuries. These are opportunities to try fine art printmaking at affordable cost. Saturday 17 April 2010 – Intaglio Colour Inking - Follow-on session to find out how to make intaglio prints in colo... Click for more...
Exhibition opportunities
Arts and Autism Exhibition call out
8th Feb, 2010
Solihull G2 ExhibitionArt & AutismFurther informationThe ExhibitionArtists with autistic spectrum conditions and Asperger Syndrome in the region are invited to submit examples of work towards an exhibition in G2 at Solihull Gallery during Autism Awareness Week in 2010. We aim to showcase the talent of artists with autism, create a platform to develop art skills and raise awareness of autism. It is hoped that through this exhibition we can identify artists who can form a new group to raise... Click for more...
CABE Summer School
18th Feb, 2010
Summer school makes welcome return to BirminghamFor the second time in four years Birmingham will be hosting the CABE urban design summer school from 11th - 14th July. The choice of Birmingham recognises the tremendous transformation the city has achieved through good design as well as the huge challenges it still faces. Acclaimed Birmingham-based architecture centre MADE will be leading the delivery of the summer school this year. Already there is quite a buzz in the city and the region abou... Click for more...
Call for Entries
9th Mar, 2010
THE GREAT NORTHERN CONTEMPORARY CRAFT FAIR AT SPINNINGFIELDS 2010OCTOBER 21ST-24TH 2010HARDMAN BOULEVARD, SPINNINGFIELDS, MANCHESTER, M3 3AQ140+ of the most innovative and influential designer-makers in the UK - both established and emerging will be selected to showcase and sell their their work directly to the public and trade. Exhibition stands from £360 ( 2mx1.5m); shared applications from two makers welcome.Further information and application packs can be downloaded from http://www.grea... Click for more...
Craft Call Out
24th Feb, 2010
Call for entries: The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair at Spinningfields, Oct 21st-24th 2010, Hardman Boulevard, Spinningfields Manchester.The Great Northern is a high profile, high quality selected event that will showcase the finest contemporary craft coming out of the North and give makers from other parts of the country an opportunity to establish a northern client base. We will present 140+ of the most innovative and influential designer-makers in the UK - both established and em... Click for more...
Glass Biennale call out
16th Feb, 2010
CALL FOR ENTRIES JANUARY 2010Calling all artists – submission criteria for the 2010 British Glass Biennale has now been published on the Biennale web site: www.biennale.org.uk. The Biennale is open to artists, designers and craftspeople, working in all areas of contemporary glass practice or using glass as a key design element. The 2010 exhibition will change in format from previous years - endeavouring to present a more complete representation of British Glass at this time. The exhibition ... Click for more...
Lustre Craft Exhibition call out
22nd Jan, 2010
LUSTRELustre is the midlands' premier selling opportunity for contemporary, innovative craft. Exhibiting here is your chance to reach the discerning crafts consumer and to tap into the lucrative pre-Christmas gift market. Lustre provides an exceptionally high quality retail experience. It attracted over 4,800 visitors in 2009. A comprehensive marketing strategy ensures a consistently high profile for the event amongst key identified markets and it is successful in attracting both regional a... Click for more...
NT Sculpture Exhibition call out
7th Dec, 2009
Call for Submissions: ‘The Art of the Picnic’, National Trust Sculpture Exhibition: The Kymin, MonmouthDuring July, August and September 2010, The Kymin will host an open air sculpture exhibition at one of its popular picnic sites, much favoured since the 1700s.We are looking for national and international artists and crafts people to enter into this prestigious event. We will offer entrants the opportunity for their work to be positioned within The Kymin’s 20 acres of land, which will be ope... Click for more...
Origin Opening soon
18th Feb, 2010
This year Origin will relocate from Somerset House to the newly refurbished Old Spitalfields Market from 23-29 September 2010. This exciting new venue in the heart of creative London and the new timing of Origin as a major presence during the London Design Festival will inject new life and a renewed sense of excitement into this highly respected, established event. For the first time Origin: The London Craft Fair, will take place as a unified event over one week, presenting more choice for vi... Click for more...
