Artsadmin. E-digest (Fundings,platforms, seminars, workshops, etc.)
A. FUNDING/COMMISSIONS/PLATFORMS/CALLS FOR ARTISTS
A.1) Call out Interference 2010
21st June – 25th June 2010
Artsadmin is looking for people who want to make and shake things up to join us in acting upon climate change, social change and topical political issues. Interference is an intensive week-long series of workshops, offering you the chance to push both art and activism in new directions and to test ideas in a supportive environment.
Working alongside artist activists Beth Whelan and Julie Hill, participants will develop ways of working together and making a difference. Based at Toynbee Studios, the week will be punctuated by activities that focus on participation, including story-telling, skill-sharing, night biking, self-publishing and interfering in everyday life.
Interference is open to people from all backgrounds and experiences, so if you want to give it a try, then please write a short paragraph giving your reasons to get involved to heather@artsadmin.co.uk
Deadline Friday 4th June.
A.2) Twelve Scholarships Available
TWELVE SCHOLARSHIPS have become available to students of the new Transart
Institute MFA Creative Practice program validated by the University of
Plymouth. Two Developing Country Scholarships, four Achievement Scholarships and six Merit Scholarships will be awarded. The scholarships provide a reduction in tuition from 10 to 50%. More information on scholarships and payment plans can found on the Transart Institute website:
http://www.transartinstitute.org/Admissions.html
General information: www.transartinstitute.org
For specific information please contact Selina Heaton, Administriative
Manager: info@transartinstitute.org
A.3) Artist in Working Residence Programme in Theatre and Performance
Live Artworks:
University of Hull @ Scarborough
February 2011
Following Proto-type Theater’s successful residency in 2009-10, the School of Arts and New Media, University of Hull @ Scarborough seeks to commission a professional facilitator and/or performance artist(s) to make one or a series of new performances working with Year 3 students of our BA in Theatre and Performance and the BA in Media Performance. We are looking for an experienced contemporary performance practitioner or company, with a strong body of innovative work. Some experience of facilitating workshops is required.
We envisage this as a two-week working residency, which should result to performance work(s) of professional (or near-professional) quality. The performance outcome(s) will be presented to the public at the end of this residency, as part of Coastival, see http://www.coastival.com/
Deadline for Submissions:
25 June 2010, 17:00.
For more info please feel free to call Maria Chatzichristodoulou at +44 (0)1723 357334 or email at M.Chatzi@hull.ac.uk
A.4) Fall 2010 / Spring 2011 Residency Program
New Partnership Residencies Deadline Extension
The Watermill Center is thrilled to announce residency partnerships with The New York Theatre Workshop, Métamatic Research Initiative, and The Summer Play Festival. Each partnership offers a different collaboration; please see below for details. These partnerships are in addition to Watermill's existing Residency Program. Please click here http://byrdhoffmanwatermillfoundation.cmail4.com/t/y/l/bldjil/tihdjjjtu/r
for the guidelines outside these collaborators. Due to these exciting additions, all application deadlines have been extended to June 21, 2010 at 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.
New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW)
see http://byrdhoffmanwatermillfoundation.cmail4.com/t/y/l/bldjil/tihdjjjtu/y for more info
Deadline: June 21, 2010 at 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.
Métamatic Research Initiative (MRI)
See http://byrdhoffmanwatermillfoundation.cmail4.com/t/y/l/bldjil/tihdjjjtu/j for more info
Deadline: September 1, 2010 and will be considered for a Spring 2011 residency.
A.5) Call for events - Arcola Green Sunday Ethical Fashion June 6 2010
Eco Chic - Join us on June 6 to explore the world of ethical fashion.
Noon-7pm
This month’s Arcola Green Sunday explores why and how London’s fashion industry is embracing sustainability in fabulously creative ways. We are looking for speakers, people to run interactive workshops, as well as music and other creative elements:
- Eco Fashion Show and Swishing
- Fashion, environmental and social expert speakers
- Upcycling (learn how to transform old neglected clothes)
- Stitch n Bitch
- Live Music
Coming up later in 2010…
4 July - Wild Thing! Biodiversity special
1 August - Water
5 September - Waste
Find out more and contact: arcolatheatre.com/greensundays
Arcola Theatre, 27 Arcola St, London E8 2DJ
A.6) Transart Residencies
TRANSART INSTITUTE offers an international low-residency MFA program for
working artists in a highly individualized format. The innovative program
consists of three intensive summer residencies with lectures, workshops,
critiques, seminars, performances and exhibitions in Europe and two shorter
winter residencies in New York. In the four semesters between residencies,
students create their own course of study realizing individual art and
research projects with the support of faculty and self-chosen artist mentors
wherever they work and live.
THE MFA CREATIVE PRACTICE is geared towards the development of a sustainable artistic praxis rather than training in certain media or genres, challenging students to think conceptually and work creatively in new ways. Current students work with animation, curating, digital media, film, gaming, graphic design, installation, painting, performance, photography, robotics,
sculpture, sound, text, video, virtual reality.
General information: www.transartinstitute.org
For specific information please contact Selina Heaton, Administriative
Manager: info@transartinstitute.org
A.7) Locate Festival
Locate is a performance festival that takes in the London borough of Richmond during July and August 2010. The festival has created four unique commissions that celebrate the heritage and the landscape of the borough.
En-route: Pocket commissions £500
Open to Dance & mix media artists
Richmond arts service is looking for three independent artists to create a site specific collaborative performance. We are looking for artists to explore and create a response to locations under bridges, tunnels, service stations, railway stations, waiting areas – located in the Richmond borough. The artists will be awarded £500 bursary this must cover the cost of all of the production costs of showing their work.
If you are interested in taking part in the festival please contact: Anna Ramsay & Rosie Whitney-Fish.
anna.ramsay@richmond.gov.uk and rosie.whitney-fish@richmond.gov.uk
A.8) Collaborators sought to produce an animation film
Euroart is seeking (voluntary)collaborators to produce an animation film from "a series of non-articulating 3D figurative works".
The nature of the film, target viewers, storyline, script, etc will be developed among the collaborators.
We are interested to hear from film makers, animators, storytellers, script writers, etc.
In the first instance please send an e-mail to nayoung@euroart.co.uk with your CV and a few words explaining why you would like to be involved in this project.
A.9) London Gay Short Films Wanted
I am looking for experimental single screen work related to gay issues for a London Exhibition.
There are no restrictions and specifications of entry at this point as the project is still under development.
Please send examples of your work at the following email:
konstantinos@menelaouandrueberg.com
This projects is a follow up to New York Fashion Shorts at Tribeca Grand Hotel in New York and London Fashion Shorts at Machine - A gallery in London.
A.10) Call for Papers: The New British Sculpture
Reviewing the persistence of an idea, c.1850-present
18 February 2011
British sculpture has been frequently singled out as an area of outstanding cultural expertise. Numerous major exhibitions have subscribed to the idea of a distinct ‘school' of artistic endeavour. This idea has been presented as having been rejuvenated by a cycle of Oedipal renewal, of ostensible generational succession, of a lack of continuity and a lack of recognition of the recurrence of similar claims for sculpture.
We invite submissions that examine this accepted idea, looking at how ‘British Sculpture' has emerged as a construct at distinct moments and within distinct cultural contexts, asking how ‘British Sculpture’ became ‘new’ and different from what preceded it.
Full info - www.henry-moore.org/hmi/research
Convenors: Jon Wood (Henry Moore Institute), Ann Compton (Glasgow University) and Martina Droth (Yale Center for British Art). Please send abstracts of 300 words and a brief cv to Kirstie Gregory, kirstie@henry-moore.org. Deadline: 30 June 2010.
B. SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/COURSES
B.1) A Different Country? The Future of Nuclear Technology
How will our relationship with nuclear technology develop in the future and what responsibility do we have in shaping it?
A panel of distinguished figures whose work actively impacts on our relationship with nuclear technology through arts, science, activism, journalism and politics will outline their positions and encourage audience debate.
Speakers include: Jessica Curry: Composer/artist; Wade Allison: Physicist; Keith Barnham: Physicist; Sarah Hipperson: Activist; Tracy McVeigh: Journalist.
June 6th, 3.30pm
Location: New Greenham Arts, 113 New Greenham Park, Greenham, Thatcham RG19 6HW
Tickets: £3 Available from Corn Exchange Newbury - http://www.cornexchangenew.com - 01635 522733
Contact: alice.eldridge@artsagenda.co.uk 01273 626519
This discussion is part of the Perpetual Light project.
Perpetual Light is a new choral Requiem by Jessica Curry that will tour decommissioned nuclear sites in autumn 2010. Whilst remembering those who lost their lives in nuclear attack, Perpetual Light is ultimately a joyous testament to humans’ extraordinary will to survive.
B.2) Falling for Rural Touring
- Rural touring provides an opportunity to liberate theatre from the conventional theatre scene.
- By putting on a rural tour, you are traveling deep into the heart of communities, meaning that this is a hugely accessible art form.
- Rural audiences appreciate your effort and move mountains to see your work.
- Rural audiences can be pretty lively! It sometimes feels like having 73 playful actors in the room rather than the 3 you’ve been in rehearsal with for weeks!
Alex Murdoch is the Artistic Director of Cartoon de Salvo. She has led the company’s vision, and co-produced the company’s performance, educational & touring programmes, since the company started ten years ago.
Alex will lead Rural Touring on Tuesday 8 June. For more information about this course and to book, please contact training@itc-arts.org call 0207 089 6820 or visit www.itc-arts.org
B.3) Out of Practice: Meet the artists
4 – 30 June 2010
Working in collaboration with Siobhan Davies Studios, some 20 students from the Royal College of Art MA Ceramics and Glass course fill the building with site specific works, which demonstrate a lively and individual response, with each student bringing their own agenda to the place or space. Ideas are far ranging with works that evoke and provoke, that look at ways of providing intimate experiences, and that create atmosphere, humour and wonder.
Meet the Artists, Saturday 19 June, 2-5pm
Visitors will have the opportunity to meet and talk to the RCA artists as part of the London Festival of Architecture, for which Siobhan Davies Studios will open its entire building to view as part of the city wide celebration of architecture. Free entry.
Siobhan Davies Studios
85 St George’s Road
London
SE1 6ER
020 7091 9650
www.siobhandavies.com/art
B.4) Art-Writing Course at Tate Modern
Never Lost for Words
Led by artist, writer, teacher and researcher
Mary Anne Francis
Mondays 7 June 2010 – 12 July 2010, 18.45–20.15
Contemporary art affects us in so many different ways. How do we use words, language and other media to express and communicate our responses? To what extent can these forms capture our experience of art? This six-week course introduces you to different approaches to recording your responses to art, surrounded by the art in our galleries and exhibitions. The course is open to beginners as well as experienced writers.
Tate Modern: throughout the gallery
£110 (£90 concessions), booking recommended
Price includes drinks afterwards
For tickets book online
or call 020 7887 8888
More details at:
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/coursesworkshops/21576.htm
B.5) Creative Writing for Complete Beginners
First steps in Creative Writing – a 4-day course for Complete Beginners
This friendly, supportive course reveals and explains three of the most important principles of creative writing, allowing you to start writing short stories or novels. The course is held in a location on the South Bank, overlooking the Thames.
Discover:
· What makes a story
· Strategies for creative writing
· Ways to drive your plot forward
· How to develop characters
· Techniques for plot construction
· How to edit your writing
Alongside the central topics there will be tips on developing the creative habit and establishing a creative writing routine. There will also be opportunities to discuss areas of creative writing that are of particular interest to you.
For details see http://www.nquentinwoolf.com
Saturday mornings between 10am and 2pm, starting 22nd May.
Pre-registration is essential for this course. Please email workshops@nquentinwoolf.co.uk before making payment.
B.6) Forum Theatre Training
Pindrop theatre offers techniques for making a piece of Forum Theatre.
Two days of practical training that follows up the introduction to the techniques of the Theatre of The Oppressed. Suitable for those who have attended our introduction to Forum Theatre, those who work with groups and all practitioners wanting to develop their skills.
This weekend workshop will be led by Catherine Pinhorn,founder of Pindrop Theatre, who trained with Augusto Boal.
held at LOST theatre, 208 Wandsworth Road, SW8 2JU
tube: Stockwell (Victoria and Northern lines)bus 77, 87, 196, P5
Cost: £95 / £45 conc. (£35 deposit)
more info & booking
www.pindroptheatre.com
catherine@pindroptheatre.com
07817 144812 / 020 8265 2893
B.7) EastSide Dance offering Beginners/Open Dance Class in Hackney
Do you enjoy dancing?
Laban graduate Alexandrina Hemsley teaches a contemporary class informed by a firm belief in open and enjoyable movement with an aim towards a joyful and non-judgemental atmosphere. The focus is on freeing the body to move; using ideas of shifting weight, moving in and out of the floor with ease and on breath and suspension.
No previous dance experience is required just a willingness to explore the moving body and above all a sense of lightheartedness and fun!
WHEN: Monday evenings 7.00 – 8.30pm
WHERE: St John of Hackney Church
Lower Clapton Road
E5 0PD
Cost £3.50 (drop-in)
For more information please email to Andrew at:
info@adrenalindance.com
B.8) Tango Release: Sunday 6th of June 2010 with Sister Uppekha
last of the 4 sessions on Responsive Yelding
Sister Upekkha has been a Buddhist nun for over twenty years at the Amaravati Monastery in the UK.
Whilst keeping her vows and robe, she decided to move outside the monastic frame and she now engages and shares her skills and experiences with the wider community. She teaches meditation at various organizations and has co-taught sessions with Feldenkrais practitioners.
more info: http://tangorelease.blogspot.com/
B.9) A Month of Sundays - June 2010 - Apply Now
A Month of Sundays - June 2010 - Apply Now
Musical Theatre writing course
"A Month of Sundays was an incredible experience. It was the most inspiring and educational five days I have had in my career." - AMOS Participant
AMOS aims to address the need for the development of new writers in the UK Musical Theatre industry. The course title refers to the length of each course – literally a month of Sundays. This makes it easy for you to get involved with minimum disturbance to your work and social life.
If you are passionate about learning your craft from industry professionals, perfecting your writing skills or rediscovering your inspiration then ‘A Month of Sundays’ is an unmissable experience to encounter.
Visit www.chrisgrady.org to download a full information pack and application form.
B.10) Bloom into the New You
A self- esteem improvement workshop using Drama and Yoga to boost self-confidence and self- belief in women aged 18 years old and over. 'Bloom into the New You' will be led by Naomi Grossett; Actress and Drama Teacher and Nicolette Wilson; Pilates and Yoga Expert. This unique workshop will endeavour to take you out of your comfort zone and provide you with the tools that will help you 'Bloom into the New You'.
Date: Sat 29th May 2010
Venue: Moonshot Centre, Fordham Park, Angus Street, New Cross, SE14 6LU
Time: 11am – 5pm
Price: £28/ Conc. £23
Please book in advance as spaces are limited
Contact Nicolette on 07957 319 117 or Naomi on 07944 571 553 alternatively you can send an email to self_love_u@hotmail.com for any other enquiries.
Come and join us on the journey from a caterpillar to a butterfly
Beginners Welcome
C. WEBSITES/SERVICES
C.1) Euroart Studio Spaces
A 215sq. ft £350/month space with high ceiling is coming available 12 June.
Euroart’s new complex of 34 studios of various sizes hosts artists/creative businesses who are recipient to various business support services, such as, organisation of annual open studios events, off-site exhibitions and provision of information on business & network opportunities, and business mentoring.
Located on Markfield Road they are close to many transport links, Tottenham Hale Retail Shopping Centre, shops, bank, post office, restaurants, supermarkets, hardware store, and other amenities.
* 24hr access
* Good natural light
* On-site parking
Please see www.euroart.co.uk or call Lorraine on 0795 055 9330.
Units 5 & 6, Gaunson House, Markfield Road, Tottenham, London, N15 4QQ – approx 5 minutes walk from Seven Sisters tube station. Plus, there are many busses passing by.
D. JOBS AND UNPAID OPPORTUNITIES
D.1) Board Recruitment, Matt's Gallery
Over the past 30 years, Matt’s Gallery has played a seminal role in encouraging growth and excellence in the contemporary visual arts sector and has been crucial in the development of the thriving artistic community in London that we know today.
To support Matt's Gallery in meeting its charitable objectives and realising its future ambitions, we are now seeking to expand our Board. We are looking for new members who are proactive and have knowledge and expertise in the areas of fundraising and finance, property and regeneration.
This is an unpaid position. Board members attend meetings throughout the year in addition to an Annual General Meeting and participate in, and contribute to, small working groups.
To find out more visit our website www.mattsgallery.org or contact the gallery on 020 8983 1771. Please send your CV to carolyn.thompson@mattsgallery.org marked Board Recruitment.
Closing date: 14 June 2010
D.2) Performers and set builders needed for You Me Bum Bum Train
YMBBT are the winners of The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award 2010. Their show is in collaboration with the OSBTT, The Barbican, Arts Council England and CREATE10, and has been the fastest selling out show at the Barbican this year.
YMBBT is an exhilarating, participatory adventure where audience members – ‘passengers’ journey alone through a maze of 20 live scenes featuring over 200 performers. By becoming the star of each scenario, individuals are transported not only physically, but psychologically.
If you are interested in performing in this show this July then please come to one of our recruitment days on May 22nd at 2pm, or May 25th at 7:30pm. Both meetings will be held at 279 Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9DA. It’s by Bethnal Green tube station. Please note this is a voluntary project. Contact Kate Bond at bumbumtrain@hotmail.co.uk for further information.
D.3) Volunteer as a Venue Manager for BAC's One-on-One Festival
BAC is offering exciting opportunities to work as volunteer Venue Mangers on their landmark One-one-One festival in July. Come and join the BAC team as the audience navigate the building from attic to basement. Be responsible for one of the many performance spaces and act as a key festival liaison point.
For more information see the BAC website: http://www.bac.org.uk/get-involved/programmes/volunteering/
D.4) Press and Marketing Officer
Press and Marketing Officer at Spacex contemporary art gallery, Exeter
£24,000 pro rata, 4 days a week
Spacex is a leading contemporary art space in Exeter that produces and presents a challenging programme of exhibitions, off-site projects and educational activities.
This is an important role responsible for mananging press campaigns and all aspects of marketing locally, nationally and internationally, maintaining and building upon Spacex's reputation.
The post holder is also responsible for designing and distributing Spacex's publicity and marketing materials, including preparation of copy and artwork using Adobe Indesign.
Closing date: 5:00pm on Monday 7 June
Interviews will take place on: Monday 21 June
Application packs can be downloaed from http://www.spacex.org.uk or email Nicola Hood, Spacex director at info@spacex.org.uk.
Spacex is a registered charity, funded by Arts Council England and Exeter City Council. Spacex is an equal oppotunities employer.
Spacex, 45 Preston Street, Exeter EX1 1DF
D.5) Internship working for Time Won't Wait
Time Won't Wait is a creative producer of theatre, dance and installations.
TWW is looking for an intern to work with the company 2 days per week from June 14th - September 14th.
You must have experience of theatre and / or dance, be keen to learn fast, work in a busy environment multi-tasking and being confident to talk to all kinds of people on the phone and in person.
Please check out the TWW website and send us a letter and CV outlining why you are the person for the job to:
Admin@timewontwait.com
Deadline: Monday 24th May
Interviews: Friday 4th May
Induction: Monday 14th June
With future dates to be fixed upon induction.
Due to the high volume of applications if you haven't heard from us by Friday 4th please consider you have been unsuccessful this time.
We will keep your info on file and thank you for applying.
D.6) Creative Learning Apprentice
Hampstead Theatre seeks a Creative Learning Apprentice to provide administrative and practitioner (teaching) support to the Creative Learning department.
As well as working for Hampstead Theatre, the post-holder will complete their apprenticeship by studying for an EDI National Award in Community Arts Management (NVQ Level 2) at a London college.
To be eligible for this scheme, funded by the Future Jobs Fund, applicants must meet ALL of the following criteria:
• Be aged 18-24 years old
• Have been receiving Job Seekers Allowance for more than 26 weeks
• Have not studied for 3 or more years in higher education (degree level)
To apply, please download the application pack which can be found at http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/jobs
D.7) Internship working for International Artist
International Artist who's video, writing and radical education practice re-imagine the urban. Founder of Street Training, Co-founder of the University of Openness, lecturer University of the Arts London, Trustee of Spitalfield’s City Farm. Featured in the Media, BBC Radio 4 and 3, Independent, Guardian, Art Monthly. She has shown at the ICA London, SLG, Pinakothek der Moderne Munich, Kiasma Helsinki, British Council research Grant, produced by Solar Associates.
Work with her as an Intern with scope for making contacts and networking.
Work takes place in live work space 2 minutes form Brick Lane.
she supports those entering the arts to have a stimulating experience and learning opportunities. She can offer access to contacts across the arts.
* good communication skills including reasonable typing.
* able to work independently
* familiar with the internet
* able to think critically;
* hungry to work and learn.
to intern for Lottie Child contact naomi@spitalfieldscityfarm.org
D.8) Cafe Bar Assistants Required
BAC require a number of Café Bar Assistants to work casual shifts.
Café Bar Assistants are key members of the Bar and Catering team being the first point of contact for many people at BAC.
Minimum 4 hour shifts, pay £6.60 p/hr.
Please go to www.bac.org.uk or email recruitment@bac.org.uk for more information.
Application by CV and covering letter to recruitment@bac.org.uk by 10am on Tuesday 1st June.
Interviews week commencing 7th June
E. LONELY ARTS
E.1) Stokey Sublet - Bright and Light
Bright Stoke Newington Flat
Helo!
I’m looking for a female artsy type to rent my bright Stoke Newington room available from june 8th to the july 8th (can be fairly flexible with dates).
You would be sharing the flat with a lovely set designer in her early 30s.
The flat is located on the second and third floor so its really light and fairly big for a two-person flat. There’s a large living room, cute kitchen with all the necessary modcons and a surprising amount of storage space!
The flat is really well located - a stone’s throw from Rectory Road train station and a 5 minute stroll to Stoke Newington Church Street and Dalston Kingsland.
I'm asking for £135 p/w including bills.
Give me a call if you’re interested.
07920021893 Thanks!
E.2) Seeking accommodation for visiting choreographer
In need of accommodation between 11 June and 3 of July for a Romanian choreography coming to work in London.
Preferably in East, North or central London.
The accommodation needs to be suitable for a couple as her partner will also be there for part of the time.
contact: robin.dingemans@gmail.com
E.3) Sublet for Couple
We are an artist couple looking for a sublet- room- from the 9th July to 19 July. Could you please get in touch with me, Bindu, at binduartworks@yahoo.com. Our only requirement is good tube and bus connection to central london.
E.4) Room available in Bethnal Green house-share
Housemate wanted for small double room in nice house near Bethnal Green.
Sharing with three affable 27-31 year-olds, doing artistic / studying-type things.
Close to everything and very cheap - £303 pcm exclusive.
Available 1st June.
Call Emilie on 07986 422 674
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SMALL CHANGE: How your £2 a month can help fund artists' bursaries
Issue No. 418
Compiled and edited by Cat Harrison (Artsadmin)
CONTENTS
· A. FUNDING/COMMISSIONS/PLATFORMS/CALLS FOR ARTISTS
· A.1) Call out Interference 2010 >
· A.2) Twelve Scholarships Available >
· A.3) Artist in Working Residence Programme in Theatre and Performance >
· A.4) Fall 2010 / Spring 2011 Residency Program >
· A.5) Call for events - Arcola Green Sunday Ethical Fashion June 6 2010 >
· A.6) Transart Residencies >
· A.7) Locate Festival >
· A.8) Collaborators sought to produce an animation film >
· A.9) London Gay Short Films Wanted >
· A.10) Call for Papers: The New British Sculpture >
· B. SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/COURSES
· B.1) A Different Country? The Future of Nuclear Technology >
· B.2) Falling for Rural Touring >
· B.3) Out of Practice: Meet the artists >
· B.4) Art-Writing Course at Tate Modern >
· B.5) Creative Writing for Complete Beginners >
· B.6) Forum Theatre Training >
· B.7) EastSide Dance offering Beginners/Open Dance Class in Hackney >
· B.8) Tango Release: Sunday 6th of June 2010 with Sister Uppekha >
· B.9) A Month of Sundays - June 2010 - Apply Now >
· B.10) Bloom into the New You >
· C. WEBSITES/SERVICES
· C.1) Euroart Studio Spaces >
· D. JOBS AND UNPAID OPPORTUNITIES
· D.1) Board Recruitment, Matt's Gallery >
· D.2) Performers and set builders needed for You Me Bum Bum Train >
· D.3) Volunteer as a Venue Manager for BAC's One-on-One Festival >
· D.4) Press and Marketing Officer >
· D.5) Internship working for Time Won't Wait >
· D.6) Creative Learning Apprentice >
· D.7) Internship working for International Artist >
· D.8) Cafe Bar Assistants Required >
· E. LONELY ARTS
· E.1) Stokey Sublet - Bright and Light >
· E.2) Seeking accommodation for visiting choreographer >
· E.3) Sublet for Couple >
· E.4) Room available in Bethnal Green house-share >
A. FUNDING/COMMISSIONS/PLATFORMS/CALLS FOR ARTISTS
A.1) Call out Interference 2010
21st June – 25th June 2010
Artsadmin is looking for people who want to make and shake things up to join us in acting upon climate change, social change and topical political issues. Interference is an intensive week-long series of workshops, offering you the chance to push both art and activism in new directions and to test ideas in a supportive environment.
Working alongside artist activists Beth Whelan and Julie Hill, participants will develop ways of working together and making a difference. Based at Toynbee Studios, the week will be punctuated by activities that focus on participation, including story-telling, skill-sharing, night biking, self-publishing and interfering in everyday life.
Interference is open to people from all backgrounds and experiences, so if you want to give it a try, then please write a short paragraph giving your reasons to get involved to heather@artsadmin.co.uk
Deadline Friday 4th June.
A.2) Twelve Scholarships Available
TWELVE SCHOLARSHIPS have become available to students of the new Transart
Institute MFA Creative Practice program validated by the University of
Plymouth. Two Developing Country Scholarships, four Achievement Scholarships and six Merit Scholarships will be awarded. The scholarships provide a reduction in tuition from 10 to 50%. More information on scholarships and payment plans can found on the Transart Institute website:
http://www.transartinstitute.org/Admissions.html
General information: www.transartinstitute.org
For specific information please contact Selina Heaton, Administriative
Manager: info@transartinstitute.org
A.3) Artist in Working Residence Programme in Theatre and Performance
Live Artworks:
University of Hull @ Scarborough
February 2011
Following Proto-type Theater’s successful residency in 2009-10, the School of Arts and New Media, University of Hull @ Scarborough seeks to commission a professional facilitator and/or performance artist(s) to make one or a series of new performances working with Year 3 students of our BA in Theatre and Performance and the BA in Media Performance. We are looking for an experienced contemporary performance practitioner or company, with a strong body of innovative work. Some experience of facilitating workshops is required.
We envisage this as a two-week working residency, which should result to performance work(s) of professional (or near-professional) quality. The performance outcome(s) will be presented to the public at the end of this residency, as part of Coastival, see http://www.coastival.com/
Deadline for Submissions:
25 June 2010, 17:00.
For more info please feel free to call Maria Chatzichristodoulou at +44 (0)1723 357334 or email at M.Chatzi@hull.ac.uk
A.4) Fall 2010 / Spring 2011 Residency Program
New Partnership Residencies Deadline Extension
The Watermill Center is thrilled to announce residency partnerships with The New York Theatre Workshop, Métamatic Research Initiative, and The Summer Play Festival. Each partnership offers a different collaboration; please see below for details. These partnerships are in addition to Watermill's existing Residency Program. Please click here http://byrdhoffmanwatermillfoundation.cmail4.com/t/y/l/bldjil/tihdjjjtu/r
for the guidelines outside these collaborators. Due to these exciting additions, all application deadlines have been extended to June 21, 2010 at 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.
New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW)
see http://byrdhoffmanwatermillfoundation.cmail4.com/t/y/l/bldjil/tihdjjjtu/y for more info
Deadline: June 21, 2010 at 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.
Métamatic Research Initiative (MRI)
See http://byrdhoffmanwatermillfoundation.cmail4.com/t/y/l/bldjil/tihdjjjtu/j for more info
Deadline: September 1, 2010 and will be considered for a Spring 2011 residency.
A.5) Call for events - Arcola Green Sunday Ethical Fashion June 6 2010
Eco Chic - Join us on June 6 to explore the world of ethical fashion.
Noon-7pm
This month’s Arcola Green Sunday explores why and how London’s fashion industry is embracing sustainability in fabulously creative ways. We are looking for speakers, people to run interactive workshops, as well as music and other creative elements:
- Eco Fashion Show and Swishing
- Fashion, environmental and social expert speakers
- Upcycling (learn how to transform old neglected clothes)
- Stitch n Bitch
- Live Music
Coming up later in 2010…
4 July - Wild Thing! Biodiversity special
1 August - Water
5 September - Waste
Find out more and contact: arcolatheatre.com/greensundays
Arcola Theatre, 27 Arcola St, London E8 2DJ
A.6) Transart Residencies
TRANSART INSTITUTE offers an international low-residency MFA program for
working artists in a highly individualized format. The innovative program
consists of three intensive summer residencies with lectures, workshops,
critiques, seminars, performances and exhibitions in Europe and two shorter
winter residencies in New York. In the four semesters between residencies,
students create their own course of study realizing individual art and
research projects with the support of faculty and self-chosen artist mentors
wherever they work and live.
THE MFA CREATIVE PRACTICE is geared towards the development of a sustainable artistic praxis rather than training in certain media or genres, challenging students to think conceptually and work creatively in new ways. Current students work with animation, curating, digital media, film, gaming, graphic design, installation, painting, performance, photography, robotics,
sculpture, sound, text, video, virtual reality.
General information: www.transartinstitute.org
For specific information please contact Selina Heaton, Administriative
Manager: info@transartinstitute.org
A.7) Locate Festival
Locate is a performance festival that takes in the London borough of Richmond during July and August 2010. The festival has created four unique commissions that celebrate the heritage and the landscape of the borough.
En-route: Pocket commissions £500
Open to Dance & mix media artists
Richmond arts service is looking for three independent artists to create a site specific collaborative performance. We are looking for artists to explore and create a response to locations under bridges, tunnels, service stations, railway stations, waiting areas – located in the Richmond borough. The artists will be awarded £500 bursary this must cover the cost of all of the production costs of showing their work.
If you are interested in taking part in the festival please contact: Anna Ramsay & Rosie Whitney-Fish.
anna.ramsay@richmond.gov.uk and rosie.whitney-fish@richmond.gov.uk
A.8) Collaborators sought to produce an animation film
Euroart is seeking (voluntary)collaborators to produce an animation film from "a series of non-articulating 3D figurative works".
The nature of the film, target viewers, storyline, script, etc will be developed among the collaborators.
We are interested to hear from film makers, animators, storytellers, script writers, etc.
In the first instance please send an e-mail to nayoung@euroart.co.uk with your CV and a few words explaining why you would like to be involved in this project.
A.9) London Gay Short Films Wanted
I am looking for experimental single screen work related to gay issues for a London Exhibition.
There are no restrictions and specifications of entry at this point as the project is still under development.
Please send examples of your work at the following email:
konstantinos@menelaouandrueberg.com
This projects is a follow up to New York Fashion Shorts at Tribeca Grand Hotel in New York and London Fashion Shorts at Machine - A gallery in London.
A.10) Call for Papers: The New British Sculpture
Reviewing the persistence of an idea, c.1850-present
18 February 2011
British sculpture has been frequently singled out as an area of outstanding cultural expertise. Numerous major exhibitions have subscribed to the idea of a distinct ‘school' of artistic endeavour. This idea has been presented as having been rejuvenated by a cycle of Oedipal renewal, of ostensible generational succession, of a lack of continuity and a lack of recognition of the recurrence of similar claims for sculpture.
We invite submissions that examine this accepted idea, looking at how ‘British Sculpture' has emerged as a construct at distinct moments and within distinct cultural contexts, asking how ‘British Sculpture’ became ‘new’ and different from what preceded it.
Full info - www.henry-moore.org/hmi/research
Convenors: Jon Wood (Henry Moore Institute), Ann Compton (Glasgow University) and Martina Droth (Yale Center for British Art). Please send abstracts of 300 words and a brief cv to Kirstie Gregory, kirstie@henry-moore.org. Deadline: 30 June 2010.
B. SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/COURSES
B.1) A Different Country? The Future of Nuclear Technology
How will our relationship with nuclear technology develop in the future and what responsibility do we have in shaping it?
A panel of distinguished figures whose work actively impacts on our relationship with nuclear technology through arts, science, activism, journalism and politics will outline their positions and encourage audience debate.
Speakers include: Jessica Curry: Composer/artist; Wade Allison: Physicist; Keith Barnham: Physicist; Sarah Hipperson: Activist; Tracy McVeigh: Journalist.
June 6th, 3.30pm
Location: New Greenham Arts, 113 New Greenham Park, Greenham, Thatcham RG19 6HW
Tickets: £3 Available from Corn Exchange Newbury - http://www.cornexchangenew.com - 01635 522733
Contact: alice.eldridge@artsagenda.co.uk 01273 626519
This discussion is part of the Perpetual Light project.
Perpetual Light is a new choral Requiem by Jessica Curry that will tour decommissioned nuclear sites in autumn 2010. Whilst remembering those who lost their lives in nuclear attack, Perpetual Light is ultimately a joyous testament to humans’ extraordinary will to survive.
B.2) Falling for Rural Touring
- Rural touring provides an opportunity to liberate theatre from the conventional theatre scene.
- By putting on a rural tour, you are traveling deep into the heart of communities, meaning that this is a hugely accessible art form.
- Rural audiences appreciate your effort and move mountains to see your work.
- Rural audiences can be pretty lively! It sometimes feels like having 73 playful actors in the room rather than the 3 you’ve been in rehearsal with for weeks!
Alex Murdoch is the Artistic Director of Cartoon de Salvo. She has led the company’s vision, and co-produced the company’s performance, educational & touring programmes, since the company started ten years ago.
Alex will lead Rural Touring on Tuesday 8 June. For more information about this course and to book, please contact training@itc-arts.org call 0207 089 6820 or visit www.itc-arts.org
B.3) Out of Practice: Meet the artists
4 – 30 June 2010
Working in collaboration with Siobhan Davies Studios, some 20 students from the Royal College of Art MA Ceramics and Glass course fill the building with site specific works, which demonstrate a lively and individual response, with each student bringing their own agenda to the place or space. Ideas are far ranging with works that evoke and provoke, that look at ways of providing intimate experiences, and that create atmosphere, humour and wonder.
Meet the Artists, Saturday 19 June, 2-5pm
Visitors will have the opportunity to meet and talk to the RCA artists as part of the London Festival of Architecture, for which Siobhan Davies Studios will open its entire building to view as part of the city wide celebration of architecture. Free entry.
Siobhan Davies Studios
85 St George’s Road
London
SE1 6ER
020 7091 9650
www.siobhandavies.com/art
B.4) Art-Writing Course at Tate Modern
Never Lost for Words
Led by artist, writer, teacher and researcher
Mary Anne Francis
Mondays 7 June 2010 – 12 July 2010, 18.45–20.15
Contemporary art affects us in so many different ways. How do we use words, language and other media to express and communicate our responses? To what extent can these forms capture our experience of art? This six-week course introduces you to different approaches to recording your responses to art, surrounded by the art in our galleries and exhibitions. The course is open to beginners as well as experienced writers.
Tate Modern: throughout the gallery
£110 (£90 concessions), booking recommended
Price includes drinks afterwards
For tickets book online
or call 020 7887 8888
More details at:
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/coursesworkshops/21576.htm
B.5) Creative Writing for Complete Beginners
First steps in Creative Writing – a 4-day course for Complete Beginners
This friendly, supportive course reveals and explains three of the most important principles of creative writing, allowing you to start writing short stories or novels. The course is held in a location on the South Bank, overlooking the Thames.
Discover:
· What makes a story
· Strategies for creative writing
· Ways to drive your plot forward
· How to develop characters
· Techniques for plot construction
· How to edit your writing
Alongside the central topics there will be tips on developing the creative habit and establishing a creative writing routine. There will also be opportunities to discuss areas of creative writing that are of particular interest to you.
For details see http://www.nquentinwoolf.com
Saturday mornings between 10am and 2pm, starting 22nd May.
Pre-registration is essential for this course. Please email workshops@nquentinwoolf.co.uk before making payment.
B.6) Forum Theatre Training
Pindrop theatre offers techniques for making a piece of Forum Theatre.
Two days of practical training that follows up the introduction to the techniques of the Theatre of The Oppressed. Suitable for those who have attended our introduction to Forum Theatre, those who work with groups and all practitioners wanting to develop their skills.
This weekend workshop will be led by Catherine Pinhorn,founder of Pindrop Theatre, who trained with Augusto Boal.
held at LOST theatre, 208 Wandsworth Road, SW8 2JU
tube: Stockwell (Victoria and Northern lines)bus 77, 87, 196, P5
Cost: £95 / £45 conc. (£35 deposit)
more info & booking
www.pindroptheatre.com
catherine@pindroptheatre.com
07817 144812 / 020 8265 2893
B.7) EastSide Dance offering Beginners/Open Dance Class in Hackney
Do you enjoy dancing?
Laban graduate Alexandrina Hemsley teaches a contemporary class informed by a firm belief in open and enjoyable movement with an aim towards a joyful and non-judgemental atmosphere. The focus is on freeing the body to move; using ideas of shifting weight, moving in and out of the floor with ease and on breath and suspension.
No previous dance experience is required just a willingness to explore the moving body and above all a sense of lightheartedness and fun!
WHEN: Monday evenings 7.00 – 8.30pm
WHERE: St John of Hackney Church
Lower Clapton Road
E5 0PD
Cost £3.50 (drop-in)
For more information please email to Andrew at:
info@adrenalindance.com
B.8) Tango Release: Sunday 6th of June 2010 with Sister Uppekha
last of the 4 sessions on Responsive Yelding
Sister Upekkha has been a Buddhist nun for over twenty years at the Amaravati Monastery in the UK.
Whilst keeping her vows and robe, she decided to move outside the monastic frame and she now engages and shares her skills and experiences with the wider community. She teaches meditation at various organizations and has co-taught sessions with Feldenkrais practitioners.
more info: http://tangorelease.blogspot.com/
B.9) A Month of Sundays - June 2010 - Apply Now
A Month of Sundays - June 2010 - Apply Now
Musical Theatre writing course
"A Month of Sundays was an incredible experience. It was the most inspiring and educational five days I have had in my career." - AMOS Participant
AMOS aims to address the need for the development of new writers in the UK Musical Theatre industry. The course title refers to the length of each course – literally a month of Sundays. This makes it easy for you to get involved with minimum disturbance to your work and social life.
If you are passionate about learning your craft from industry professionals, perfecting your writing skills or rediscovering your inspiration then ‘A Month of Sundays’ is an unmissable experience to encounter.
Visit www.chrisgrady.org to download a full information pack and application form.
B.10) Bloom into the New You
A self- esteem improvement workshop using Drama and Yoga to boost self-confidence and self- belief in women aged 18 years old and over. 'Bloom into the New You' will be led by Naomi Grossett; Actress and Drama Teacher and Nicolette Wilson; Pilates and Yoga Expert. This unique workshop will endeavour to take you out of your comfort zone and provide you with the tools that will help you 'Bloom into the New You'.
Date: Sat 29th May 2010
Venue: Moonshot Centre, Fordham Park, Angus Street, New Cross, SE14 6LU
Time: 11am – 5pm
Price: £28/ Conc. £23
Please book in advance as spaces are limited
Contact Nicolette on 07957 319 117 or Naomi on 07944 571 553 alternatively you can send an email to self_love_u@hotmail.com for any other enquiries.
Come and join us on the journey from a caterpillar to a butterfly
Beginners Welcome
C. WEBSITES/SERVICES
C.1) Euroart Studio Spaces
A 215sq. ft £350/month space with high ceiling is coming available 12 June.
Euroart’s new complex of 34 studios of various sizes hosts artists/creative businesses who are recipient to various business support services, such as, organisation of annual open studios events, off-site exhibitions and provision of information on business & network opportunities, and business mentoring.
Located on Markfield Road they are close to many transport links, Tottenham Hale Retail Shopping Centre, shops, bank, post office, restaurants, supermarkets, hardware store, and other amenities.
* 24hr access
* Good natural light
* On-site parking
Please see www.euroart.co.uk or call Lorraine on 0795 055 9330.
Units 5 & 6, Gaunson House, Markfield Road, Tottenham, London, N15 4QQ – approx 5 minutes walk from Seven Sisters tube station. Plus, there are many busses passing by.
D. JOBS AND UNPAID OPPORTUNITIES
D.1) Board Recruitment, Matt's Gallery
Over the past 30 years, Matt’s Gallery has played a seminal role in encouraging growth and excellence in the contemporary visual arts sector and has been crucial in the development of the thriving artistic community in London that we know today.
To support Matt's Gallery in meeting its charitable objectives and realising its future ambitions, we are now seeking to expand our Board. We are looking for new members who are proactive and have knowledge and expertise in the areas of fundraising and finance, property and regeneration.
This is an unpaid position. Board members attend meetings throughout the year in addition to an Annual General Meeting and participate in, and contribute to, small working groups.
To find out more visit our website www.mattsgallery.org or contact the gallery on 020 8983 1771. Please send your CV to carolyn.thompson@mattsgallery.org marked Board Recruitment.
Closing date: 14 June 2010
D.2) Performers and set builders needed for You Me Bum Bum Train
YMBBT are the winners of The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award 2010. Their show is in collaboration with the OSBTT, The Barbican, Arts Council England and CREATE10, and has been the fastest selling out show at the Barbican this year.
YMBBT is an exhilarating, participatory adventure where audience members – ‘passengers’ journey alone through a maze of 20 live scenes featuring over 200 performers. By becoming the star of each scenario, individuals are transported not only physically, but psychologically.
If you are interested in performing in this show this July then please come to one of our recruitment days on May 22nd at 2pm, or May 25th at 7:30pm. Both meetings will be held at 279 Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9DA. It’s by Bethnal Green tube station. Please note this is a voluntary project. Contact Kate Bond at bumbumtrain@hotmail.co.uk for further information.
D.3) Volunteer as a Venue Manager for BAC's One-on-One Festival
BAC is offering exciting opportunities to work as volunteer Venue Mangers on their landmark One-one-One festival in July. Come and join the BAC team as the audience navigate the building from attic to basement. Be responsible for one of the many performance spaces and act as a key festival liaison point.
For more information see the BAC website: http://www.bac.org.uk/get-involved/programmes/volunteering/
D.4) Press and Marketing Officer
Press and Marketing Officer at Spacex contemporary art gallery, Exeter
£24,000 pro rata, 4 days a week
Spacex is a leading contemporary art space in Exeter that produces and presents a challenging programme of exhibitions, off-site projects and educational activities.
This is an important role responsible for mananging press campaigns and all aspects of marketing locally, nationally and internationally, maintaining and building upon Spacex's reputation.
The post holder is also responsible for designing and distributing Spacex's publicity and marketing materials, including preparation of copy and artwork using Adobe Indesign.
Closing date: 5:00pm on Monday 7 June
Interviews will take place on: Monday 21 June
Application packs can be downloaed from http://www.spacex.org.uk or email Nicola Hood, Spacex director at info@spacex.org.uk.
Spacex is a registered charity, funded by Arts Council England and Exeter City Council. Spacex is an equal oppotunities employer.
Spacex, 45 Preston Street, Exeter EX1 1DF
D.5) Internship working for Time Won't Wait
Time Won't Wait is a creative producer of theatre, dance and installations.
TWW is looking for an intern to work with the company 2 days per week from June 14th - September 14th.
You must have experience of theatre and / or dance, be keen to learn fast, work in a busy environment multi-tasking and being confident to talk to all kinds of people on the phone and in person.
Please check out the TWW website and send us a letter and CV outlining why you are the person for the job to:
Admin@timewontwait.com
Deadline: Monday 24th May
Interviews: Friday 4th May
Induction: Monday 14th June
With future dates to be fixed upon induction.
Due to the high volume of applications if you haven't heard from us by Friday 4th please consider you have been unsuccessful this time.
We will keep your info on file and thank you for applying.
D.6) Creative Learning Apprentice
Hampstead Theatre seeks a Creative Learning Apprentice to provide administrative and practitioner (teaching) support to the Creative Learning department.
As well as working for Hampstead Theatre, the post-holder will complete their apprenticeship by studying for an EDI National Award in Community Arts Management (NVQ Level 2) at a London college.
To be eligible for this scheme, funded by the Future Jobs Fund, applicants must meet ALL of the following criteria:
• Be aged 18-24 years old
• Have been receiving Job Seekers Allowance for more than 26 weeks
• Have not studied for 3 or more years in higher education (degree level)
To apply, please download the application pack which can be found at http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/jobs
D.7) Internship working for International Artist
International Artist who's video, writing and radical education practice re-imagine the urban. Founder of Street Training, Co-founder of the University of Openness, lecturer University of the Arts London, Trustee of Spitalfield’s City Farm. Featured in the Media, BBC Radio 4 and 3, Independent, Guardian, Art Monthly. She has shown at the ICA London, SLG, Pinakothek der Moderne Munich, Kiasma Helsinki, British Council research Grant, produced by Solar Associates.
Work with her as an Intern with scope for making contacts and networking.
Work takes place in live work space 2 minutes form Brick Lane.
she supports those entering the arts to have a stimulating experience and learning opportunities. She can offer access to contacts across the arts.
* good communication skills including reasonable typing.
* able to work independently
* familiar with the internet
* able to think critically;
* hungry to work and learn.
to intern for Lottie Child contact naomi@spitalfieldscityfarm.org
D.8) Cafe Bar Assistants Required
BAC require a number of Café Bar Assistants to work casual shifts.
Café Bar Assistants are key members of the Bar and Catering team being the first point of contact for many people at BAC.
Minimum 4 hour shifts, pay £6.60 p/hr.
Please go to www.bac.org.uk or email recruitment@bac.org.uk for more information.
Application by CV and covering letter to recruitment@bac.org.uk by 10am on Tuesday 1st June.
Interviews week commencing 7th June
E. LONELY ARTS
E.1) Stokey Sublet - Bright and Light
Bright Stoke Newington Flat
Helo!
I’m looking for a female artsy type to rent my bright Stoke Newington room available from june 8th to the july 8th (can be fairly flexible with dates).
You would be sharing the flat with a lovely set designer in her early 30s.
The flat is located on the second and third floor so its really light and fairly big for a two-person flat. There’s a large living room, cute kitchen with all the necessary modcons and a surprising amount of storage space!
The flat is really well located - a stone’s throw from Rectory Road train station and a 5 minute stroll to Stoke Newington Church Street and Dalston Kingsland.
I'm asking for £135 p/w including bills.
Give me a call if you’re interested.
07920021893 Thanks!
E.2) Seeking accommodation for visiting choreographer
In need of accommodation between 11 June and 3 of July for a Romanian choreography coming to work in London.
Preferably in East, North or central London.
The accommodation needs to be suitable for a couple as her partner will also be there for part of the time.
contact: robin.dingemans@gmail.com
E.3) Sublet for Couple
We are an artist couple looking for a sublet- room- from the 9th July to 19 July. Could you please get in touch with me, Bindu, at binduartworks@yahoo.com. Our only requirement is good tube and bus connection to central london.
E.4) Room available in Bethnal Green house-share
Housemate wanted for small double room in nice house near Bethnal Green.
Sharing with three affable 27-31 year-olds, doing artistic / studying-type things.
Close to everything and very cheap - £303 pcm exclusive.
Available 1st June.
Call Emilie on 07986 422 674
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