Arts organisations and galleries specialising in the sale of contemporary art and craft by living artists have until Monday 6 February next year to apply to join the Arts Council Own Art scheme.
Own Art makes it easy and affordable for people to buy contemporary art and craft by allowing them to spread the cost of their purchase over 10 months with an interest free loan. It’s currently operated through over250 member galleries across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, providing plenty of opportunities for people all over the country to start a collection of their own from as little as £10 per month.
Own Art membership can be a valuable tool for galleries in encouraging new audiences and increasing sales. 52% of member galleries surveyed at the end of 2010/11 said that the scheme had made a ‘significant impact’ on their business.
If you know of an arts organisation or gallery that you think might benefit from joining the Own Art scheme, please contact the Arts Council and who will encourage them to apply. The closing date is Monday 6 February 2012.
For more information, visit http://www.ownart.org.uk/.
The Clore Leadership Programme has opened applications for two of its residential programmes. The Short Course is two weeks long and is designed for people in the middle ranks of larger cultural organisations or those near the top of smaller ones, who have a minimum of 5 years’ work experience.
The Emerging Leaders course is aimed at those with between 3 – 5 years’ experience of working in the arts. The exact content of each course differs, but the courses all share the same aim, that of providing intensive personal development, an examination of the nature of good leadership and an introduction to key areas of expert knowledge essential to effective cultural leadership.
For further information about the course including fees and dates and venues please visit the website at www.cloreleadership.org or contact alisha.whittington@cloreleadership.org or on 020 7420 9434.
We are making a brand new series of ‘Show Me the Monet’ for BBC Two, the first series transmitted earlier this year in May.
As before, our Hanging Committee of three art experts is looking for great art – painting, drawing, photography, prints, sculpture, textile art (as hangings not textile design or fashion) – to put into their prestigious exhibition in London where members of the public together with the great and the good of the art world can view and buy the work that is on display.
We are looking for both amateur and professional artists from across the nation to apply and to submit their artwork for the programme.
Applications are to be made online via our website and open during the week of Monday 12th December 2011 and will close when we have received 3,000 applications or on Sunday 8th January 2012 at midnight (whichever is sooner).
To apply: Visit our website: www.showmethemonet.tv
Please note that we are only accepting the first 3,000 applications for the series and any applications received after this cut off point cannot be considered.
To view a clip from the last series: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h3x3w
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email us: art@luckydaytv.co.uk
Many thanks
The Show Me the Monet team
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Source: http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/index.php?id=25&ne_source=dailynews&ne_post_id=72594
Salary £25,000 – £31,000, permanent, full-time
In April 2012 Cornerhouse and The Library Theatre Company will merge to form an entirely new production based multi art form organisation, GMAC (working name). The funding is in place for the development of a purpose built cultural centre which will become home to the new organisation in 2014.
The Development Manager will be responsible for the management and successful delivery of all aspects of both the short term and long term fundraising and sponsorship strategies of the organisation. Experience of managing and building a team who can deliver will be a key requirement as will proven fundraising skills.
For more information on this post and how to apply please download the recruitment pack from the jobs section of the website www.cornerhouse.org
Closing date for applications 12 December 2011.
Interviews will be during week starting 9 January 2012.
We are calling for applications to be part of Manchester Day Parade on Sunday 10th June 2012. The Parade, now its 3rd year, is a large scale community procession celebrating the city of Manchester and what it means to be Mancunian.
This year’s theme is The Sky’s The Limit…a celebration of heroic achievements. We want community groups, volunteers, and organisations throughout the city to come forward with ideas inspired by this theme, and with the energy and commitment required to turn those ideas into an amazing parade that fills the city centre. Walk the Plank’s professional artists will support selected groups throughout the creative process.
From our sporting heroes to our young people and senior citizens who give their time and effort as volunteers, they all deserve a moment in the spotlight, helping us to make the 2012 Parade be the best yet.
- The Sky’s the Limit for people like us - individuals and communities, Commonwealth Games volunteers ten years on, the unsung heroes of the city.
- What historical achievements – political, industrial, cultural – would you like to celebrate? And what would you change now if the sky was your only limit?
- Manchester’s scientists have been hailed as heroes of the technological world across the globe – from Turing’s computer to Siemens innovations, let’s celebrate the heroic achievements of the scientific world, homegrown and otherwise.
- Manchester’s music scene is one of the most famous: from Charles Halle’s founding of the Halle Orchestra in 1858, to Antony H Wilson’s Factory Records, from the Hacendia to the Stone Roses – let’s hear Manchester’ voices.
- Inventions that have altered the world as we know it have come from ordinary people thinking differently. What inventions would you come up with if your imagination was given full flight?
- The Sky’s the Limit – from Olympic record beaters and footballing heroes to the young stars of today’s sports clubs. What’s your personal best?
- The Sky’s the Limit – from things that fly to the mythical creatures who inhabit the heavens above, the world is full of amazing creatures and astonishing natural phenomenon
Visit http://www.themanchesterdayparade.co.uk/get-involved/participants to find out more and fill in the online application form to take part in the 2012 Manchester Day Parade. Or you can request a email / paper application form by contacting billie.klinger@walktheplank.co.uk or call 0161 736 8964
