Royal Exchange, Manchester
The Truth about Youth Festival will take place at the Royal Exchange from 16 – 29 July 2012. An imaginative explosion of talent and energy, the TaY Festival is fourteen days and nights of brand new theatre, music, art, cooking, film, workshops, dance and great debate… made by and with 1,000 Manchester teenagers. Made for everyone.
With only 5 months to go, we are now looking to recruit over 200 young people aged 14 – 21 to work with us to staff, promote and create work for the Festival.
There are opportunities in the following areas…
- Technical Theatre
- Writing
- Directing
- Promotions
- Art & Design
If you would like to apply for any/all of these opportunities, then please email education@royalexchange.co.uk by Friday 2 March, letting us know which projects interest you, and telling us which one would be your top choice. We will try and make sure that everyone can take part in a project they are interested in – however, if too many people apply for one project then we will draw names from a hat.
We will let everyone know what project(s) they have been offered by Friday 16 March.
Earlier this year the Creative Industries Council asked Skillset, the sector skills council responsible for the creative media industries, to lead its skills working group and to consult with the creative sector to help it realise its growth potential.
This week the report Skillset produced was endorsed by the Council. Go to: http://tinyurl.com/7v8wrap for more information.
| June 26, 2012 |
| 9:00 am | to | 5:00 pm |
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield: http://www.ysp.co.uk/contact-us
£50 full fee /£30 student and other concessions
Hosted by Leeds Metropolitan University in Association with Cultural Trends journal:
- encompassing theory, policy and practice
- encouraging networking between academics, policy makers and arts practitioners
International concerns about levels of civic engagement in general and participation in the arts in particular have led to a growing body of statistical research into engagement in cultural activities. In the UK the government’s Taking Part survey, started in 2006, suggests that participation in the arts here is low by comparison with some other European countries and that social status and levels of education remain key factors in levels of engagement. However, despite policy makers setting targets to address this, rates of cultural engagement and participation appear to steadfastly refuse to increase.
Since 2009 Leeds Metropolitan University, with the support of Arts Council England, have been coordinating a Knowledge Exchange Network on participation and engagement in the arts in the North of England. This conference is the culmination of this work and will bring together international academics, policy makers and practitioners to share research and debate issues affecting the whole cultural sector.
For more information please do not hesitate to contact us on participationandengagement-arts@leedsmet.ac.uk. To book a place please go to: http://tinyurl.com/7gu2hx4
| March 19, 2012 |
| 10:00 am | to | 4:30 pm |
Waterside Arts Centre, Sale
£25 / £20 (plus £1.00 booking fee for card transactions)
Creative Industries Trafford
Does your script or TV project need feedback from an experienced professional? Get your script the polish that it needs to move forward with a one-to-one sessions with Ric Michael, (online producer, former Head of Development at Baby Cow Manchester).
If you have a script in development and are in need of advice and independent critique on how to make your project commissioner-ready, then these surgeries are for you.
All participants must have a completed script and scripts must be submitted to info@creativeindustriestrafford.org for consideration 10 days in advance of the session (9th March 2012), otherwise bookings cannot be held.
Each session is 50 minutes duration and there are six slots available.
To book, call 0161 912 5616 or go to http://www.creativeindustriestrafford.org/2012/01/tv-script-surgeries/
| March 14, 2012 |
| 10:00 am | to | 2:00 pm |
Bolton Central Library & Museum, Le Mans Crescent, BL1 1SE
£10 or £5 for past Enabling Event delegates
An in-depth workshop for arts organisations and creatives, following on from our successful Enabling Events in 2011. Popular speaker Richard Dickens from Make It Happen will take you through an overview of measuring your Social Return on Investment (SROI) and how the value of the impact can be used to develop sustainable income.
If you haven’t attended one of our previous Enabling Events, you will qualify for workshop price discounts if you book onto our 21st Feb conference, Enabling: Digital Development in the Arts – http://enablingdigitaldevelopment.eventbrite.co.uk/
To book, please contact the Bolton Council Arts Development team on 01204 334335 or email artsdevelopment@bolton.gov.uk.
