| 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/
Manchester Craft and Design Centre is 30! To celebrate, we will be collecting and sharing our heritage through a number of projects and events in 2012.
We are currently looking for an artist to deliver theCollecting Historyproject at the Centre.
Please read all about the project here http://www.craftanddesign.com/news/
Key Artist responsibilities and skills
- Gather and understand historic information MCDC already has
- Engage diverse participants (of differing ages and backgrounds) with the concept of the project
- Collect appropriate stories from visitors, staff, tenants, members and neighbours
- Assist in the design/layout of the exhibitions space
- Create a visually engaging and accessible art installation from gathered information
- Assist volunteers in the documentation of the stories for MCDC’s records
- Contribute to the evaluation the project/exhibition with MCDC
Fee and application information
The project fee is £1250.00
Material costs will also be paid separately. Up to £200 available.
The artist chosen will need to be available for up to one day of work between 09.04.2012 and 25.06.2012 for this project.
A supporting document, with more information regarding the project is included in this advert/post.
How to apply:
- Send a covering letter, clearly stating your suitability and relevant experience, using the key artist responsibilities and skills(above) as a reference.
- Send an up to date C.V and three supporting images (Jpegs, under 1MB) of recent projects and art work.
- Please apply via email to Dena Bagi by 10 am on February 14th 2012: exhibitions@craftanddesign.com
- If you do not hear from MCDC by the 24th of February, we are sorry but you have not been successful in your application.
Email applications only
Source: http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/index.php?id=25&ne_source=dailynews&ne_post_id=75275
| February 6, 2012 |
| 10:00 am | to | 4:30 pm |
Waterside Arts Centre
(directions http://www.watersideartscentre.co.uk/FindUs.asp)
£30.00 (plus £1.00 booking fee for card transactions)
This is one-day course is ideal for both new and experienced writers. Former Head of Development at Baby Cow TV (makers of Ideal, Gavin & Stacey) and online Producer Ric Michael guides you through the politics, opportunities, etiquette and rationale of writing for the small screen – on television, online and mobile platforms.
Television has expanded and the development of new and social media has opened up new opportunities for writers. This course explains the current environment for writers and helps to develop a coherent strategy for getting the best from your work. Ric also provides insights on how to script ideas that have a chance of progressing and will provide notes to help you refine your script following the workshop.
This session is limited to a small number of participants to ensure that each person attending gets time to focus on their own project. Attendees will be asked to provide draft scripts and / or synopses in advance of the session.
To book, call our box office on 0161 912 5616.
Cartwheel Arts is a participatory arts company based in Heywood, in Rochdale borough (www.tellusanotherone.org and www.cartwheelarts.org.uk)
We’re looking for 4 artists for a project with Year 7 young people in a Rochdale school, mid-April to June 2012. Each artist will work with two different classes for about 7 sessions each, and will shape how those classes respond to the project theme. Note that some of the classes don’t meet weekly – the school has a fortnightly timetable structure, so you might do 4 sessions one week and 2 the next.
The theme:
Participants will research local archives for news stories from the past, and invent legends/ghost stories based on them. They will then work in pairs/small groups to create artists’ books about the legend they have invented. The project will explore how myths and stories grow up around real events; and the artist’s book as a form.
We’re interested in concepts like the use of found objects, altered books, chapbooks, collage, zines, comics, and more.
You will need:
- experience of participatory work with KS3 young people
- experience of creating artist’s books, and interest in the artist’s book as a form
- a range of arts skills, so that you can help pupils realise their own ideas for how their books will be – we don’t want them all to be the same!
- ability to commit to the whole duration of the project (some flexibility to fit with the school’s timetabling system would be an advantage!)
- some interest in local history, interpreting and playing with material from the past, creating stories, or how legends originate
- a CRB check
- willingness to collaborate with others in planning, and take part in posting to an artists’ blog about how your ideas develop during the project
Pay: £90 per session.
To apply, send your CV, and either a link to your website or up to 3 images of your work, to:
vik@cartwheelarts.org.uk
Closing date – Mon Jan 30th 2012, 12 noon
Source: http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/index.php?id=25&ne_source=dailyjobs&ne_post_id=74215
The Commonwealth Foundation has announced that it is inviting filmmakers from across the Commonwealth to submit an idea for a short film (up to 20 minutes long) about relationships.
Individual filmmakers or collectives should submit a proposal which explores the theme of love in its broadest sense, whether inter-racial, inter-generational or within and between the sexes. The theme should be relevant to the filmmaker and their community. The Commonwealth Foundation are looking for original, bold and authentic films in any genre which entertain as well as stimulate and encourage debate both locally and globally.
Funding of between £3,000 and £8,000 per film is available and the closing date for applications is the 31st January 2012.
For more information visit: http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/NewsArticle.aspx?articleID=200
