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Development & Delivery of Durham Book Festival

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:38:50 GMT

Tenders invited...

Follow this link

You can register your interest in the above contract from 03/02/2012
15:00:00 until
16/02/2012
00:00:00

Factory Night at Roker

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:17:01 GMT

An animated sketchbook created in response to my Factory Nights outing with Rednile Projects on Saturday. The soundtrack was created by me (very crudely), and the full video was created using around 580 stills. Let me know your thoughts!

To see the video follow this link

Jo Howell
Jo Howell Photography

Tantalise your personal and professional development taste-buds.

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:27:59 GMT

Here are a few programmes from The Art of Possibility specifically designed to meet the needs of the cultural and social sectors and tantalise your personal and professional development taste-buds.

NLP & Coaching
Tues 13th & Weds 14th March, Lancaster � last few places remaining!

NLP and coaching is a two-day course delivered by Bev Morton and Rivca Rubin as part of the Relational Dynamics Shorts series. This programme is designed for existing coaches and for leaders using a coaching approach.
We have selected a number of processes and methods from the field of NLP for you to hone your existing skills, deepen your understanding of self and others and expand your coaching approaches.

The techniques will be particularly useful when facilitating behavioural change, working with limiting beliefs, accessing resourceful states and developing confidence. We will cover the theory, underpinnings and practise of NLP and how can it add to the practise of the coach.

Participants will come away with a broader perspective and a refined practise of coaching as well as an expanded toolbox.

Leadership Inside-Out
� Fri 20th April, London

A one-day programme for women leaders who want to achieve a greater sense of authenticity and impact. Through the filter of your own personal style, the day will cover themes of identity, personality, leadership style and brand and will ask how do you want to communicate who you are?

The day is a space for a small group of women leaders to think about presenting themselves in a way which provides them choice whilst creating congruence with who they are and what they are about.

Led by coach/facilitator Bev Morton and image consultant Andrea Gates, the day will combine theory and practise of leadership, style, colour and a pinch of NLP. Designed to be fun and interactive, it will involve some dressing up and reviewing when your style and impact was at its best and worst!

Planned for the summer and autumn
Leadership Resilience & Well-being One Day courses - Founders Retreat - Eulogy and Values - Handmade Artworks

Best wishes, Bev
Bev Morton, Clore Fellow 2005/6, MAC
The Art of Possibility�.creating spaces for growth
Tel: 07952612455
mybliss@blueyonder.co.uk
website

Arts Award Adviser Training - Bronze/Silver, Northumberland County Council

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:34:09 GMT

Arts Award is a national qualification for young people aged 11-25 years. Arts Award Advisers support, mentor and assess young people working towards the awards.

Arts Award offers a flexible framework for accrediting young people’s creative development and can be delivered in many settings, and with varying timescales.

The day includes presentation, case studies and discussion, and covers how to deliver and assess the Arts Award at both levels.

Thursday 1st March 2012 10.00am - 4.00pm.

£145 per person including lunch and refreshments.

Bookings should be made directly through the Arts Award website - here

Introduction to Wood Carving, Whistle Art Stop

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:30:06 GMT

We are offering a rare opportunity for an hour long introduction to Wood Carving with local artist, Luca Serra. During this hour, Luca will work with groups of no more than five people to demonstrate techniques of carving and introduce them to the tools and methods used to produce beautiful carved works of art. There will also be the opportunity to sign up for the day workshops that Luca will be running at the Whistle Art Stop from March.

"For me carving a piece of wood is like giving a new life to the tree which has been felled. The tree still lives but in a different form."Luca

Saturday 11th and 18th February 2012

10.00 to 11.00 am

11.30 to 12.30 pm

1.00 to 2.00 pm

2.30 to 3.30 pm

4.00 to 5.00 pm

The introductory cost per person is only £5.

To reserve a place, please email stop@twhistle.co.uk indicating time & number of people

Or phone Alison Raimes on 01434 320800 / 07803 208161

Twhistle CIC trading as The Whistle Art Stop

Unit P, Hadrian Enterprise Park, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, NE49 0EX

website

Producer, Open Clasp Theatre Company

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:25:02 GMT

Open Clasp is a women’s theatre company and we specialise in creating high quality theatre from a female gaze for mixed audiences. As one of the Arts Council’s new National Portfolio organisations, Open Clasp is seeking an experienced Producer to consolidate and build upon our achievements to date. We are looking for a female Producer as an important part of the role is working closely with participants, who are predominantly vulnerable women, and building relationships with these groups. You will use your entrepreneurial approach to realise the vision of the company and maximise its potential.

The successful candidate will have experience of working within a theatre and/or community arts organisation, along with marketing and PR experience. This post also requires a proven track record of fundraising and income generation.

The Producer will work 21 hours a week and the wages will be £27,052 - £28,636 pro rata.

An application pack can be downloaded here

Culture Lab & ISIS Arts Residency - Call for Applications, ISIS Arts

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:22:15 GMT

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 17/02/2012
Culture Lab and ISIS Arts are excited to be launching their second joint, open call for a Resident in 2012. Proposals are invited from practitioners and researchers from across the spectrum of creative art, design and technology to undertake research in Culture Lab for a minimum of 3 weeks between 1 April � 14 December 2012.

An interest in one of the following topics is desirable but applications are also invited from candidates with other interests:

- Data Visualisation / Interactive Visualisation

- New Ways of Interaction and Communication

- Audiovisual and Sound Interfaces/ Biofeedback Applications

- Digital Fabrication

- Social, Cultural and Ethical Practice of Emerging Technologies

You would have use of Culture Lab’s research facilities and equipment, a fee of £2500 (to include travel, accommodation and materials). Based at Newcastle University, Culture Lab, is:

- A centre for creative inquiry in the broadest sense of the term

- A world class research facility for experimentation in interactive media

- A university resource to incubate and facilitate interdisciplinary activity

- A leader in the region’s cultural ecology, providing knowledge for a digital society.

Based in Newcastle city centre, ISIS Arts is an artist led, visual and media arts organisation, which runs an international programme of commissions, residencies and events. ISIS Arts' core ethos is to support artists to facilitate international and inter-cultural exchane and to engage as wide an audience as possible in dialogue with artists and artworks.

For the full details please follow this link

If you have any questions about this opportunity or the application process please contact either: Charlie Gregory, ISIS Arts Project Coordinator via charlotte@isisarts.org.uk
or +44 (0)191 261 4407
or Sarah Greenhalgh, Culture Lab Administrator via sarah.greenhalgh@newcastle.ac.uk

Selection will take place by the End of February 2012, all applicants will be notified of the decision in March 2012.

Young Tyneside Projects Officer, Tyneside Cinema

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:15:00 GMT

Salary: £18,000-£19,500 per annum
We are looking for a dynamic, passionate, knowledgeable and confident individual to play a highly active role in the success of Young Tyneside. Working very closely with the Cinema Projects Manager and the Cinema Programme Manager you will be responsible for the coordination, promotion and delivery of key Young Tyneside activities in order to ensure their success. You will be a proven self starter and great team worker who loves film, an excellent communicator and will want to make a difference to the organisation. You will be committed to the ethos of YoungTyneside and will effectively motivate young people and the cinema staff alike.

To download the Job Description and Person Specification for the post, please click here.

To apply for this position, please download and complete an application form from our website and send it to:

Recruitment
Tyneside Cinema
10 Pilgrim Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 6QG

Deadline for applications is 10am on Monday 13th February.

Interviews will be held on Thursday 1st March. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Call for exhibiting with Design Event at 100% Design

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:52:30 GMT

Download info here

News Update from Solar Learning Service

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:50:53 GMT

Go to our website for the latest News Update from Solar Learning Service including:

details of funding opportunities for young people to do social action projects through our Youth Enterprise Hub’s in our exciting new partnership with Live UnLtd. Solar Learning Services will be supporting the Live UnLtd grant programme in the region, which can give up to £5000 to young people for their enterprising projects that benefit the community.

Click
here for more information

Best Wishes

Michael Evans
Managing Director
Solar Learning Services CIC
Tel: 07904807075