Artsnet needs YOU!!
rtsnet is looking for Manchester-based arts groups to form a core group that meets quarterly to discuss significant and strategic issues that relate to the artsn in Manchester.
This core group will decide amongst its members what arts-related subjects will be discussed - future topics could include:
“What are the barriers to accessing arts and culture in the city and how do we overcome them?”
“Do the city’s numerous cultural festivals contribute to the development of the city and raise the profile of Manchester nationally & internationally? How can they work together?”
“What can the new coalition government do to advance & develop the arts in Manchester?”
If you’d like to have a say on the state of the arts in the city we’d love to have you on board!
If you’d be interested in getting involved, or would like to find out more, please contact Adelle Robinson on or phone 0161 234 2985.
Deadline for registration of interest - Wed 14 July 2010.
News
New CN4M Chief
CN4M is pleased to announce that Beverley Bramwell has been appointed as their part time Interim Chief Executive.
The Interim Chief Executive has responsibility for external relations and strategic development.
Beverley’s contact details are as follows:
beverley@cn4m.net
0161 234 2916
Art of Pervasive Data: Deadline Extended
You are invited to submit articles and artworks for a new issue of the Leonardo Electronic Almanac edited by FutureEverything.
This is a dedicated edition of the leading online journal exploring the FutureEverything 2010 themes of the city and open data.
For more submission guidelines & further information visit http://leoalmanac.org/
Deadline extended: Abstracts due 10 Sept 2010
Events
Exodus Festival comes to the heart of Manchester!
Sun 18 July, 12-6pm
Albert Square & Manchester Town Hall
The Exodus Festival is back again for the 9th year running celebrating the arts & culture of Greater Manchester’s diverse refugee communities. Organised by Community Arts North West, the Exodus Festival is a highlight in the region’s festival calendar with its vibrant mix of contemporary & traditional music, dance and culture from around the world and exciting cross-cultural collaborations.
This year, in the true spirit of Exodus we’re migrating again, this time to the heart of Manchester. CAN’s delighted that this year’s event will take place at Manchester Town Hall & Albert Square, giving the festival pride of place in the city centre.
2010 is a special year for the Festival in more ways than one, as it also marks the final year of our Big Lottery ‘Reaching Communities’ funding and therefore the final year of the festival in its current format. Whilst CAN is hopeful about the future, we really want this year’s Festival to be our biggest and best yet!
So with this in mind, we hope you’ll join us to celebrate all things Exodus. Be prepared to be delighted by an exciting range of music from countries as diverse as Afghanistan, Poland, Congo, Kurdistan and Zimbabwe. Let your taste buds run wild with an array of home-cooked soul food including delicious cakes from around the world.
Experience new cultures 1st hand through our diverse creative workshops including Chinese kite making, West African dance, Capoeira, Tai Chi, Salsa, African ceramics and Mehndi. Come get your family photo portrait done in the beautiful surroundings of the Town Hall and keep the kids amused in our arts & crafts workshops. There’ll be indoor & outdoor activities to suit all weathers, though of course it’s going to be sunny on 18th July!
So what are you waiting for? Bring the kids, your dancing shoes and soak up the spirit of freedom!
For more information visit www.can.uk.com/exodus or call 0161 234 2975.
Unlimited Commissions - advice session
Tue 13 July, 1-4pm
Arts Council England, North West
The Hive, 49 Lever Street, M1 1FN
This advice session is for disabled artists, disabled & deaf-led arts organisations and mainstream producers.
The session brings together speakers from London 2012, Arts Council England and the British Council, so you can find out more about the commissions to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, and how to apply.
For more detailed information about Unlimited and to view a video explaining the ambition for the project visit www.london2012.com/unlimited
Information on how to apply for the Unlimited Commissions can be found on the Arts Council England website: www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/unlimited
The session is free, but for access requirements contact Deepa Shastri on 0845 521 3457 or email Unlimited@shapearts.org.uk
24:7 2010
24:7 is back again for another year!
Previews: Sun 25 July
Festival week: Mon 26 July - Sun 1 August
We’re delighted that the months of planning & preparation are leading up to what will be a fantastic 7th annual event.
24:7 thrives on “word of mouth”, so we’d like to add to the volume through social media. Whether you’re a “digital native” or a “naturalised digital citizen”, you can help:
- share 24:7 events with your Facebook friends - invite them to join the 24:7 Facebook group & add to the discussion
- follow 247theatre on Twitter - tell others about 24:7 and include the #247theatre hashtag. Also, retweet our tweets when you see them
- view 24:7 videos on YouTube - subscribe to the 24:7 channel and share content
Our ten 24:7 productions will also be adding more content in the build-up, so share their news, follow & subscribe as much as you can!
mjf marks 15 years of “musical mystery and risk”
23-31 July 2010
The Manchester Jazz Festival (mjf) reaches its 15th birthday in July with nine days of music unlike any other on the UK jazz festival circuit.
True to the spirit of the festival, this year’s programme will feature musical firsts from Britain & abroad, including the world premiere of a suite for jazz orchestra led by trumpeter, Neil Yates, plus international debuts by Spanish pianist, Baldo Martinez, and Franco-German duo Daniel Erdman & Frances Le Bras.
Other highlights include performances by jazz “supergroup” Simcock/Walker/Swallow/Nussbaum - playing live on BBC Radio 3’s “Jazz on 3” on Mon 26 July - and Phil Bancroft’s Home, Small as the World - which among a multimedia experience features one musician’s contribution beamed directly by wi-fi from his Manchester home.
Phil Bancroft, Home, Small as the World
And, for the second year running, the mjf’s “young bands” initiative will give home-grown talent - with 6 new artists selected from the Greater Manchester area - the chance to play free afternoon gigs around the city centre.
Within the festival’s “mjf originals” initiative to showcase new work, multi-instrumentalist Neil Yates’ “Surroundings” is an Antiphonal Jazz Suite, which places the N-Circle Jazz Orchestra’s 19 musicians around the venue to create a 3-D “surround sound” effect.
In another festival must-see, the music of Raymond Scott - the man who composed music for the Looney Tunes cartoons - will be played by The Stu Brown Sextet, a band formed in 2008 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Scott’s birth.
Also new to the programme this year is a jazz strand with afternoon tea at the Midland Hotel
Visit www.manchesterjazz.com for full listings and soundclips.
Dance Moves
Urban Moves is a 3-day festival featuring live professional dance performance outdoors.
Surprising the crowds with a unique blend of dance and spectacle, Urban Moves celebrates the cityscape and architecture of Greater Manchester - out in the parks and in the fountains, in the squares and in the gardens. The festival is renowned for some awesome aerial dance performance and for the use of some unusual stages!
Urban Moves 2010 takes place between Fri 23 & Sun 25 July. Performances are free and suitable for all ages.
Urban Moves is presented by Dance Initiative Greater Manchester and Manchester International Arts.
For more information, visit the website, www.urbanmovesfestival.co.uk
Break out!
FE’DANCE UK Developing Creative Excellence presents - Summer School ‘Break Out’.
Trinity Dance Studio
Trinity High School
Cambridge Street
M15 6HP
Mon 19 Jul-Fri 6 Aug 2010, 9am-5pm
£35 per person, each week (discount to families with more than one child).
Dance: hip hop, street, fusion, singing, drama, graffiti and a lot more!!
Teachers are all qualified, CRB checked and insured.
To book or for further information please call
FE’DANCE UK on 0161 881 6168 / 0779 057 5531.
Are you a young performer?
Are you free between 19 July & 7 August?
Library Theatre’s Young Actors Company is looking for young performers to take part in their latest production, “The Magnificent Tale of Emily Law and Arturo the Waterboy”.
This is a great opportunity for young performers to develop their skills as performers within a professional theatre environment in a production that will have full production & technical support from the Library Theatre team.
We’re particularly keen to hear from talented young men who are interested in getting involved.
If you’d like to get involved, get in touch and we’ll tell you how!
Contact:
Liz Postlethwaite
Community and Education Director
Library Theatre Company
0161 234 1922
l.postlethwaite@manchester.gov.uk
The Art of the Matter: the rewards of working in Arts and Health
Tue 27 July, 12 noon-4pm
National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
South Pier Road
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
CH65 4FW
£50(+vat) for All About Audiences subscribers (subscribers can redeem a free place under the benefits of their subscription package)
£75(+vat) for non-subscribers
Many of us enjoy working in the arts and cultural sector because we have the opportunity to make a positive impact on people's lives.
Working in partnership with the health sector could help you to tap into sources of funding, reach your demographic targets and use your creativity to really make a difference.
The cultural sector offers valuable benefits to the health sector. Using creativity and participation in addressing important healthcare issues can deliver cost-effective, profound and wide-reaching results.
From projects working to humanise health environments, improving life for patients, visitors and healthcare staff, to projects on mental health helping to unlock emotion and reduce the need for medication, high-quality arts interventions in health are making a measurable impact.
But how to get started? How can you make your offer relevant to the health sector? And why bother? Join us at the All About Audiences Industry Seminar to find out.
If you’re keen to explore the opportunities presented by cross-sector working, or to increase your confidence and skills in working on issues of health and wellbeing, this seminar is perfect for you.
What will you learn?
- The structure of the NHS and paths into working in collaboration
- Common ground – the shared agendas we can tap into
- The pros and cons of working together
- What arts organisations can offer the health sector, and what we need to develop to become effective partners
- Some inspirational examples from arts organisations working in the field
Who is the event suitable for?
- Performing arts, visual arts, culture and heritage organisations
- Arts professionals wishing to get started in arts and health work
- Anyone involved in arts & health work wanting to share learning and gain new connections
Contributors
We will have keynote presentations from Clive Parkinson, Director of Arts for Health at Manchester Metropolitan University and Jennifer Cawkwell, Social Marketing Manager at NHS Knowsley.
There are some fantastic examples of arts projects which are having positive impact on health agendas. We will be showcasing some of these, to give you inspiration, encouragement and sound advice. You will have the opportunity to hear a variety of case-studies, ask questions and exchange ideas.
To book: contact Aaron Hussey - Aaron.Hussey@allaboutaudiences.com / 0161 234 2912
Exhibition of Screen Printed Artwork
by the Young at Heart Group
at West Gorton Community Rooms
32 Gortonvilla Walk
West Gorton
M12 5ES
Tue 6 July 2010 2-7pm
The concept of the 5 week project is to explore and document through a Visual series of produced silk screen printed artwork that relates to the West Gorton enviroment.
The aim was to offer all participants a diversity of art practice , with an objective to give opportunity and create more awareness of the group's existence through an exhibition of the project's produced artwork.
Paper Planes: Second Saturdays
Creative writing workshop
Sat 10 July 2010, 12pm til 4pm
Fuel Cafe - 448 Wilmslow Rd, Withington M20 3BW
Only £13/£9
Whatever you write, this workshop is for you -
poems, prose, scripts, songs, blogs.
Join poet and Commonword trustee Steve and 6 S Review fiction writer Anthony downstairs at 11.30 for a coffee or upstairs at 12 for the session.
About members
Beyer Peacock
This summer, Gorton Visual Arts presents “Beyer Peacock”.
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966. It received limited liability in 1902, becoming Beyer, Peacock and Company Limited.
Gorton Visual Arts will be celebrating the existence of the company and the people who worked there this summer with a massive public art mosaic. Working closely with Gorton Local History group, we’ll be asking local residents to share their memories & experiences through photographs & stories.
The material that we gather will form the basis of the mosaic design. The mosaic will be created by two sheltered accomodation centres Patrick Roddy Court, Thomas Regan Court, Gorton‘s Young at Heart Group and All Saints Primary School; with the help & expertise of Gorton Visual Arts members.
The huge mosaic will be permanantly exhibited on the exterior walls of Patrick Roddy & Thomas Regan Courts for all of Gorton and East Manchester to see.
For more info contact our Development Officer on james@gortonvisualarts.org.uk or visit our blog at http://gortonvisualarts.wordpress.com
We aim to install the work in October - to view our progress please keep visiting our blog.
Saturday Drop Auditions
Wed 14 & Thu 15 July 7-9pm
Contact Theatre
Oxford Road
FREE
MCs, rappers, poets and producers - drop in, share your skills, share tracks or showcase material, in person & online.
If you’d like to be a part of the new Saturday Drop company, please contact Danny on 0161 274 0624 or email dannyfahey@contact-theatre.org for more info.
Auditions take place on Wed 14 & Thu 15 July
Training
Stained glass weekenders
Manchester Stained Glass is running some beginners’ stained glass courses this summer. Even if summer is cloudy, you can have vivid colour in your life!
We’ll be running “stained glass for beginners” weekend workshops on 17 & 18 Jul and 28 & 29 Aug 2010. Sat, 10.30am-4.30pm and Sun 10.30am-3.30pm.
During the 2-day course students learn about techniques involved in making a stained glass panel. You’ll be taught how to cut glass, lead and solder, whilst using a variety of coloured glass. By the end of the course you’ll have produced a small leaded panel to take home.
The session is limited to 7 students, so students have quality time with the tutors, Lauren Sagar and Sharon Campbell.
Cost (inc. all materials): £185.00. Also includes tea, coffee & chocolate, you just need to bring a packed lunch.
The course is run at our studio at Rogue Artists Studios, near Piccadilly Station.
To book, please make your payment by cheque to ‘Sagar and Campbell’ and post to 10 Elton Ave, Manchester M19 2PL.
Please include your own address and other contact details so we can confirm payment and your place on the course or download the booking form from
www.manchesterstainedglass.co.uk
Please note, refunds are only available if the class is full, or the course is cancelled.
Workshop: Unrealised Potential
Fri 23–Sun 25 July, 11am–4pm
FREE, Booking required
This three-day practical workshop, directly explores the transformation of an artist’s unrealised idea into a fully realised artwork.
Led by artist Kai-Oi Jay Yung, the workshop will provide participants with the opportunity to select an artist’s unrealised proposal, from the exhibition Unrealised Potential (showing at Cornerhouse from 17 July–12 September) and investigate the production necessary to represent their chosen ideas potential. A final artwork arising from the workshop will be exhibited at Cornerhouse in 2011.
To reserve a place call 0161 200 1500, or book online at www.cornerhouse.org/unrealisedpotential
Jobs & opportunities
VACANCY: Assistant Manager (Marketing)
3 days per week
£18,000 - £19,000 pro rata
Permanent position
Manchester Craft and Design Centre (MCAD) offers a unique space for makers to create, present and sell the best of contemporary craft and design to the public.
We're a not-for-profit company located in the former Victorian fish and poultry market in the creative ‘Northern Quarter’ of Manchester city centre.
We also offer supporting services to craftspeople and designers through exhibition opportunities and provision of workshop/retail accommodation.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Manager with key responsibility for marketing.
The Assistant Manager will have full responsibility for implementing & developing MCAD’s Marketing Strategy, developing publicity materials and campaigns to increase public awareness and footfall, and media liaison.
The position also involves contributing to the efficient running of the Centre, liaising with our tenant artists and improving front of house standards. This is a key role and offers a fantastic opportunity to raise MCAD’s profile as a unique retail / arts venue in Manchester, regionally & nationally.
You'll have at least 2 years experience in a similar role, and be educated to degree level in a relevant subject or have equivalent experience. Excellent communication and administration skills, resourcefulness and a strategic approach to marketing will also be invaluable.
For further information visit www.craftanddesign.com/materials/am_application_pack.doc and to apply download an application form visit www.craftanddesign.com/materials/am_application_form.doc
Alternatively please send an s.a.e. to the value of 72 p to:
Recruitment
Manchester Craft and Design Centre
17 Oak Street
Manchester
M4 5JD
Deadline for applications: 10am, Fri 2 July 2010 (postal applications only please).
Physical Words
Breaking Cycles and Zion Arts Centre are seeking 7 emerging performance artists, aged 18-30, to participate in “Physical Words”, an opportunity to build skills in creative practice under the mentorship of world-renowned performer & hip-hop theatre pioneer, Benji Reid.
There’s a charge of £50 per person for this chance to further your creative talent, payable to Zion Arts Centre by Fri 9 Jul 2010.
Over the course of the week, Benji will demonstrate how movement & gesture form a vital part of theatrical language. Using examples drawn from his shows, he’ll provide a complete toolkit that will allow you to expand your range as a performer and gain a better understanding of the relationship between action and the spoken word.
The project will run daily for a week; you need to be available for all sessions and be willing to work outside of these times under your own initiative. There’ll also be the first meeting of Zion’s Artist Development Programme on Wed 14 Jul. You’ll be encouraged to attend this event to discuss this unique opportunity.
Workshop session dates & times: Mon 12 - Fri 16 Jul, 10am-5pm.
To apply, please email saskia@zionarts.com
Deadline: Fri 2 Jul 2010
VACANCY: Community Learning Co-ordinator
Fixed-term contract, mid Aug to end Dec 2010
£19,621-£21,519 p.a.
The Working Class Movement Library, supported through the Heritage Lottery Fund, has been running a project since 2008 to improve access to its collections, which describe the history of ordinary people.
This post aims to make the collections better known through learning opportunities, resource packs, webpages and displays.
The current postholder is leaving the project early to undertake teacher training, and we’re seeking a creative, enthusiastic person to continue our programme until the end of the project in December.
You’ll be well-organised, flexible and happy to work as part of a team. You’ll have experience working with adult learners & children, and delivering projects with partners.
Deadline: 6 July
Interviews: 22 July
Application forms/more details: WCML, 51 The Crescent, Salford M5 4WX / 0161 736 3601 / enquiries@wcml.org.uk
CVs not accepted.
Marketing & Events Coordinator
Are you ready for an exciting new challenge in the heart of the Northwest Digital & Creative sector?
Northern Way is looking for an experienced candidate to help lead the development and delivery of the Northern Way Innovation, & Collaboration programme across the North of England.
Based at Vision+Media's new state-of-the art offices in MediaCityUK, you will work in partnership with the North of England's Regional Development Agencies, Screen Agencies and other nominated delivery teams to continue delivery of the project’s activities across the three regions.
Download the application pack from the Vision + Media website.
Deadline: 12 noon, 9 July 2010
Interviews: 20 July 2010 (non-negotiable)
House Manager
£17,550 per annum, full time
Do you think you could offer a professional efficient service to young people & artists?
Do you have excellent event management skills?
Do you want a key public role in Manchester’s creative hub?
To be responsible for all house operations, taking the role of Duty Manager, as well as keeping the public areas clean, presentable & welcoming, preparing rooms and being responsible for day to day upkeep.
This role requires working together with the Bookings Coordinator to provide an efficient event management service. It also involves line managing the hosts & front-of-house team.
The role demands evening & weekend work, with some flexibility. Usual hours are anticipated as being Mon–Fri 1.30–9.30pm
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate an excellent approach to customer care and health & safety in relation to public spaces, strong IT skills with the ability to work as part of a team as well as using their own initiative.
For more information and to download an application pack visit the Zion Arts Centre website.
Deadline: Mon 12 July 2010
Freelance with Music Stuff
Music Stuff is currently building its database of trained workshop deliverers.
If you’re a practitioner in one or more of the following art forms and are working freelance, or are planning to start, contact us or send your CV to Stef Portersmith, Creative Services Manager on 0161 223 8700 / 07834 174589 / stef.musicstuff@virginmedia.com
- Music technology
- Film
- Video
- Radio
- DJ
- Singing
- Visual art
- Photography
- Music
- Directing
- Creative writing
- Design
- Fashion
- Sound engineering
- Event management
- Craft
- Dance
- Drama
Submission deadline for next issue:
Mon 13 Sept 2010 for early Oct to end Dec 2010 activity
