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Worcestershire Arts Partnership Blog
Monday, 23 December 2013
Arts Connect West Midlands - E-Newsletter - December 2013
Job Opportunity
Artist Brief for Chipp
Shop, Kidderminster
CHIPP Shop is an exciting, award winning and innovative arts
and social care project rub by Worcestershire County Council and the
Worcestershire Arts Partnership which is aimed at providing high quality and
enjoyable arts activities to adults who receive social care. The project has been running successfully for
some time in Kidderminster and has also been running in Evesham.
CHIPP Shop runs on a weekly basis for a period of up to 8
weeks at a time. It combines different art forms and allows individuals to take
part in various activities over a 2 hour period. It is a great way of giving a high class arts
experience to people who are traditionally excluded from such activities.
Adults pay up to £6 per session and either come alone or are
accompanied by a family member / carer etc.
There is also a strong social element within CHIPP Shop and each session
must contain enjoyable (and good humoured) activities. Having said that, CHIPP Shop is first and
foremost an arts project.
To assist you in the workshops there will be support workers
from the County Council's Arts and Social Care Teams.
We are looking for an arts organisation or an artist to run
a weekly 2 hour workshop taking place on a from the Friday 7th of
February 2014 to Friday 28th March 2014 from 10.30 to 12.30 in at
least 1 or more of the following artistic systems:
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Drama / theatre
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Dance / movement
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Visual arts / film
ú
Creative writing
ú
Music / singing
How to apply
Application
To apply, please send your CV and letter of no more than 2
sides of A4 outlining your skills, suitability for the job and the following
information to Steve Wilson, swilson@worcestershire.gov.uk:
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Evidence of previous experience working in an
inclusive arts / social care environment
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Detailed description of what artistic skills you
have
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Experience of running weekly workshops to a wide
group of participants
ú
Have creative ideas for working with adults who
have previously had very little access to the Arts
Fee
£150 per session, £1200 in total although additional costs
can be requested for materials.
Closing date
Applications to be emailed to swilson@worcestershire.gov.uk by
no later than 4pm on Monday 13th January 2013.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited for an interview and
to do a 20 minute workshop with a group of service users on Friday 24th
January 2014
Please note we would prefer to receive applications from
artists based in or have a track record of working in the Worcestershire area.
If you require any further information or have any
questions, please contact either Stephen Wilson, swilson@worcestershire.gov.uk,
tel 01905 765754 or Diane Thomson, dethomson@worcestershire.gov.uk , tel 01905
765770.
Mouth & Music
On Tuesday 14th January at 8.00pm, Mouth and Music will celebrate its second birthday at the Boar's Head, 39 Worcester Street, Kidderminster. This month's spoken word artist is Billie Spakemon telling stories “Frum the Coal 'ole”. Billie grew up in the Black Country and says he spent a lot of his early life in the coal hole to escape his mother who was chasing him “with a boiler stick”. Acoustic folk singer songwriter Jen Robins will also bring a gutsy blend of spiritual yearning & practical reality, with a touch of humour. MC Heather Wastie invites open mic performers to arrive from 7.30 to book a spot of 5 minutes or 2 songs. The theme for the evening will be Childhood.
Friday, 20 December 2013
Christmas Message
On behalf of the
Worcestershire Arts Partnership we wish you all a peaceful yet creative
Christmas and New Year.
2013 saw the partnership grow
and develop further and we now have over 80 arts and non arts professionals
engaged in the partnership's work. Our partnership with the Canals and River
Trust will see an exciting arts programme in Worcester and Droitwich; our
on-going work with Arts Connect saw 'The Arts Chat' where we met with 30 young
people to discuss how we can work with young people in the county while many of
you attended our funding event 'The Income Generation Game'. Next year we will
look to develop the work of the WAP further and we also plan a number of artist
opportunities across the county. We know that these are difficult and
challenging times for the arts both in Worcestershire and across the country
but we are committed to making the arts prosper in Worcestershire.
We look forward to working
with you all in 2014,
Judith Elkin and Steve Wilson
Tuesday, 17 December 2013
News from the Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy Programme
Welcome to the Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy Programme Newsletter, December 2013
Arts Fundraising Training Courses Launch in January
Refresh and update your staff’s and organisation’s fundraising expertise in the New Year by booking onto one of our training sessions. Courses coming up in January are:
Developing Strong Individual Donor Relationships and Networks, Wednesday 15th January, Gateshead
Planning a Fundraising and Income Generation Strategy for Arts and Education Programmes, Friday 24th January, Birmingham
Digital Fundraising Tools and Techniques for Organisations, Monday 27th January, Birmingham
An Introduction to Donor Networking and Relationship Management, Wednesday 29th January, Bristol
You can find our full training programme here.
Trustee Leadership in Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy – Successful sessions in December
Our recent training sessions at the New Art Exchange, Nottingham and the Free Word Centre, London provoked lively, informed and timely discussions across participants from a wide range of organisations. Nicole Newman discussed how English National Opera has developed their board to lead sub-committees in different areas of Development such as Corporate Sponsorship and Development Events, and we heard from Rose Fenton and Prue Skene from the Free Word Centre about their new friends scheme which they have just launched. Matthew Bowcock also provided an insightful perspective from someone who has been both a major donor and on the board of a charity.
Trustee Leadership in Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy - Further sessions in the New Year
We are looking forward to our next sessions Trustee Leadership in Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy taking place at:
Monday 10th February, Manchester – led by Sir Vernon Ellis
Thursday 20th February, London – led by Sir Thomas Hughes-Hallett
Book for these and future sessions here.
Recruitment for a Marketing Manager
We are recruiting for a new Marketing Manager to join the Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy team. The deadline for applications is Monday 6th January 2014.
You can find further information here.
We want to hear from you
We've heard some great stories from our Trustee Leadership in Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy Training Seminars of Boards developing fundraising ideas. For example, the London Sinfonietta has moved fundraising to third on its meeting agendas and already has plans to launch a board-supported new major giving programme in January 2014 and is planning further Trustees supported fundraising events throughout 2014. Great news!
Please let us know your stories here.
Wishing you all a joyful Christmas and prosperous New Year.
The Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy Team.
Keep in touch with us at artsfundraising.org.uk and on Twitter @artsfundraising
Grant Alerts and Funding News for the Voluntary and Community Sector
Grant Alerts and Funding News for the
Voluntary and Community Sector
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News
- 13/12/2013: People’s Postcode Trust Announces
2014 Funding Rounds
- 12/12/2013: RBS Announces 2014 Inspiring Enterprise
Funding Rounds
- 12/12/2013: UK’s Grassroots Sports Clubs
Benefit from Club Cashback
- 11/12/2013: Grow Wild Grants Deadline
Reminder - England, Wales and NI
- 11/12/2013: Horizon 2020 Opens With €15
Billion Over First Two Years
- 06/12/2013: NCVO Offers Cultural
Commissioning Programme
- 05/12/2013: Autumn Statement 2013 and the
VCSE Sector
- 05/12/2013: BIG Launches Research into
Independent Living for Disabled People Fund
- 04/12/2013: Charity Awards Open for 2014
- 04/12/2013: Government Launches Consultation
on Charity Commission
- 02/12/2013: Arts Touring Programme - 2014-15
Application Rounds Announced
- 02/12/2013: Big Lottery Fund Delays in
Application Process
- 02/12/2013: HLF Funding to Preserve
Significant Films of Deaf People in the UK
- 02/12/2013: Review of the Big Lottery Fund -
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Thursday, 12 December 2013
Exciting plans for Voices and Visions for 2014.
2013 saw a fantastic Visual Arts Exhibition which was
accompanied by two brilliant and emotional performing arts showcases at
Worcester Cathedral. Some schools had an arts grant to bring practitioners in
and the two evenings were a fantastic success. Then in October we ran Pop
Icons, the search for the best young singer in the county which was won by
Hayley Jones from Redditch. As part of winning the event Hayley will represent
the county in a large scale event called OMG Live which is taking place at The
LG Arena in Worcester next April.
For 2014 we want to build on this and continue to make
Voices and Visions a fantastic arts project for all young people in the county
and those that work with them. Our plans for 2014 are as follows:
To develop the offer for Voices and Visions further by
allowing arts organisations to also be part of the programme and apply for
funding.
To begin with we will have a loose theme for the programme
which will be Heroes and Inspiration. By that we could mean
Stories, Family, Famous People, Unsung Heroes, People from History, Events,
Places, and War etc. It could mean taking an existing project and working out
what you have found so inspiring about it. Please feel inspired by the theme
and to use it to tell us about your work!
There will be two events at The Cathedral. We will continue
to have a Visual Arts Showcase and to accompany this there will be a Performing
Arts Showcase.
We are also delighted to offer up more venues across the
county and we are looking to run smaller events at Libraries and Heritage
Centres across the county. Further information will be given in the New Year
but we hoping that these venues will act as either places where you can find
your Heroes and Inspiration but also have these events showcased there.
In addition to this there will be a grant pot where schools
and arts organisations can bid for small grants of up to £500 for either an
artist(s) or to run an event. We envisage that take up for these grants will be
high.
We are running an event
at County Hall on Thursday 30th January at County Hall from 4.30pm
where I will give you more information about the programme and you will also be
able to meet with partners in Libraries, Schools and Museums. Please can you
let my colleague Diane Thomson know whether you plan to attend no later than
the 23rd of January. Diane's email is dethomson@worcestershire.gov.uk; it would be great if you can come along to be part of all of this!
Best Wishes
Steve Wilson
County Arts Officer
Croome Encounters Acting Opportunity
Croome
Encounters:
Are
you an actor interested in taking part in a project of national significance,
developing a new way of bringing a historic property and its past residents to
life, working for the National Trust…If so please read on!
As
part of the Croome Re-Defined Project, we are creating a new and innovative
visitor experience, with performance at its heart.
Croome
Encounters will be bold, innovative, site-specific and a different take on the
visitor experience. You will be working
with industry professionals to devise and perform in a property like no other!
If
you are aged 18+ and looking for an exciting professional acting opportunity
please contact Rachel Sharpe
by
December 20th with the following information:
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Details
of past performance work.
·
300
words detailing your interest in taking part in a site-specific performance.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
The Art of Leadership
Just
a quick message to see if you would please be able to spread a message for me
through your networks? The Art of Leadership is a new course for 18 - 25's to
develop themselves as future creative and artistic leaders.
The
course is part theoretical and part practical taking place over 6 consecutive
Saturdays (10 - 1pm) in January - February including 3 optional afternoon
cultural visits across the city.
This
is delivered by Birmingham Leadership Foundation in association with Beatfreeks
and Fourth Wall and is being written & delivered by Dan and myself.
The
deadline is this Friday (13th) and I'd be grateful if you could give it a push
to anyone you think may be interested!
Thanks,
Anisa
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Beatfreeks UK Ltd.
www.beatfreeks.com
www.beatfreeks.com
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