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Artists’ Advisor e-group bulletin 282

Artists’ Advisor e-group bulletin 282

 

1/ THE WRITERS’ RAVE

2/ EDINBURGH FRINGE FUND DEFIES ARTS CUTS

3/ HOXTON HALL ‘REBIRTH’ SEASON/ CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

4/ PUTTING YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE CORE OF YOUTH ARTS

5/ TOUCH/DESCRIPTION TRAINING

5/ OXFORD SAMUEL BECKETT THEATRE TRUST AWARD

 

 

1/ THE WRITERS’ RAVE

 

The Writers' Rave, London’s first major showcasing movement is BACK once again on 16th December 2010.

 

Playwright Shereen Jasmin Phillips is collaborating this time with Oval House Theatre to bring South London a taste of some of the Finest New Playwrights, Singers, Actors, Comedians, Spoken Word Artists and the Occasional Star Guest.

 

As ever we are calling all Outstanding New Comers and Emerging Artists to step up and take your place on Stage at London’s Oval House Theatre 16th December 2010, 7pm-11pm. 

 

If you are under 25 and would like the chance to feature in our extensive line-up then send a CV and an example or your work to contact@thewritersrave.com Before 22nd November 2010

 

Or visit www.thewritersrave.com for more info on this event.

 

 

 

 

2/ EDINBURGH FRINGE FUND DEFIES ARTS CUTS

 

£30,000 EDINBURGH FRINGE FUND DEFIES ARTS CUTS

 

DEADLINE 29 November 2011.

Independent arts charity IdeasTap continues to support emerging creative talent with the launch of its latest funding opportunity: The Edinburgh Fund.
 
In a week that will see some of the deepest public spending cuts in recent history, the online arts charity IdeasTap continues to pledge its support for the arts and the development of emerging creative talent.  
 
The £30,000 fund is available to members of promising theatre companies aged between 16-25 hoping to attend the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2011. An established platform for launching new talent, performing at the Fringe can be a huge financial risk – IdeasTap are offering young performers the chance to showcase their talent without this risk.
 
This is the second year of the Ideas Fund, the annual funding award that sees IdeasTap giving away £150,000 on youth-led creative projects from across all of the arts.
 
Last year’s Edinburgh Fund winners were Suffolk-based HighTide, who went on to win a Fringe First for their production of Lidless; and Scottish theatre company Tortoise in a Nutshell with their show The Last Miner.
 
Hoping to recreate the success of last year’s awards, IdeasTap are currently offering two awards of £10,000 to the theatre companies that they feel show the most promise. The remaining £10,000 will be used for delegate support at the festival, and for smaller grants that will be awarded in spring 2011.  
 
The Ideas Fund not only offers monetary support, but also includes a mentoring scheme for all winners. Last year’s Edinburgh Fund mentors included director John Tiffany, who worked with HighTide, and Catherine Wheels Theatre, who worked with Tortoise in a Nutshell. This process pairs the industry professionals with emerging creatives, allowing them to create high value productions, as well making those much-needed industry contacts.
 
Peter De Haan, Chairman of IdeasTap said:
 
“The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is a career defining festival and the Edinburgh Fund is a vital opportunity in these difficult times. We believe in investing in new talent, and as always we’ll be putting our money where our mouth is. Last year’s festival was a huge success for IdeasTap, and we’re hoping this year will be even bigger and better.
 
Steven Atkinson, Chief Executive and Artistic Director of HighTide, added:
 
“Edinburgh is one of the world's best market places, were you can be confident that sizeable audiences and leading critics can see your work. It's hugely competitive, but in a context where everybody is trying to stand out from the crowd, winning an Ideas Fund award is another marker of quality.”
 
The IdeasTap Edinburgh is now open to submissions, and will close on 29 November 2011.

 

For more details and to apply, please visit www.ideastap.com

 

 

 

 

3/ HOXTON HALL ‘REBIRTH’ SEASON/ CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

 

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS –

 

HOXTON HALL ‘REBIRTH’ SEASON

 

Hoxton Hall is inviting submissions for a season of performances based around the theme of REBIRTH. This season is to be programmed by the Hoxton Select Panel, a group of young people aged 14-26. Hoxton Hall is a unique 19th Century Music Hall, currently a venue for exciting performances as well as youth and adult arts programs.

 

Successful companies/artists will receive:

 

Four weeks of free rehearsal space during  4 – 30 April 2011

A grant of up to £1,500 towards production

40% split of their box office takings

A run of up to three weeks in the main theatre at Hoxton Hall within 1 – 22 May 2011

Basic technical equipment and support

Some limited marketing and PR assistance

 

Shortlisted companies/artists will be asked to come to Hoxton Hall to run a short workshop with the panel of young people, and to ‘scratch and pitch’ their project to them. These ‘scratch and pitch’ sessions will take place during January 2011, with successful applicants announced at the beginning of February 2011.

 

Criteria:

 

We are looking for applications from performance groups who have worked together previously, have a semi- established following or network of supporters and have a well thought out performance concept. Due to the lead up time for the season we are unable to take applications from individual directors with a script or concept that has not yet been cast or researched.  Successful companies will be completely responsible for all elements of creating and producing the performance piece, and must be open to some input from the youth panel.

 

How to apply:

 

Companies must provide the relevant information in the application form below. Please use only the space provided.

You may also include up to three pages of any relevant supporting material such as photos, marketing material, reviews, DVD’s and press packs from previous work.

 

Applications are due by 5pm on Monday 22 November 2010.

 

Application forms can be downloaded from:

 

http://www.hoxtonhall.co.uk/creative/hoxton-select/ 

 

Applications can be sent via email or post to:

 

Email: jillian@hoxtonhall.co.uk

Post:   Jillian McKeague, Hoxton Select Panel, Hoxton Hall, 130 Hoxton Street, London, N1 6SH

 

Questions? Please email jillian@hoxtonhall.co.uk.

 

 

 

 

4/ PUTTING YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE CORE OF YOUTH ARTS

 

Putting young people at the core of youth arts is a one day course designed to demonstrate how young people can be empowered more effectively as decision makers.

 

Artsplan, the training and publications department of Artswork and the in-house training provider of ENYAN (English National Youth Arts Network) are pleased to announce the launch of a New Youth Arts Training Course: ‘Putting Young People at the Core of Youth Arts’.

As with all new Artsplan courses, we conduct a pilot session and use the valuable feedback from participants to develop and shape our courses.

The course will examine the benefits of integrating young people’s voices into your organisation, both in terms of benefits for your organisation and for the young people involved, and will include inspirational examples of young people who are working at the core of youth arts and a wide range of practical tips about how to involve young people more fully in your own work.

This one day session follows the journey of youth participation - exploring attitudes towards young people as decision makers and the routes that a young person can take from being a youth arts project participant to an active and informed decision maker in an arts organisation. It then moves onto exploring your current practice before celebrating the range of structures available in the youth arts sector for putting young people at the core of an organisation. The day concludes with a reflection on your own practice and your aspirations for involving young people in your future work.

Rachel Preston, Artsplan Development Manager, commented: “This course is suitable for anyone, professional or voluntary, who would like to ensure their work is more inspired by and reflective of the views of young people.”

Date: 8th March 2011 from 9.45am- 4pm
Venue: Paddington Arts, London

All participants will receive a certificate of attendance upon successful completion of the course and a wealth of practical resources. Artsplan is subsidising the cost of the training in return for a short 20 minute feedback session with participants at the end of the day. The cost of training has therefore been reduced to £75* (normal training charges vary from £110-£150) which includes all training resources, lunch, refreshments and certification.

For more information on the course and to book a place, please contact The Artsplan Team, on artsplan@artswork.org.uk or call 02380 682 535

To subscribe to ENYAN visit www.enyan.co.uk.

*This subsidised course fee is exclusive of any ENYAN discount schemes.

Contact: Rachel Hall
Organisation: Artswork
Phone: 02380 682 535 Email: artsplan@artswork.org.uk
Website: http://www.artswork.org.uk/artsplan

 

 

 

 

5/ TOUCH/DESCRIPTION TRAINING

 

Touch/Description Training

 

Do you know the best way a painting, performance or building should be described to visually impaired people? Do you know the most effective way to assist a visually impaired person to feel a prop, costume or artwork?

Are you familiar and confident with current legislation on the Disability Discrimination Act? Are you comfortable and acquainted with the language and terms that are requested by, and which acknowledge respect for, disabled people?

If the answer to any of these questions is NO. You should consider increasing your skills with Touch/Description Training course.

The course consists of a practical fun activity based day in a relaxed atmosphere employing quizzes, role playing, practical guiding, case studies and scenario discussions.

“Really engaging session made me really passionate about going back to work and putting the things I have learnt into place.” (A Participant, 2008)

The training session will be held on Wednesday 15 December at Pocklington Resource Centre, 1C Yukon Road, London SW12 9PZ at 10:00am to 5:00pm. Refreshments are available but lunch is not included. Escorts and assistance dogs are welcome.

“I have really enjoyed the training today and have gained a great deal of things to think about and to apply to the organisation. It all made a lot of sense and was very thought provoking.” (A Participant, 2006)

The cost is £150 per person (with group bookings receiving a 10% discount), and is suitable for Artists, Arts Managers, Arts Educators, Local Authority Officers, FOH, and anyone working with disabled people in the Arts, Media or Heritage Sectors.

Due to the interactive nature of the training places are limited to six participants!

To book a place or for further information about content, venue and accessibility (including on-site bespoke training) contact: Lynn Cox, 020 8544 9681 or via lynn.cox1@virgin.net or info@iaar.co.uk

Lynn Cox is an established freelance Disability/Visual Equality Trainer and an artist. She has worked with major disability and arts organisations including Shape, Tate Modern, the Serpentine Gallery, The Icon Gallery and the Ambassador Theatre Group.

Now available on-site Bespoke Disability Equality, Visual Awareness, Touch/Description & Accessible Project/Workshop Design Training for visual art, theatre, music, dance, media and cross discipline art organisation’s within the UK. Please email for further information.

 

Contact: Lynn Cox
Organisation: It's All Art Related
Phone: 020 8544 9681 Email: lynn.cox1@virgin.net

 

 

 

 

5/ OXFORD SAMUEL BECKETT THEATRE TRUST AWARD

 

The 2012 Award: a site-responsive piece

 

The purpose of The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award is, in particular, to help the development of emerging practitioners in the field of experimental theatre and, in general, to encourage the new generation of creative artists.

The Award is for a company or individual to create a site-responsive, non-traditional show to take place in one of the five host boroughs for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The show, part of the Barbican Theatre season, will be presented in the CREATE Festival in East London in July 2012.

 

An urban, non-conventional theatre space

 

The judges are looking for a piece of theatre that is inspired by and takes place in a non-theatre space. Proposals must be for productions in spaces that are safely and fully accessible for audience members with disabilities.

 

Site-specific work can be very complex and expensive, but it doesn’t have to be. The final piece should be capable of being presented in places other than the original venue. All applicants should consider designs that could be transferable.

Applicants are recommended to propose making a theatre space in areas that commonly would be found in any urban conurbation: a town square, a shopping centre, a busy street, an office, a house, an industrial site, a waterway, a library, etc.

 

CREATE12 takes place throughout July 2012. All types of productions will be considered in terms of scale and length of run — from one-man to larger-scale shows, and from a limited run (not less than 10 performances) to a project that lasts the whole month.

 

Bold and innovative projects will be favoured.

 

The Award comprises

 

Two Research and Development grants of up to £2,500 each

Exceptionally for 2012 and in recognition of the 10th anniversary of the OSBTT Award, the production grant will be for up to £50,000, depending on the scale of the show and a justified production budget

A mentor for the project

In-kind support from the Barbican, including press, marketing and some technical and administrative support

 

Research and Development

 

R&D grants will be awarded to two short-listed applicants. Following the R&D presentations, the winner will be announced.

 

The R&D period is to physically test precise ideas. With work of this nature, R&D will differ depending on the detail of the individual application. Applicants will be advised specifically what the R&D phase will entail following the interview stage.

The showing at the end of the R&D phase to the panel and an invited audience should be between 10 to 30 minutes.

 

Guidance and support

 

The winning applicant will have guidance and support from the Barbican and The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust. This will primarily be in the following areas: financial management, contracting, press and publicity, long-term strategic development of their work, identifying potential sources of artistic and technical support, advising on technical aspects of the production.

 

The CREATE Festival will also be a key partner and able to work with the successful applicant and the Barbican on finding and licensing an appropriate site for the performance.

 

Funding outside of the Award

 

A maximum of £10,000 (excluding in-kind support, e.g. free or subsidised rehearsal space) can be raised by the winning company/individual in addition to the OSBTT production grant.

 

http://www.osbttrust.com/submission.html

 

 

 

 

Michael Atavar

Artists’ Advisor

Oval House

0207 582 0080

 

http://www.ovalhouse.com/artists/

Posted by Michael Atavar, Friday 29th October, 2010