Amazing Collaboration Penn Hall Wolverhampton Art Gallery Private View Invite

Featured in the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/gallery/2010/jul/15/unlocked-photography-project

Researcher in Residence in Schools

Engaging tomorrow's talent today Researchers in Residence (RinR), funded by RCUK with support from the Wellcome Trust, brings together researchers, young people and teachers via exciting and innovative placements in secondary schools across the UK. RinR enriches the classroom experience, engages young people with real-life research and gives researchers the opportunity to develop new skills. RinR benefits everyone involved. Open to all secondary schools in the UK. Open to all PhD and post doctoral researchers funded directly or indirectly by one of the seven UK Research Councils or the Wellcome Trust. Got a question? Call us on 0845 365 7470 http://www.researchersinresidence.ac.uk/cms/

Artist’s Studio Spaces

 Eastside Studio, open plan workshop in Digbeth, Birmingham (near the ‘Custard Factory’), shared by 10 artists, various sized partitioned spaces

Suitable for painters and sculptors

Priced @ £27 - £31 per week

(One shared space available @ £15 per week)

For further details contact:

Michael Scheuermann

T: 07752 643660

email: contact@michaelscheuermann.com

"Know Your Place 2" Knowledge for creative freelancers

If you' re a creative freelancer then join us for the second 'Know Your Place' event - a free event that offers advice on the practical issues of gaining new work, a chance to network with likeminded individuals, and receive one-to-one advice from a Business Link adviser.


Know Your Place 2
Knowledge for creative freelancers
3-7pm, Tuesday 22nd June 2010

Zellig at The Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Birmingham, B9 4AA FREE


RSVP* to book your place by emailing events@businesslinkwm.co.uk

For further information please visit http://www.know-your-place.co.uk

Refreshments will be provided and there will be an opportunity to have an exclusive look around the beautiful new space at the Custard Factory.

*If you would like to book a space at one of the mentoring sessions please state your preferred time slot in your email.
Spaces are limited and the one hour sessions take place from 9am-2pm

Marcia Springer MCIPR
Communications Officer
Bright Space
Studio 222, The Custard Factory
Gibb Street, Birmingham
B9 4AA
T:  0121 772 9454
F: 0121 772 3933
E:  marcia@brightspace.org.uk
W: www.brightspace.org.uk
W: www.shineweek.co.uk
Charity No. 1128552

Opportunity for New Media Practitioner/Film Maker

Manor High Foundation

Friar Park Road

Friar Park

Wednesbury

WS10 0JS

We have recently become a Creative Partnerships Enquiry School, and as part of that we are looking for a New Media and/or Film  practitioner to work with a group of approximately 30 year 7/8 pupils who have mixed record of attending and engaging with school.

Our enquiry questions is:

Can we through working with New Media develop an approach that will re-engage more pupils with learning in school?

We are looking for an inspirational and dedicated practitioner who will help us develop the project in a student-led approach. We are hoping to learn strategies for our teaching and learning in how to engage all our students better. We are hoping to learn from the project how we can make working with new media and student voice sustainable in the long-term for the school.

Most of the contact time will be in the autumn term currently planned about half day a week for seven weeks before the autumn half-term, with some initial planning sessions with students and staff in the summer term.

We are also hoping to have a project launch in the autumn term.

We have left the brief deliberately open, so the practitioner can form the project with the student group and staff.

The project budget is up to £2,500 for practitioner fee (includes travel) with a an additional small budget for materials and the launch.

Selection and application:

We are looking for an exceptional creative practitioner who has:

-  An enhanced CRB disclosure (less than two years old)

- You will need public Liability up to 5million

-  An understanding of or an interest in how young people learn

-  A commitment to genuine collaboration

-  An ability to reflect and communicate

-  A willingness to learn and share skills

If you are interested please send us:

- A short statement, explaining why you want to work with us (no more than one page), please state clearly any technical requirements you will have.

-CV (no more than two pages)

- Two references

- Date of your CRB check

-a link to examples work

If you want to post a DVD please send to:

Gareth Kibby at Manor High Foundation, Friar Park Road, Friar Park, Wednesbury

WS10 0JS

Please send all documents in the old word format or PDF, no docx please.

Selection: For the interview we will ask you to prepare a 30min activity to demonstrate your approach to collaborative working, this will be followed by questions from students & staff. We will pay an interview reimbursement fee of £50 to the unsuccessful candidates.

Deadline:  9. June 2010 at  5pm

Interview date: 18.6. 2010    9-1pm

If you cannot attend the interview date please get in touch.

All applications to be emailed to Iris Bertz, Creative Agent: ibertz@gmail.com

The project is part of Enquiry School project supported by Creative Partnerships www.creative-partnerships.com 

 and Black Country Creative Partnerships www.blackcountrycreativepartnerships.co.uk

 

Invitation to stakeholders and creative practitioners in North Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Staffordshire and Devon. AccessArt would like to hear from community groups, arts groups, cultural organisations, schools, community education, extended services, youth groups, recycling centres, businesses and individual creative practitioners who can help us promote, or would like help in supporting, making and creative learning in the North Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Staffordshire and Devon areas. Please find out more and register your support and interest via the AccessArt Studio Project Map. Please pass on this email to friends and colleagues We look forward to hearing from you Many thanks

Best wishes Paula Briggs AccessArt info@accessart.org.uk http://www.accessart.org.uk Registered Charity No: 1105049 Company Limited: 05110197

Media Box Film Project