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A Piece of Your Mind - posted 02.9.2010 area: The Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea
dates: Thursday 9 September, 2010, 10.00 am – 1.30pm
Summer holidays over? Got that back to school feeling? Well why not finish off your first week by giving us a piece of your mind!
That’s why we are inviting you to a facilitated get together of the sector, to explore issues around access to the arts in Wales and any impacts you feel affect access following recent Arts Council of Wales funding cuts.
We will use the collated responses to submit written evidence to the Communities and Culture Committee Inquiry into the accessibility of arts and cultural activities in Wales. Voluntary Arts Wales has also been given a slot to present to this committee verbally on the 13 October 2010.
Please come to the event if you possibly can and tell us what you think – we really want to make sure all your voices are heard. The event will be facilitated by Fran Medley. Tea and coffee will be served and lunch can be purchased at the centre afterwards if required. Please confirm your attendance with Sioned Best at james@maesygof.plus.com We look forward to seeing you there.
download file (doc - 272k) Inquiry into the Accessibility of arts and cultural activities in Wales - posted 02.9.2010 area: Wales
deadline: 24 September 2010
One of the National Assembly's scrutiny committees is conducting an inquiry into the accessibility of arts and cultural activities in Wales. In particular, the Communities and Culture Committee will look into the following:
- the impact of the Welsh Government’s investment in museums, libraries and archives in the context of providing access to cultural activities;
- the impact of the Arts Council for Wales’s Investment Review, published in June 2010, on all cultural activities and venues in Wales;
- the possible impact of the Welsh Government’s budget for 2011-12 on all cultural activities and venues in Wales;
- the geographic spread of venues and activities and how access is promoted across Wales;
- the demographic variation in levels of attendance and participation, particularly in the context of equality, diversity and inclusion;
- the key role played by local authorities in providing access to arts and cultural activities.
The deadline for responses is 24 September 2010. Voluntary Arts Wales will be making a written response and has been given a slot to make a presentation to the Committee on 13 October 2010. Please contact us by email: info@vaw.org.uk if you would like us to include your comments in the response.
source: WCVA members Ebriefing 9 August 2010 Leaf Books Memoir competition - posted 27.8.2010 deadline: 30 November 2010
In this competition from Leaf Books, you are invited to submit an extract from your own life in 1,000 words or fewer. Your mini-memoir can be on any subject – childhood, war, travel writing, family, school, work, community projects, political activism, the story of your allotment or anything else you can think of that's happened to you in your life. It can be as dramatic or as low-key as you like: it needs to grab interest and stand alone as a narrative. The winner will receive £150, a free copy of the anthology and a year’s subscription to the Leaf Writers’ Magazine (or a refund if you already subscribe). The runner-up will receive a free copy of the anthology and a full set of Leaf mini-books. All selected pieces will be published in the anthology and the winner and runner-ups will be published in the Leaf Writers’ Magazine. It costs £4 per submission to enter, 3 submissions for £10.
Note: You’re entitled to one free competition entry if you buy edition one of the Leaf Writers’ Magazine: just send the voucher with your entry.
More details of all competitions and to enter online, go to www.leafbooks.co.uk and please read the guidelines before entering. You can enter by post or online.
Email: contact@leafbooks.co.uk Post: Leaf Books Ltd, GTi Suite, Valleys Innovation Centre, Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taff CF45 4SN
source: Leaf Books Tiny Weeny Writing and Drawing Competition - posted 27.8.2010 deadline: 31 October 2010
Leaf Books invites you to submit either writing that is no longer than 140 characters, which includes letters, spaces and punctuation, (not the title but please don’t make those more than 30 characters) or a piece of black and white art no bigger than half a post card. Obviously you can send both, but as separate entries.
You can use any form - a petit poem, a short short short story, a playlet, your best ever tweet, anything you like. For the drawings please send black and white and if you send them online as a jpeg or a gif.
Prizes: The best of the pieces will be published in the Leaf Writers’ Magazine and the very best single piece will win £75.00 and a free years subscription to the Magazine.
To enter: £ 2 per submission, 6 pieces for £10. If you have one of Leaf's £3 off entry vouchers from the Leaf Books magazine then you can have two entries for that.
You can enter online or by post: click here to pay online, to download an entry form and for competition guidelines.
Postal address: GTi Suite, Valleys Innovation Centre, Navigation Park, Abercynon, RCT, CF45 4SN
source: Leaf Books Micro-Fiction Competition - posted 27.8.2010 deadline: 30 September 2010
Leaf Books invites you to submit micro-fiction (max 300 words) on any subject imaginable. Winning and outstanding entries will be published in the Leaf Writers’ Magazine. These, and further commended entries, will also be published in an anthology. The winner will receive £150 and a free copy of the Leaf Writers’ Magazine and the anthology. One runner up will receive a free copy of the magazine/anthology. Further successful entrants published in the magazine will get a free copy, and commended authors for the anthology will be able to pre-order the book at a reduced rate. It costs £3 per entry, 4 entries for £10, and you can enter by post or online. The competition closes on 30 September 2010.
Note: You’re entitled to one free competition entry if you buy edition one of the Leaf Writers’ Magazine: just send the voucher with your entry.
www.leafbooks.co.uk
source: Leaf Books newsletter Keepsakes: Community Arts Exhibition - posted 13.8.2010 area: St Fagans, Cardiff
dates: 11 September – 22 November 2010
Women’s Arts Association and St Fagans: National History Museum present Keepsakes: Community Arts Exhibition at Oriel 1 St Fagans between 11 September and 22 November 2010.
The exhibition is a handcrafted display of keepsakes inspired by the St Fagans: National History Museum’s collection and personal stories of women from the Women’s Arts Association’s latest community arts project. The Keepsakes project has enabled women from diverse communities in Cardiff and Barry to access the arts through a unique programme, which included a behind the scenes visit to the Museum and a series of creative workshops led by professional artists Prue Thimbleby and Becky Adams. The exhibition will host a variety of family workshops. A list of events can be downloaded below.
For further information regarding Women’s Arts Association’s projects tel: 029 2048 7850, email: projects@womensarts.co.uk or go to www.womensarts.co.uk
source: Women's Arts Association download file (doc - 272k) The Volunteering Conference 2010 puts volunteers in focus - posted 13.8.2010 area: Caernarfon, Gwynedd
dates: 15 September 2010
The Volunteering Conference 2010 – titled Volunteers in focus – seeks to celebrate those who work so hard to help others, as well as explore ways for groups to develop working practices which respect and enhance the experience of volunteers.
The conference, which takes place at the Galeri, Caernarfon, on Wednesday 15 September, will feature contributions from many respected faces in the volunteering community. Chaired by Bethan Russell Williams of Mantel Gwynedd, the day will feature a plenary session from Richard Andrews, of Corporate Instinct Ltd, called Timebanking – lessons and challenges for volunteering. There will also be a number of thought-provoking workshops, including Volunteering programmes: the two-way approach by Reverend Wynne Roberts of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and Involving volunteers through consultation and feedback from Melanie Andrews of Barnardos Cymru. There will even be a Volunteering Dragons’ Den, in which a youth panel will assess a series of volunteering opportunities.
Perhaps you run a group that hopes to attract more voluntary workers, or maybe you’re a volunteer in need of up-to-date news on the issues affecting you. Either way, the Volunteering Conference 2010 may offer you vital information and a unique opportunity for networking. To find out more about the Volunteering Conference 2010, simply click http://tinyurl.com/36og9q6 for a full programme. To book your place, click http://tinyurl.com/33v7oac for the booking form.
source: WCVA Performing Arts Conference inviting Participants - posted 13.8.2010 area: Austria
dates: 1 - 4 December, 2010
The International Conference `Performing Arts Training Today` is inviting participants - actors, directors, choreographers, dancers, performing arts educators, teachers, musicians, singers, composers, stage designers, painters, mask makers, multimedia artists, scriptwriters, playwrights, theatre critics, journalists and arts managers. The conference will be held at Retzhof Castle, Leitring bei Leibnitz, in the `Green Heart` of Austria, at a historic 15th century castle between 1 and 4 December 2010, and will be held through the medium of English. Accommodation and meals are organized for the group. The programme will include:
- `Spreading Roots` - Presentation with Jan Erkert - dance-maker, choreographer and teacher (USA);
- `PLAA - Physical Language Analysis for Actors` - Workshop with Karin Abromaitis - director, performer, movement, fight and dance choreographer, teacher (USA);
- `The Speaker that Cannot Move: How Linguistic Insights Can Inform Dance Practices` Presentation with Erin Dahlgren - dancer, researcher, teacher (USA).
You can follow news about the programme on www.iugte.com/projects/program.php To apply for an opportunity to participate, candidates should send a brief cover letter with CV/resume, and for registration and contact details, go to www.iugte.com/projects/registration.php
Institute of Fundraising Tax-effective Giving Workshops - posted 12.8.2010 area: Cardiff and Wrexham
dates: November 2010
Find out how to make the most of Gift Aid, Payroll Giving, Share Giving and Legacies. The cost for the workshop is £20 (inclusive of lunch and all materials). Places are limited - to book call 0845 337 3801 or e-mail taxback@institute-of-fundraising.org.uk.
source: WCVA members Ebriefing 9 August 2010 Study tour for community groups - posted 12.8.2010 area: South Wales
dates: 29 September 2010
The Glass-House is delivering a free study tour to some inspiring community buildings in and around Cardiff. This is a one-day event for community groups who are at an early stage in developing building design projects in their neighborhood. They will be visiting two buildings which will demonstrate the process of both new build and refurbishment from a community perspective. During the tour you will have the opportunity to take away design ideas and gain insight into the design process. You will also hear from the host groups about their experiences with their building projects. There will be an independent architect on hand to answer any of your design queries. A free lunch will be provided and reasonable travel expenses reimbursed. Further details are available from Hannah Gibbs, tel 020 7490 3136, email Hannah@theglasshouse.org.uk or visit www.theglasshouse.org.uk.
source: WCVA members Ebriefing 9 August 2010 |
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