Dada-News - Opportunities & Training

Visual Arts

From the Darkness... Call for Artists

Open Art Exhibition in association with Pallant House Gallery

Entrance costs £20 per work. A £10 concessionary entrance rate is available for full time students, under 16s, unemployed, disabled artists and carers.

Entrants whose work is shortlisted by the selection panel will be notified by Friday 30th April 2010 and will be invited to bring their work in to Pallant House Gallery on the Weekend of 29-31 May 2010. From these works an exhibition will be created on Tuesday 1 June.

On Wednesday 2 June  a panel of Judges will award five prizes to the works they feel to be the best in the exhibition of selected works. An awards ceremony, press launch and private view will take place on Thursday 3rd June June. The exhibition will then be open until Friday 2 July.

Conditions for selected works
Shortlisted artists each agree that the original works represented by their respective entries may be exhibited and shall be available for sale at Pallant House Gallery between Tuesday 1st June 2010 and Saturday 3rd of July 2010.

On sales of work the exhibited artists each agree to pay commission of 35% of the selling price to St Wilfrid's Hospice and 15% to Pallant House Gallery’s Outside In Project.

Performing Arts

Freewheelers Media, Dance and Drama workshops

The Bridge. Leatherhead, Surrey
For times and further details of the workshops please contact The Freewheelers Theatre Company
PO Box 339, Cobham, Surrey
www.freewheelerstheatre.co.uk

IGNITE Training Course

12 March, 9 April, 23 April - one day workshops

Thanks to the South West Foundation, Gloucestershire Dance is running a pilot 12-day course in central Gloucester to develop the skills of disabled and D/deaf adults aged 16+. The course is FREE to some disabled or D/deaf artists based in the South West.

The course is led by nationally renowned specialists including Marc Brew, Louise Katerega, StopGap Dance Company and Sarah Pickthall.

For further information contact Inclusion Co-ordinator Lucy Howell

Booking forms and further details of the course can be downloaded from the website
Phone: 01452 550 431
lucy@gloucestershiredance.org.uk
www.gloucestershiredance.org.uk/velcro-disability-training

Media

Broadcast Opportunities for visually impaired people

Course ends late July at the Merstham Community Facility, Merstham, Surrey
The Broadcast Opportunities Course is being run by Redstone.fm, the local community radio station for Reigate and Banstead in conjunction with Meridian FM (East Grinstead). This course runs from mid February to July 2010. This is a FREE course specifically for visually impaired persons and those with other disabilities.

Students will learn basic production and presentation skills together with an overview of the radio industry before having an opportunity to contribute to broadcasts on a local community radio station. In particular, students will gain an understanding of writing and presentation for radio, amongst other facets to do with the structure of the radio industry

The course is run in two parts.
Part 1 is the theory and practical classroom sessions (February to June) and takes place on Fridays.
Part 2 is the practical involvement with Meridian FM (July).

The venue has a training room with a computer suite. JAWS and other accessibility aids will be available.
Applicants will need to be familiar with using computers, in particular Microsoft Word, using the Internet. Additional training can be offered on using access technology. Applicants also need to demonstrate their interest in radio broadcasting.
Merstham is accessible by local bus service and trains on the London to Redhill line. There is a budget to assist with travel costs.
Please contact Course Co-ordinator, Des Shepherd for an application form. An interview will be arranged on receipt of your application.

There are 8 places on the course. In the event that we are oversubscribed, your details will be held pending a further course later in the year.
07933 430199
redstone.fm@btinternet.com
www.redstone.fm
 

Combined Arts

Mervyn Peake 2007 exhibition at Westminster Cathedral

Mervyn Peake Awards 2010 - celebrating the creativity of people with Parkinson's

Launched by the Parkinson's Disease Society and the Peake family in 2002, the Mervyn Peake Awards celebrate the creative achievements of people with Parkinson's in art, poetry and photography.

The awards are held in memory of the late illustrator, writer and poet Mervyn Peake (1911-1968), who developed Parkinson's in later life.
The organisers welcome entries from anybody with Parkinson's, in 3 categories:
* Art
* Poetry
* Photography

You are invited to take part whether you are an experienced artist or you simply feel like trying something new.

A cash prize is kindly offered to the winner of each category through the generosity of the Peake family.
Complete and return the Mervyn Peake Awards 2010 entry form at www.parkinsons.org.uk/mervynpeake

The deadline for all entries is Wednesday 31 March 2010.

For more information, or to request a paper copy of the application form, please call
Phone: 020 7963 9330
mervynpeake@parkinsons.org.uk

Funding

Legacy Trust UK launch an exciting new funding programme

Community Celebrations is now open for expressions of interest. 

Deadline 5 March

Over the next five months, Legacy Trust UK is looking for five 'legacy partners' to help reach out to communities across the UK.
Legacy Trust are expecting the London 2012 Creative Programmers and/or the Legacy Trust UK Programme Coordinators to have initial discussions with any interested organisations about the programme and what you, your organisation or consortia could bring to the table. 

Please contact Caterina Loriggio, Creative Programmer for London 2012, South East with an idea after 3 February - please state Community Celebrations in the subject line. (no 'phone calls in the first instance please)

Caterina has set aside surgery days in London and Brighton on 9 and 10 Feb - if you would like to attend one of these please highlight this in your email.  As surgery times are limited they will only be made available to organisations/consortia who will be able to make afeasible expression of interest. 

caterina.loriggio@london2012.com
The application materials are available on the Legacy Trust website
www.legacytrustuk.org/national-programmes/community-celebrations