tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57127830009992734072024-03-13T20:01:55.013+00:00VAN CHATBlog for members and supporters of the Visual Art Network. Based in Shropshire the network supports artists development especially in rural locations.Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.comBlogger185125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-59770157019682348052009-02-04T11:12:00.001+00:002009-02-04T11:14:14.193+00:00Illustrator wantedArtist Brief<br /><br />Biographical Image Production to illustrate the life and works of Dr. William Penny Brookes<br /><br />As part of the William Penny Brookes Inspire Project a<br />Legacy project for Cultural Olympiad<br /><br />Background to project<br />This works fits into a broader partnership between Energize, Telford and Wrekin Council, Shropshire Council, the West Mercia Probation Trust<br />And the initiative is known as the Inspire Project<br /><br />It is envisaged that the images produced will be used as part of Museum on the Move, in the Dr. William Penny Brookes material and also be available to the William Penny Brookes School in Much Wenlock as part of the local history area in their library. They will also be used in the William Penny Brookes Inspire Project (see additional information attached )<br /><br /><br />This project will work creatively with at risk young people in Shropshire.<br /> We would like to receive expressions of interest from artists who have the following experience and skills and a particular interest in this theme:<br /><br />What we are looking for creative practitioners who can:<br /><br />• Demonstrate a high level of competency in their own art form<br /><br />Project aim<br />To develop the skills and aspirations of vulnerable young people at risk of exclusion through creative expression and attainment of personal goals using local history and archiving.<br /><br />Project Objectives<br />• Produce a series of biographical illustrative images portraying the work and life of Dr. William Penny Brookes, who with Baron Coubertin, started the Modern Olympic Movement.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />e.g.<br />1. Illustration of a scene from the Wenlock Olympic Games.<br />2. Illustration of the event staged at the Corn Exchange to celebrate the switching on of the first gas lights.<br /> 3. Illustration of Dr. Brookes giving his lecture in the Corn Exchange about the Ancient Olympic Games.<br /> 4. Illustration of Dr. William Penny Brookes sitting in the court as a magistrate with men in the stocks.<br />5. Illustration of the procession/carnival through the main street of Much Wenlock at the beginning of the Wenlock Olympian Games.<br /><br />(all historic detail and guidance will be given).<br /><br /> <br />• To raise the profile the achievements of Dr. Brookes and the significance of Much Wenlock in the lead up to the Olympics.<br />• To create this work in a way that does not disengage young people in either the process or end result.<br />• <br /><br /><br /><br />Draft Timescale<br />This work must be completed by the end of February 2009.<br /><br /><br />Budget:<br />Total Project budget £2,000<br /><br /><br />HOW TO APPLY:<br /><br />Rosemary Smith (see details below)<br /><br />If applying please respond with information that specifically relates to “what we are looking for” in relation to this brief as this is what we shall shortlist from.<br />Please supply written response outlining previous experience and why you are interested in this opportunity.<br /><br />• Your CV<br />• Your rates of pay per day and if appropriate how you would deliver on this project with costings<br />• Contact details of two referees you would be happy for us to approach.<br /><br />Deadline for expressions of interest Thursday 12th February 2009<br />There will be no interview process.<br /><br />Contracts between the artist and project team will be drawn up after selection<br /><br /><br />PLEASE SEND EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST TO:<br /><br />Rosemary Smith<br /><br />2012 Co-ordinator<br />Shropshire Council<br />Shirehall, Abbey Foregate<br />Shrewsbury<br />SY2 6ND<br />01743 255072<br /><br /><br /><br />The project works to an equalities scheme that encourages all artists who feel they meet the needs of this project brief to apply. If you have any disability which means written communication is a barrier to your application feel free contact me to discuss this.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />These Illustrations will feed into the larger project:<br /><br />The William Penny Brookes Inspire Project<br /><br />Background:<br />Around the turn of the 19th century Dr. Brookes worked tirelessly to help the working class people of Much Wenlock to broaden their horizons and opportunities and in this context made a case for the social structures we are still working towards that do not discriminate on agendas of gender, sexuality, age, disability, race or religious persuasion. It is for this reason that both he and the Olympic movement have a relevance today.<br /><br />William Penny Brookes has been credited as the catalysts for the modern Olympic movement his ideology for the games in Much Wenlock was the inspiration for what was to follow.<br /><br />The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will bring the spotlight of the world onto the Dr. William Penny Brookes legacy, many journalists have already shown an interest in Much Wenlock, Dr. Brookes’ home and grave, the Much Wenlock Museum, Wenlock Olympian Society and so on.<br /><br />This gives us a fantastic opportunity to use this heritage story and link it with present day issues and problems that are closely aligned to Dr. Brookes life’s work. As a doctor, magistrate, entrepreneur, founder of the Wenlock Olympian Games and the Agricultural Library , Dr Brookes brought opportunities for achievement through sport, culture and learning to disadvantaged people as early as the 1850’s?<br /><br />The WPB Inspire project will explore the work of Dr. William Penny Brookes, using heritage as an inspiration for young people who are at risk or are offenders. The aim of the 5 year project is to follow Dr. Brookes’ philosophy that without opportunity there cannot be aspiration. His tireless work throughout his life met with much criticism from many quarters, but he continued relentlessly pushing through change to help working class people to have the opportunity to extend their horizons and improve their mental and physical well being. <br /><br />This cross border project will be delivered in two parts, the first being about local history, art, literacy and archiving skills and the second about participation in adventurous sport, which take the participant slightly outside their comfort zone. We will work with groups of young people from Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, giving them a supportive environment, which will address any barriers they may face to participation.<br /><br />Participants will have a chance to visit Much Wenlock to see where Dr. Brookes lived, the museum and archives about his legacy and the famous Court Room and Guildhall where he worked as a magistrate.<br />The project delivery seeks expose the young people to new creative skills like film and photography. We are still negotiating to include these opportunities<br />along with sport celebrity involvement.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Many of the health and wellbeing outcomes associated with active involvement in cultural activity are now well evidenced and taken for granted this work builds on this legacy.<br /><br />Project Target Group<br />At risk young people and repeat offenders linked with the probation service.<br /><br /><br />Partners Include<br /> Shropshire County Council<br /> Telford Council<br />West Mercia Probation Trust<br />South Shropshire Partnership<br />Much Wenlock Town Council<br />Much Wenlock Legacy Group<br /><br />Expected Outcomes<br />– Increased involvement in education, volunteering or social activities, including ongoing involvement with arts, culture and sport.<br />– Improvements in well-being (self assessed well-being scale).<br />– To break the cycle of offending or apathy experienced by young people,<br />– To establish new interests including the work of Dr. William Penny Brookes. <br /><br /><br />Rosemary Smith<br /><br />2012 Co-ordinator<br />Shropshire Council<br />Shirehall, Abbey Foregate<br />Shrewsbury<br />SY2 6ND<br />01743 255072Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-71367780761098853792009-01-27T13:26:00.001+00:002009-01-27T13:31:12.781+00:00Wrexham print centre coursesCourses<br /><br /><br /><br />February<br /><br /><br /><br />Landmarks: Paul Catherall<br /><br /><br /><br />Paul is a London-based printmaker renowned for his clean, sharp linocuts of architectural landmarks such as the OXO tower, Battersea Power Station and Brooklyn Bridge. We thought we’d like to get him up to the wilds of North Wales. This workshop will focus on multicoloured lino prints.<br /><br />16/17 February<br /><br />10-3<br /><br />£100<br /><br />www.paulcatherall.com<br /><br /><br /><br />Jo de Pear<br /><br /><br /><br />Jo is a London-based printmaker. She studied for her BA at Edinburgh College of Art and her MA in Printmaking at Chelsea. She uses all of the varied printmaking disciplines, often combining two or three to create her semi-abstracted images. This workshop will feature collagraph.<br /><br />18/19 February<br /><br />10-3<br /><br />£100<br /><br />www.jodepear.com<br /><br /><br /><br />March<br /><br /><br /><br />Delineated: Jeanette Orrell<br /><br /><br /><br />Jeanette is a recent convert to printmaking. Having studied Ceramics at Camberwell she has gone on to exhibit work nationally and internationally. In this workshop Jeanette will look at the importance of drawing and how this can be developed using photopolymer and chine colle processes.<br /><br />28 February, 7/14/21 March<br /><br />9.30-11.30<br /><br />£100<br /><br />www.jeanetteorrell.co.uk<br /><br /><br /><br />April<br /><br /><br /><br />Reduction Lino: John Jones<br /><br /><br /><br />Yorkshire-based lino cutter John Jones will lead a two day workshop looking at the potential of hand printing reduction process. Come armed with a wooden spoon and John will share his expertise and tips on how to produce a multi-coloured print from a single piece of lino.<br /><br />www.printmakingonline.co.uk<br /><br />14/15 April<br /><br />10-3<br /><br />£100 (all materials included.)<br /><br /><br /><br />Screen Printing on Fabric: Christine Toh<br /><br /><br /><br />Liverpool-based French artist Christine Toh will be working with fabric over two days looking at making unique textile prints using screen print, paper stencils and painterly techniques.<br /><br />16/17 April<br /><br />10-3<br /><br />£100 (all materials included)<br /><br />www.eightdaysaweek.org.uk/2008_toh_oct<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />May<br /><br /><br /><br />Headline Event<br /><br />Print Symposium<br />The Regional Print Centre presents a veritable feast of all things PRINT!<br /><br /><br /><br />A one day symposium is coming to town on 15th May to coincide with the Wrexham Print International (organised by Yale Memorial Gallery and Oriel Wrecsam).<br /><br />The day will include talks and presentations by Gerry Baptist, previous winner of the Wrexham Print International, Ann Desmet, editor of Printmaking Today, David Morris, Whitworth Art Gallery, Anna Wilkinson from Northern Print will talk about collecting contemporary prints and there will be discussions about the use of the internet and blogging for collaborative print projects with contributions from a-n and axis. The event will also provide the opportunity to meet other print suppliers, organisations, talk paper with John Purcell and much much more.<br /><br />Pheww!<br /><br />To join us for this eventful occasion will cost you just £25 for the day, the experience will be priceless.<br /><br />Only limited places are available. Please book now to avoid disappointment.<br /><br />Friday 15th May<br /><br />10-4<br /><br />£25<br /><br /><br /><br />Drypoint and more: Anita Klein. Special Weekend Workshop<br /><br /><br /><br />A two-day workshop. Spend the first day making drypoints on aluminium, possibly combined with woodcuts and linocuts. Anita Klein, based in London and former president of the RE, will also give a talk about her work and offer individual tutorials/portfolio advice. You will have the opportunity to develop your work under guidance on day two.<br /><br />Saturday and Sunday 16/17 May<br /><br />10-3<br /><br />£12<br /><br />5 (all materials included.)<br />www.anitaklein.com<br /><br /><br /><br />Innovative Etching: Tracy Griffin<br /><br />Tracy is back to further explore innovative etching. This two day workshop will offer a deeper understanding of the process and enhance the experience of those who have already grappled with photopolymer. She will be etching zinc using non-toxic acrylic hard ground and will bring examples of other etched plates for printing and embossing demonstrations to show how ideas can be developed given more time.<br /><br />26/27 May<br /><br />10-3<br /><br />£100 (all materials included.)<br /><br />www.tracygriffinprint.co.uk<br /><br /><br /><br />Collagraph: Linda Davies<br /><br /><br /><br />Explore collagraph plate-making with Linda Davies, over the two days she’ll be showing you the huge textural and tonal potential of tearing, cutting, and gluing with a variety of materials. In addition she will introduce you to à la poupée inking techniques to introduce colour to your work.<br /><br />28/29 May<br /><br />10-3<br /><br />£100 (all materials included.)<br /><br /><br /><br />July<br /><br /><br /><br />Expressive Etching: Marcelle Hanselaar<br /><br /><br /><br />Renowned painter and printmaker Marcelle Hanselaar RE will lead you on a two day adventure exploring your ideas through print. A recent selector of the Wrexham Print International Marcelle has an international reputation and a series of etching were recently acquired by the British Museum.<br /><br />16/17 July<br /><br />10-3<br /><br />£125 (all materials<br /><br />included)<br /><br />www.marcellehanselaar.com<br /><br /><br /><br />Screenprint and Drypoint: Jan Gardner<br /><br /><br /><br />Jan Gardner will explore `mythical marks on coloured grounds`. Using a combination of drypoint and screen-print Jan will help you to connect with colours and find ways of expressing yourself through experimental mark-making.<br /><br />20/21 July<br /><br />10-3<br /><br />£100 (all materials included.)<br /><br />www.jangardner.com<br /><br /><br /><br />Drawing and Printing: Sandy Sykes<br /><br /><br /><br />Sandy Sykes will lead you through an intensive two days of drawing, bookmaking and lino printing to create mixed media pieces that tell a story.<br /><br />22/23 July<br /><br />10-3<br /><br />£125 (all materials included.)<br /><br />www.sandysykes.co.uk<br /><br /><br /><br />August<br /><br /><br /><br />Saline Sulphate Etch: Don Braisby<br /><br /><br /><br />Don is currently part of our Professional Development Team here at the Print Centre. Over two days he will introduce you to this innovative etching process for Aluminium, Steel and Zinc originally developed by Friedhard Kiekeben. This process works in much the same way as Nitric Acid etching but it is possible to do this in any studio space.<br /><br />17/18 August<br /><br />10-3<br /><br />£100 (all materials included)<br /><br />www.donbraisby.co.uk/print<br /><br /><br /><br />October<br /><br /><br /><br />Gum Arabic Transfer: Catherine Kleeli<br /><br /><br /><br />Catherine will help you to explore this non-toxic process which is also known as paper lithography. For beginners there will be a recap of the general principles of the “printing from photocopies” process leading to more advanced techniques and time to explore.<br /><br />28/29 October<br /><br />10-3<br /><br />£100 (all materials included.)<br /><br />www.kleeli-art.co.uk<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Exhibitions<br /><br /><br /><br />For the Love of Making Books<br /><br />An Oriel Wrecsam touring exhibition in association with www.artistsbooksonline.com<br /><br />10 January - 5 April 2009<br />Salford Museum<br />Peel Park Crescent<br />Salford M5 4WU<br /><br /><br /><br />4 Printmakers<br /><br />Jan Gardner, Steffan Jones-Hughes, Luci Melegari, and Ruth Thomas<br /><br />Theatr Clwyd, Mold, North Wales<br />31 January - 8 March Open Daily 10-5<br /><br /><br /><br />Wrexham Print International 2009<br /><br />A showcase of contemporary printmaking selected by Marcelle Hanselaar, Shani Rhys James CBE, and Luci Melegari. This exhibition is organised by Yale Memorial Gallery and Oriel Wrecsam and will be shown across both venues.<br /><br />April 25th- June 6th<br /><br />Oriel Wrecsam Mon-Fri 9.30-6.45 Sat 9.30 – 4<br /><br />Yale Memorial Gallery Mon-Fri 1-4<br /><br /><br /><br />Birds, Bees and Butterflies<br />An exhibition of paintings, prints, collages, glass, sculpture, books and bookbindings<br />for art, bird, bee, butterfly and book lovers<br />7 February – 3 March 2009 Open Mon – Sat 10 -5<br /><br />Carry Akroyd / Svetlana Babrowska/ Elizabeth Browning/ Mark Cockram/Ruth Dresman/Corina Duyn/Victoria Edwards/Linda Farquharson/Gregynog Press/Patrick Haines/Sadie Hennessy/Kate Holland/Derek Hood/Andrew Hume/Incline Press/Steffan Jones-Hughes/David Koster/Stephen Livingstone/Julia Manning/Jack Milroy/Redman and Holmes/Darren Rees/Dominic Riley/Anne Smith/Celia Smith/Lara Varga<br /><br /><br /><br />Josie Reed invites you to the opening party on Saturday 7 February at 12 noon<br /><br />Chapel Row Gallery, 6 Chapel Row, off Queen Square, Bath BA1 1HN<br />T: 01225 480114 Mobile: 07515 884 206<br />www.chapelrowgallery.com<br /><br /><br /><br />Printfest 2009<br /><br />The Print Centre will present a selected show of Members work on. All welcome.<br /><br />Coronation Hall, County Square, Ulverston, Cumbria LA12 7LZ.<br /><br />May 2nd - May 3rd 2009 10 - 5<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Postcard Show<br /><br />A collaborative Print Project initiated by Steffan Jones-Hughes in 2007<br /><br />Steffan Jones-Hughes<br /><br />Pam Newall<br /><br />Nichola Goff<br /><br />Heather Prescott<br /><br />Linda Davies<br /><br />Jan Brown<br /><br />Sue Forgrave<br /><br /><br /><br />Yale Memorial Gallery, Grove Park Road, Wrexham<br /><br />26 January - 3 April. Open Mon-Fri 1-4<br /><br /><br /><br />Oriel Wrecsam, Rhosddu Road, Wrexham<br /><br />30 June - 18 July<br /><br />http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/399993<br /><br /> <br /><br />Drawn Form Jeanette Orrell and David Binns<br /><br />Denbigh Library, Denbigh North Wales<br /><br />7 March - 17 April Open Mon-Sat 10-5<br /><br /><br /><br />7th British International Small Print Exhibition<br /><br />This international exhibition of small format printmaking will tour selected UK venues from 2009 to 2011 and comprise some 200 original mini prints.<br /><br />Venues booked include:<br />Aberystwyth Arts Centre<br />Gracefield Arts Centre<br />Grampian Hospital Arts Trust<br />London Print Studio<br />Melton Library Art Gallery<br />The Ropewalk<br /><br /><br /><br />Printout: Professional Printmakers from the Regional Print Centre<br /><br />Yale Memorial Gallery, Grove Park Road, Wrexham<br /><br />22 June – 24 July Mon-Fri 1-4<br /><br /><br /><br />Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru Meirion a’r Cyffiniau 2009,<br /><br />Y Bala<br />1 - 8 August 2009<br /><br /><br />Projects<br /><br /><br /><br />Le Cheile: A Welsh-Irish collaborative project - UPDATE<br /><br />Since October 2006 artists from the Regional Print Centre and Leinster Printmaking Studio, Clane, Ireland have been working together on a collaborative printmaking project .As a result of initial communication artist twins or working groups were established and themes of land/language/place were decided on as starting points for the work. Since then working prints, drawings, collages, emails and text have travelled back and forth across the Irish Sea with each artist responding to work sent by their print partner. In May 2008 , an exhibition at Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Co Kildare, showed work in progress from this exciting collaboration to date.-Check out the blog<br /><br />http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/432128<br /><br /><br />During 2009, the Le Cheile group of artists have been invited to show recent work influenced by the project individually, alongside work produced collaboratively, in a number of venues internationally.<br /><br />Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin,Ireland<br />Throughout March 2009<br />www.graphicstudiodublin.com<br /><br /><br />Le Cheile touring exhibition - Australia<br />Starting July 2009, touring various venues over 18 months,<br />organised by participating artist Veronica Calarco, a previous artist in residence at the Regional Print Centre<br />Plans are underway to show the work in North Wales in 2010...watch this space!<br /><br /><br /><br />Sense of Place<br />top of the blogs on a-n artists talking site<br /><br /><br />This is a collaborative project set up by the Regional Print Centre in October 2008. The project is an experiment and will seek to explore the experience of working collaboratively. In November 2008 we had a meeting of members of our professional printmaking team, students from Wirral Metropolitan College, University of Wales in Bangor and Prifysgol Glyndŵr in Wrexham. The project can be followed on the blog:<br /><br />www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/489034<br /><br /><br /><br />Facebook<br /><br /><br /><br />Become a fan of Canolfan Argraffu Ranbarthol / Regional Print Centre on Facebook. You can see additional events, photos, opening hours and discussion topics.<br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Wrexham-United-Kingdom/Canolfan-Argraffu-Ranbarthol-Regional-Print-Centre/43298646858?sid=80fc9356001e0fef8d1117bedd64040b&ref=s<br /><br /><br />Exclusive Member’s Opportunities<br /><br /><br /><br />Secret Artwork 2: Brian Jones<br /><br />This is await and see for e-bulletiners and facebookers. This edition’s commissioned artwork is by Brian Jones of Llanfyllin. “Suffragette City” combines Brian’s political concerns with a unique sense of irreverent humour. Brian will be involved in a Print Centre residency project with the residents of Caia Park Estate here in Wrexham over the coming months so keep an eye out for updates on our Facebook site. You can now become a fan. Please contact the centre if you would like to be considered for future secret artwork commissions.<br /><br />www.artofbrianjones.com<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Steffan Jones-Hughes<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Coleg Iâl, Ffordd Parc y Gelli. Wrecsam LL12 7AB<br />Yale College, Grove Park Road, Wrexham LL12 7AB<br />ebost / e-mail printcentre@yale-wrexham.ac.uk<br />tel +44(0)1978 311794 xtn 2286<br />ffon symudol +44(0)7813 437205<br />w: http://www.globalprintstudios.org<br />w: project blogs prosiectau<br /><br />Mae’r Ganolfan Argraffu Ranbarthol yn cydnabod cymorth Coleg Iâl a Cyngor CelfyddydauCymru. <br />The Regional Print Centre gratefully acknowledges the support of Yale College, and the Arts Council of Wales. <br /><br />Mae'r neges e-bost hon ac unrhyw ymgysylltiadau yn gyfrinachol, ac wedi eu bwriadu ar gyfer yr un sy'n cael ei h/enwi yn unig. Gallent gynnwys gwybodaeth freintiedig. Os yw'r neges hon wedi eich cyrraedd ar gam, ni ddylech ei chopio, ei rhannu na dangos ei chynnwys i unrhyw un. Cysylltwch efo Canolfan Argraffu Ranbarthol ar unwaith. 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z-index: 1;"><span style="position: absolute; left: 24px; top: -36px; width: 71px; height: 71px;"></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: green;">Shropshire and <st1:place st="on">Telford</st1:place> Arts Partnership E-News<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: green;">16<sup>th</sup> January 2009<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: green;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoBodyText3"><span style="" lang="EN">The Shropshire and Telford Arts Partnership (STAP) is made up of representative local authority officers with responsibility for the Arts in <st1:place st="on">Shropshire</st1:place> and Telford & Wrekin. The aims of the group are:</span><span style="" lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN">To strengthen communication between local authorities and to network and support arts organisations, individual artists, promoters and volunteers working in the arts <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN">To raise the profile of, and to advocate for, the arts <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN">To coordinate arts activity across the subregion <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN">To maximise funding for the arts within the subregion<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN">The development of this e-newsletter is part of our plans to strengthen communication with artists and arts organisations in the sub-region.<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: green; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: green; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Contents<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: normal;">Jobs/ Exhibition/ Performance Opportunities<span style=""> </span>p1-3<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: normal;">Training/ support/ conferences/ seminars<span style=""> </span>p3-7<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: normal;">Useful Info<span style=""> </span>p7-8<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: normal;">Funding <span style=""> </span>p8-14<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: normal;">Events<span style=""> </span>p14-15<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoHeading9">JOBS/ EXHIBITION/ PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES</p> <p class="MsoHeading9"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoHeading9"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Solihull Gallery photographic project</span></strong><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> </span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">We are looking to work with a photographic artist to work with a local school on a small education project.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">In Jan Solihull Gallery has a photographic exhibition by artist John Garghan. We are looking for an artist to work with a group of secondary school students (age not known yet) in the Gallery to gain an understanding of techniques that John Garghan uses in his work. Then through guidance by the workshop artist, begin to explore these techniques producing images of their own. The session will be ran in the Gallery and school environment in the <st1:place st="on">South Solihull</st1:place> area during the time scale: 9th Feb.- 7th March. (approximately 6 sessions). </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">It is hoped that some work made by the students will go in exhibition in the G2 2009 exhibition programme. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">If you are interested then please submit an expression of interest, CV detailing your relevant experience, CRB (number and date issued but hard copy must be available). Send to Aimee Green- email or post: details below.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Fee: £100 per session plus one planning session ( sessions approx. 2 hours) and a materials budget.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Deadline for submission is Wednesday 21st January 2009</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Further info: </span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><a href="http://www.johngarghan.co.uk/" title="http://www.johngarghan.co.uk/"><span style="">www.johngarghan.co.uk</span></a> or <a href="http://www.solihull.gov.uk/arts" title="http://www.solihull.gov.uk/arts"><span style="">www.solihull.gov.uk/arts</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoHeading9"><span style="">Project Coordinator for Thomas Wardle Centenary Project<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">February 2009 - January 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Fixed Fee: £11000<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Location: Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">The full details of the project along with the Job Description and Personal Specification can be downloaded from Staffordshire Moorlands District Council website <a href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/dnicklin/Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/OLK7/www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk" title="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/dnicklin/Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/OLK7/www.staffs "><b><span style="color: black;">www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><a href="http://www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk/site/scripts/recruit_details.php?id=93" title="http://www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk/site/scripts/recruit_details.php?id=93"><span style="color: black;">http://www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk/site/scripts/recruit_details.php?id=93</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Please apply for this post online <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Please send the following information with your application:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Full CV - outlining your experience and skills for this role (Please refer to the Job Description and Personal Specification sheet)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Examples of three successful large scale projects that you have managed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Closing date for all applications: 3pm. 2<sup>nd</sup> February 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Interview date: Thursday 5<sup>th</sup> February 2009.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">For an informal chat about this project, background history regarding Thomas Wardle and the Leek Embroidery Society, or for further information regarding the post please contact Deborah Nicklin, Arts Development Officer:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Telephone 01538 395 456 or email <a href="mailto:deborah.nicklin@staffsmoorlands.gov.uk" title="mailto:deborah.nicklin@staffsmoorlands.gov.uk"><span style="color: black;">deborah.nicklin@staffsmoorlands.gov.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Postal address for all submissions:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Wardle Centenary<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">c/o Deborah Nicklin, Arts Development Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Staffordshire Moorlands District Council <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Moorlands House, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Stockwell Street</span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Leek. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Staffordshire Moorlands. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">ST13 6HQ.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoHeading9">Dance Development in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent 2009 - 2011 Consultancy Brief<span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">An opportunity has arisen for a dance consultant to work with key partners from Staffordshire and wider areas in identifying priorities for dance development with an emphasis on Youth Dance and also Health and Well Being. The consultant will be responsible for devising and developing a Staffordshire Dance Strategy and Action pla</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">n with recommendations for resourcing.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Timescale:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> Research and development period: March 2009-June 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Production of strategy, database and business plan: June 2009-September 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Fee: The fee of expenses and VAT will be £6000 and paid in three instalments<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">£2000 on award of the commission<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">£2000 on production of the first draft<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">£2000 on receipt of the final agreed document<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Submissions should include:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Details of similar work undertaken in the past <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Your CV <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Names and contact details of two referees <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Please email Helen Wilson for a copy of the brief. The deadline for applications is Monday 23 February. A selection of applicants will then be shortlisted and invited to attend an interview at the Stafford County Council, Corporate Reception, St <st1:country-region st="on">Chad</st1:country-region>’s Street, off <st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">Tipping Street</st1:address></st1:street>, <st1:place st="on">Stafford</st1:place>. ST16 2DH ( week of 9 March)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">Applications should be sent to Helen Wilson (contact details below) and can be accepted by e-mail or in hard copy.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Contact Details<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The principal contact in respect of this commission is:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Helen Wilson<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">External Funding and Relations Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Staffordshire Arts and Museum Service<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Staffordshire County Council<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">3<sup>rd</sup> Floor Tipping Street<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place st="on"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Stafford</span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Staffordshire<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">ST16 2DH<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Tel: 01785 278571<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">E-mail: <a href="mailto:Helen.wilson@staffordshire.gov.uk" title="mailto:Helen.wilson@staffordshire.gov.uk">helen.wilson@staffordshire.gov.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoHeading9"><span style="" lang="EN-US">BBC Dream Performance<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">deadline: 31 January 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">· Do you know someone who's battled against the odds and want to give them the chance to stage their dream performance?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">· Is there someone you know who does so much for others and deserves their moment in the spotlight - whether they sing, dance or even walk a tight-rope?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">· Have you been secretly learning to sing, dance, play an instrument, even become a stand-up comedian and think you are ready for your surprise debut in front of friends, family and the nation?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">· Is there a deserving local hero who should be given the opportunity to be serenaded by or perform with their favourite star? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">· Would you like to stage a prank on a friend or loved one?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">If the answer is yes to any of these or you have your own fantastic performance idea, the BBC wants to hear from you.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">For more details and to apply, visit <a href="www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/beonashow/entertainment.shtml">www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/beonashow/entertainment.shtml</a>.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 153, 102);" lang="EN-US">Workshop Network - Workshop Leaders (part time)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">deadline - 20 January 2009 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">Do you lead creative or performance based arts workshops? Short of time for promotion and paperwork? Want to work on Extended Schools Projects, Local Authority Festivals, Prison Projects and more? Then Workshop Network needs you.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">Workshop Network is a proactive agency that works to promote and organise workshops in various fields on behalf of our freelance artists. It is currently seeking to expand its database of workshop leaders in time for its busiest time of year.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">Register your profile today at <a href="www.workshopnetwork.co.uk/register/index.asp">www.workshopnetwork.co.uk/register/index.asp</a> or email info@workshopnetwork.co.uk for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 153, 102);">TRAINING / SUPPORT/ CONFERENCES/ SEMINARS</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: green; font-weight: normal;"> -</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoHeading9">Free Creative Industry Advice Sessions in Shropshire and <st1:place st="on">Telford</st1:place></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Book your place now!<span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place st="on"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Shropshire</span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> and Telford Arts Partnership (STAP) are working with Business Link to bring Creative Industries Advice sessions to the area.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Ann Rosenthal, Creative Business Advisor from Clear Vision working for Business Link West Midlands,</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> will provide specialist business advice sessions for people working within the Creative, Cultural and Digital Sector to discuss their development needs. The free advice sessions taking place across Shropshire and <st1:place st="on">Telford</st1:place> will last approximately 30 minutes. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">During the sessions Ann will:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Identify what business support opportunities are available through Business Link and other Creative Industries opportunities (partners, stakeholders, initiatives, programmes)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Arrange for an in depth Business Review from a specialist creative sector business advisor with specific industry and regional knowledge where needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Advice session dates:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">19th January, The Hive (formerly Belmont Arts Centre), 5 Belmont, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Shrewsbury</st1:city>, <st1:postalcode st="on">SY1 1TE</st1:postalcode></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">29th January, Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, <st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">School Road</st1:address></st1:street>, Craven Arms, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Shropshire</st1:city>, <st1:postalcode st="on">SY7 9RS</st1:postalcode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">19th February, <st1:placename st="on">Mythstories</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Museum</st1:placetype> of Myth and Fable, The Morgan Library, <st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">Aston Street</st1:address></st1:street>, Wem, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Shropshire</st1:city>, <st1:postalcode st="on">SY4 5AU</st1:postalcode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">19th March, The Place, Limes Walk, Oakengates, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Telford</st1:city>, <st1:postalcode st="on">TF2 6EP</st1:postalcode></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">To book your advice session at any of the venues please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Alexa Mearns, Arts Development Officer, Bridgnorth District Council, tel:<span style=""> </span>01746 713194 or email: alexa.mearns@shropshire.gov.uk<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoHeading9">Free Management & Leadership Course</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Course<o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Graduate Advantage have been running their highly successful one day Management and Leadership courses for a number of years now. These well regarded courses are part of a drive to maximise talent in the <st1:place st="on">West Midlands</st1:place> region and help businesses develop the potential they already have.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Courses are provided <i style="">free</i> of charge as part of the Advantage West Midlands investment in skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Objectives<o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The course introduces delegates to the different characteristics and skills it takes to be an effective manager and leader. It also allows delegates to gain an awareness of different leadership & management styles including their own. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">By the end of the course delegates will have developed the confidence to apply and explore different management and leadership styles in the workplace. The course will also inspire delegates to reflect on their future career aspirations.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The programme design is highly interactive, with exercises throughout, lots of open discussions and concludes with a business game which enables delegates to really consolidate their learning.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <u>Who Should Attend <o:p></o:p></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The course is aimed at very recent managers, those aspiring to move into their first management position or who are managing people informally.<span style=""> </span>Delegates need to be working in the <st1:place st="on">West Midlands</st1:place>, and for this course delegates do not have to be graduates.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">It’s carefully designed for smaller employers who want to develop their management team and perhaps worry about retaining talent but may not have the resources to train new managers.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 11pt;">What They Will Gain <o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Delegate<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">By the end of the course the delegates will be able to understand the difference between management and leadership, plus an awareness of different leadership and management styles, including their own.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">They will have gained the confidence to apply and explore different styles in the workplace, and may<span style=""> </span>have stimulated thoughts on their future career direction and further development needs.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The course also presents a great opportunity to network with other new managers in similar positions, to share difficulties, swap solutions, develop links and create a support network outside their employer. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Employer<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">By developing confidence and practical skills the course should ease and speed up the process of a new manager becoming effective.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Outcomes may include improved retention, staff satisfaction and a reduced failure rate, plus the courses are free! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Programme of the day<o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Identify your own management style and how it interfaces with personal effectiveness<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Learn why leadership is independent of management while being equally important<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Deal with squanderers of time <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">A case study exercise to put the day’s learning into practice with other new managers who face similar issues<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">To Attend<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Contact the GA training team to discuss your requirements on 0121 204 4767 or email <a href="mailto:enquiries@graduateadvantage.co.uk">enquiries@graduateadvantage.co.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Next Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Wednesday 14<sup>th</sup> January 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Friday 6<sup>th</sup> February 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Friday 20<sup>th</sup> February 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Tuesday 17<sup>th</sup> March 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Friday 27<sup>th</sup> March 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Training for Musicians working health settings<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">A pilot European Training Programme for musicians wishing to work in healthcare has been established by the Royal Northern College of Music and other European partners. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The programme will aim to identify the skills and competencies required of musicians in healthcare settings with five-day workshops held in each partner country. Four places available for <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> musicians. The deadline for submissions is January 20th. For further details, e: <a href="outbind://19-00000000DF53C75832ED804BAD1718C1A7910A3F0700E09D57781C20D2419F00AC1A5855613A00000180A23A0000E09D57781C20D2419F00AC1A5855613A0000076CD0E40000/Jill.Barlow@rncm.ac.uk" title="outbind://19-00000000DF53C75832ED804BAD1718C1A7910A3F0700E09D5 ">Jill.Barlow@rncm.ac.uk</a> t: 0161 907 5414</span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: red; font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: red; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 153, 102); font-weight: normal;">CHILDREN'S ARTS - CHILDREN'S LIVES Priorities for action in the West Midlands Action for Children's Arts in partnership with Newhampton Arts Centre<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">An opportunity to explore the issues raised in ACA’s Manifesto for Children’s Arts from a regional and local perspective</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Newhampton Arts Centre, <st1:place st="on">Wolverhampton</st1:place>, 11 February 2009 10.30am<span style=""> </span>- 1.30pm</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">The second in a series of ACA events to be held around the country during 2009 giving everyone concerned with children’s arts – artists, producers, teachers, local authorities, children’s charities – the chance to meet each other, share ideas and contribute to a national campaign to promote the importance of the arts in children’s lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">The morning session will conclude with networking and informal discussion over lunch – a delicious ‘hot multi mixed buffet’ supplied by Estrobells, Newhampton Arts Centre’s multicultural café. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">ACA members £10, Non-members £20 (includes lunch) </span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Click <a href="http://www.childrensarts.org.uk/images/PDFs/bookingform.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://www.childrensarts.org.uk/images/PDFs/bookingform.pdf">here </a>for a booking form.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Programme and Manifesto at <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.childrensarts.org.uk/" target="_blank" title="http://www.childrensarts.org.uk/">www.childrensarts.org.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Founded by Vicky Ireland MBE in 1988 and chaired by David Wood OBE, Action for Children’s Arts is a national membership organisation embracing all professionals working in the field of children’s arts. ACA’s Manifesto for Children’s Arts was launched at a national conference held at the Unicorn Theatre on 21 July 2008</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 153, 102);">The Producers’ Forum <st1:place st="on">West Midlands</st1:place> secures Skillset Funding to Train Emerging Film Producers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">The Producers’ Forum, a West Midlands based training and networking organisation for film producers, is delighted to announce that it has secured funding from national body Skillset, as part of A Bigger Future, to run a programme of training for film industry professionals with the desire to increase their abilities as producers. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">The Producers’ Forum will be delivering the series of training sessions throughout 2009 aimed specifically at Emerging Producers. This is an exciting development in helping to create a vibrant and sustainable film industry in the <st1:place st="on">West Midlands</st1:place>. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Emerging Producer Training Programme aims to bridge the skills gap that exists between producers who have experience of short film production and those that are actively involved in feature film and long form drama production. Through a series of industry workshops hosted by active film producers, financiers, lawyers and distribution experts, participants will be given a detailed insight into the role of a feature film producer during the development, production and post-production of a feature film. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">Lead trainer, Rebecca Knapp who also delivers training for the New Producers Alliance as well as working in the film industry, said; “It is brilliant news that the Producers’ Forum is in a position to deliver this training in the heart of the country. So much training is delivered in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">London</st1:place></st1:city> it is fantastic when opportunities are made available in the regions. I have worked with the Producers’ Forum before and I am delighted to be working with them again on this programme.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">The training sessions will be delivered on a bi-monthly basis starting on Tuesday 27 January 2009. They will take place in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Birmingham</st1:place></st1:city> but are open to anyone from across the country that has some production experience but is keen to develop their career as a producer. For further information please take a look at the Producers’ Forum website: <a href="http://www.producersforum.org.uk/">www.producersforum.org.uk</a> or contact Laura Breakwell on 0121 265 7145 or info@producersforum.org.uk.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoHeading9"><span style="">Creative Urge Workshop Drumming & Singing<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Exploring and composing new rhythms and structures using traditional instruments. Drums, Voices and Poetry</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Sessions are held at the Park Lane Centre</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Park Lane</span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, Woodside, Telford, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Shropshire</st1:city>, <st1:postalcode st="on">TF7 5QZ</st1:postalcode></st1:place>, Saturdays from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. All levels of experience welcome, drums are limited, bring your own drums if you can.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Donation? Be generous! For more information please act now</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Call; Olugbala Kokumo: 07866498335,</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">PLC, Tel; 01952 683700</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/olugbalakokumo" target="_blank" title="http://www.myspace.com/olugbalakokumo">www.myspace.com/olugbalakokumo</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoHeading9"><span style="">Cheerleading training<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Would you like to run a Cheerleading Squad or help out at Cheerleading sessions but not sure how to start? Then come and take part in Cheerleading level one and level two coaching awards.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="border: medium none ; width: 517.45pt; margin-left: -8.8pt; border-collapse: collapse;" width="690" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr style=""> <td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9cm;" valign="top" width="340"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">LEVEL ONE TRAINING (Assistant)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">For over 15 year olds<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Where: The Lantern Centre, <st1:address st="on"><st1:street st="on">Meadow Farm Drive</st1:street>, <st1:city st="on">Sundorne</st1:city>, <st1:postalcode st="on">SY1 4NG</st1:postalcode></st1:address><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">When:<span style=""> </span>Saturday 31 January 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Time: 9.30am –4.00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">How Much: Free Buffet Lunch provided<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 262.3pt;" valign="top" width="350"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">*LEVEL TWO TRAINING GB (COACH)*<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">For over 18 year olds<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Where: The Dance Studio, <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Sundorne</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>, <st1:address st="on"><st1:street st="on">Corndon Crescent</st1:street>, <st1:city st="on">Sundorne</st1:city>, <st1:postalcode st="on">SY1 4LL</st1:postalcode></st1:address> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">When: Saturday 7 February 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Time: 9.30am – 4.00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">How much: Free Buffet Lunch provided<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The six hour course is a mixture of practical and theory skills: Arm motions, Jump technique, Cheers, Chants, Choreography, Lesson Planning, Health and Safety.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Through the Doorway to Healthy Living and SABC are working with The UK Cheerleading Association, the national governing body, to set up cheerleading classes in and around North Shrewsbury and we’re looking for people of all ages to take an active part by becoming coaches and supporting the clubs.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">For further information, please either contact Dorothy Jones on <span style="color: black;">01743 281531 </span>or email: <a href="mailto:dorothy.jones@shrewsbury.gov.uk">dorothy.jones@shrewsbury.gov.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoHeading9"><span style="">Power Drawing Professional development programme<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">January 2009 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> Why not get the New Year off to a great start by signing up for a Power Drawing professional development course? Details of spring term courses are listed below. If you would like to arrange a Power Drawing course for your local authority, school or other group, please email <a href="mailto:Kirsten@campaignfordrawing.org" title="mailto:Kirsten@campaignfordrawing.org"><b>Kirsten@campaignfordrawing.org</b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Upcoming Courses<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Drawing Across the Curriculum<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">One-day professional development course <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">For Primary teachers & teaching assistants KS 1 & 2<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Wednesday 11<sup>th</sup> February 09.45 – 16.30<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">At the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Harley</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Gallery</st1:placename></st1:place>, Welbeck, Nr. Worksop, Nottinghamshire<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/education/ProfessionalDevelopment.aspx" title="http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/education/ProfessionalDevelopment.aspx"><b>Further information</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Get Drawing<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">NSEAD and Power Drawing<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Primary Art & Design Drawing Weekend<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Friday 27 February 19.00 – 21.00 and Saturday 28 February 09.00 – 16.00<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">At <st1:placename st="on">Birmingham</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">City</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype st="on">University</st1:placetype>, City North Campus, Perry Barr, <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Birmingham</st1:place></st1:city><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><i style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Friday evening will introduce drawing across the curriculum and The Big Draw as a way of celebrating achievement and promoting experimentation in schools<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><i style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;">On Saturday, delegates will take part in two workshops to develop their own drawing skills and to support drawing in the classroom<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><i style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;">For teachers who draw at all levels – from the terrified to the experienced!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/education/ProfessionalDevelopment.aspx" title="http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/education/ProfessionalDevelopment.aspx"><b>Further information</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Drawing Across the Curriculum - Primary<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Work-based professional development course <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">For Primary teachers, PGCE students and cultural educators (KS 1 & 2)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Tuesday 3 March 10.00 – 16.00<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Follow-up twilight sessions:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Thursday 18 June and Thursday 24 Sept 16.30 – 19.30<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">At mima, Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/education/ProfessionalDevelopment.aspx" title="http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/education/ProfessionalDevelopment.aspx"><b>Further information</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Drawing Across the Curriculum - Secondary<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Work-based professional development course <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">For Secondary teachers, PGCE students and cultural educators (KS 3 & 4)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Wednesday 4 March 10.00 – 16.00<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Follow up twilight sessions: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Thursday 18 June and Thursday 24 September 16.30 – 19.30<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">At mima, Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/education/ProfessionalDevelopment.aspx" title="http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/education/ProfessionalDevelopment.aspx"><b>Further information</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Big Draw – Learning, engagement and enjoyment in a variety of settings<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">For teachers, arts professionals, freelancers, youth & community group leaders and others – from schools, museums, galleries, heritage sites, adult education, libraries, children’s centres, community centres & more <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Thursday 19 March 10.00 – 16.30<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Rufford Craft Centre, Worksop, Nottinghamshire<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><i style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Make your 2009 Big Draw a prize winner by signing up for this ideas-packed day !<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/education/ProfessionalDevelopment.aspx" title="http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/education/ProfessionalDevelopment.aspx"><b>Further information</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">What people say about Power Drawing<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"> </span><i style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">I plan to introduce more drawing opportunities into the art curriculum in my school.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"> </span><i style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">I now have quite a few ideas to make art more exciting in my school.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"> </span><i style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">Eileen was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic - great presentation skills.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"> </span><i style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">I will use the day to inspire teachers to create more cross-curricular links for our new creative curriculum. </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"> </span><i style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">I will be feeding back what I learned to the rest of the staff - and increasing the amount of drawing that happens in school.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"> </span><i style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">It was an excellent day - stimulating and exciting</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">More about Power Drawing <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/education/index.aspx" title="http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/education/index.aspx"><b>Power Drawing</b></a> is </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">the professional development programme of the Campaign for Drawing. Power Drawing works with schools, higher education, museums, galleries, heritage sites and community organisations to develop drawing as a medium for learning in educators’ practice. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Power Drawing courses support teachers of all key stages, PGCE students, cultural educators, artists and others who use drawing to promote learning, engagement and enjoyment. Big Draw courses will help you to plan your best Big Draw event or workshop ever – whether you are new to the Big Draw or have previous experience. Drawing Across the Curriculum promotes the development of drawing within schools. Members of the Power Drawing team </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">also give presentations and lead breakout workshops at conferences.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">How to arrange a course for your local authority, school or other group<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">Power Drawing courses are organised in two ways:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">At the requests of LEAs, schools or PGCE courses – please contact Kirsten Gibbs <a href="mailto:Kirsten@campaignfordrawing.org" title="mailto:Kirsten@campaignfordrawing.org"><b>Kirsten@campaignfordrawing.org</b></a> to discuss your needs or reserve dates;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">Courses open to a wider audience, which are advertised on our web page: <a href="http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/education/ProfessionalDevelopment.aspx" title="http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/education/ProfessionalDevelopment.aspx"><b>http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/education/ProfessionalDevelopment.aspx</b></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We are particularly keen to develop our courses within local authorities, museums and galleries, and welcome enquiries about this. If your organisation would like to host a course, please contact Kirsten Gibbs. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">For more information on The Campaign for Drawing, please visit <a href="http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/" title="http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/"><b>www.campaignfordrawing.org</b></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 153, 102);">USEFUL INFO</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> -</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoHeading9">Audience segmentation seminars</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN">Audiences Central are delivering a programme of half-day seminars on the new Arts Council England Segmentation Model over February and March 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The content of the seminars will include:<br />• An introduction to the Taking Part research study promoted by the Arts Council<br />• A comparison of Taking Part and TGI<br />• An introduction to the new segmentation model introduced by Arts Council<br />• A discussion around the uses, implications and future plans for Taking Part and the segmentation model<br /><br />The content will be developed in conjunction with Arts Council and Audiences Yorkshire who are planning similar events/workshops. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The activity will benefit all arts and cultural organisations who want to use the Taking Part data set and/or the new segmentation model.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Roadshows will be held across the <st1:place st="on">West Midlands</st1:place>:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style=""> </span>18 Feb - <st1:city st="on">Birmingham</st1:city> and <st1:place st="on">Black Country</st1:place> - Audiences Central <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style=""> </span>25 Feb - Warwickshire and <st1:city st="on">Coventry</st1:city> – <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Herbert</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Gallery</st1:placename></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style=""> </span>4 Mar - Worcestershire and Herefordshire – Malvern Theatre <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style=""> </span>11 Mar - Shropshire – Theatre <st1:place st="on">Severn</st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style=""> </span>18 Mar - Stoke and Staffordshire – <st1:place st="on">Stafford</st1:place> Gatehouse <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Each roadshow will be held in the afternoon.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">For more information please contact Vishalakshi Roy: <a href="mailto:vishalakshi.roy@audiencescentral.co.uk"><b><span style="" lang="EN">vishalakshi.roy@audiencescentral.co.uk</span></b></a> Tel: 0121 685 2604 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoHeading9">The Project Group’s new website</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Project Group's website has undergone a massive makeover thanks to a grant provided by Shropshire Access Partnership. We previously had a very basic and out-dated website which was developed some time ago by a group member, and which didn't fully reflect the current range and high quality of the Project Group's work.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The homepage of the new site www.theprojectgroup.co.uk features 'The Song of One Voice', written by a group member and performed by a small group of members, and from this page it is possible to navigate easily around information about The Project Group, the fantastic studio facilities, past and current commissions ,the workshop programme and the retail range.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The grant has also enabled us to employ a member on a part time basis to administer and up-date the website. We will keep you informed on major changes/up-dates we are making to the site. Your comments and feedback are very welcome.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoHeading9"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Designer Maker Forum website<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">See the link below for call for artists and training and exhibition opportunities. A great website for designer makers, definitely one to keep checking! </span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">http://www.designermakerwm.co.uk/</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: green;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoHeading9"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">FUNDING<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 153, 102);">Funding for Adult Learner’s Week activities in <st1:place st="on">Southern Shropshire</st1:place> (Bridgnorth & South Shropshire Districts)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Adult Learners' Week 2009 will soon be upon us, so we are looking for partners to help deliver an exciting and varied programme across <st1:place st="on">Southern Shropshire</st1:place> this May. Adult Learners' Week (ALW) runs from 9th - 15th May and we have some funds available to support activities across the whole of Southern Shropshire through the new Economy and Learning delivery group of the Southern Shropshire Partnership. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The national themes for this years ALW are:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Prosperity, employment and work</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Demography and social structure</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Well-being and happiness</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Migration and communities</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Technological change</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Poverty reduction</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Citizenship and belonging</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Crime and social exclusion</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Sustainable development</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The roles of public, private and voluntary sector</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Also, the regional Adult Learners' Awards ceremony will take place at RAF Cosford on 11th May, which brings added interest into our area. The closing date for submissions for these awards is the 21st January, so please put forward any of your learners that you think deserve some recognition as soon as possible </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.niace.org.uk/alw/nominations/default.htm" title="http://www.niace.org.uk/alw/nominations/default.htm"><span style="">http://www.niace.org.uk/alw/nominations/default.htm</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Locally, as well as the usual range of activities, we are also keen for ideas to come forward that will help us to engage with those on long term benefits and out of work. Additional priority will be given to those types of activity.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />A</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">ttached is the booking form for you to submit your proposals. Please ensure you get this form back to Ben Walker on email: ben.walker@shropshire.gov.uk by the 27th February at the latest if you would like to be considered for funding.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Please do not hesitate to contact either Ben Walker </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01746 713246 </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">or Lisa Bedford (</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:lisa.bedford@southshropshire.gov.uk" title="mailto:lisa.bedford@southshropshire.gov.uk"><span style="">lisa.bedford@southshropshire.gov.uk</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> - (01584 813181) if you would like to discuss this initiative. Further national information is available at </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.niace.org.uk/alw/2008/" title="http://www.niace.org.uk/alw/2008/"><span style="">http://www.niace.org.uk/alw/2008/</span></a><br /> <strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: green;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoHeading9">Shropshire and <st1:place st="on">Telford</st1:place> Destination Management Partnership Networking and Training Fund</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style=""> </span>The aim of this fund is to increase the capacity of Shropshire and <st1:place st="on">Telford</st1:place>’s tourism associations and networks that support tourism.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Grants of up to £500 are available for specific activities and projects, although larger grants may be awarded in some circumstances. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">What does it fund?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The types of activities supported by the fund might include:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Special events (e.g. network days and celebration events)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Familiarisation visits (e.g. visits to groups / attractions in other areas)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Training (e.g. website training)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Other mutual support activities (e.g. presence at regional / national events)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">An example of an event would be a ‘Wake Up your Website’ session for tourism businesses wishing to improve their websites. Another would be a familiarisation visit for accommodation businesses to places associated with the major 2009 anniversaries such as Darwin, William Penny-Brookes in Much Wenlock, Housman and Coalbrookdale.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Who can apply?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">All formally constituted groups with bank accounts, such as tourism associations and attraction / accommodation networks, are eligible to apply for funding. Groups that do not fall clearly within the above category should discuss their eligibility with the fund’s administrators, before applying for funding.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Applications from individuals or single organisations are not invited unless the applicant can demonstrate that they are acting on behalf of a group.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Eligible expenditure<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">All expenditure must be incurred before 31<sup>st</sup> March 2009, however it can relate to activity occuring after this date.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Eligible costs for grant funding include venue and equipment hire, refreshments, speaker costs and expenses, production of promotional materials, hire of transport. This list is not exclusive.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Funding is not available for routine events such as AGM’s and committee meetings but could be used for ‘bolt-on’ activities such as a training event occuring on the same day.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The grant can only cover actual costs that the applicant has incurred. Service charges and other notional expenditure are not eligible.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Full details of eligible expenditure will be provided in the grant funding agreement.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Outputs and outcomes<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">It is expected that activity funded by the scheme will have outputs that can be recorded.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Examples as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Businesses attending networking event<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Businesses represented on familiarisation visit<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Individuals attending training session<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">How can I apply?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">If you believe that your project is eligible for funding, please discuss your project with Tim King (email: <a href="mailto:tim.king@southshropshire.gov.uk">tim.king@southshropshire.gov.uk</a>), who is co-ordinating Destination Management Partnership networking activities, before submitting an application.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">He will advise you on whether your project fits the overall aim of the fund and recommend whether you should proceed with an application.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Please discuss any technical queries with Gary Spence (<a href="mailto:gary.spence@shropshire.gov.uk">gary.spence@shropshire.gov.uk</a>) telephone 01743 252271 before submitting the application form.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Completed application forms should be posted to Gary Spence in the Regeneration Team at Shropshire County Council.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Decisions on applications will be made within a short period, usually five working days.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoHeading9"><span style="" lang="EN-US">The Batty Charitable Trust<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">The Batty Charitable Trust makes one-off grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 to smaller charities throughout the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>, especially those working at grass roots and local level. The Trustees have wide interests, with the main stipulation being that grants should make a significant difference to your ability to do the work you have in mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">Applicants need to underline why the grant will make a significant difference to their work. A project budget should be supplied, and you need to send a signed copy of your latest accounts. There are no application deadlines, but you need to allow up to four months for a decision to be made. You should apply six months before you need the money. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">For further guidance and information on how to apply, visit <a href="www.battycharitabletrust.org.uk">www.battycharitabletrust.org.uk</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoHeading9"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Innovation for the Public (4iP) fund<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">Channel 4 has formed the 4 Innovation for the Public (4iP) fund to stimulate public service digital media (beyond television) across the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>. In plain English, that means supporting great ideas for websites, games and mobile services which help people improve their lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">For more information about the submission guidelines, go to the 4iP website at <a href="www.4ip.org.uk">www.4ip.org.uk</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoHeading9"><span style="" lang="EN-US">PRS Foundation 2009 deadlines<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">The PRS Foundation funds the creation and performance of new music. The Foundation has announced the 2009 deadlines for its funding programmes:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">· Awards to Organisations - 6 February 2009 · Awards to Festivals - 6 February and 12 August 2009 · Awards to Performance Groups - 6 February and 12 August 2009 · PRSF/Bliss Trust Composer Bursaries - 27 March and 28 August 2009 · Awards for New Works - 9 April and 9 October 2009 · Awards to Promoters - 9 April 2009 · Live Connections - 9 October 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">More information on the programmes is available from the PRS Foundation website at <a href="www.prsfoundation.co.uk">www.prsfoundation.co.uk</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoHeading9"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Awards For Young Musicians<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">deadline - 30 March 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">Each year the Awards For Young Musicians make awards of between £200 and £2,000, based on evidence of musical talent and financial need. The awards can help with: the purchase or hire of musical instruments and accessories; music lessons; weekend music schools; music courses; orchestra fees; travel. Applicants are required to: have achieved distinction in their last music exam, or, if they haven’t taken exams, show evidence of this level of ability; be recommended by their music teacher; have their families show evidence of financial need.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">An adjudication process takes place every spring and awards are made in June. For further information and to download guidelines and an application form visit <a href="www.a-y-m.org.uk/awards.html">www.a-y-m.org.uk/awards.html</a> or phone 0117 904 9906.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoHeading9"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Foundation for Sport and the Arts<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">deadline - 31 March 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">The Foundation for Sport and the Arts has announced the trust will close at the end of March 2012. The deadline for final applications will be the end of March 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">For application guidelines and to complete the online questionnaire visit the Foundation for Sport and the Arts website at <a href="www.thefsa.net">www.thefsa.net</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: green;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoHeading9"><span style="">Volunteer Fund to link the generations<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">A new Intergenerational Volunteering Fund, to recruit 20,000 volunteers across <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Britain</st1:place></st1:country-region> who will link together the generations, has one and a half million pounds available in 2009/10 and 2010/11. Announced by the government towards the end of December, details of how the fund will operate are due in early 2009. For more information, see the Cabinet Office news release at: <a href="http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/newsroom/news_releases/2008/081227_fund.aspx" target="_blank" title="http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/newsroom/news_releases/2008/081227_fund.aspx">www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/newsroom/news_releases/2008/081227_fund.aspx</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Source: VolResource<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoHeading9"><span style="">European Youth Foundation Grants <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Deadline: 1 April 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">The European Youth Foundation is an independent, international, non-governmental organisation dedicated to the positive development of children and young people throughout the world. To support its objectives, the Foundation makes grants to international not-for-profit youth organisations and networks.<br />The types of activities supported include international youth meeting, the development of projects that benefits young people and help towards the administrative costs of eligible organisations and networks. In addition the Foundation also funds a range of pilot projects.<br />For more information, visit <a href="http://tinyurl.com/7arjop" target="_blank" title="http://tinyurl.com/7arjop">http://tinyurl.com/7arjop</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <b><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 153, 102);">Take the Initiative Finance for Films</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Deadline: 1 February 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">About Films has £100,000 on offer to independent producers seeking finance for their feature film or documentary. About Films is looking for films and documentaries that fresh, original and dynamic; have a twist that make the audience think; have a unique selling point; have Scripts that have been fully developed.<br />Producers must have produced two short film projects or documentaries in the past five years and have and exciting fully developed script that is just waiting to be financed.<br />For more information, go to: <a href="http://www.aboutfilms.com/initiative.html" target="_blank" title="http://www.aboutfilms.com/initiative.html">www.aboutfilms.com/initiative.html</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoHeading9"><span style="">Prince’s Foundation Children & The Arts partner applications now open<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Deadline: 23 January 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts is inviting arts organisations across the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> to apply to become arts partners for its flagship program 'Start'. Through 'Start', Children & the Arts provide funding and practical support to enable arts organisations across the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> to form partnerships with primary and secondary schools in their local area. 'Start' allows children who have little or no experience of the <st1:country-region st="on">UK</st1:country-region>’s rich culture - children who may never have been to a play, heard a live piece of classical music or even visited their local art gallery - to experience the very best of the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s glorious arts heritage.<br />Children & the Arts is seeking to work with up to ten new partners for the 2009/10 academic year to deliver projects that: are high quality; target children who are unlikely to have visited venues before; are accessible for the audience targeted; offer opportunities to create learning and skills development; can be sustained over a period of time; and build upon an organisation's current education programme.<br />For more information, visit </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.childrenandarts.org.uk/about-us/news/start-arts-partner-applications-200910-are-now-open" target="_blank" title="http://www.childrenandarts.org.uk/about-us/news/start-arts-partner-applications-200910-are-now-open"><span style="">www.childrenandarts.org.uk/about-us/news/start-arts-partner-applications-200910-are-now-open</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 153, 102);">Nationwide Foundation Small Grants Programme (<st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Nationwide Foundation which works towards a just and caring society by enabling people to take part in building better futures in their communities is currently accepting applications for funding under its Small Grants Programme. Under the programme grants of up to £5,000 are available to registered charities with a yearly income of less than £500,000. The Small Grants Programme is part of Nationwide Foundation's Supporting Families programme and has the following aims: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">To promote the well-being of young men, women and children whose lives have been affected by domestic violence and to reduce the prevalence of domestic violence through increased service provision, education and awareness raising. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">To improve the quality of life of families with a member or members in prison, through the provision of services responsive to their needs. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">To provide young people who are or have been involved with the criminal justice system with a rehabilitation programme designed to obtain the skills, confidence and personal support networks to enable them to lead fulfilled and successful lives. There is no application closing date for the Small Grants Programme. <span style="color: black;">For more information, go to: </span><a href="http://www.nationwidefoundation.org.uk/default.asp" title="http://www.nationwidefoundation.org.uk/default.asp">http://www.nationwidefoundation.org.uk/default.asp</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 153, 102);">Trusthouse Charitable Foundation (<st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation has announced that funding is available to local and national charities or not-for-profit organisations that address rural and urban deprivation. Under Rural Issues grants are available for projects that could include for example providing transport for the elderly, disabled or disadvantaged; contact networks for young disabled people; projects which encourage a sense of community such as community centres and village halls; employment training schemes especially those promoting local, traditional crafts; projects addressing issues such as drug/alcohol misuse or homelessness. Under the Urban Deprivation grants are available for projects that could include for example youth clubs; training schemes to help people out of unemployment; drop in centres for the homeless. In addition, from July 2009, the Foundation will start a three year themed grant which will fund projects addressing mental health issues for prisoners and ex-offenders. The Grants Committee meets quarterly to consider applications at the beginning of February, May, July and November. The deadlines for submitting applications is generally 2 months before the date of a meeting. <span style="color: black;">For more information, go to: </span><a href="http://www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk/" title="http://www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk/">http://www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 153, 102);">Music Grants for Older People (<st1:country-region st="on">England</st1:country-region> & <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Wales</st1:place></st1:country-region>)</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 153, 102);"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The registered charity, Concertina makes grants to charitable bodies which provide musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly. The charity is particular keen to support smaller organisations which might otherwise find it difficult to gain funding. Since its inception in 2004, it has made grants to a wide range of charitable organisations nationwide in <st1:country-region st="on">England</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Wales</st1:place></st1:country-region>. These include funds to many care homes for the elderly to provide musical entertainment for their residents. The next application deadline is the 30th January 2009. <span style="color: black;">For more information, go to: </span><a href="http://www.concertinamusic.org.uk/" title="http://www.concertinamusic.org.uk/">http://www.concertinamusic.org.uk/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 153, 102);">Partnership Fund (<st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">England</st1:place></st1:country-region>) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The next deadline for schools wishing to apply for the Partnership Fund is the 28th February 2009. The Partnership Fund is designed to help schools which can demonstrate that, in spite of their determined efforts over time, they have not be been able to raise the sponsorship necessary to apply for specialist school status. To be eligible for Partnership Fund support, schools will need to demonstrate that they have: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Made concerted efforts to raise external sponsorship for at least a year <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Established links with local business and community groups relevant to the specialist project, even if these have not resulted in offers of eligible cash sponsorship <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Undertaken substantial fundraising activities in-house <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Made substantial efforts to raise awareness about its specialist plans.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">For more information, go to: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.specialistschools.org.uk/schools/biddingsupport/thepartnershipfund.aspa" title="http://www.specialistschools.org.uk/schools/biddingsupport/thepartnershipfund.aspa">http://www.specialistschools.org.uk/schools/biddingsupport/thepartnershipfund.aspa</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 153, 102);">New Deadlines for </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 153, 102);">First Light Movies (<st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">First Light Movies provides grants to projects that enable young people to participate in all aspects of film productions. Since launching in 2001, First Light Movies have enabled over 12,000 young filmmakers to write, act, shoot, light, direct and produce over 800 films. The funding is available to organisations such as schools, youth services, community and voluntary groups that work with young people aged between 5 and 18. Every year approximately £700,000 of grants are available through three funding streams:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Pilot Awards provides grants of up to £5,000 for the production of a 5 minute film. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Studio Awards provides grants of up to £30, 000 for between two and four films of up to 10 minutes. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">What’s the Big Idea Awards provides grants of £3,000 to develop ideas and stories for films. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The deadline for applications is the 31st March 2009 for the What's The Big Idea? Award and the Pilot Awards. The Studio Award is currently closed but the next deadline will be announced in early 2009. <span style="color: black;">For more information, go to: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.firstlightmovies.com/funding/" title="http://www.firstlightmovies.com/funding/">http://www.firstlightmovies.com/funding/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 153, 102);">Volant Charitable Trust (<st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>)</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 153, 102);"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Registered charities whose purpose is to alleviate poverty and social deprivation with particular emphasis on children’s and women’s issues have the opportunity to apply for funding through the Volant Charitable Trust. The Trust which was set up by the author J K Rowling also supports research into the causes, treatment and possible cures of Multiple Sclerosis. However this funding stream is currently fully comitted and is not considering further applications for funding in this area at the present time. In addition the Trustees will as and when appropriate, support disaster appeals. The Trust will support both captital and revenue funding. Applications for funding requests of £10,000 or less, for those projects based in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Scotland</st1:place></st1:country-region> only, are dealt with by the Trust’s appointed agents, the Scottish Community Foundation. The closing date for applications is the 27th February 2009. <span style="color: black;">For more information, go to: </span><a href="http://www.volanttrust.com/index.html" title="http://www.volanttrust.com/index.html">http://www.volanttrust.com/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 153, 102);">Bridging the Gap (<st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Coalfields Regeneration Trust (CRT), which is an independent grant-making organisation that was established in 1999 to improve the quality of life in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Britain</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s coalfield communities has announced that it is seeking applications under its Bridging the Gap programme. Under this programme grants of between £500 and £10,000 are available to community and voluntary groups within the coalfield communities to improve the quality of people lives. The CRT will support projects that fit into one or more of the following funding themes: Access to employment; Education and skills; Health and wellbeing; and Access to opportunities. CRT offers quick access to funds and aims to make a decision within 12 weeks of receiving an application. The funding programme is due to run for three years from April 2008 to March 2011. Since being founded, the CRT has awarded £150 million through its grant-making programmes. In addition to the Bridging the Gap programme, the CRT can award grants of up to £300,000 through its main grants programme to bigger voluntary, community and statutory organisations. Applications can be submitted at any time. <span style="color: black;">For more information, go to: </span><a href="http://www.coalfields-regen.org.uk/" title="http://www.coalfields-regen.org.uk/">http://www.coalfields-regen.org.uk/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 153, 102);">Commonwealth Connections Opens for Applications (<st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>)</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 153, 102);"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Commonwealth Foundation, which is an intergovernmental organisation supporting the work of charities and other civil society organisations, has announced that its international arts residency programme “Commonwealth Connections” is now open for entry. At the end of June 2009, six recipients will be given a grant of up to £8,000 to travel and study in another Commonwealth country. The residencies are open to all visual artists who are citizens of a Commonwealth country. Formerly the Commonwealth Arts and Crafts Awards, the Commonwealth Foundation's residency programme for visual arts is changing to bring the benefits of its successful model to an increasing number of practitioners. Performance art and photography are included as eligible categories for the first time; there is no longer an age limit; and this year sees the first step in the evolution of the awards into a rolling, annual scheme of residencies for which artists can apply at any time. In addition, the scheme will expand and extend to disciplines outside the visual arts. Applications are judged online by an international panel of artists, including former winners, and experts in the different art forms and regions of the Commonwealth. The deadline for applications is 1 March 2009. <span style="color: black;">For more information, go to: </span><a href="http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/news/news/detail.cfm?id=472" title="http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/news/news/detail.cfm?id=472">http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/news/news/detail.cfm?id=472</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 153, 102);">Funding for Individual and Small Groups to Improve their Local Communities (<st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Groups of individuals as well as small community and voluntary groups within the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> that want to improve their communities can apply for funding through the Wakeham Trust. The Trust are particularly interested in supporting neighbourhood projects, community arts projects, projects involving community service by young people, or projects set up by those who are socially excluded. The Trust also supports innovative projects to promote excellence in teaching (at any level, from primary schools to universities), though we never support individuals. The Trust normally gives grants to projects where an initial £75 to £750 can make a real difference to getting the project up and running. To be eligible, applicants need to be registered charities or have access to a registered charity that will be willing to accept funds on their behalf. Applications can be made at any time. <span style="color: black;">For more information, go to: </span><a href="http://www.wakehamtrust.org/" title="http://www.wakehamtrust.org/">http://www.wakehamtrust.org/</a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: green;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: green;">EVENTS</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> -</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: green;">Events in <st1:place st="on">South Shropshire</st1:place> 16<sup>th</sup> Jan – 16<sup>th</sup> Feb 09<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td colspan="2" style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 36.5pt; height: 12.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="49"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Date</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 36pt; height: 12.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="48"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Time</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Event</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 90pt; height: 12.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="120"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Venue</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 54pt; height: 12.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="72"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Telephone</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">T</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Web</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">16-Jan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:personname st="on"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Sheilagh Jevons</span></st1:personname><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Landscape Exhibition</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Ludlow</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> Assembly Rooms</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01584 878141 </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk/">www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk</a> </span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">16-Jan-01-Mar</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Seascape - marine studies photography</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Ludlow</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> Assembly Rooms</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01584 878141</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk/">www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk</a> </span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">17-Jan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">18.00</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Hansel & Gretel</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">SpArC Centre, Bishop's Castle</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01588 630321</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">T</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.ottc.org.uk/">www.ottc.org.uk</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19-24-Jan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.30</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">LADS presents Cinderella - The Pantomime</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Ludlow</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> Assembly Rooms</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01584 878141</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk/">www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">21-22-Jan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.30</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Playhouse Creatures de Angelis</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01952 728509</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">T</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.edgeartscentre.co.uk/">www.edgeartscentre.co.uk</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">23-Jan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.30</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tea Hodzic Trio -Songs from Balkans Concert</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Chelmarsh Village Hall, Bridgnorth</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01746 862104</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">T</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.artsalive.co.uk/">www.artsalive.co.uk</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">24-Jan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">14.30</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tea Hodzic Trio -Songs from Balkans Workshop</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Chelmarsh Village Hall, Bridgnorth</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01746 862104</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">T</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.artsalive.co.uk/">www.artsalive.co.uk</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">23-24-Jan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.30</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">LADS presents Cinderella - The Pantomime</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Ludlow</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> Assembly Rooms</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01584 878141</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">T</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk/">www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">24-Jan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.30</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Fordante - classical music experience</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Parish Hall, Cleobury Mortimer</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01746 763257</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">T</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.fordante.com/">www.fordante.com</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">24-Jan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.30</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Songs by Schubert and others</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:placename st="on"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Moor</span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> <st1:placetype st="on">Park</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype st="on">School</st1:placetype>, near <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Ludlow</st1:place></st1:city></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01584 876141</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">T</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.ludlowmusicsociety.org.uk/">www.ludlowmusicsociety.org.uk</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">24-Jan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.30</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Songs & Music from Balkans and Beyond</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Kimbolton Village Hall, near <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Ludlow</st1:place></st1:city></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01568 610772</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.fiddle.org.uk/">www.fiddle.org.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.artsalive.co.uk/">www.artsalive.co.uk</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">25-Jan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.30</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Songs & Music from Balkans and Beyond</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Burton Hotel, Kington</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01544 231732</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.fiddle.org.uk/">www.fiddle.org.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.artsalive.co.uk/">www.artsalive.co.uk</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">27-Jan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">20.00</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid none none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Cinnamon Acoustic Music Night</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Cinnamon Coffee House, Bridgnorth</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01746 765268</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">T</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/whalebone7">www.myspace.com/whalebone7</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">28-Jan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.15</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Live Music-Dom Hall, Luke Day, Talk, The Knights</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">The Hive Music & Media Centre, <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Shrewsbury</st1:place></st1:city></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01743 234970</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">T</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.hiveonline.org.uk/">www.hiveonline.org.uk</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">30-Jan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.30</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Soweto</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Kinch - jazz & rap concert</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Ludlow</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Assembly Rooms</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01584 878141</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.soweto-kinch.com/">www.soweto-kinch.com</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">31-Jan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.30</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Musicals in motion</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Ludlow</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Assembly Rooms</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01584 878141</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.musicalsinmotion.com/">www.musicalsinmotion.com</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">31-Jan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.30</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Fordante - classical music experience</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Victoria Hall, Broseley</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01746 763257</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">T</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.fordante.com/">www.fordante.com</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">03-Feb</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">20.00</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Dervish - Irish folk music</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Ludlow</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> Assembly Rooms</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01584 878141</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.dervish.ie/">www.dervish.ie</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">07-Feb</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.30</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Fordante - classical music experience</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">The Red House, Albrighton</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01746 763257</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.fordante.com/">www.fordante.com</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">07-08-Feb</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">10.00 - 16.00</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Annual Mega Booksale</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Ludlow</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> Assembly Rooms</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01584 878141</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk/">www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">09-Feb</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Out and About arts workshops</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:place st="on"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Mayfair</span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> Community Centre, Church Stretton</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01694 722077</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">T</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"> </span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">12-Feb</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">20.00</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Phileas P. Souper Tour</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">SpArC Centre, Bishop's Castle</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01588 630321</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"> <a href="http://www.artsalive.co.uk/">www.artsalive.co.uk</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">12-13-Feb</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.30</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Ibsen's Hedda Gabler</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01952 728509</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">T</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 94.3pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -94.3pt;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.edgeartscentre.co.uk/">www.edgeartscentre.co.uk</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">13-Feb</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">21.00</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">SKANKt - alternative/ska/rock band</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Ludlow</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> Assembly Rooms</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01584 878141</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">T</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.skant.com/">www.skant.com</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">13-Feb</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.30</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Loon & Theatre Mimi - Phileas P Souper Tour</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Shifnal Village Hall</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01952 462787</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">T</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.artsalive.co.uk/">www.artsalive.co.uk</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">17-19-Feb</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Half-term sports & arts workshops for 5-11 year-olds</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Various village halls <st1:place st="on">South Shropshire</st1:place></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01584 813333</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;">www.southshropshire.gov.uk </span></u><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.6pt;"> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 35.05pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="47"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">17-19-Feb</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 37.45pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 117pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="156"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Half-term workshops for 4-12 year-olds</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 88.2pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Ludlow</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> Assembly Rooms</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 55.8pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="74"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01584 878141</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 18pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="24"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0cm; width: 144pt; height: 12.6pt;" valign="top" width="192"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;">www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk<o:p></o:p></span></u></p> </td> </tr> <!--[if !supportMisalignedColumns]--> <tr height="0"> <td style="border: medium none ;" width="45"></td> <td style="border: medium none ;" width="2"></td> <td style="border: medium none ;" width="46"></td> <td style="border: medium none ;" width="152"></td> <td style="border: medium none ;" width="113"></td> <td style="border: medium none ;" width="2"></td> <td style="border: medium none ;" width="71"></td> <td style="border: medium none ;" width="23"></td> <td style="border: medium none ;" width="206"></td> </tr> <!--[endif]--> </tbody></table> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">The Council receives most of its listings information from other sources, usually the organisers of the events. Therefore it cannot accept responsibility for any changes to times and venues or for any inaccurate information provided by the organisers. Where possible, the Council provides contact details of organisers. If you wish to attend an event, please check beforehand that the information provided is still correct.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:36pt;height:20.25pt'"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image003.jpg" title="tart final mono small"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><img src="file:///C:/Users/Martin/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtml1/01/clip_image004.jpg" shapes="_x0000_i1025" width="48" border="0" height="27" /><!--[endif]--></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span style=""> </span>Events listed with a <b>T</b> are part of the tART transport to Art scheme. Call 01694 720012 to book your lift to any of these events. If you live in Bridgnorth or South Shropshire District and are usually unable to attend arts events due to lack of transport then tART is here to help with a door to door service. The scheme is running to variety of events across the two districts and beyond, there's something for everyone, young and old! If there is an arts event that you would like to go to that isn't on this list then contact the event organisers and tell them to get registered on the scheme, or call the number above!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: green;">ECO</span><span style="color: green;"> </span></b><b style=""><span style="color: green;">CHIC AT <i style="">SpArC</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Becky Griffiths, Castle Community Leisure’s (CCL) new youth arts development worker for Bishop’s Castle’s SpArC centre is exhibiting her fresh and exciting recycled textile art at SpArC until Fri 30<sup>th</sup> Jan 09. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Becky graduated in Textile Design from <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Falmouth</st1:place></st1:city> in June 2008 and this exhibition is a fantastic opportunity for you to see her 4 years hard work. Becky describes “<span class="style31"><span style="">My passion and enthusiasm started as a child, collecting and rummaging through grandparent's vintage chests, uncovering antique dresses and jewellery. I have a real enthusiasm for recycling through donations and charity shop finds. I believe that something old and worn has a past life and holds memory, telling a story to the owner” <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="style31"><span style="">The collection is a contemporary mixture of mixed media textile art, using paper, clay, natural dyed fabrics, vintage clothing and jewellery.<span style=""> </span>It can be viewed during public opening times on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays from 10.30 am to 9pm, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 4pm to 9pm and at weekends from 10am to 12pm.<span style=""> </span>So make your way down to the SpArC centre in Bishops Castle to see Becky’s recycled textile art that will inspire you to make do and mend. For more information please call Becky on 01588 630321 or visit her website<b> </b></span></span><a href="http://www.rebeccagriffiths.co.uk/"><b>www.rebeccagriffiths.co.uk</b></a><span class="style31"><b><span style=""> </span></b></span><span class="style31"><span style="">to see further work</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText3"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: green; font-weight: normal;">Please forward this e-newsletter to interested parties. Apologies for any cross posting. </span></strong></p> <p class="MsoBodyText3"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: green;">Please note: this information has been forwarded to you because we think it may be of interest. Shropshire & Telford Arts Partnership (STAP) can accept no liability for any inaccuracies or omissions contained in this email. Forwarding the following creative sector opportunities and events does not represent any endorsement of projects or initiatives by STAP and readers should take their own steps where necessary to check the reliability of any organisations or projects featured. </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText3"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: green;">If you are interested in any of the opportunities or events we ask that you get in touch with the relevant named persons, using the contact details within the text. </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText3"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: green;">We make efforts to ensure that any information that is forwarded is appropriate, but cannot do selective mailings on different subjects or areas. </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText3"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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font-family: Arial; color: green;">If you have been sent this email as a forward from a colleague and would like to sign up to the STAP mailing list please go to <a href="blocked::http://www.shrop.net/stap">www.shrop.net/stap</a> to download a registration form and send this to <a href="blocked::mailto:arts.service@shropshire.gov.uk">arts.service@shropshire.gov.uk</a></span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-874977941659602642009-01-06T21:52:00.001+00:002009-01-06T21:58:01.364+00:00House of Cards: Call for Entries<!--[if !mso]> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <![endif]--><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Wingdings; 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The exhibition is meant to evoke the artist as card-maker with the gallery as a “hallmark” for creators to showcase cards of varying themes and media. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The exhibition comes just in time for Valentine’s Day, Mothering Sunday and Easter. Other popular themes for cards are birthday, special occasion, get-well, and “all occasion” greetings. So get creative and think outside the 2D envelope by including small items such as handcrafted jewellery, magnets, stickers, pins and charms with your cards. Design elements can be drawn, printed, painted, collaged, stamped, sewn or a mix of media.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="border-style: none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color rgb(125, 14, 241); border-width: medium medium 1.5pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><br /></span> <div class="Section2"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Key Dates<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">14-16 January: Drop off cards<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">31 January: Exhibition opens<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">29 March: Exhibition closes<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">4 April: Pick up unsold cards<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Submissions<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:Arial;">Participating artists can submit up to 30 cards, with 10 cards on display at a time. The displays will be replenished by Discovery Centre staff as the cards are sold.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:Arial;">Cards should be no larger than 20 cm x 20 cm. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:Arial;">Cellophane bags to display cards in will be available.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:Arial;">The exhibition is open to artists from <st1:place st="on">Shropshire</st1:place> and its neighbouring counties.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Sales<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">All cards will be for sale with a 20% commission paid to the Discovery Centre/Shropshire County Council. The commission must be included in the price you give for each card. After the exhibition, the Discovery Centre will prepare an invoice for your sales and submit it for payment by the County Council.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="75" preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"> </v:formulas> <v:path extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect"> <o:lock ext="edit" aspectratio="t"> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;" wrapcoords="7261 0 -182 926 -182 4011 7261 4937 8168 9874 1089 11726 545 13577 1634 14811 726 15120 363 20983 11254 21291 12524 21291 21600 20983 21600 12343 19785 11726 9076 9874 21418 9874 21600 7714 17788 4320 10528 309 9076 0 7261 0"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtml1\07\clip_image001.wmz" title="SHDC_logocolour"> <w:wrap type="tight" anchory="page"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><span style=";font-family:";" >Photography<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Permission to photograph any artwork for publicity reasons is considered granted unless otherwise stated in writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Shipping<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">If you are unable to drop off your cards in person, they can be shipped to:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Stacy Block<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Craven Arms<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">SY7 9RS</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Please ensure that your cards arrive at the Discovery Centre by 16 January. If you would like your unsold cards to be shipped back to you, include your request with the cards and a member of staff will contact you to make arrangements.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Insurance<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Insurance for all artwork is the responsibility of the artist. Every precaution will be taken to protect the artwork. However, Shropshire County Council accepts no liability for any damage or loss.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Questions<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Please email the exhibition coordinator at stacy.block@shropshire.gov.uk<i style=""> </i>and write HOUSE OF CARDS in the subject line, or phone the Discovery Centre on 01588 676 010 or 01588 676 060.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><br /></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:28;" >House of Cards: Submission Form<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;">14-16 January: Submissions Accepted <span style="color: rgb(125, 14, 214);">▪</span> 31 January: Exhibition Opens<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;">29 March: Exhibition Closes <span style="color: rgb(125, 14, 214);">▪</span> 4 April: Pick Up Unsold Cards<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 18pt;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Name</span><span style=";font-family:";" >:</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="">_______________________________________________________________________ </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Is this how you want your name to appear with your work?</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:24;" >□</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> Yes<span style=""> </span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:24;" >□</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> No<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 18pt;"><span style=";font-family:";" >If not, how do you want your name to appear?</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="">____________________________________ </span><span style="color: rgb(125, 41, 214);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 18pt;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Address:</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="">_____________________________________________________________________________ </span><span style="color: rgb(125, 41, 214);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="">_____________________________________________________________________________ </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 18pt;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Telephone:</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="">__________________________________________________________________________ </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 18pt;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Email:</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="">________________________________________________________________________________ </span><span style="color: rgb(125, 41, 214);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 18pt;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Website:</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="">_____________________________________________________________________________ </span><span style="color: rgb(125, 41, 214);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Which contact details do you wish to include on the label with your work?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:24;" >□ </span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Address<span style=""> </span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:24;" >□ </span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Phone<span style=""> </span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:24;" >□ </span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Email<span style=""> </span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:24;" >□ </span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Website<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Who should a cheque be made payable to for your sales after the exhibition?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="">_______________________________________________________________________________________ </span><span style="color: rgb(125, 41, 214);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Are you VAT registered?</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:24;" >□</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> Yes<span style=""> </span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:24;" >□</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> No<span style=""> </span></span><span style=";font-family:";" >VAT Number:</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="">________________________ </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Please provide a two-sentence artist statement/biography to go with your work.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Be sure to complete page 2 of this form. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><br /></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >House of Cards: Submission Form<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Please complete the following information. List your cards in the order you would like them to be displayed. This sheet will also be used to track your sales.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Name:</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="">_______________________________________________________________________ </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <table class="MsoTableGrid" style="border: medium none ; border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none none solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >No.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none none solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Card Subject/Title/Description<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none none solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Price<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none none solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Sold?<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >1<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >2<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >3<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >4<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >5<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >6<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >7<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >8<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >9<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >10<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >11<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >12<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >13<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >14<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >15<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >16<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >17<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >18<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >19<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >20<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >21<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >22<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >23<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >24<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >25<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >26<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >27<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >28<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 72pt;" valign="top" width="96"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" >29<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 360pt;" valign="top" width="480"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="border-style: none solid solid none; 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padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 64.7pt;" valign="top" width="86"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:18;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 3pt;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Questions?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Please email the exhibition coordinator at stacy.block@shropshire.gov.uk<i style=""> </i>and write HOUSE OF CARDS in the subject line, or phone the Discovery Centre on 01588 676 010 or 01588 676 060.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-39411304746955803582009-01-06T20:29:00.000+00:002009-01-06T20:30:28.936+00:00Visual Arts Manager<o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="Street"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="time"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="address"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; 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mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US">DASh – developing high quality disability art<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US">Visual Arts Manager: Salary £8,892.83 2 days/week <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US">(£22,232 pro rata)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US">DASh is a practical Disability Arts development organisation, which works across the <st1:place st="on">West Midlands</st1:place> and the Welsh Borders, with Disabled and Deaf people. We work in partnership with arts and cultural organisations to develop Disability Arts practice.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US">DASh is seeking to appoint a dynamic and skilled person to lead the ‘Outside IN’ project, our three year programme with regional art galleries and develop the creative programme for our new Artspace.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US">For an application pack please contact Mike Layward or Paula Dower:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US">T: 01743 271676 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US">F: 01743 272939<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US">Text: 07807 615531<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US">E: <a href="mailto:info@dasharts.org">info@dasharts.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US">W: <a href="http://www.dasharts.org/">www.dasharts.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US">Unit 4, Hartley Business Centre, <st1:address st="on"><st1:street st="on">272-284 Monkmoor Road</st1:street>, <st1:city st="on">Shrewsbury</st1:city> <st1:postalcode st="on">SY2 5ST</st1:postalcode></st1:address><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US">Closing date: <st1:time minute="0" hour="10" st="on">10am</st1:time> Monday 9.2.09<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US">Interview date: Tuesday 17.2.09 in <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Shrewsbury</st1:city></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></p>Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-1619810723213957662009-01-06T20:24:00.000+00:002009-01-06T20:27:40.309+00:00Seen It, Done It, Got Creative<o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="date"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Wingdings; 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font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Design Brief for “Seen It, Done It, Got Creative …” – we require a style guide and brand as part of an awareness raising campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Every three years Local Authorities make agreements with Central Government about the services they will provide to local communities. This is called a Local Area Agreement (LAA). The LAA is created through Local Strategic Partnerships including the Police and Probation Service, Fire and Ambulance Service, Primary Care Trust and Local Authorities. In <st1:place st="on">Shropshire</st1:place> this Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) is called ‘Shropshire Partnership’ </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The success of the agreement and the Services we provide to our communities is measured through a set of national indicators. Shropshire Partnership has adopted the new arts indicator NI 11 – Engagement in the Arts because we believe that over the next 2 years we will be able to increase engagement in the arts by 3%.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The indicator will be measured through a telephone survey starting in October 2009 for 12 months. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Shropshire Council’s requirement now is to increase <st1:place st="on">Shropshire</st1:place> residents’ awareness of how and when they engage in the arts, and an understanding of their participation in the arts. We wish to do this via an awareness campaign as part of a wider initiative that will include marketing communications with:-</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Modern and attractive graphic branding and styling of the main message.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Communications plan to reach partners </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Reward Scheme for the general public</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Marketing Tool kit for partner organisations and promoters</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Road show</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Digital campaign</li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">THE BRIEF<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">We require 2 pieces of connected work:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">1.<span style=""> </span>To design and produce a modern and attractive graphic based branding and styling of the main message, based around the strap line:-</p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: fuchsia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; color: fuchsia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-align: center; text-indent: 0cm;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="background: black none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; color: lime; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Seen It –</span></b><b style=""><span style="background: black none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; color: fuchsia; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> </span></b><b style=""><span style="background: black none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Done It –</span></b><b style=""><span style="background: black none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; color: fuchsia; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> Got Creative</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; color: fuchsia;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">We see these words as forming the basis of the campaign; in its basic form a round sticker that can be worn to celebrate arts participation in given projects or a logo on a piece of print.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">The brand/logo could be used in other scenarios such as an animated digital projection, herris fencing covers, pop-ups, website, banners, magnetic decals, thumbnail for events listings etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">We also want to explore ways of changing the words around, still within the brand family but giving different messages, eg <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-align: center; text-indent: 0cm;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Seen it – done it – got creative – Have You? - You Have! - I have!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">The design should be simple and colourful, but should take account of its potential use in all manner of ways. We would need a black and white version as well as full colour.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">The final design should be made available as a Jpeg and also in Adobe PDF.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">2. We also require a style guide that will demonstrate how we should use the brand to keep it consistent across the various uses and projects. This should be a list of ways that the brand can be used – ie based on colour, font, text size in relation to other logos and fonts. The style guide will illustrate how the logo/brand/strap line can be used in a variety of colour combinations.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">THE TIMETABLE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">We require your application by <st1:date year="2009" day="13" month="1" st="on">13th January 2009</st1:date>. The application should give an outline idea of the number of days this piece of work will take, please also say what your other work commitments are during this time.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">THE BUDGET<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">We require you to submit your daily rate, stating whether expenses or other costs are in addition or included in the daily rate. Please also say if VAT is to be added or not. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 3pt 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">We will sign-off your invoice for payment upon completion of the work. Payment is usually 30 days after sign-off.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">THE PROCEDURE<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">We require a written quote from you based on the information provided in the above brief, to be submitted by email so that we receive it no later than <st1:date year="2009" day="13" month="1" st="on">13th January 2009</st1:date></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">We will select the designer based on:</li><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">quality of previous design work</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">cost</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">empathy with the project</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">experience and skill</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">added value</li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="">We will appoint the designer and will issue a purchase order to the successful designer within 5 working days of receiving the bids (closing date is <st1:date month="1" day="13" year="2009" st="on">13<sup>th</sup> January 2009</st1:date>)</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">We expect the work to be complete with 20 working days from that point</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">We require examples of your previous work, web based or digital examples are preferred, to support your bid and to help us reach a decision</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Please send your application to:-</li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Sue Goodwin, Head of Arts & Development, <st1:placename st="on">Shropshire</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">County</st1:placetype> Council, Shirehall, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">SHREWSBURY</st1:city>, <st1:postalcode st="on">SY2 6ND</st1:postalcode></st1:place></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="mailto:Sue.goodwin@shropshire.gov.uk">Sue.goodwin@shropshire.gov.uk</a></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">01743 255078</li></ul></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-90257666339817017122008-11-19T17:23:00.000+00:002008-11-19T17:24:30.634+00:00Cre8us Invitation to TenderCre8us <br /><br /><br /><br />Cre8us<br />‘Delivering the Creative Partnerships programme across Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire’<br /><br /><br />Invitations to tender<br /><br /><br />Contents<br /><br />1 Introduction<br /> P2<br />2 Tendering Guidance<br />2.1 The process<br />2.2 The template<br /> <br />P3<br />P3<br />3 Summary of briefs<br /> P4<br />4 Invitations to tender<br /> P8<br />5 Appendix – Tendering template<br /> P77<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />1. Introduction<br />Cre8us, formerly known as Creative Partnerships Coventry, delivers the Creative Partnerships Programme in partnership with 52 schools across Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire. We are now based at CSWP Ltd in Coventry (Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Partnership Ltd)<br /><br />Creative Partnerships programme<br />Creative Partnerships (CP) is the Government's flagship creative learning programme, funded by the DCMS and the DCSF and designed to develop the skills of young people across England, raising their aspirations and achievements, and opening up more opportunities for their futures. CP has worked with over 2,400 schools from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 4 in areas of deprivation across England. This world-leading programme is transforming teaching and learning across the curriculum. For more information please visit www.creative-partnerships.com<br />What CP does<br />CP supports thousands of innovative partnerships, between schools and creative professionals - from architects to scientists to multimedia developers and artists. Young people, school staff and practitioners collaborate throughout, from developing ideas through to planning, delivery and evaluation. They develop the skills they need to perform well not only school settings, exams and extra-curricular activities, but also in the workplace and wider society. Working with Creative Partnerships, schools use creativity to solve problems and see real improvements in pupil behaviour and school performance.<br />What CP believes<br />CP believes that creativity is not a skill bound within the arts, but a wider ability to question, make connections, and take an innovative and imaginative approach to problem solving. These are skills that are demanded by today's employers.<br />What CP has achieved<br />• Schools that work with Creative Partnerships improve their GCSE results faster<br />• 7 out of 10 secondary head teachers say Creative Partnerships improves pupil behaviour in their school<br />• Creative Partnerships increases parental engagement in children's learning<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />2. Tendering Guidance<br />2.1. The process. <br />At Cre8us we believe in continually widening and diversifying our network of creative partners and practitioners. Schools have worked with freelance workers known as Creative Agents contracted by Cre8us to devise programmes of work and invitations to tender included in this document. We encourage you to review all projects as a way to inform your tender. Interested parties can tender for more than one opportunity.<br /><br />Tendering for these opportunities for creative practitioners and any queries regarding them should be made directly to the school concerned. The process is timebound and the deadlines set by each individual school in our programme. Most projects will take place between Spring 2009 and Summer 2009. Projects will be completed and evaluated by June 2009.<br /><br />Notes for all tender documents<br /><br />• We strongly suggest you use the Expression of Interest Form attached as an appendix to this document as part of your application to schools. This has been designed to assist both you and the schools in the application process.<br />• Please provide a copy of your own CV and two references from education providers you have previously worked in partnership with.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million will be a condition of employment<br /><br /><br />2.2. The template<br />A template for interested parties to develop expressions of interest is provided as an appendix. The template format has been designed to provide a fair and consistent process to assist in the decision making process.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />3. Summary of Briefs<br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 001 School: Abbey Church of England Infant & Nursery School <br />How can the use of animation inspire Year One boys’ literacy skills and encourage enthusiasm for reading and writing?<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 002 School: Barrs Hill Secondary School, Coventry <br />How can we creatively facilitate and actively engage pupils in thinking about their learning as a process?<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 003 School: Barrs Hill Secondary School, Coventry <br />How can we creatively facilitate and actively engage pupils in thinking about their learning as a process?<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 004 School: Brooke School, Warwickshire <br />In what ways can facilitating pupil expression and identity through physical movement and media, instil pupil confidence in transition from year six to year seven?<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 005 School: Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Coventry <br />Can we instil the belief in students, that they are the decision makers of tomorrow, and in order to take on that responsibility they must think, reflect and act accordingly?<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 006 School: Castle Bromwich Junior School, North Solihull <br />What teaching methodologies can we use to motivate and inspire our children to be creative learners who are actively engaged in lessons?<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 007 School: Castle Bromwich Infant School, North Solihull <br />How can we develop more creative learning opportunities to promote pupil independence, choice and resilience, and help to raise standards further?<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 008 School: Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Coventry <br />Does exploring language, using creative interventions, develop children’s speaking and listening skills and really impact on standards in writing?<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 009 School: Damson Wood Infant School, Solihull <br />How can we design a thematic, integrated curriculum unit that is derived from pupils’ own interests, using music as a learning tool and stimulus to support the development of writing, particularly for boys?<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 010 School: Haselor Primary School, Warwickshire <br />Which types of created and adapted spaces best engage and inspire pupils to write independently for a range of purposes?<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 011 School: Hill Farm Primary School, Coventry <br />How can we improve pupils’ engagement and quality of learning, through the development of a creative curriculum that they have helped to develop?<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 012 School: Kineton High School, Warwickshire <br />Can the Learning Experience of students be improved in traditionally-taught subjects, with students being at the forefront of change?<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 013 School: Langley Primary School, Solihull <br />How can we use our outdoor environment more creatively to stimulate personal, interpersonal and cognitive skills in our learners<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 014 School: Lyng Hall Secondary School, Coventry<br />How can creative approaches to teaching and learning in Humanities in year 9 contribute to attainment in Maths<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 015 School: Lyng Hall Secondary School, Coventry<br />We want to explore how English may be taught creatively in relation to other languages and cultures, historical contexts, family and popular culture as part of an alternative curriculum developed for year 7 foundation students at Lyng Hall school<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 016 School: Milverton Primary School, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire <br />How can we adapt the school’s outdoor and indoor space to improve and inspire our children’s communication skills and have an impact on their learning?<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 017 School: Marston Green Infants School, Solihull <br />Can enquiry based learning have an impact on the professional practice of teachers and consequently raise standards of attainment within boys writing?<br /><br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 018 School: Oak Cottage, Solihull <br />Does a more creative approach to writing based activities improve and enhance the experience for boys, and therefore raise attainment?<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 019 School: Shustoke Church of England Primary School, Solihull <br />How do we use creative approaches to inspire boys to improve their writing across the curriculum?<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 020 School: Snitterfield Primary School, Warwickshire <br />How can we make adaptations to the learning environment to engage all pupils in their learning?<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 021 School: St Patricks Catholic Primary School, Coventry <br />Does a creative approach to literacy engage boys more fully and result in higher aspirations and achievements?<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 022 School: Tudor Grange School, Solihull<br />What is required to foster in young people creative skills that can be transferred - including collaboration, problem finding/solving and questioning skills - across the whole curriculum?<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 023 School: Welford upon Avon Primary School, Warwickshire <br />In what ways can we facilitate and enable children’s imagination and creative writing?<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 024 School: Wood End Primary School, Warwickshire <br />Can parental involvement have a positive impact on learning and improve communication between the school and local community?<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 025 School: Woodlands Primary School, Solihull <br />What creative approaches and ways of learning in the outside environment will develop problem solving in Mathematical Development within Foundation Stage 2?<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 026 School: Wyken Croft Primary School, Coventry <br />How can a pupil-led & cross curricular approach improve standards and enjoyment within the Humanities curriculum?<br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 027 School: Edgewick Community Primary School, Coventry <br />‘…. how a creative approach to the teaching of mathematics will stimulate more links to other subjects’. <br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 028 School: Bishops Ullathorne Catholic School, Coventry <br />We wish to know how we can develop more empathetic, analytical and socially active students, with the skills to scrutinise prevailing beliefs and viewpoints, whilst being able to articulate reasoned conclusions.<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 029 School: Bishops Ullathorne Catholic School <br />We wish to know how we can develop more empathetic, analytical and socially active students, with the skills to scrutinise prevailing beliefs and viewpoints, whilst being able to articulate reasoned conclusions.<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us- 030 School: Harris Secondary School & Sports College<br />What is the impact on student achievement when teaching and learning occurs in a multi-sensory environment?<br /><br /><br />4 Invitations to tender<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 001<br /><br />Name of school: Abbey Church of England Infant and Nursery School, Aston road, Abbey green, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 5EL, Telephone/Fax: 024 76386101<br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br />Abbey C of E Infant and Nursery school is using its Creative Partnerships programme to explore the following research question:<br />How can the use of animation inspire year one boy’s literacy skills and encourage enthusiasm for reading and writing?<br /><br />We recognise the importance of creative activity, teaching and learning, and specifically this project supports the following areas of our SDP :<br />• To raise boys’ achievement and attainment<br />• To raise standards in reading and writing throughout the school<br />• To further develop the inclusive nature of our school<br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br />We wish to build on the creativity inherent in our foundation stage and extend this approach into year one.<br /><br />Boys reading and writing at this age is an area of concern for us, and we are keen to inspire them to want to, rather than feel they are being forced to. Having had a level of success with bringing text to life through an active approach, we are looking for two creative partners to help us use visual tools inventively to engage the boys’ imagination and enthusiasm for the written word.<br /><br />Our chosen tool for the exploration of this project is animation, including role play.<br /><br />By working closely with the artists, our two year one teachers hope to be able to acquire additional skills which they will then be able to develop and use in their practice, and to pass on to TAs and other teaching staff.<br /><br />There is currently a high level of teamwork between staff and TAs, with continual planning communication and a scheduled PPA meeting every Thursday morning. These can be used to enhance our reflective learning, in addition to that embedded within the project with the children.<br /><br />We intend this project to be truly collaborative and for pupils and staff to take ownership through shared exploration with our creative partners, along with time scheduled in for genuine constructive reflection.<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br />The school is looking for two exceptional creative partners with skills in one or more of the following areas:<br />• Animation<br />• Visual art<br />• Film / video<br />• Drama<br /><br />In addition to this we are also looking for someone with the ability to:<br />• Communicate with young children – 5 to 6 years<br />• Work collaboratively and flexibly<br />• Apply his/her work in a variety of contexts<br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br />Abbey C of E Infant and Nursery School is looking for 2 practitioners to work with 52 year one children during the Spring term to explore how the use of animation/media can inspire children particularly boys to read and write. Our learning themes during that term are ‘the jobs people do’ (first half) and ‘myths and legends (second half). It is anticipated that the practitioner will draw on their own skills whilst consulting practically with the children and staff involved. We are flexible about the animation/media content as long as it links to the themes in some way.<br />The process by which the activity occurs is left open for discussion with the successful candidates however we would like all of the children to be involved in some way. We are expecting 16 days of input – to be shared between the 2 successful candidates and how this is used is also open for discussion.<br /><br />The school is developing a more integrated and creative approach towards learning anfd through this aims to ease transition issues from the early years to key stage one. <br />The school is situated in an area of deprivation and we have a number of children with special educational needs. Within the year group in question with have 3 children with statements of special needs with a focus on behaviour and physical needs. One of the pupils in year one has no arms but he is extremely skilled with his feet and is able to access the curriculum fully with minimal support.<br />The school can offer 2 fairly large classrooms, a small resources area and considerable outdoor space for the activity. We also have a school hall which is also available.<br />The school has appointed the key stage 1 curriculum leader who is also a year 1 teacher has co-ordinator for the project and she will be your first point of contact.<br /><br />The successful applicants will be contracted directly by the school who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this commission. In addition to this we are also working with a creative agent, a freelance creative professional employed by cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and creative advisor.<br /><br />• Applications need to be into school by Monday 24th November 2008 and shortlisting will then take place over the week. Please return to:<br /><br />Debbie Middleton, Abbey C of E Infant & Nursery, Aston road, Abbey green, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 5EL, Telephone/Fax: 024 76386101<br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners: A total budget of £3520 is available to spend on up to 2 external partners. We have set this on the basis of 16 days (to be shared) @ £220 per day.<br /> Date of interview:<br />Wednesday 3rd December 2008 and possibly another day during the week beginning December 8th 2008 tbc<br />Estimated timescale of the project:<br />January 09 – April 09<br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 002<br /><br />Name of school: Barr’s Hill Secondary School, Radford Road, Coventry, CV11 4BU, Telephone/Fax 02476 234600<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br /><br />How can we creatively facilitate and actively engage pupils in thinking about their learning as a process?<br /><br />Our enquiry question reflects our key school focus on both maintaining and developing learning and teaching and engaging pupils directly in understanding their own learning as a journey rather than as an outcome. We want to further develop the students’ learning capacities and competencies and see this as central to personalising learning.<br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br />This project aims to explore how pupils view themselves as learners and to encourage teaching staff to further develop their approaches to learning and teaching with a focus upon using creativity to enhance pupils’ understanding about learning.<br />We want to:<br />• Increase opportunities for pupils and investigate – through our Creative Council - “ways of learning” creatively<br />• Improve understanding about learning as a process and a journey<br />• Gain insights into what pupils understand as being the most effective ways to learn and be taught.<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br />We require 3 exceptional creative practitioners from any art form who can demonstrate the following:<br />• Expertise in creative learning as a process<br />• Good knowledge of or an interest in how people learn<br />• Sound ability to understand the needs of participants / partners and be able to facilitate creative thinking about learning<br />• A commitment to genuine collaboration<br />• A highly developed and reflective practice<br />• An ability to communicate with a diverse range of people and to share her / his practice and process with a broad audience<br />• An ability to apply his / her practice in a variety of different contexts<br /><br />We are looking for a creative practitioner who has an interest in:<br />• Learning as a process<br />• Co-development<br />• Creative thinking<br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br />Barr’s Hill Secondary School is looking for 3 exceptional Creative Practitioners who can deliver and lead workshops with a group of 21 pupils and staff (our Creative Council) to help them to explore how they learn and to facilitate their investigation into how they view themselves as learners. We wish the practitioner(s) to facilitate the dissemination of creative ideas about learning and to help develop the use of creative competencies.<br /><br />It is anticipated that the practitioner(s) will draw on their own practise and expertise to not only consult practically with young people about the way they learn but also to generate new creative skills as part of the process. We wish to hear from people who are excited in working with young people and staff as co-professionals that can support a journey of learning.<br /><br />The practitioner will be expected to work with pupils in the workshop style sessions designed to engage pupils thinking creatively about learning. We wish the practitioners to help pupils reflect on learning as a process throughout. Practitioners, therefore, will require knowledge about creative thinking and learning styles as well as some understanding of the changing nature of education at present with the emphasis upon skills and processes that are transferable and sustainable.<br /><br />The practitioner would be expected to deliver workshop style session(s) to the whole Creative Council in order to facilitate their learning about learning.<br /><br />The school can offer space for the agreed activities and the Creative Council will be available for the session(s) agreed with the successful applicant(s). There are 3 teachers involved in the project – with an appointed member of staff as the co-ordinator who will be the main point of contact for the project.<br /><br />Barr’s Hill is an inner city secondary school and pupils come from diverse ethnic and socio-economic background with SEN (Specialist Educational Needs) and EAL (English as an Additional Language) higher than the national average.<br /><br />The successful applicant(s) will be contracted directly by Barr’s Hill School who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this commission. In addition to support provided by Cre8us, Barr’s Hill School is also working with a Creative Agent, a freelance creative professional employed by Cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and creative advisor.<br /><br />Please forward applications to Claire Hannis, Barrs Hill Secondary School, Radford Road, Coventry, CV11 4BU, Telephone/Fax 02476 234600<br /><br />Applications deadline: 1st December 2008<br />Available budget to pay external partners: A total fee of £540 (i.e. £180 per session) is available to include appropriate materials / equipment required for the workshops.<br /><br /> Date of interview: Week beginning 8th December<br />Estimated timescale of the project: December 2008 – January 2009<br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 003<br /><br />Name of school: Barr’s Hill Secondary School, Radford Road, Coventry, CV11 4BU, Telephone/Fax 02476 234600<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br /><br />How can we creatively facilitate and actively engage pupils in thinking about their learning as a process?<br /><br />Our enquiry question reflects our key school focus on both maintaining and developing learning and teaching and engaging pupils directly in understanding their own learning as a journey rather than as an outcome. We want to further develop the students’ learning capacities and competencies and see this as central to personalising learning.<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br />This project aims to explore how pupils view themselves as learners and to encourage teaching staff to further develop their approaches to learning and teaching with a focus upon using creativity to enhance pupils’ understanding about learning.<br />We want to:<br />• Increase opportunities for pupils and investigate – through our creative Council - “ways of learning” creatively<br />• Improve understanding about learning as a process and a journey<br />• Gain insights into what pupils understand as being the most effective ways to learn and be taught.<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br />We require an exceptional creative practitioner who can demonstrate the following:<br />• Expertise in the areas of film and media<br />• Good knowledge of or an interest in how people learn<br />• Sound ability to understand the needs of participants / partners and be able to facilitate the “production” as well as the “planning” of creative thinking about learning<br />• A commitment to genuine collaboration<br />• A highly developed and reflective practice<br />• An ability to communicate with a diverse range of people and to share her / his practice and process with a broad audience<br />• An ability to apply his / her practice in a variety of different contexts<br /><br />We are looking for a creative practitioner who has an interest in:<br />• Learning as a process<br />• Co-delivery and co-development<br />• Creative thinking<br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br />Barr’s Hill Secondary School is looking for an exceptional Creative Practitioner who can work with a group of 21 pupils (our Creative Council) during the Spring Term to explore how they learn and to help them consider how they view themselves as learners. We wish the practitioner to facilitate the dissemination of creative ideas about learning and to help develop the use of creative competencies.<br /><br />It is anticipated that the practitioner will draw on their own practise and expertise in film-making to not only consult practically with young people about the way they learn but also to generate new creative skills as part of the process. We wish to hear from people who are excited in working with young people and staff as co-professionals that can support a journey of learning.<br /><br />The practitioner will be expected to work with pupils in the planning and production of a film about learning, helping pupils reflect on learning as a process throughout. The style and content of the film is left open for discussion with the successful applicant. Practitioners, therefore, will require knowledge about creative thinking and learning styles as well as some understanding of the changing nature of education at present with the emphasis upon skills and processes that are transferable and sustainable.<br /><br />The practitioner would be expected to deliver workshop style sessions with the whole Creative Council in order to produce and edit the film as well as having an input into the dissemination of the learning process to staff, parents and other pupils. The timescale for the planning, production and editing work would be approximately 10-12 sessions in total (a session being 2 or 3 periods of intense activity) with 6 of these sessions working directly with the pupils.<br /><br />The school can offer space for the agreed activities and the Creative Council will be available for the sessions agreed with the successful applicant. The practitioner would be required to have the necessary equipment for the production and editing of the film as well as the ability to assist the Creative Council in producing further copies of the film. There are 3 teachers involved in the project – with an appointed member of staff as the co-ordinator who will be the main point of contact for the project.<br /><br />Barr’s Hill is an inner city secondary school and pupils come from diverse ethnic and socio-economic background with SEN (Specialist Educational Needs) and EAL (English as an Additional Language) higher than the national average.<br /><br />The successful applicant will be contracted directly by Barr’s Hill School who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this commission. In addition to support provided by Cre8us, Barr’s Hill School is also working with a Creative Agent, a freelance creative professional employed by Cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and creative advisor. <br /><br />Please forward applications to Claire Hannis, Barrs Hill Secondary School, Radford Road, Coventry, CV11 4BU, Telephone/Fax 02476 234600<br /><br />Applications deadline: Monday 1st December 2008<br />Available budget to pay external partners: A total fee of £3,000 is available to include appropriate materials / equipment. The school anticipates the practitioner committing a minimum of 12 sessions to this project.<br /><br /> Date of interview: Week beginning Monday 8th December 2008<br />Estimated timescale of the project: December 2008 – March 2009<br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 004<br /><br />Name of school: Brooke School, Overslade Lane, Rugby, CV22 6DY<br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br />Our line of enquiry links to pupil transition from Primary to Secondary school and is linked to areas of school development planning (sec 3 standards/improving transition) Another section focuses on strengthening student voice and expression. Our enquiry question is:<br />In what ways can facilitating pupil expression and identity through physical movement and media, instil pupil confidence in transition from year six to year seven?<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br />With our Creative Agent a core group of staff and children have been identified to lead this project, they include the Headteacher, two senior teachers, one class teacher and two T.A.’s. Through this project we are aiming to<br />• Increase the confidence of the children in their transition<br />• Minimise any loss of learning (dip in attainment) due to anxiety on entering the secondary department<br />• Make use of physical movement inspired by artists to increase a sense of identity and self expression<br />• Enable children to create profiles that will engender familiarity with their new environment<br />• Involve parents and wider community in the sharing of our work<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br />Brooke School seeks to appoint two outstanding artist/practitioners with skills in one or more of the following areas :<br />• dance/movement<br />• film/video making<br />• ICT.<br />And who can demonstrate:<br />• An ability to work reflectively adapting ideas to meet a wide range of individual needs and learning styles<br />• An ability to demonstrate excellent communication skills with a range of children and professionals<br />• A commitment to collaborative working<br />• An ability to develop creative approaches to learning<br />• An ability to inspire and challenge children<br />• A commitment to the celebration and sharing of pupils work and achievements<br />• An ability to present work through film media<br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br />Brooke School is an all age special school catering for a wide range of children with statements of special educational needs.<br />The successful artists will work with 8 year 6 pupils and 20 year 7 pupils in the spring term. The aim will be to explore the facilitation of self expression through dance and or music. It is expected that the successful artists will work together and with a range of staff and pupils on creating profiles documented in film. The profiles may incorporate physical expression relating to anxieties and fears that children have expressed about starting secondary school. We expect the children to be involved in all stages of the project including planning and evaluating and some initial work has started on collating their ideas. It is therefore essential that the chosen artists show a commitment to pupil involvement in their own learning.<br />It is expected that the artists will, with school staff, facilitate a celebratory event at which children’s work can be seen and celebrated by parents and the wider community.<br /><br />The successful applicants will be contracted directly by Brooke School who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this commission. Brooke School is also working with a Creative Agent, a freelance creative professional employed by Cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and creative advisor.<br /><br />Please send applications to:<br /> Sandra Wright, Brooke School, Overslade Lane, Rugby, CV22 6DY<br />Closing date – Thursday 20th November 2008 5pm<br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners:<br />Eight days for each artist @ £200 per day totalling £3200<br /> Date of interview:<br />1st December 2008<br />Estimated timescale of the project:<br />Jan 08 – March 09<br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 005<br /><br />Name of school: Cardinal Wiseman Catholic Secondary School, Potters Green Road, Coventry, CV2 2AJ, Telephone: 02476 617231, Fax: 02476 602572<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br /><br />‘Can we instil the belief in students, that they are the decision makers of tomorrow, and in order to take on that responsibility they must think, reflect and act accordingly’<br />We wish to explore this question with a creative practitioner specialising in drama/performance.<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br />The main aims of the enquiry are :<br />• to be able to develop the skills staff have to support student’s ability to express themselves.<br />• For students to gain confidence in their ability to speak openly.<br />• To find quick fix solutions to developing speech<br />• To develop medium term strategies to develop student voice.<br />• To share these experiences with the rest of the staff so that it becomes a whole school strategy to improve oral communication.<br />• To give students the skills needed to have a more active role in the life of the school, the wider community and wider society as active and global citizens.<br />• To have more student led discussion rather than teacher led questioning.<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br />The school is looking for creative practitioner with a specialism in drama/performance who has<br /><br />• A highly developed and reflective practice<br />• Believes in a truly collaborative way of working<br />• Is willing to be guided and respond to staff and students.<br />• Can apply drama/performance techniques to the needs of staff and students in developing confidence.<br />• Has a flexible and understanding approach<br />• Understands how to effectively build relationships and instil confidence through activity<br />• To have the skills necessary to deal with students with very low self esteem<br />• To support and encourage students to take risks and to develop strategies to speak in different situations.<br />• To build a strong relationship of trust between staff and students.<br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br />As a Catholic school we aim to foster a love and care to students and hope that we provide them with the skills needed for adulthood (communication therefore being key). We recognise that students in our school lack confidence in their speaking and listening skills and as a result it is hindering their academic success.<br /><br />We want our students to take a more active role in the life of the school, the wider community and wider society as active and global citizens. This is not going to be successful unless we address the speaking and listening capability of our students.<br /><br />We want to work with a Creative Practitioner to deliver a project where students are given the opportunity to find their student voice, increase their confidence and express it. The use of drama techniques will be used as a tool to explore relevant issues for the students. They may be directly related to young people and therefore incorporates PSHE issues that they may have been covered at school in a classroom. We hope for some of these sessions to occur off site from school, venues to be negotiated with staff, students and the Creative Practitioner. Space outside of the classrooms for session delivery within the school is limited, but negotiable with staff during the project.<br /><br />The school day runs from 9.20 until 3.20, and it is anticipated that duration of sessions will be a mixture of full and half day.<br /><br />The Year 9 group was chosen as representative of the typical middle ability students. They represent the main cohort of students that need support socially and academically in the school. The Creative practitioner will work with 5 members of staff that teach the group citizenship (through Geography and History) or RE who were asked to join the venture and commit to taking risks to benefit the students.<br /><br />A small materials allowance is available for the project.<br /><br />The Creative Partnerships programme at Cardinal Wiseman School is supported by a Creative Agent, a freelance creative professional employed by Cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and creative advisor, who will also deliver some sessions to support the enquiry.<br /><br />Applications to be received by 7th December. To be sent for attention of Louise Henderson, Cardinal Wiseman Catholic Secondary School, Potters Green Road, Coventry, CV2 2AJ, Telephone: 02476 617231, Fax: 02476 602572<br />Available budget to pay external partners: £2000, We anticipate practitioners working for a minimum of 10 days during the project, including planning and evaluation time.<br /><br /> Date of interview:<br />Anticipated interview date 11 December 2008<br />Estimated timescale of the project: January to May<br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 006<br /><br />Name of school: Castle Bromwich Junior School, Hurst Lane North, Castle Bromwich, B36 0HD<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br /><br />What teaching methodologies can we use to motivate and inspire our children to be creative learners who are actively engaged in lessons?<br /><br />We have found that our children are not always ready for learning or motivated to participate. This can result in a lack of listening and hinder their understanding.<br /><br />Developing strategies for engaging our pupils in active and meaningful learning is our first priority.<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br />We want our pupils to want to learn and to be able to work collaboratively - discussing with each other to build their understanding.<br /><br />Year 4 leader, Ruth Johnson and Head teacher, Ian Backhouse have identified that our children are often ‘going through the motions’ of learning rather than actively engaging in it. Our project will involve a practitioner (or practitioners) developing an active, enjoyable approach to learning in one Year 4 class.<br /><br />The context for our project will be Invasion and the Romans and we hope to make links between Literacy and History. Through a variety of activities we want to engage our children in learning, encourage independence, develop meaningful conversations and hopefully inspire some writing.<br /><br />This will be the first time we have worked with a practitioner to develop a creative approach to learning and teaching.<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br />• Expertise in an art form and the ability to share this and use it creatively.<br />• Your proposal may involve practitioners with different areas of expertise. We would be interested in including some drama-based activity.<br />• An ability to inspire us all with great ideas and enthusiasm.<br />• An understanding and interest in how children learn.<br />• An ability to communicate effectively with children in the 8 – 9 age range.<br />• Willingness to work with school staff who are enthusiastic and motivated but new to this type of project<br />• Commitment to real collaborative working.<br />• Commitment to reflective practice.<br />• Ability to be flexible.<br />• An interest in working within a large school, we have four classes per year group.<br /><br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br />The project will take place in one Year 4 class with teacher Ruth Johnson. We have a large classroom with direct access to a shared area. We have a hall to which access can be arranged, an ICT area, ‘quad’, music room, library and spare classroom if required. We also have a large playground that is split into different areas.<br /><br />There are 29 children in the class with a Teaching Assistant, who works during the morning. There is also a Teaching Assistant who works with all four classes in Year 4.<br /><br />At the outset we expect the practitioner to spend time meeting our children and to have time for joint planning with our teacher. We anticipate the practitioner then spending two or three days per week in school over a six week period but this can be flexible.<br /><br />Our school day is from 9:00 to 3:30 but we would like the practitioner to be with us from 8:30 at the latest. We would also value the opportunity for a short discussion at the end of our sessions. We would like our practitioner to contribute to one staff meeting.<br /><br />We are well resourced and have set aside a small budget for materials if required.<br /><br />We have a large school car park.<br /><br />The successful applicants will be contracted directly by the school who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this commission. In addition to this we are also working with a creative agent, a freelance creative professional employed by cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and creative advisor.<br /><br />To apply:<br />By email: office@castle-bromwich-jun.solihull.sch.uk f.ao. Ruth Johnson<br />By post: Ruth Johnson (Creative Arts Leader), Castle Bromwich Junior School, Hurst Lane North, Castle Bromwich, B36 0HD<br />For more information 0121 747 2247 or email<br /><br />Deadline for submissions: Monday 24th November 2008<br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners: £3,600 (of which up to £300 can be spent on materials). We anticipate that approximately 15 - 16 days will be spent in school at a daily rate of approx £200 depending on experience, this will include planning time with teachers and pupils.<br /><br /> Date of interview: Date to be confirmed at the end of November or beginning of December.<br />A visit to the school can also be arranged.<br />Estimated timescale of the project: January 09 – March 09<br /><br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 007<br /><br />Name of school: Castle Bromwich Infants School Green Lane, Castle Bromwich, B36 0BX <br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br />Our question is:<br /><br />How can we develop more creative learning opportunities to promote pupil independence, choice and resilience, and help to raise standards further?<br /><br />We are developing an integrated and creative curriculum and in our excellent Ofsted inspection last year we were challenged to build on this. We have found that working with a Creative Practitioner pushes our thinking and encourages us to take risks. This will help us engage our pupils’ learning even further.<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br /><br />We are a four-form entry infant school and our project will be based in Year One (120 children aged 5 -6). Our Spring theme will be ‘Larger than Life’ and we want to explore this new idea through creative practice. <br /><br />Teachers (led by Pat Sufrin, our Lead teacher and Creativity Manager) have identified that pupils need to -<br /><br />• Lead more of their learning<br />• Develop more effective communication skills (also within our SIP). <br /><br />We want this project to capture the imagination of all our pupils and broaden their creative thinking. The theme and starting point will be the same for all classes but it is possible that the process and outcomes will differ.<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br />We want our practitioner (or practitioners) to excite, inspire and impress both children and staff with something different and special. We are open to new ideas and very flexible in our thinking. <br /><br />We see drama and role play as our starting point. We want to work with the practitioner and children on the final shape of the project. The children in each class may wish to take the ideas in slightly different directions.<br /><br />We expect the practitioner to have empathy with and understanding of young children and experience and/or enthusiasm for working with Year 1 (ages 5 – 6) pupils. The ability to work with staff of varied experience is also important. A commitment to reflective practice is essential.<br /><br />We would welcome interest from individuals or groups of up to four practitioners who, whilst working together, may individually take the lead in a single class.<br /><br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br />The project may take place in our Year 1 classrooms as well as the main school hall and playground. We also have a small additional classroom. Space is tight but we can accommodate most things with planning.<br /><br />We have an ICT suite.<br /><br />Our pupils begin school at 8:45 with lunch from 12:15 to 1:25. Home time is 3:15. The school is open from 7:00 am until 5:30 pm. We would expect our practitioner to be on site from 8:00 to meet with teachers and to be willing to stay after school to reflect with staff and plan as necessary.<br /><br />We have a small car park and could make arrangements for a van.<br /><br />We have arranged for all teaching and non teaching staff to observe and join in the sessions where appropriate. We see this as part of our staff development.<br /><br />The successful applicants will be contracted directly by the school who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this commission. In addition to this we are also working with a creative agent, a freelance creative professional employed by cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and creative advisor.<br /><br />To apply:<br /><br />By email: office@castle-bromwich-inf.solihull.sch.uk f.ao. Pat Sufrin<br />By post: Pat Sufrin (Creativity Manager), Castle Bromwich Infants School, Green Lane, Castle Bromwich, B36 0BX <br />For more information 0121 747 3369<br /><br />Deadline for submissions: Monday 24th November 2008<br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners: up to £3,600 (of which up to £350 can be spent on materials). A minimum of 15 days to be spent in school at a daily rate of approx £200 depending on experience, this will include planning time with teachers and pupils.<br /><br /> Date of interview: Monday 1st December a.m. or Friday 5th December a.m. There will also be the opportunity to visit the school during Wednesday 26th November by arrangement. Please speak with us if you are interested but unable to make these dates.<br /><br />Estimated timescale of the project: Spring Term 2009<br /><br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 008<br /><br /><br />Name of School: Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Langbank Avenue, Coventry, CV3 2QP<br />1. Please define your line of enquiry, how you arrived at it explaining the thinking and school context behind it.<br />Corpus Christi is using it’s Creative Partnerships programme to explore the following research question:<br /><br />‘Does exploring language, using creative interventions, develop children’s speaking and listening skills and really impact on standards in writing?’<br />This project will support the school in the exploration of this question<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form:<br />This is our first year as a Creative Partnership Enquiry School and we would like to support a particularly vulnerable group of year 2 children to help develop their emotional and literacy skills. At the moment these issues are creating a barrier to their learning. It is envisaged that by creating an enriching learning environment which is different and stimulating, and offering creative learning experiences, it will develop the children’s speaking and listening skills. <br /><br />Many of our children enter foundation key stage well below national average with very poor language skills, challenging home circumstances and limited personal experiences. This paucity of language soon becomes a barrier to learning and can limit the amount of learning taking place.<br /><br />This project aims to:<br />• Enable pupils to explore spoken language within a creative context<br />• Develop our understanding of creative teaching and learning<br />• Improve overall standards in writing, with a particular focus on descriptive language<br />• To support a particularly vulnerable YR 2 class to develop their emotional skills<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership?<br />• Broad knowledge and expertise in the creative use of Visual Arts to support learning and teaching<br />• A highly developed and reflective practice<br />• Ability to think creatively in the application of this knowledge<br />• To be committed to true partnership working with other practitioners, teachers and outside agencies involved in the life of the school<br />• An enthusiasm for working with young people<br />• An understanding of the requirements of working in a professional school environment<br />• An ability to communicate clearly<br />• A capacity to develop teacher’s skills and understanding<br />• An ability to present pupil’s work in creative and meaningful ways<br />4. Please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking. Please include anything that you feel may constitute a risk<br />Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School is looking for a highly motivated and capable practitioner who can work in Year 2 in Spring Term 2009 to explore the creative use of visual arts within learning and teaching. The practitioner will be expected to work along side a storyteller and the class teacher contributing ideas and activity involving themselves in the development of the curriculum and supporting the delivery of the project with the pupils. Ongoing reflection will be an integral part of the process and practitioners must be prepared to meet with staff after school if necessary. Formal evaluation will take place with the schools Creative Agent at the end of the project.<br /><br />The school has recently taken on board the International Primary Curriculum which involves a thematic approach to teaching and learning. We envisage that the project will support us in the development of a more creative approach to teaching practices and the learning environment.<br /><br />At Corpus Christi we have access to open spaces with mature trees and a developing conservation area with an outdoor classroom. We have a warm and friendly ethos with a high priority based on children’s personal and social development. Children enter the school with below average communication skill. By Year 2 their reading attainment is roughly in line with national expectations. However over the past few years the attainment is writing has fallen and we feel there is a need to address this.<br /><br />The practitioner will be expected to be at the school from 8.30 a.m. in order to meet with staff and prepare resources. School finishes at 3.30 p.m. Parking spaces are available at the school.<br /><br />Planning will take place in January for activities in the Spring.<br /><br />The successful applicant will be contracted directly by Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this work. In addition to support provided by Cre8tus, Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School is also working with a Creative Agent, a freelance creative professional employed by Cre8us.<br /><br />To apply, please send a CV plus some examples of recent work and an artist’s statement ( no longer than 1 A4 page) that addresses the above criteria to :<br /><br />Andrea Friswell, Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Langbank Avenue, Coventry, CV3 2QP<br /><br />By 26 November 08<br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners:<br />A total fee of £1800 is available for the project.<br />7 days working in school<br />2 days for planning, evaluation and presentation of work within school.<br />There is an additional sum available for resources<br /><br />Date of interview: Wednesday 10th December 2008<br />Estimated timescale of the project: Spring 2009<br /><br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 009<br /><br />Name of school: Damson Wood Infant School, Stockwell Rise, Solihull, B92 9LX<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br /><br />How can we design a thematic, integrated curriculum unit that is derived from pupils’ own interests, using music as a learning tool and stimulus to support the development of writing, particularly for boys?<br /><br />At present we do not have a music subject leader and would really value this support.<br /><br />We looked at school data which identified that boys regularly under-perform in reading and writing compared with girls. A priority is to engage boys by developing further our integrated curriculum.<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br />We know from national research that there is a strong link between music and words, and offering learning opportunities linked across both areas can provide exciting and motivating experiences for children. So, we would like to explore a range of musical activities that explore strategies for successful writing.<br /><br />Our practitioner will be based in one Year 2 class where we hope to create a brand new integrated theme, chosen in consultation with the children. The children’s preparation work will begin in December 2008. Laura Bold their Y2 teacher and KS1 Phase Leader will support this.<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br />• An ability to inspire us all with great ideas and enthusiasm.<br />• Expertise in music and the ability to share this and use it creatively<br />• An understanding and/or interest in how young children learn.<br />• An ability to communicate effectively with children in the 5-7 age range and staff who are non-music specialists.<br />• A commitment to real collaborative working.<br />• Commitment to reflective practice.<br />• Ability to be flexible.<br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br />The project will take place during the Spring Term in Year 2 primarily with our lead teacher Laura Bold and her class of 28 children.<br /><br />We anticipate the practitioner working with Laura before the project actually starts in order to plan. Ideally we would like this to take place in December 2008 or the very beginning of January 2009. We hope that the practitioner will then work with us for 3 days a week over a period of 4 weeks at the beginning of the Spring term and also spend 2 days in other classes across school in order to share their expertise and enthusiasm. We will also have one whole staff meeting on a Monday evening that we would like the practitioner to lead. We will work together with our practitioner to agree convenient dates.<br /><br />The project will take place mainly in a large Year 2 classroom but we have access to a hall, ICT suite, library and an outdoor space. There is a woodland area within walking distance of school and we have close links with our local secondary school where there is a music studio and performance space. We are a well-resourced school and have a good selection of tuned and untuned percussion; we have a small budget set aside for resources.<br /><br />In the Y2 class there are 28 children, one of whom has a full time support assistant working with him to support his additional learning needs. The class has part-time teaching assistant support.<br /><br />We would expect our practitioner to be in school from 8.30 am. The teaching day finishes at 3.15 but we would like our practitioner to meet with the teacher for some reflection time until around 3.45 pm.<br /><br />Parking on site is very limited but there is a public house car park across the road from school.<br /><br />The successful applicants will be contracted directly by the school who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this commission. In addition to this we are also working with a creative agent, a freelance creative professional employed by cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and creative advisor.<br /><br />To apply:<br />Deadline for submissions: Monday 24th November 2008<br /><br />Please send to<br />By email: s19mphipps@damson-wood.solihull.sch.uk<br />By post: Marilyn Phipps, Head-teacher, Damson Wood Infant School, Stockwell Rise, B92 9LX<br /><br />For more information: 0121 711 8652<br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners: up to £3,600 (of which up to £300 can be spent on materials). A minimum of 15 days to be spent in school at a daily rate of approx £200 depending on experience. <br /><br />Date of interview: Monday 1st December 2008 in the morning. Visits to the school are welcome. If you are interested in our project but unable to make our interview date, please talk with us.<br /><br />Estimated timescale of the project: Spring Term 2009. Ideally 4 consecutive weeks commencing Monday 12th January. Exact days to be agreed.<br /><br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 010<br /><br />Name of school: Haselor Primary School, Haselor, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 6LU<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br />Haselor Primary School is using its Creative Partnerships programme to explore the following research question:<br /><br />Which types of created and adapted spaces best engage and inspire pupils to write independently for a range of purposes?<br /><br />• We want to include pupil voice in this project to generate ideas.<br />• The main focus of work is to enable writing for purpose.<br />• We want to explore how to use space in creative ways as well as trying different starting points to fascinate and engage pupils when they are writing for different purposes<br /><br />The project will support the school to start to explore this question rather than to answer it.<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br /><br />(Identified by the Headteacher and the Yr1 teacher through discussion with the other teachers in the school)<br /><br />Which types of created and adapted spaces best engage and inspire pupils to write independently for a range of purposes?<br /><br />Through this project we would like to gain a greater insight and understanding of how pupils’ motivation to write independently might be developed and increased by the use of different or adapted spaces. We want to find out if the pupils’ own ideas for inspirational writing spaces vary from our own perception of what they might like.<br />We have found that the limited space in a cramped classroom makes it difficult for teachers to provide what they consider to be exciting and suitable areas where pupils can be inspired to think and write creatively.<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br />The school is looking for an exceptional Creative Practitioner who can demonstrate the following,<br /><br />• A commitment to partnerships and enthusiasm for working in schools<br />• The ability to work flexibility<br />• Previous experience of changing / adapting spaces to facilitate creative learning behaviours<br />• The ability to share how to create / generate ideas for writing<br />• A commitment to genuine collaboration<br />• An ability to communicate with a diverse range of people and the ability to share their practice and process with pupils and staff<br />• An understanding of and an interest in how people learn<br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br /><br />The appointed practitioner will work with a group of 14 Year 2 pupils, their Class Teacher (Lead Teacher) during the Spring term 2009. The process by which staff and pupils are engaged in activity is left open for discussion with the successful applicant, Lead Teacher and pupils. There will also be time when the Year 2 class of 12 pupils and their class teacher will be involved as Years 1 and 2 share a classroom space.<br /><br />As we have identified writing for purpose as the area of focus, as well as the investigation of space and activities that could take place in these spaces, we would like the appointed practitioner to draw on their own practice in order to enable us to explore the creation of ‘environments’ which will in turn facilitate and enable the children’s creative thinking skills and how this can be applied to their writing.<br /><br />It is anticipated that part of the work will take place in the classroom as well as investigate the use of other areas inside and outside. Haselor Primary School is situated in a rural location within a conservation area.<br /><br />School hours are from 9am to 3.15pm and we envisage the working day to be between 8.30 and 4.00 to allow for set up and/or discussions with staff before or after school.<br /><br />The successful applicant will be contracted directly by Haselor Primary School who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this project. In addition to support provided by Cre8us, Haselor Primary School is also working with a Creative Agent, a freelance creative professional employed by Cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and advisor. <br /><br />Please send applications, a CV and no more than 3 images/examples of work to:- <br />Jill Norton – Head; Haselor Primary School, Haselor, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 6LU<br />Deadline for application – 28th November 2008<br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners:<br />A total fee of £3,200 is available for the successful applicant, and an additional £800 can be spent on appropriate materials. The school anticipates the practitioner committing between 14 to 16 days to the project dependent on daily fee in relation to previous experience inclusive of travel expenses, planning, resourcing and evaluation time.<br /><br />Date of interview:<br />11th December 2008<br /><br />Estimated timescale of the project:<br />Jan 09 – April 09<br /><br />NB:<br />• Please provide a CV and two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 011<br /><br />Name of school: Hill Farm Primary School Foster Road, Radford, Coventry, CV6 3BL<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br /><br />How can we improve pupils’ engagement and quality of learning, through the development of a creative curriculum that they have helped to develop?<br /><br />This academic year, the school has introduced the International Primary Curriculum (IPC), an enquiry based curriculum, based on pupils undertaking research and the combining of subjects as topic based activities. <br /><br />Introducing IPC was an element in our School Development Plan from September 2007 as a pilot project for years 3 & 4, where it was very successful in engaging the pupils in learning and enthusing pupils, parents and teaching staff. We want in the next academic year to build on this initial successful trial and develop the creative aspects of the curriculum further with increasing responsibility for their learning being placed on the children themselves, supported by teaching staff. Our drama policy states that our aim in drama is to enable children to be inspired to learn, to take ownership of their own learning and to value themselves and other people. We wish to extend that to the whole curriculum. <br /><br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br />We want to investigate how we engage children in the planning of the curriculum and change the balance of teacher input and children’s ideas in establishing the direction of the work. We want years 4 & 5 (the pupils who were part of the pilot last year) to take the next step in developing our IPC curriculum, increasing their involvement in the planning of the curriculum that they experience within the topic theme. <br /><br />We also hope to encourage the involvement of parents in the classroom as we build up to the presentation, catching their interest by requesting support for the variety of creative opportunities that are developed with the children. Generally our parents are difficult to engage and we hope that they will find this sort of involvement less threatening than they appear to do with the more formal curriculum. Whilst we acknowledge that, within the scope of this enquiry project, we cannot explore the area of parental engagement in depth, we nonetheless wish to make and capitalise on opportunities where possible.<br /><br />These activities will then be developed to form the basis of the presentation of the topic to parents, as the last stage of the learning within each topic (the nature of the presentation is not pre-determined, and should come from the children’s ideas).<br /><br />We are looking for the expertise of professionals within the creative arts, to support us in involving pupils in the planning, and then developing the activities that the children want to set up. <br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br /><br />We are seeking an experienced and flexible creative practitioner, whose practice in a school context is pupil-led. The successful practitioner will be someone who:<br /><br />• has significant experience of working in a child-led way, and brings lots of ideas about how to<br />• can communicate effectively with a wide range of people, including pupils, staff and parents<br />• can work collaboratively with staff and pupils<br />• is good at making connections across the curriculum<br />• can mentor, empower and excite staff, helping them to develop their own ideas, and building their confidence, enabling greater risk-taking in the way they deliver the curriculum<br />• is reflective, and able to support pupils and staff in reflecting on their learning within the enquiry<br /><br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br /><br />Hill Farm Primary is a friendly and welcoming three-form entry school, set in substantial grounds in Radford, Coventry. The intake comes largely from the immediate catchment area, which consists of primarily council and rented accommodation. Employment was traditionally in the automotive industry, which has been declining, and unemployment amongst parents is relatively high. In the last two years, there has been an increase in transience of the pupil population, due to the temporary housing of asylum seekers in the local area.<br /><br />Over the past three years, our head, Tricia Ham, has brought many changes to the school such as a more cross curricular approach to the curriculum, involving staff in the school development plan, giving TLR points to members of staff to support others to create a more creative approach. There has also been investment into developing the school grounds in KS 1 and 2. The foundation stage has been developed and created a more vibrant and exciting place for our pupils to be. Outside practitioners have been asked to come to support the curriculum such as drama companies, musicians, artists and dance. We would like to develop this further to encourage our staff to see that a dance lesson does not need music or to take place in the hall or see music lesson being taught in the classroom with instruments. Tricia has endeavoured to make her staff and pupils alike feel valued and excited about learning for the future. <br /><br />We now want to appoint a creative practitioner to work with teachers in years 4 and 5, to help them develop an approach to teaching and learning which is child-led. This will involve pupils in the planning and evaluation of topic work as part of the IPC. We also anticipate the practitioner supporting teachers in year 5 with some classroom delivery.<br /><br />In year 4, the teachers were all part of the pilot last year, and have developed confidence in planning in this way, and adapting the IPC topics to suit the children. However, although the approach to planning takes into account pupils’ responses and interests, it does not yet begin with the children. We therefore want the creative practitioner to work with the teachers to find ways to enable children to be fully involved in the planning from the outset. The emphasis of this work is supporting staff in their planning time, as the teachers feel confident to deliver in the classroom, but seek ideas for a pupil-led approach. <br />The topic chosen for the Spring term is Fashion, linking art, technology, science, ICT, music and international tasks. The staff involved would also like to work with the practitioner to support them in creative planning of a cross-curricular approach. They have to some extent reverted this year to following the IPC units, rather than developing these according to their own expertise, ideas, and knowledge of the children, as they did last year, when they were team planning with Linda Fitzsimmons. They have many ideas for the fashion topic, but need the confidence to take this forward, whilst at the same time enabling children to be fully involved. The expectation is that this enquiry would build their confidence so that they will be more confident to deviate from IPC units in the following half term with the next topic, making it more owned by pupils and staff alike. We anticipate 3 days of creative practitioner time with this teaching team, in half day units.<br /><br />In year 5, the teachers are all new to this way of planning, and the enquiry-based approach to teaching and learning. Since starting with IPC in September, they have been planning across the year group, but as with Year 4, have not yet done this from a pupil-led perspective. In addition, they have each tended to take separate topics to plan, rather than planning collaboratively. They are still building confidence in this new way of working, and as such would like to work with a practitioner in both planning (as a team) and some classroom delivery where the practitioner would collaborate in child-led approaches. The year 5 topics for the first half of Spring term is Migration, linking geography, history, society, science and international tasks. We anticipate 10.5 days practitioner time with year 5 (21 half day sessions). We would begin with planning in Dec/early Jan - due to the nature of planning time / cover arrangements, initial planning would be collective with further planning being with individual teachers. There would then be time in the classroom in Jan/Feb, to be spread across each of the three classes (22 in each class). We have discussed the possibility of merging the three classes into two groups of c. 30 pupils each for this work, to enable more contact time and team teaching. This would also enable one teacher to be observing at some points in the process, to support collection of evidence. This spread of activity would be reviewed with the appointed practitioner. <br /><br /><br />We also plan to hold an all-school INSET in January looking at creativity. We anticipate this being delivered collaboratively by Linda Fitzsimons (TLR for Creative Curriculum/Middle Phase Leader), Philippa Cross (our creative agent) and the appointed practitioner. (details to be developed once creative practitioner appointed)<br /><br />There will also be opportunities to share findings from the enquiry across the whole-school work through staff meetings in the second half of the spring term or the summer term. We are keen to learn as widely as possible from the work carried out in yrs 4 and 5. Four half days of practitioner time would also be expected for evaluation across the work with both year groups, and for sharing of learning with the wider staff – this would be largely in March/April (with some mid term evaluation at the end of January)<br /><br />The precise spread of activity would be reviewed with the practitioner on appointment. <br /><br />The school has substantial grounds, and we are keen to see creative use of the wider school environment rather than limiting activity to the classrooms.<br /><br />There is parking at the school and ample on-street parking.<br /><br />The successful applicants will be contracted directly by the school who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this commission. In addition to this we are also working with a creative agent, a freelance creative professional employed by cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and creative advisor.<br /><br />Please send applications by 24 November to:<br /><br />Linda Fitzsimons<br />Creative Partnerships Application<br />Hill Farm Primary<br />Foster Road<br />Radford<br />Coventry CV6 3BL<br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners:<br />Total budget for external partner fees, including travel costs and materials/resources is £3800. This includes a half day for planning and one day delivery for the INSET.<br /><br /> Date of interview: We would really appreciate the interviews to take place on Monday 1st December 2008 from 12 o’clock.<br /><br />Estimated timescale of the project: <br />• Initial Planning – December 2008 (essential to start in December as the topic begins in January)<br />• INSET planning – December 2008<br />• INSET for whole school - 5th January 2009<br />• Ongoing planning and classroom delivery Jan – Feb 2009 (first half of Spring term)<br />• Evaluation / Sharing learning – March-April 2009<br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 012<br /><br />Name of school: Kineton High School, Banbury Road, Kineton, Warwickshire, CV35 0JX, Telephone: 01926 640465, Fax: 01926 640872<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br />The enquiry question is: “Can the Learning Experience of students be improved in traditionally-taught subjects, with students being at the forefront of change?” This was chosen for two reasons. Firstly, the subjects in which outcomes are worst at Kineton are taught in very traditional ways, with the teacher solely leading the learning. Secondly, we are aware that the student voice has not yet had any impact on learning and teaching.<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br />The project aims to:<br />• Increase opportunities for students to have an input into teaching and learning strategies. A Student Committee will lead on the planning and evaluation of the project.<br />• Improve understanding amongst staff about how creativity can boost learning outcomes. Our Creative Partner will meet with the Subject Leader for Maths and the Students to plan out the content and structure of a creative learning experience for a group of Year 8 High Ability students, with music or drama being used to stimulate thinking.<br />• Increase the variety and depth of learning reviews. Following this project, it is expected that students and teachers will form a long lasting partnership to continually review and improve learning.<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br />The school is looking for an exceptional creative practitioner who can demonstrate the following:<br /><br />• A highly developed and reflective practice<br />• A commitment to genuine collaboration<br />• An ability to negotiate with a range of diverse participants / partners<br />• An ability to communicate with a diverse range of people and to share his / her practice / process with a broad audience<br />• An understanding of or an interest in how people learn<br />• An ability to apply his / her practice in a variety of different contexts<br />• A commitment to empowering students as leaders in learning<br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br />The project will begin with the formation of a committee of students who will lead on the planning, preparation and evaluation of the project.<br />The next stage of the plan is for our Creative Partner to hold a series of meetings with the Subject Leader for Maths and the Students to plan out the content and structure of a planned learning experience for a group of Year 8 High Ability students. The initial meeting would take place in the school’s Conference Room, but subsequent meetings could take place here or in one of the available learning spaces. The class is timetabled to learn in a room that seats 32 students comfortably, and has high quality technology available, including an interactive whiteboard. There are also numerous outdoor spaces available, if required. A computer suite with 28 stations could also be booked. The learning is expected to differ from traditional lines, with music or drama being used to stimulate thinking and interest.<br />In January, the final plans will be ironed out. Then, the project will be launched to the Year 8 students by the Partner, the teacher and the leaders of the student committee. The learning experience will culminate in a flexible curriculum day in March involving the whole of Year 8. A number of facilities will be available that day, and it is envisaged that up to 8 rooms will be available for use by individuals, small groups, or classes.<br />A series of reflection exercises will then take place in the Summer Term, with the assistance of the Creative Agent.<br />Catering facilities will be available throughout the project. The school’s lessons are all one hour long, and the school operates between 8.30 and 2.45, although meetings with students can take place between 2.45 and 3.45 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The Student Committee will be available at most times. Precise timings could be agreed at the initial meeting. Parking is freely available.<br /><br />The successful applicant will be contracted directly by Kineton High School who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this project. In addition to support provided by Cre8us, Kineton High School is also working with a Creative Agent, a freelance creative professional employed by Cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and advisor.<br /><br />Please apply directly to the school: John Leahy, Kineton High School, Banbury Road, Kineton, Warwickshire, CV35 0JX, Telephone: 01926 640465, Fax: 01926 640872<br /><br />Applications deadline: 24 November 2008<br />Available budget to pay external partners: £3400<br /> Date of interview: 2nd or 3rd Dec 2008 (TBC)<br />Estimated timescale of the project: Between November 08 and End March 09, with reviews taking place between April and May. A presentation to students will take place in July.<br /><br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 013<br /><br />Name of school: Langley Primary School, St Bernard’s Road, Solihull, B92 7DJ<br />Tel: 0121 706 3932 email: s36lmurphy@langley-jun.solihull.sch.uk<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br /><br />How can we use our outdoor environment more creatively to stimulate personal, interpersonal and cognitive skills in our learners?<br /><br />The focus group will be Year 1 who experience difficulties in building and maintaining good/suitable relationships within and outside the classroom. At present they are very self-centred and find it difficult to share and engage with each other. Playtimes are a particular problem and have a knock on effect in the classroom.<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br />Through the project we hope to see the following:-<br /><br />• Improved relationships and greater harmony between children in the playground and the classroom.<br />• Appropriate behaviour.<br />• Responsibility and self-regulation<br />• More imaginative and collaborative learners<br />• Better observation and self-reflection skills<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br />We would like the following:<br />• Someone who is flexible and who incorporates a range of strategies to engage and inspire children<br />• Someone who understands young children<br />• Someone who can analyse the children’s needs and adapt their skills accordingly<br />• Someone who can work within a team and see children as partners<br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br />Langley Primary School is located on the border of Solihull and Birmingham which gives us a mixed catchment area. There are approximately 450 on roll from Nursery to Year 6. It is a multi-cultural school. As a BLP school we are interested in developing the whole child and addressing individual learning styles through areas of personal interest. We see this project following on from our involvement in a previous creativity project.<br /><br />We are looking for an exceptional practitioner who can work with a group of 60 Year 1 pupils during the Spring term to explore how they can develop and manage their behaviours in an outdoor space (particularly at playtime). It is anticipated that the practitioner will draw on their own practice to consult practically with young people about the way in which they use different spaces within the outdoor area. <br /><br />It is anticipated that the practitioner will initiate a range of activities to encourage appropriate group cohesion and individual behaviour. Interventions can be in any form (e.g. physical activities, singing, dancing, playground games, and quiet zones).<br /><br />We envisage two year one classes being involved. This may mean teaching one class in the morning and one in the afternoon. Teaching the whole year group at once is also a possibility. Some involvement with Year 2 pupils will be necessary to help with the process of self-evaluation and observation.<br /><br />At present our outside space consists of :- a large playground, a barked play area with climbing pencils, a house, stepping logs and a bridge – none of which can be used when wet, a weathered nought and crosses frame, garden area and a tyre park which can be only used under supervision. Children have been observed using different areas for a variety of activities i.e. use of a stepped area as a stage, door areas as quiet reading spaces and as conversation areas. Suggestions for using the outside spaces are: - treasure chest containing materials and objects to provoke creative play, story chair, puppets, performing space, running zone, quiet corner, friendship corner/bench, secret garden, drawing/musical area. We would like the creative partner to consider using kinetic activities and build on the children’s personal interests.<br /><br />Support will always be available from all adults involved - teachers, teaching assistants, midday supervisors.<br /><br />The successful applicant will be contracted directly by Langley Primary School who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this project. In addition to support provided by Cre8us, Langley Primary School is also working with a Creative Agent, a freelance creative professional employed by Cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and advisor.<br /><br />Please apply direct to: Langley Primary School, St Bernard’s Road, Solihull, B92 7DJ<br />Tel: 0121 706 3932 email: s36lmurphy@langley-jun.solihull.sch.uk<br />Contact name: Mrs Libby Murphy<br /><br />Application deadline: 21st November 2008<br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners: A total budget of £4,000 is available, of which up to £3400 we anticipate going to the practitioner. We anticipate the practitioner committing a minimum of 17 days to this project to include planning with teachers and pupils, delivery of the project and evaluation. There is a further £450 available for materials and resources.<br /> Date of interview: Friday 28th November (NB children will be present on the interview panel and will be involved in the selection)<br />Estimated timescale of the project: A planning session/s with the adults in December, the delivery of the project in the Spring Term, 5th January to 3rd April 2009, an evaluation session in the Summer Term and also a sharing event on 25th June if appropriate.<br /><br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview on the given date please contact us to rearrange a suitable time, or submit your portfolio or ideas<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 014<br /><br />Name of school: Lyng Hall Secondary School, Blackberry Lane Wyken Coventry, CV2 3JS<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. <br />We want to explore “How can creative approaches to teaching and learning in Humanities in year 9 contribute to attainment in Maths.” <br /><br />We want to work cross curricular with Maths and Humanities to respond to our question/statement. This has been arrived at following meetings with the Head teacher, the school SLT and the school’s Challenge steering group. <br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form:<br />We wish a practitioner(s) to lead a collaborative process with staff and students to design a creative project exploring the theme outlined above. We envisage planning to take place during the late stages of the autumn term 2008 with the main body of the project taking place between January and April 2009.<br />The school’s current achievement level of 24% of students achieving 5 A* to C GCSE’s including Maths and English currently falls short of the target of 30% Lyng Hall are keen to meet as a national challenge school. Project monitoring and evaluation shall assess the project’s contribution to this goal as well as comment on the potential to trial or pilot techniques in other curriculum areas towards the same goal<br />Consultation with staff and students provided focus for this brief and the intended project. We are open to tenders from individuals and companies and have allocated a budget of £8,000 for around 30 days to include project work, occasional monitoring/evaluation meetings with the potential to include additional inset/sharing days with staff.<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? <br />We expect the practitioner to be able to demonstrate good thinking and planning skills, the ability to collaborate in educational environments supported by an understanding of Maths and Humanities.<br />We envisage the practitioner leading a collaborative planning phase with students and staff, exploring links between the two curriculum areas before embarking on an extended project phase which the practitioner shall lead<br />The practitioner must be able to create and work to clear plans and schemes of work and must be able to attend meetings as agreed. We also expect the practitioner to take part in monitoring and evaluation exercises as directed.<br />A knowledge of schools, the creativity agenda and research principles will be an advantage.<br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk.<br />The project will be developed at Lyng Hall school, in classroom time, although the potential for out of school visits can be explored. The school is a specialist sports community college and aspires to develop as a family-learning centre. The school also aims to develop its SEAL work, which focuses on emotional well being. We would wish for these elements to be explored in the project work.<br />The school is friendly and accessible built on 2 levels. We aim to explore potential use of sports facilities, for example video conferencing, in keeping with the school’s sports specialist status<br />Our focus is year 9 students whose predicted grades shall assist in the development of a baseline against which progress shall be measured. We envisage a total of around 40 working days to be required.<br />The successful applicants will be contracted directly by the school who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this commission. In addition to this we are also working with a creative agent, a freelance creative professional employed by Cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and creative advisor.<br /><br />Please apply to the school directly: Lyng Hall Secondary School, Blackberry Lane Wyken Coventry, CV2 3JS<br />Deadline for receipt of invitation to tender: 26.11.08<br /><br />www.lynghallschool.co.uk<br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners: £8,000<br /><br />Date of interview: 05.12.08<br /><br />Estimated timescale of the project: Nov 2008-March end 2009<br /><br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 015<br /><br />Name of school: Lyng Hall Secondary School, Blackberry Lane Wyken Coventry, CV2 3JS<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. <br /><br />We want to explore how English may be taught creatively in relation to other languages and cultures, historical contexts, family and popular culture as part of an alternative curriculum developed for year 7 foundation students at Lyng Hall school.<br />Our enquiry has been arrived at through a collaborative process involving staff and students<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form:<br />We wish a practitioner(s) to lead a collaborative process with staff, students and families to design a creative project exploring the theme outlined above. We envisage planning to take place during the later stages of the autumn term 2008 and the main body of the project taking place between January and April 2009<br />Year 7 foundation students are from a range of backgrounds and cultures including new arrivals and take part in foundation learning as a step into mainstream school and classes.<br />To date, led by teacher Debbie Henman, the school has modelled a modified curriculum for this student group. Consultation with staff and students provided focus for this brief and the intended project. We are open to tenders from individuals and companies and have allocated a budget of £8,000 to include project work, occasional monitoring/evaluation meetings with the potential to include additional inset/sharing days with staff<br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership?<br />We expect the practitioner to be able to demonstrate good thinking and planning skills coupled with language skills, imagination and a sound knowledge of contemporary, historical and cultural contexts. We also expect the practitioner to be able to demonstrate the ability to work with diverse groups and adults (staff and families) in a flexible and empathic way.<br />The practitioner must be able to create and work to clear plans and schemes of work and must be able to attend meetings as agreed. We also expect the practitioner to take part in monitoring and evaluation exercises as directed<br />A knowledge of schools, the creativity agenda and research principles will be an advantage.<br /><br /><br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk.<br />The project will be developed at Lyng Hall school, in classroom time, although the potential for out of school visits can be explored. The foundation group is on the first floor and adjacent to the schools arts facilities. The school is lively and friendly with a strong committed staff team. The school is a specialist sports community college and aspires to develop as a family-learning centre. The school also aims to develop its SEAL work, which focuses on emotional well-being. The expectation is that these elements will be reflected in the project work.<br /><br />The group itself is rewarding to work with, although some of the young people do occasionally require support of different means, principally around language.<br /><br />The staff group working with the young people is very supportive and learner centred and have worked hard to develop and modify existing curriculum to meet their learners needs<br /><br />The successful applicants will be contracted directly by the school who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this commission. In addition to this we are also working with a creative agent, a freelance creative professional employed by cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and creative advisor.<br /><br />Please apply to the school directly: Lyng Hall Secondary School, Blackberry Lane Wyken Coventry, CV2 3JS<br />Deadline for receipt of invitation to tender: 26.11.08<br /><br />www.lynghallschool.co.uk<br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners: £8,000<br /><br />Date of interview: 05.12.08<br /><br />Estimated timescale of the project: Nov 2008-March end 2009<br /><br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 016<br /><br />Name of school: Milverton Primary School, Greatheed Road, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 1JP<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it.<br /><br />Milverton Primary School is using its Creative Partnerships programme to explore the following research question:<br /><br />How can we adapt the school’s outdoor and indoor space to improve and inspire our children’s communication skills and have an impact on their learning?<br /><br />This project will support the school in the exploration of this question.<br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br /><br />We believe that by taking a creative and sensory approach as a starting point, the project will inspire imagination and vocabulary with the children in Year Two.<br /><br />Our project planning began by taking a child-led approach which is a focus for the whole school. We asked:<br />• what the children enjoy learning;<br />• when learning is fun;<br />• environments that the children would like to work in.<br /><br />We have developed some interesting and contrasting environments within our school and it felt important to incorporate these places to create a physical space for the children to think in; to feel; to provoke thoughts; words; dialogue and questions - environments in which the children can foster and grow their imaginations, their language and vocabulary.<br /><br />This project aims to:<br />• Enable pupils to improve their communication skills and feel inspired to write through a creative approach to learning.<br />• Improve understanding amongst staff about how a creative approach to planning and teaching can inspire and improve children’s learning.<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br /><br />• Broad knowledge and expertise in the creative use of indoor and outdoor space to support learning and teaching through communication and words<br />• Ability to think creatively in the application of this knowledge<br />• A highly developed and reflective practice<br />• A commitment to partnerships and an enthusiasm for working with pupils<br />• An ability to communicate clearly with a diverse range of people<br />• A capacity to work flexibly<br />• An understanding of the requirements of working in a professional school environment<br />• An ability to present pupil’s work in creative and meaningful ways<br />• A capacity to develop teacher’s skills and understanding<br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br />Milverton Primary School is looking for a highly motivated and capable practitioner who can work throughout Year 2 (ages 6-7) in the Spring Term to explore and adapt outdoor and indoor space to improve and inspire our children’s communication skills and have an impact on their learning. The practitioner will be expected to work with groups of teachers, contributing ideas and actively involving themselves in the development of the project and supporting the delivery of the project with pupils. Ongoing reflection will be an integral part of the process and practitioners must be prepared to meet with staff after school if necessary. Formal evaluations will take place with the schools Creative Agent both mid term and end term.<br /><br />The activities within the ‘spaces’ might involve performance; children using their voices creatively, exploring vocal sounds and making music; construction and painting; using their senses, feeling surfaces and textures and running freely. It is anticipated that the project will support a range of ICT media, including possible focus on the use of sound and film to inspire and develop ideas and record and present outcomes.<br /><br />Milverton is housed in both a Victorian building and a newer main building; we have two large playgrounds which are well used for a range of activities but we have no large open green space attached to the school. We have an amphitheatre, pagoda, school garden and quiet area and an adventure ‘trim trail’. Some areas of the playground are also covered. The school vision focuses on both ‘a creative school’ and ‘a Milverton curriculum’ which are at the heart of this project. We fully embrace the idea of investigating different ways of doing things and taking risks and aim to provide appropriate support to allow the project to happen and ensure that the positive outcomes of the project are sustainable for future years through the school.<br />The school is currently working on developing a ‘coaching culture’ within the school – this could provide effective support for those practitioners/teachers involved directly in shaping the journey of the project.<br /><br />The school has a dedicated ICT suite and a flexible approach to the use of space. The confines of the building do create some difficulties, but staff has developed a creative approach to space management.<br /><br />Practitioners will be expected to be at the school from 8.30am in order to meet with staff and prepare resources. School finishes at 3.20pm. Parking is available in Greatheed Road and Rugby Road.<br /><br />Planning will take place at the beginning of the Spring Term.<br />The School is willing to accept a joint application for the project if appropriate<br /><br />The successful applicant will be contracted directly by Milverton Primary School who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this work. In addition to support provided by Cre8us, Milverton Primary School is also working with a Creative Agent, a freelance creative professional employed by Cre8us.<br /><br /><br />Please apply to Katie Gane (CP Coordinator), Milverton Primary School, Greatheed Road, Leamington Spa, CV31 1JP and/or admin2606@we-learn.com (please send a CV and no more than 3 images/examples of work)<br />Tel: 01926 424043 <br />Deadline for application – Monday 8th December at 5pm<br /><br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners: £200 per day , with an additional sum for materials<br />Date of interview: 16th December 2008<br />Estimated timescale of the project: A maximum of 34 sessions (each session = ½ day, 3.5 hrs) to include planning, resourcing and evaluation.<br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 017<br /><br />Name of school: Marston Green Infant School, Elm Farm Avenue, Birmingham B37 7AA<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br /><br />‘Can enquiry based learning have an impact on the professional practice of teachers and consequently raise standards of attainment within boys writing?’<br /><br />• Down ward trend identified in boys writing over the last 5 years when analysing data using Raise on line.<br />• Identified boys writing in SEF and SIP as a priority. <br />• Lack of risk taking in the planning of lessons due to the constraints imposed upon teachers by the Literacy Strategy.<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br /><br />This research aims to:<br />• Develop a culture of enquiry within the classroom to make children more independent and self motivated learners to encourage life long learning. (ECM Agenda).<br />• To look at different ways of inspiring young writers with a particular focus on boys.<br />• To provide professional development opportunities for the staff to reflect upon their current classroom practice and feel confident enough to take risks.<br />• To be able to have fun, take risks, be innovative and develop teaching and learning in order to raise standards of attainment in writing.<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br />The school is looking for an exceptional creative practitioner who can demonstrate the following:<br />An innovative approach to teaching young children.<br />Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to deal with a diverse range of both adults and young children.<br />Patience and a great deal of energy.<br />Knowledge and understanding about how young children learn and develop.<br />Highly developed and reflective practice.<br />The ability to inspire and motivate others.<br />An ability to apply his/her practices in a variety of different contexts.<br />Knowledge of National Curriculum objectives.<br /><br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br />Marston Green Infant School is an outstanding school with excellent levels of attainment which are consistently above both national and local averages. Although our attainment is high we are never complacent and are aware that over the last 5 years there has been a down ward trend in boys writing. Although as a school we have addressed this through various interventions, restructuring the topics, modifying the literacy modules and promoting drama techniques as a teaching tool we feel that we now need to look for other ways to inspire not just our learners but also to motivate and inspire our teachers to take risks and look at developing literacy in a more innovative way. Since the introduction of the Literacy Strategy many teachers have lost their creative element within their teaching and I would like to get this back into the classroom. For many of them it will be a real challenge to let go of something that they are secure with and take on a new way of teaching. Our school logo is a Ferdinand the frog who is ‘leaping into a brighter future’ I have called this research A leap of faith into a creative pool because that is what our creative practitioner has got to provide us with – the ability to take a risk within a creative learning environment and be confident to let an enquiry lead the focus of a lesson.<br />The practitioner would be based within a year 1 class for 4 ½ day sessions or 2 full day sessions (this could be decided upon during the planning meeting) and work with a group of 30 children with the support of a teacher and teaching assistant. The school is well placed for resources and certainly an allocation in the budget has been made for materials and resources. The lessons could be conducted within the classroom setting or can be timetabled for sessions in the hall if needed. <br />The staff, children and parents within the school are very welcoming and I feel sure that a creative practitioner working with us would feel well supported and very quickly feel part of the team. Parking is available, although is limited and lunch can be provided. <br /><br />The successful applicant will be contracted by Marston Green Infant School who has secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this commission. In addition to support provided by Cre8us, MGIS is also working with a creative agent, a freelance creative professional employed by Cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and creative advisor.<br /><br />Please apply directly to:<br />Beverley Elliott, Marston Green Infant School, Elm Farm Avenue, Birmingham B37 7AA<br /><br />Applications deadline: 24th November 2008<br />Available budget to pay external partners:<br />A total fee of £4,000.00 is available, of which up to £750.00 can be spent of materials/resources. <br /><br /> Date of interview: January 2009 (tbc)<br /><br />Estimated timescale of the project: February 2009 – May 2009<br /><br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 018<br /><br />Name of school: Oak Cottage Primary School, Greswolde Road, Solihull, B91 1DY<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br /><br />Does a more creative approach to writing based activities improve and enhance the experience for boys, and therefore raise attainment?<br />The attainment of boys in writing has always been weaker in our school. We face the challenge of maintaining interest in the writing process and extending attainment. We hope that this project will help us to explore more creative approaches to teaching and learning so that the children do not ‘switch off’.<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br />The project aims to:<br />• Take place within the Year Three classroom with the class teacher, lead teacher (Literacy leader, Head of Key Stage and member of SLT), creative practitioner and thirty children involved.<br />• Develop a language of creativity and encourage discussion, collaboration and higher order thinking and problem solving skills within the children.<br />• Inspire the children to develop their writer voice and become enthused about the writing process.<br />• Involve the children throughout the entire process and project, from the interview process to the development of the activities. <br />• Encourage the staff to explore the notion of creativity and refine and develop a more creative approach to teaching and learning across the curriculum.<br />• Educate the teachers, governors and local authority on creative approaches towards writing.<br />• Involve the parents and school community wherever possible.<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br />• They will bring with them a language and new vocabulary related to creativity and lifelong learning<br />• They will be confident in a range of situations, articulate work collaboratively and be good at solving problems.<br />• They will help the staff to develop their own practice, helping them identify and encourage creativity and reflection.<br />• They will have the skills to liaise with and enthuse the whole school community <br />• A reflective and skilful practitioner who can directly utilise their knowledge and experience to engage the children in the writing process<br />• An understanding of how children learn and the skills necessary to create lifelong learners who are not afraid to fail<br /><br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br />Oak Cottage Primary School is looking for an exceptional practitioner who can work with a group of 30 Year 3 pupils during the Spring term to explore creative approaches with which to enthuse and develop their enjoyment and skills with regard to writing. It is anticipated that the practitioner will work collaboratively with the class teacher to plan and deliver a project that will inspire the children to write, challenge their fear of failure and enhance their skills as learners. The environment in which the partner would work could be within the classroom, in the school hall, ICT suite, outdoor areas, wildlife area etc and could take any form that would capture the children’s imaginations and spark discussion and involvement. The project could be shared through a display of work, a sharing event with the school community or perhaps the publication of the children’s writing in some form. <br /><br />The process by which pupils are engaged in activity is left open for discussion with the successful applicant – for example, the practitioner may wish to work with the whole group during a set session each week or alternatively, may wish to schedule whole days or in fact a week of intensive activity with the group. <br /><br />Oak Cottage is a high achieving, friendly community school with strengths in many areas of the curriculum and an Artsmark Gold award. The school has supportive parents and an active governing body and members of the school community like to be involved in the day to day activities of the children. There are a small number of SEN children within each class and the current Year Three class has a group of children with specific difficulties who find learning and writing in particular, a real challenge. We have a school council with representation from all classes from Year One to Year Six and are particularly keen to give the pupils a voice wherever possible. The Year Three teacher is in his second year of teaching and the Lead teacher has been teaching for twelve years and has led her schools on Literacy, the Arts, BLP and Creativity.<br /><br />The successful applicant will be contracted directly by Oak Cottage Primary School who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this commission. In addition to support provided by Cre8us, Oak Cottage Primary School is working with a Creative Agent, a freelance creative professional employed by Cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and creative advisor.<br /><br />Please apply direct to the school by Monday 24th November 2008:<br /><br />Debbie Goodman<br />Oak Cottage Primary School<br />Greswolde Road<br />Solihull<br />B91 1DY<br /><br />Tel: 0121 7049123<br />Fax: 0121 7112749<br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners: A budget of £4000 is available for this project and we would anticipate that £500 be available from that to purchase resources.<br /> Date of interview: Week beginning December 1st, 2008<br />Estimated timescale of the project: January – May 2009<br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 019<br /><br />Name of school: Shustoke C of E Primary School, Shustoke, Coleshill, Birmingham, B46 2AU, Telephone/Fax: 01675 481319<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br />Shustoke C of E Primary School is using the enquiry programme to explore the following research question:<br />“How do we use creative approaches to inspire boys to improve their writing across the curriculum?”<br /><br />Our aim at the end of the project activity is to have developed some form of ‘toolkit’ for future use across the schools curriculum in all key stages.<br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br />The aims of the project are to:<br />• To extend our thematic approach to pupil lead curriculum development<br />• Improve and increase the quantity and quality of boy’s writing<br />• Extend our integrated methods of creative curriculum design and delivery<br />• Provide a platform for our enthusiastic teaching team and pupils to take more risks in the internal and external learning environments.<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br />The school is looking for an exceptional creative practitioner who can demonstrate the following:<br />• A real commitment to collaboration with teachers and pupils<br />• A well developed reflective practice and an ability to share that practice in a primary school setting<br />• An understanding of or interest in how people learn (particularly how boy’s learn)<br />• Able to apply his/her practice in a range of contexts<br />• Highly developed communication and negotiation skills<br />• Be able to motivate and inspire others<br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br /><br />Shustoke is a small school with an enthusiastic team. We have identified 2 year groups as having the largest number of boys with weaker writing abilities. Through the enquiry school programme we would like to explore this further by developing creative approaches for teachers and pupils to explore methods that will inspire boys to be motivated to improve the quality of their writing.<br /><br />The successful candidate would be expected to work primarily with the Science Coordinator (also Year 4 teacher) and RE coordinator (also the Year 2 teacher) to develop tools and resources that will enable them to extend our integrated approach to curriculum development.<br /><br />We are particularly interested in using forms of Drama, Writing and/or Music as creative processes to explore our line of enquiry and hope to disseminate/share this with parents and other stakeholders through a special event where representative boys and their year groups can present their work.<br /><br />The successful applicants will be contracted directly by the school who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this commission. In addition to this we are also working with a creative agent, a freelance creative professional employed by cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and creative advisor.<br /><br />Please forward tender to the Creative Partnerships Coordinator Craig Garfield, Shustoke C of E Primary School, Shustoke, Coleshill, Birmingham, B46 2AU, Telephone/Fax: 01675 481319<br /><br />Applications deadline: Monday 15th December 2008<br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners:<br />The creative partner/s will be expected to work in the school for up to 6 days (12 sessions between 2 creative partners or arts organisation) in total, There is a budget of £1950 for partners fees (to include planning, material resources, documentation and evaluation time etc) and the successful candidate will be contracted directly by Shustoke Primary School.<br /><br />Date of interview:<br /> Interviews will commence after holidays on Thursday 8th January 2009<br /><br />Estimated timescale of the project:<br />Project planning, delivery and evaluation during the Spring/beginning of Summer term .<br />NB:<br />• Please also provide a CV and two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 020<br /><br />Name of school: Snitterfield Primary School, School Road, Snitterfield, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 0JL. T: 01789 731301<br /> E: head2046@we-learn.com<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br />Snitterfield Primary is using its creative partnerships programme to explore the following enquiry:<br />How can we make adaptations to the learning environment to engage all pupils in their learning?<br /><br />This relates directly to the SIP, looking at creative learning behaviours of both staff and pupils. We have been using the International Primary Curriculum as a resource to support a thematic approach to learning. As a school we wish to focus more on creativity as a learning behaviour. This is also a direct response to the behaviours/ dispositions of a significant number of boys within the school, who enjoy active learning.<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br />The thinking behind this enquiry relates to a desire to explore different learning styles within the classroom; create an environment where there is a balance between free flow and structure; to explore innovative ways of delivering the curriculum; fully engage the children in the learning process.<br />Our enquiry question focuses on the learning process, where reflection will be used as a mechanism for developing purpose, adding value to their own work.<br />This is a priority for all staff working within the school and it is intended for the work to have an impact across the school. However, for the purpose of the enquiry the focus will be within a mixed Year 1/ 2 class.<br /><br />The project will focus primarily on developing higher order skills in writing<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br />• A commitment to partnership and an enthusiasm for working with younger pupils<br />• An interest in the development of children’s learning through creative approaches<br />• The ability to model and facilitate reflective practice<br />• Has an excellent knowledge and understanding of the challenges faced in Year 1 in relation to transition, as pupils move from the Early Years Framework to the National Primary Strategy<br />• A capacity to develop teachers skills, confidence and understanding<br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br />Snitterfield Primary School is looking for 2 highly motivated practitioners who can work within Key Stage 1 in the Spring Term to explore the creative use of story-telling and 3D artworks, to engage children in active learning. The school is willing to accept a joint application for the project.<br /><br />Practitioners will be expected to work with a group of staff, contributing ideas and actively involving themselves in the development of the curriculum, and supporting the delivery of the projects with pupils.<br /><br />Formal evaluations will take place with the schools Creative Agent.<br /><br />Snitterfield is a small, rural school. We have a small playground, but a large playing field which cannot always be easily accessed. We have a significant number of boys within each year group that enjoy the outside environment.<br />The confines of the building do create some difficulties and the staff are developing a creative approach to utilising space around the school.<br />We are a very warm and friendly school promoting positive relationships between staff and pupils. Our academic standards are high and we work hard to meet the needs of all individuals.<br /><br />Practitioners will be expected to be at school from 8.30am in order to meet staff and prepare resources. School finishes at 3.15pm.<br /><br />The successful applicant will be contacted directly by Snitterfield Primary School who has already secured funding to support this work. Planning will take place in the Spring Term, supported by a Creative Agent working on a freelance basis for Cre8us.<br /><br />Please send applications, a CV and no more than 3 images/examples of work to:- <br />Sue Ogden – Head,<br />Snitterfield Primary School,<br />School Road,<br />Snitterfield,<br />Stratford-upon-Avon,<br />CV37 0JL<br /><br />Deadline for application – 3.30pm Friday 5th December<br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners:<br />We have £3000 budget allocated to engage two practitioners at £200 per day, inclusive of planning, delivery, evaluation and travel. A minimum of 5 days/ maximum of 10 days for each practitioner is anticipated, and will be confirmed on appointment. £600 has been allocated for materials.<br /><br /> Date of interview: Shortlisting will take place 8th December with interviews held week beginning 15th December.<br /><br />Estimated timescale of the project: Spring term 2009<br /><br />NB:<br />Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 021<br /><br />Name of School: <br />Saint Patricks Catholic Primary School, Deedmore Road, Wood End, Coventry, CV2 1EQ<br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br />Saint Patricks using it’s Creative Partnerships programme to explore the following research question:<br />‘Does a creative approach to literacy engage boys more fully and result in higher aspirations and achievements?’<br />This project will support the school in the exploration of this question<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form:<br />This is our second year as a Creative Partnership Enquiry School and we would like to support a class of year 5 children (with a specific emphasis on boys) to help develop their writing and literacy skills. <br /><br />Due to many criteria - possibly related to the socio-economic problems in the area - boys’ achievement in reading, writing and general literacy skills is below par and the school has identified this as a major cause for concern and is developing strategies to address this.<br />Many of our children enter school well below national average with very poor language skills, challenging home circumstances and limited personal experiences. This paucity of language soon becomes a barrier to learning.<br /><br />This project aims to:<br /><br />• Enable pupils, especially boys, to explore literacy within a creative context to improve overall standards in writing, with a particular focus on descriptive language.<br />• Develop our understanding of creative teaching and learning<br /><br />What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership?<br /><br />• Broad knowledge and expertise in the creative use of music to support learning and teaching<br />• A highly developed and reflective practice<br />• Ability to think creatively in the application of this knowledge<br />• To be committed to true partnership working with other practitioners, teachers and outside agencies involved in the life of the school<br />• An enthusiasm for working with young people<br />• An understanding of the requirements of working in a professional school environment<br />• An ability to communicate clearly<br />• An ability to present pupil’s work in creative and meaningful ways<br />3. Please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking. Please include anything that you feel may constitute a risk<br />Saint Patricks Catholic Primary School is looking for a highly motivated and capable practitioner with an understanding of popular, urban music genres, particularly vocal techniques such as rapping, MCing and performance poetry. You will be required to work in Year 4 in Spring Term 2009 alongside a sound artist and would need to have experience in how these techniques can be used creatively within approaches to literacy.<br />This would require the teaching of prose and poetry writing skills such as lyric writing and editing, meter and rhymes and the development of appropriate musical performance techniques e.g. rapping, MCing, rhythm and timing, vocal/breath control etc. Working with the sound artist, further computer based development of the material will be explored; using production techniques such as editing, looping, digital effects and manipulation, field recordings, multi-track mixing and the creation of backing tracks.<br /><br />It is hoped that a visit to a recording studio will form part of the project, with the pupils getting the opportunity to see the professional application of the work they are doing in school and connecting them to the wider field of work.<br /><br />The practitioner appointed will work along side the sound artist (who has worked with the school before) and the class teacher, contributing ideas and activity involving themselves in the development of the curriculum and supporting the delivery of the project with the pupils. It is anticipated that there will be some form of final presentation/sharing including parents and other teachers in the school, the format evolving in consultation with the pupils as the project progresses.<br /><br />Ongoing reflection will be an integral part of the process and practitioners must be prepared to meet with staff after school if necessary. Formal evaluation will take place with the schools Creative Agent at the end of the project.<br /><br />Over the past few years we have been looking at developing the creative experiences that are offered to children, to improve the quality of our teaching and learning. The school has participated in numerous initiatives and these have been a success in aiding the pupil’s personal and academic development but this is a little different. This project will help to address boys’ achievements in literacy in a more focused way.<br /><br />The use of ICT features highly within the Saint Patricks curriculum and we have a dedicated computer suite, interactive whiteboards in each classroom and numerous laptops that will go towards supporting work in IT. We also have access to lovely open spaces with mature trees and a developing conservation area. We have a warm and friendly ethos with a high priority based on children’s personal and social development. Children enter the school with below average communication skills and by Year 4 their reading attainment is roughly in line with national expectations. However over the past few years boy’s attainment has been targeted as an area for development.<br /><br />The practitioner will be expected to be at the school from 8.30 a.m. in order to meet with staff and prepare resources. School finishes at 3.00 p.m. Parking spaces are available at the school.<br /><br />Planning will take place in January for activities in the Spring.<br /><br />The successful applicant will be contracted directly by Saint Patricks Catholic Primary School who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this work. In addition to support provided by Cre8tus, Saint Patricks Catholic Primary School is also working with a Creative Agent, a freelance creative professional employed by Cre8us.<br /><br />To apply, please send a CV, plus some examples of recent work and an artist’s statement (no longer than 1 A4 page) that addresses the above criteria to:<br /><br />Kevin Cantillon<br />Saint Patricks Catholic Primary School<br />Deedmore Road<br />Wood End<br />Coventry<br />CV2 1EQ<br /><br />Deadline: Thursday 18th December 2008<br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners:<br />A total fee of £1800 is available for the project (9 days including planning, evaluation and presentation of work within school)<br />There is an additional sum available for resources<br />Date of interview: Tuesday 13 January 2009<br />Estimated timescale of the project: Spring 2009<br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• Please indicate if you are not available for interview on the date specified as failure to do so may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 022<br /><br />Name of school: Tudor Grange School, Dingle Lane, Solihull, B91 3PD<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br />Our enquiry is:<br />What is required to foster in young people creative skills that can be transferred - including collaboration, problem finding/solving and questioning skills - across the whole curriculum?<br />A priority on our School Development Plan is to look at the implications of the new secondary curriculum and to create a more holistic curriculum, with natural links between subject disciplines made explicit. We believe that students can drive their own learning forward in each subject discipline by using the above skills.<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br />• Will focus on Year 7 students who have chosen a ‘Performing Arts’ enrichment to follow each Wednesday’s for 2 hours as part of our ‘Service Award’. The focus is to teach students ‘learning to learn’ skills, which are transferable across the whole curriculum.<br /><br />Under title of ‘Change and Challenge’, we are intending to focus on transition issues from Key Stage 2 – 3 through an exploration of the following themes;<br /><br />• Status<br />• Belonging<br />• Environment<br /><br />We want students to explore each theme through dance/movement, drama, music, art, or a combination of some or all of these disciplines. Students will drive the learning forward using their preferred learning style and artform through collaboration, problem finding and solving and questioning skills - culminating in a performance and workshops to a local junior school.<br /><br />Identified by Claire Maclean – Leadership Team; Michelle Sanders – Curriculum Leader for Performing Arts; Jeanette Pickard and Nicola Brown – Overall responsibility for Yr. 7 Service Award.<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br /><br />The school is looking for 2 exceptional creative practitioners who can demonstrate the following,<br /><br />• Ability to collaborate and communicate successfully with a range of students, teachers and parents<br />• Ability to work across the ‘Performing Arts’ in dance, music, drama and art in order to facilitate students learning<br />• Ability to challenge and motivate students to take risks in their thinking and be more experimental and expressive in their work in order to help them become more independent learners<br />• Flexibility and adaptability to facilitate students in steering their own learning forward<br />• Ability to be a reflective practitioner<br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br /><br />The project would involve Year 7 students who are divided into ‘X’ and ‘Y’ band. Students in each band follow the ‘Service Award’* every other Wednesday for 2 hours a week (from 1 – 3pm). This will require the practitioners to be available every Wednesday for the Spring Term. There will be no more than 30 students in each band – with 2 members of teaching staff each week working with the creative practitioners. <br /><br />We are looking for 2 creative practitioners who will either work together with the 30 pupils and 2 staff or divide into sub-groups. This to be developed with artists appointed.<br /><br />Due to the limited time had with these students there will be two parts to our project<br />Spring – working with creative practitioners as part of the Enquiry project<br />Summer – students continue with staff to create performance piece and workshops for feeder schools tour<br /><br />The Spring will see the 2 artists in every week for 12 weeks (6 sessions per group) working with the students in smaller groups of approx 12 students each. In addition there is time built in for the staff to plan and evaluate with the creative practitioners. The practitioners will have skills between them in at least 2 art forms but we hope they can bring a range of skills and experiences.<br /><br />The summer will see the pupils take their experiences and learning to put together a final multi-artform performance including set, costumes and props. Students will perform to at least one local junior school and will then deliver workshops based on one of the transition themes that they have explored. This will encourage students to collaborate and to negotiate with students from a different year group. In the process, students will develop problem solving and leadership skills. Artists will not be involved in this aspect but must bear this in mind in planning and delivering of the Spring programme.<br /><br />The project would take place in the Lead Learning Suite and one of the Music Rooms. The Lead Learning Suite is a large area the equivalent of the size of a gym. The Music Room is a standard classroom. Facilities available include keyboards, percussion, CD player, projector, whiteboard, digital camcorder. Props, art materials and materials for creating a set would need to be purchased. ICT rooms can be booked so that students can create e-portfolios of their experiences.<br /><br />Through our ‘Change and Challenge’ project, we expect students to work in small groups to explore themes through their chosen art discipline. The groups might be split so that half the students work in the Lead Learning Suite and half work in the Music Room.<br />The Creative Practitioners will need to monitor and facilitate each group with the help of the teachers and be creative in encouraging learning to develop in different directions.<br /><br />Parking is at the front of the school and all visitors need to sign in and out at reception.<br /><br />* Students have chosen an enrichment activity to follow from the Autumn half-term for the remainder of the year.<br />Students chose from the following enrichment activities;<br />• Sport<br />• Performing Arts<br />• Allotment<br />• Expedition<br />60 students have elected to follow the Performing Arts enrichment - this will be the focus group for our enquiry.<br /><br />The successful applicants will be contracted directly by the school who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this commission. In addition to this we are also working with a creative agent, a freelance creative professional employed by cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and creative advisor.<br /><br />Please send application to Michelle Sanders at Tudor Grange school msanders@tudor-grange@solihull.sch.uk or at michelle.sanders2@btopenworld.com copied to Creative Agent Claire Marshall at Claire.marshall@mac.com<br /><br />Deadline: 24th November 2008<br />Available budget to pay external partners: £1500 per artist x 2 artists plus resources budget<br /><br /> Date of interview: To be arranged<br /><br />Estimated timescale of the project: December planning Jan-March delivery & evaluation<br /><br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 023<br /><br />Name of school: Welford Primary School, Headland Road, Welford On Avon, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 8ER<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br />Welford Primary School is using its Creative Partnerships programme to explore the following research question:<br /><br />In what ways can we facilitate and enable children’s imagination and creative writing?<br /><br />• We used pupil voice to generate initial project ideas.<br />• The main focus of work is to improve Literacy skills, especially ideas generation.<br />• Pupils expressed a strong desire to work with a carpenter; we therefore plan to include this skill set into the project work.<br /><br />The project will support the school to start to explore this question rather than to answer it.<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br /><br />The focus of the project activity as identified by the Head and Lead Teacher working with Cre8us is to improve ideas generation for Literacy across the whole of Year 5, especially extending the identified Gifted & Talented writers within the class. The project aims to:<br /><br />• Develop further confidence in writing.<br />• Enable the pupils to become self-directed learners<br />• Develop staff and pupil understanding of the use of indoor, outdoor and mini environments as starting points or part of stories<br />• Increase opportunities for pupils to explore how they currently use different spaces inside and outside of the school grounds in order to facilitate their creative writing<br />• extend staff knowledge of the use of different approaches to inspire pupils thoughts and ideas for creative writing<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br />The school is looking for an exceptional creative Installation / 3D Visual Arts based practitioner who can demonstrate the following,<br /><br />• A commitment to partnerships and enthusiasm for working in schools<br />• The ability to work flexibility<br />• The ability to share how to create / generate ideas for writing<br />• A commitment to genuine collaboration<br />• An ability to communicate with a diverse range of people and the ability to share their practice and process with pupils and staff<br />• An understanding of and an interest in how people learn<br />• Exceptional construction and woodwork skills<br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br />The appointed practitioner will work with a group of 33 Year 5 pupils, their Class Teacher (Lead Teacher) and Teaching Assistant during the Spring term 2009. The process by which pupils are engaged in activity is left open for discussion with the successful applicant, Lead Teacher and pupils.<br /><br />It is anticipated that part of the work will take place in the Key Stage 2 corridor as there is an area which has already been identified within this space that can be changed as part of the project. As Welford Primary School is situated in a rural location we feel that this project will also allow us to further utilise the outdoor environment and so may possibly include sessions outside of the school grounds, exploring nearby areas, to see if this also has an impact on the pupils’ ability to generate ideas and then apply this to their writing.<br /><br />As the school has identified writing as the curriculum area of focus and the pupils wish to work with a practitioner who has strong skills in woodwork we would like the appointed practitioner to draw on their own practice in order to enable us to explore the creation of ‘environments’ which will in turn facilitate and enable the children’s creative thinking skills and how this can be applied to their writing.<br /><br />School hours are from 8.55 to 3.15 and we envisage the working day to be between 8.30 and 4.00 to allow for set up and/or discussions with staff before or after school.<br /><br />The successful applicant will be contracted directly by Welford Primary School who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this project. In addition to support provided by Cre8us, Welford Primary School is also working with a Creative Agent, a freelance creative professional employed by Cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and advisor. <br /><br />Please send applications - a CV and no more than 3 images/examples of work to:- <br />Kathy Copley – Head; Welford Primary School, Headland Road, Welford On Avon, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 8ER<br /><br />Deadline for application – 24th November 2008<br /><br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners:<br />A total fee of £4,000 is available, of which £600 can be spent on appropriate materials / equipment. The school anticipates the practitioner committing a minimum of 17 days to this project, including planning, resourcing and evaluation time.<br /><br />Date of interview:<br />3rd December 2008<br /><br />Estimated timescale of the project:<br />Jan 09 – March 09<br /><br />NB:<br />• Please provide a CV and two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 024<br /><br />Name of school: Wood End Primary School, Wood Street, Wood End, Atherstone, Warwickshire, CV9 2QL, Tel: 01827 872237, Fax: 01827 875437<br /><br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br />Wood End Primary School aims to use the enquiry programme to find out if:<br /><br />“ Can parental involvement have a positive impact on learning and improve communication between the school and local community?”<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br />The projects aims are to:<br />• Improve communication between the school, Parents and the wider community<br />• Improve and increase pupil lead learning<br />• Improve knowledge and understanding of other communities and the wider world<br />• Explore local history and some of the areas traditional practices<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br />Wood End Primary wish to engage an experienced creative partner who can demonstrate the following:<br /><br />• A well developed reflective practice and the ability to share this with others<br />• Good negotiation skills and experience of working with a range of partners<br />• A real commitment to working collaboratively, especially with pupil and parental involvement<br />• Experience of working in a primary school setting with pupils as collaborators in shaping their learning<br />• A commitment and experience of process lead and solution focused methods of working<br />• Extensive experience of practical approaches to cultural diversity within an education setting.<br /><br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br />Wood End Primary School is located in an ex mining village, and although we have always benefited from the strong support of our parents both as fundraisers and enthusiastic audience members for school events, we now wish to improve communication with parents and the local community and increase their active involvement in shaping the curriculum.<br /><br />We are committed to helping our pupils become global citizens and become a school that is more outward looking. The successful candidate would therefore be required to work with Teachers, Parents and Pupils to explore approaches to address diversity and develop ways to make connections between our local heritage and that of other communities. We are interested in utilising Storytelling, Media Production and more creative use of ICT and seeking a candidate who can inspire us to develop more creative and inclusive curriculum that will improve communications, knowledge and understanding of the wider world.<br /><br />The project activities will involve working across all key stages in the school; however Key Stage 2 and ICT are currently particular priorities for creative curriculum development. The successful candidate can expect to present to pupils from our school council and we anticipate the project activities will require 12 sessions during the Spring term which includes planning, evaluation and reflection time. We also expect to organise a sharing event on completion of the project which is to be designed through collaboration between all stakeholders.<br /><br />The successful applicants will be contracted directly by the school who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this commission. In addition to this we are also working with a creative agent, a freelance creative professional employed by cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and creative advisor.<br /><br />Please send to the Deputy Head Teacher/Creative Partnerships Coordinator: Lynn Somerfield, Wood End Primary School, Wood Street, Wood End, Atherstone, Warwickshire, CV9 2QL, Tel: 01827 872237, Fax: 01827 875437<br /><br />Applications deadline: Monday 1st December 2008<br />Available budget to pay external partners: There is a budget of £2640 with separate funds for materials and resources.<br />Date of interview: Week commencing Monday 8th December 2008<br />Estimated timescale of the project: January – March 2009<br />NB:<br />• Please also provide a CV and two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 025<br /><br />Name of school: Woodlands Infant School, Woodlands Lane, Shirley, Solihull, B90 2PX<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br />Our enquiry is:<br />What creative approaches and ways of learning in the outside environment will develop problem solving in Mathematical Development within Foundation Stage 2?<br /><br />Through this enquiry project we want to find out how we can make problem solving more relevant to children. We want to engage them in the problem solving process using creative approaches and help them to develop their own lines of enquiry – solving mathematical problems they really want to find the answer to!<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br />The focus throughout the school at the moment is Mathematics and how to develop children’s learning and thinking skills within this. We have previously focused on writing through creative approaches and have seen the impact writing for a purpose has had. Now we want children to see the purpose of mathematics and how they can apply the skills they have learnt, giving children ownership of their learning.<br /><br />The use of the outside environment has a real emphasis in the Early Years Curriculum. We have seen that certain children are engaged more when they are applying their skills in the outside learning environment. This is something we want to build upon.<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br />The school is looking for 2 creative practitioners - a Storyteller and Visual Artist - who can demonstrate the following:<br /><br />• A highly developed and reflective practice<br />• A commitment to genuine collaboration<br />• An ability to negotiate with a range of diverse participants / partners<br />• An ability to communicate with a diverse range of people and to share his / her practice / process with a broad audience<br />• An understanding of or an interest in how people learn<br />• An ability to apply his / her practice in a variety of different contexts<br /><br />Creative Practitioners must have knowledge and be experienced at working with Early Years children and experienced at working creatively within school and learning environments.<br /><br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br />The project will take place in the Spring Term and will run for approximately 6 weeks (19th Jan 09 – 6th March 09). The activity will involve all the children within the Reception Cohort (58 in total).<br /><br />During that time the children will work with creative practitioners on activities that look at mathematical problem solving and towards the end develop a line of enquiry for the parents to solve with them as part of a joint activity. This “Problem Solving Day” will take place towards the end of the project. <br /><br />In the first half term we will be setting up problems for the children to solve through the use or a story teller and visual artist. In the second half term we will be developing children’s own lines of enquiry. By the end of the project we expect the children to be able to think of questions they want to find the answer to having been inspired by creative approaches and the use of outside.<br /><br />We particularly want to use the outside as a learning environment and look at what developments can be made in activities and space to make learning exciting and relevant for the children.<br /><br />The children are one class and split into three colour groups for learning activities. We have one large space that has different areas plus an outdoor space that is also split into different smaller spaces/foci.<br /><br />We are open to ideas about whether the two creative practitioners work at the same time or have separate half days over the 6 weeks. We wish practitioners to work closer with 2 staff and 3 Teaching Assistants in planning, delivering and monitoring the project.<br /><br />The successful applicants will be contracted directly by the school who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this commission. In addition to this we are also working with a creative agent, a freelance creative professional employed by cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and creative advisor.<br /><br />Please send application to Sarah Cole at Woodlands Infant School on sarahcole79@hotmail.com and copied to Creative Agent Claire Marshall at Claire.marshall@mac.com<br /><br />Applications deadline: 24th November<br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners: £1,000 per artist x 2 artists plus resources and travel budget on top<br /><br /> Date of interview: To be arranged<br /><br />Estimated timescale of the project: late December early January planning and January-March delivery & evaluation<br /><br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 026<br /><br />Name of school: Wyken Croft Primary School, Wyken Croft Primary School, Wyken Croft, Coventry, CV2 3AA<br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br />Enquiry question: How can a pupil-led & cross curricular approach improve standards and enjoyment within the Humanities curriculum?<br /><br />As a school we have spent a lot of time focussing on our Numeracy and Literacy teaching to a high degree of success. We now want to offer more than this, and develop other crucial skills in our children. We are looking at using cross-curricular links within all subjects and using creative teaching and learning styles to increase enjoyment of foundation subjects. In particular we want to challenge more able children with a broader curriculum, and increase the independence and problem solving abilities of all children.<br />We want to use a variety of teaching and learning styles, with children as active agents in their own learning.<br /><br />We envisage a flexible project encouraging children to work together utilising a wide range of skills, and drawing on the natural interest they show in Humanities subjects such as History and Geography. The Year 5 teacher (Helen Aspell) who has chosen to work on this project also leads the Humanities team along with Christine Watkins. Chris Watkins leads the Foundation Stage, and with her experience working in a more open-ended way, and as TLR for Creative Curriculum as well as jointly leading the Humanities team with Helen, will act in a supporting role.<br /><br />Increasing the creativity of our Humanities subjects is part of our School Development Plan. We also have a whole school Literacy target for improvement in writing and are interested to explore ways in which this might also link in to the project.<br /><br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br />We want to work with a creative practitioner to see how we can develop a pupil-led approach to curriculum development, exploring best practice in creating cross curricular links in year 5, with a focus on Humanities with links to literacy. The focus is on supporting the teacher and pupils to work together, to develop ways of co-constructing learning in a cross-curricular way.<br /><br />The enquiry is to be located in Year 5 with a teacher who has a lead responsibility for Humanities, and is therefore in a position to share learning more widely in terms of developing approaches to humanities. We want to be able to learn from the enquiry to inform ongoing curriculum development in the school.<br /><br />We are open to different Art forms.<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br />We are want our creative partner to be someone who:<br />• Has a commitment to and experience of pupil-led approaches, able to identify needs of children and be responsive to them.<br />• Is a natural collaborator, who has the ability to relate work to children and adults, and develop it with them<br />• Can make connections across the curriculum<br />• Will bring enthusiasm and new ideas<br />• Has a flexible way of working – with an open ended approach.<br />• can model and support the taking of risks for staff<br />• can make the children feel more confident.<br /><br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br />Wyken Croft is a very large Primary school with a 3 form entry. There are 696 pupils on roll, We are situated on the outskirts of Coventry, on a site with substantial grounds. The school is popular and more than half of the pupils come from outside the school's catchment area.<br /><br />The practitioner would work on planning with Helen Aspell (Year 5 teacher and Year 5 Team Leader) within the wider yr 5 teaching team within PPA time, with activity concentrated in the class led by Helen Aspell who also has a TLR responsibility for Humanities.<br /><br />We envisage the project being half day sessions over a more extended period, perhaps once or twice a week (if manageable) – in the Spring term. This would be negotiable with the creative practitioner appointed. Other Year 5 teachers would be given the opportunity to observe the creative practitioner at work, with cover arranged to enable release from teaching time. We envisage they will have a role in evaluating, supporting the tracking of individual pupils’ progress and reflecting with Helen and the practitioner.<br /><br />There will be opportunities to share learning more widely, perhaps through a presentation to other staff and pupils within school during assembly time to enable other members of staff around school to observe what has been learnt. We hope to hold and inset at the end of the project to share learning. We would expect to work with the creative practitioner to develop ideas for these. <br /><br />There may be opportunities for parents to support and see this different approach to learning – we would like to explore this with the appointed practitioner. We also envisage opportunities for staff and children to use the school website to share what they have learnt. The website also links back to parents and staff.<br /><br />The successful applicants will be contracted directly by the school who has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this commission. In addition to this we are also working with a creative agent, a freelance creative professional employed by cre8us to act as a critical friend, broker and creative advisor.<br />Please send applications by Friday 21st November to:<br /><br />Christine Watkins<br />Creative Partnerships application<br />Wyken Croft Primary School<br />Wyken Croft<br />Coventry<br />CV2 3AA<br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners: £3,600 including fees, travel and materials/resources and to include one half day planning and one half day delivery for the INSET, and two half days evaluation time (minimum).<br /><br /> Date of interview: TBC – likely week beginning 24 November or week beginning 1 December<br /><br /><br />Estimated timescale of the project:<br />• Recruitment (November)<br />• Appointment (early December)<br />• Initial planning (early December)<br />• Main Activity(Spring term)<br />• INSET sharing learning May 09<br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 027<br /><br />Name of school: Edgewick Community Primary School, Cross Road, Coventry, CV6 5GP<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. (50-70 words)<br /> We are keen to embrace a line of enquiry that explores:<br />‘…. how a creative approach to the teaching of mathematics will stimulate more links to other subjects’. We hope to explore how this line of enquiry will increase pupil engagement and challenge in this area, improve staff confidence and understanding of creative curriculum planning and delivery, and ultimately raise attainment.<br />We are also keen to develop a creative method of assessment which reflects our integrated style of delivery. Utilising reflective tools such as audio, visual and annotated documentation, we believe our assessment methods will become more personalised, relevant and accurate.<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form: (100-130 words)<br />The delivery of a fully cross curricula, creative curriculum, which is highly stimulating and engaging, improving experience and attainment for all pupils is the main aim of our school; and we are keen to extend further staff member’s understanding of how to explore specific learning through creativity.<br /><br />We are also keen to develop a creative method of assessment which reflects our integrated style of delivery. Utilising reflective tools such as audio, visual and annotated documentation, we believe our assessment methods will become more personalised, relevant and accurate.<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership? (100-130 words)<br />We expect the successful candidate/s to have the following qualities:<br />• A commitment to collaborative and reflective practice<br />• Knowledge and well developed experience in creative methods of evaluation<br />• Experience in working with pupils as co contributors and valuing the pupil voice<br />• Skills and experience in working with diverse groups/communities<br />• Some knowledge of creative curriculum development<br />• An ability to work flexibly within the school environment (in/outside spaces)<br />• Skilled in sharing their creative processes in a primary school setting<br />• Skills and experience in influencing and inspiring others<br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk. (300-400 words)<br />Our project will involve a series of activities which focus specifically on staff CPD and their understanding of how harnessing ones own creativity can facilitate approaches to developing creative behaviours in others, more specifically in the context of mathematics; whilst simultaneously exploring creative, spontaneous approaches to assessment. The main activity will involve a facilitator/mentor working collectively and individually with the team, to provide provocation, innovation, insight and expertise to developing collective and individual creative ‘toolkits’ for a more sustainable, cross curricula planning. We have identified a need for our team to develop resources which will increase confidence in our ability to apply creative approaches to curriculum planning and delivery; the main criteria for our facilitator therefore, will be the ability to inspire, change perceptions and provoke change.<br />We are currently developing a topic based, half term, model of planning, to incorporate flexibility, creative practise and the needs of the individual pupil. Activities will also include facilitation by other arts and leading education specialists to empower and affirm the drive and importance of developing creative learning and teaching behaviours. Tendering, consultation and target setting for our project, will take place during November and December, with delivery beginning in January. The mid project evaluation will take place after the February half term and end of project evaluation, end of Spring Term. Planning will involve all teachers and facilitators, pupils and some parents.<br /><br />The successful candidate will be expected to commit 42 days and be able to work across all key stages.<br /><br />Please apply to Debra Cleeland, Edgewick Community Primary School, Cross Road, Coventry, CV6 5GP. Tel: 02476 686893<br /><br />Closing date for application: Tuesday 25th November 2008<br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners: £10750<br /> Date of interview: November TBC<br /><br />Estimated timescale of the project: January - March 09<br />NB:<br />• Please also provide a CV and two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 028<br /><br />Name of school: Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School, Leasowes Avenue, Coventry, CV3 6BH<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. <br /><br />We wish to know how we can develop more empathetic, analytical and socially active students,with the skills to scrutinise prevailing beliefs and viewpoints, whilst being able to articulate reasoned conclusions.<br /><br />We wish to focus on these areas of skill to compliment the high academic standards being achieved by a group of KS3 students. It builds on previous work and places students at the centre of designing their own learning. Given the project’s emotional literacy theme we shall involve our SEAL staff lead in the planning, monitoring, evaluation and sharing of the projects.<br /><br />We reworked our initial idea through a workshop session with pupils and followed up through consultation with staff from drama, English and humanities.<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form:<br />We wish a practitioner(s) to lead a collaborative process with staff and students to design a creative project working to the theme outlined above. We envisage planning to take place during the late stages of the autumn term 2008 with the main body of the project taking place between January and April 2009.<br /><br />The students involved were audience for a play earlier in the term performed by a visiting Rwandan theatre company. The practitioner will work with identified staff, from Art, Drama, Humanities and English and students from KS3 to develop ideas responding to this work to explore the theme of empathy and how it may relate to their learning environment and the specific KS3 curriculum areas above. These ideas will form the basis for the creation of an outdoor ‘memorial space’ designed to allow for and promote reflection and empathy for future years..<br /><br />The proposal responds to a number of areas in the school improvement plan. The school wishes to form joint staff and pupil teams to work together to research projects as well as extending project, which would extend other creative activity undertaken to date with this group.<br /><br />From the outset we envisage students leading the sharing of findings across the school and potentially with feeder schools (SIP-p9) making a tangible contribution to our specialist school status and responsibilities through sharing of the project and findings.<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership?<br />We wish to recruit a practitioner(s) with experience across different styles and perspectives in the development and animation of outdoor spaces, including possibly through sculpture/installation.<br /><br />We are also interested to hear from practitioners who can demonstrate ways where regular reflection sessions can be embedded as part of the project with participants through journaling.<br /><br />We expect to receive details of practitioner’s experience in this field, ideally in a learning environment. Practitioners must demonstrate experience of and a commitment and ability to working with children and staff as equal partners.<br /><br />Practitioners must also demonstrate the ability to lead a structured collaborative process, working to budget and on time.<br /><br />We are open to tenders from individuals and companies and have allocated a budget of approx. £8.5 or 3.5 K (tbc) dependants on the scale of the project still in discussion. The fee is to include project work, occasional monitoring/evaluation meetings with the potential to include additional inset/sharing days with staff<br /><br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk.<br />Whilst practicalities are open to negotiation to a degree we expect the activity to take place in an outdoor setting and additional arts based classroom space. We envisage the activity taking place on a regular basis between January and late March 2009 facilities, on a weekly basis, culminating in the creation of an outdoor space designed to be a place for reflection and contemplation. We envisage different staff taking part at different times throughout the project both in terms of direct involvement monitoring and observing.<br /><br />On site facilities are available for parking and there is some availability for storage<br /><br />Please apply direct to the school: Bishops Ullathorne Catholic School, Leasowes Avenue, Coventry, CV3 6BH, Tel: 02476 414515<br /><br />Deadline for submissions: 26.11.08<br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners: £8.5 or 3.5K tbc (dependant on scale of project)<br />Date of interview: week commencing Dec1st<br />Estimated timescale of the project: Dec 2008-March/May 2009 (dependant on scale of project)<br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 029<br /><br />Name of school: Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School, Leasowes Avenue, Coventry, CV3 6BH<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. <br /><br />We wish to know how we can develop more empathetic, analytical and socially active students, with the skills to scrutinise prevailing beliefs and viewpoints, whilst being able to articulate reasoned conclusions.<br /><br />We wish to focus on these areas of skill to compliment the high academic standards being achieved by a group of KS3 students. It builds on previous work and places students at the centre of designing their own learning. Given the project’s emotional literacy theme we shall involve our SEAL staff lead in the planning, monitoring, evaluation and sharing of the projects.<br /><br />We developed our initial idea through a workshop session with pupils and followed up through consultation with staff from drama, English and humanities.<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form:<br />We wish to recruit a practitioner(s) to lead a collaborative process with staff and students to design a creative project working to the theme outlined above. We envisage planning to take place during the late stages of the autumn term 2008 with the main body of the project taking place between January and April 2009.<br /><br />The students involved were audience for a play earlier in the term performed by a visiting Rwandan theatre company. The practitioner will work with identified staff, from Drama, Humanities and English alongside students from KS3 to develop ideas responding to this work to explore the theme of empathy and how it may relate to their learning environment and the specific KS3 curriculum areas above. These ideas will form the basis for the creation and performance of a new dramatic work.<br /><br />The proposal builds on the development of drama as a specialism and responds to a number of areas in the school improvement plan. The school wishes to form joint staff and pupil teams to work together to research projects as well as extending project, which would extend other creative activity undertaken to date with this group.<br /><br />From the outset we envisage students leading the sharing of findings across the school and potentially with feeder schools (SIP-p9) making a tangible contribution to our specialist school status and responsibilities through sharing of the project and findings.<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership?<br />We wish to recruit a practitioner(s) with a background in writing and performance and who has the skills necessary to staging a new piece.<br /><br />We also expect the practitioner to lead regular reflection sessions as part of their creative work with participants and to promote journaling as part of the staff and students building up their own personal story<br /><br />We expect to receive details of practitioner’s experience in this field, ideally in a learning environment. Practitioners must demonstrate experience of and a commitment and ability to working with children and staff as equal partners.<br /><br />Practitioners must also demonstrate the ability to lead a structured collaborative process, working to budget and on time.<br /><br />We are open to tenders from individuals and companies and have allocated a budget of between £8.5 or 3.5K (tbc) to include project work, occasional monitoring/evaluation meetings with the potential to include additional inset/sharing days with staff<br /><br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk.<br /><br />Whilst practicalities are open to negotiation to a degree we expect the activity to take place in drama facilities, on a weekly basis, culminating in an end performance. We envisage different staff taking part at different times throughout the project both in terms of direct involvement monitoring and observing.<br /><br />On site facilities are available for parking and there is some availability for storage<br /><br />Please apply direct to the school: Bishops Ullathorne Catholic School, Leasowes Avenue, Coventry, CV3 6BH, Tel: 02476 414515<br /><br />Deadline for submissions: 26.11.08<br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners: £ 8.5 or 3.5K tbc (dependant on scale of project)<br /><br />Date of interview: week commencing Dec1st<br /><br />Estimated timescale of the project: Dec 2008-March/May 2009 (dependant on scale of project)<br /><br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br />Ref: Cre8us ITT 030<br /><br />Name of school: Harris Secondary School & Sports College, Overslade Lane, Rugby, CV22 6EA<br /><br />1. Please define your line of enquiry and how you arrived at it. <br /><br />We want to explore ‘What is the impact on student achievement when teaching and learning occurs in a multi-sensory environment?’<br />Our proposal was developed in collaboration with Cre8us following admission to the change programme, a structured consultative planning process led by the creative agent (involving co-ordinator Catherine Barnett, lead teacher Chris Browning, existing head teacher Sue Simms, incoming head teacher Steven Dobson and deputy head teacher Judith Edwards) and a comprehensive review of surveys submitted by students in response to the earlier stages of the school’s emerging professional development programme ‘The playful teacher’.<br /><br />2. Please describe the focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, as identified by teachers (state post/level/responsibility), children and young people and Creative Agent and outlined in Project Planning Form:<br />We wish a practitioner(s) to lead a collaborative process with staff and students to design a creative project working to the theme outlined above. We envisage planning to take place during the late stages of the autumn term 2008 with the main body of the project taking place between January and April 2009.<br /><br />The practitioner will work with a small number of identified staff, from Maths and English and students from KS4 classes in Maths and English to create a temporary multi sensory environment in a school class room designed to enable us to test new and creative approaches to teaching and learning.<br /><br />3. What knowledge, skills, expertise and values would you expect an external partner to bring to the partnership?<br />We wish to recruit a practitioner(s) who can work to create a multi-sensory environment. We recognise this is a specialist project and wish any expression of interest to outline methods of student and school collaboration to identify, equip/create and animate such a space.<br /><br />We expect to receive details of practitioner’s experience in this field, ideally in a learning environment. Practitioners must demonstrate experience of and a commitment and ability to working with children and staff as equal partners.<br /><br />Practitioners must also demonstrate the ability to lead a structured collaborative process, working to budget and on time.<br /><br />We are open to tenders from individuals and companies and have allocated a budget of around £6000 to cover principally project work, occasional monitoring/evaluation meetings with the potential to include additional inset/sharing days with staff. We hold additional resource for materials<br /><br />4. Expanding on question 1, please describe the working environment where the project would take place and where the external partner would be required to work. What would the working situation be in terms of space, access to facilities, young people, teacher and staff participation, working hours, parking? Please also include anything that you feel may constitute a risk.<br />We envisage class room spaces being the space where by different multi sensory activities are tested through the introduction of materials, sounds, light, objects and more which allow us to introduce a multi-sensory nature to teaching and learning<br /><br />The school has larger classroom spaces including a drama studio/class, which can be used potentially to prepare and store materials.<br /><br />The project will take place in the main during school hours. There is parking and loading space on-site.<br /><br />Please apply directly to the school:<br />Creative Partnerships Application, Harris Secondary School & Sports College, Overslade Lane, Rugby, CV22 6EA<br /><br />Application deadline: 24th November 2008<br /><br />Available budget to pay external partners: £ 6000<br /> Date of interview: week commencing December 1st 2008<br />Estimated timescale of the project: Dec 2008-March end 2009<br />NB:<br />• Please also provide two references from education providers you have worked in partnership with before.<br />• If you are not available for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interview.<br />• A current Enhanced CRB Disclosure and public liability insurance of at least £2million is a condition for application.<br /><br /><br />4. Appendix<br /> <br />Cre8us – EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FORM Autumn 2008<br /><br />Name of School:<br /><br />Please submit to ……………………………………………….... by ………………<br /><br />SECTION 1: CONTACT DETAILS<br />Name: Organisation:<br />Address:<br /><br /> Contact details (telephone/mobile/email):<br /><br /><br />SECTION 2: THE TENDER<br />In overview, please respond to the ‘line of enquiry’ and focus of the Enquiry or Change School programme, within the fee stated in the ‘Invitation to Tender’? (200-300 words)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />As an external partner, how would you add value to teaching and learning for creativity? (Please reference knowledge, skills, learning and experience (70-50 words)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />How would you place pupil voice at the heart of the programme? (50-70 words)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Outline an example of partnership working you were involved in, stating how it supported the creativity of other people (100 words):<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />SECTION 3: OTHER DETAILS. How would you respond to the information under ‘working environment’ in the invitation to tender (100-200 words).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Please tick boxes (CRB/public liability insurance must be CURRENT)<br />CRB Enhanced Disclosure? Public liability insurance of at least £2 million? Do you charge VAT?<br />YES NO YES NO YES NO<br /><br />Referee 1 Referee 2:<br />Name: Name:<br />Role: Role:<br />Address, phone & email details:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Address, phone and email details:<br /><br />NB:<br />• Please note interview date from invitation to tender. If unavailable for interview if/when called this may invalidate your tender.<br />• If you tender as an organisation then the person who will work directly with teachers, children and young people must be the person attending interviewMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-57062572925651019852008-11-13T17:17:00.001+00:002008-11-13T17:18:54.927+00:00Chris Dean Exhibition<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hjepe1TStkI/SRxhQDVQHZI/AAAAAAAAAKg/nuuNucbhYFE/s1600-h/ChrisDean_art.21.Nov.08%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268192592516881810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 211px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hjepe1TStkI/SRxhQDVQHZI/AAAAAAAAAKg/nuuNucbhYFE/s400/ChrisDean_art.21.Nov.08%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-27243750274253274432008-10-06T13:09:00.003+00:002008-10-06T13:13:00.968+00:00Salon 08We are currently looking for applications for our annual open submission exhibition, taking place on Vyner Street in December. We would really appreciate it if you could pass the attached invitation to apply on to your mailing list, or anyone you think may be interested.<br />Kind Regards<br />Matt Roberts<br />Chairman<br />Matt Roberts Arts<br /><a href="http://www.mattroberts.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.mattroberts.org.uk/</a><br />07779139369<br /><br />Salon 08 4th - 21st December 200825a Vyner Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 9DG<br /><br />Call for entries<br /><br />Salon 08 is an annual open submission exhibition produced by Matt Robert Arts in collaboration with East London’s most exciting venues. It offers the opportunity to present your work to a prestigious selection committee of artists and arts professionals, and if selected to engage with the excitement of the London art market.In 2007 the exhibition involved 86 artists, and received over 800 visitors.<br />This year we are delighted to be working with VINEspace, a vibrant young gallery, located on the internationally renowned Vyner Street. With Salon 08 we fully expect to achieve even greater success.<br /><br />This year’s selection panel will consist of:<br />Andrea Tarsia: Head of Exhibitions and Projects at the Whitechapel gallery<br />Kate Jones: Art collector and patron<br />Cath Ferguson: Artist, writer, and lecturer<br /><br />If you would like to take part, please submit your C.V. along with 2-3 images of recent work to <a href="mailto:Salon08@mattroberts.org.uk" target="_blank">Salon08@mattroberts.org.uk</a><br />Accepted media: painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, installation<br />All applications are subject to a £6 application fee.<br />Matt Roberts Arts is a not-for-profit, voluntary organisation and all administration fees will directly support exhibition development<br />Deadline: 5pm, Friday 7th November.<br />For further information, visit <a href="http://www.mattroberts.org.uk/opportunities.html" target="_blank">www.mattroberts.org.uk/opportunities.html</a>or contact Project Manager - Fozia Khaliqon 07779139369Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-15310775997560155732008-10-06T12:18:00.004+00:002008-10-06T13:13:40.072+00:00The PicturemakersDear Art Lovers<br /><br />I enclose the invitation for the opening of the latest exhibition by the Mid Wales artists group:<br />The Picturemakers at Oriel Cambria Gallery, Tregaron on Saturday 11.10.08 at 2 pm. Spread the word!<br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254018263088656386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 453px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="468" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hjepe1TStkI/SOoFxfbQcAI/AAAAAAAAAKA/8eVkXmWhydw/s400/Cambria%2520Arts%2520Invitation.jpg" width="345" border="0" /><br /><br />THIS WILL BE THE SECOND LAST SHOW IN THE GALLERY BEFORE IT CLOSES AFTER XMAS AS THE DIRECTORS OF CAMBRIA ARTS HAVE DECIDED TO STOP THE CHARITY FOR REASONS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GALLERY WHICH IS A SUCCESS STORY AND DOING WELL!<br /><br />Many of us are anxious therefore to try and keep this art facility in the community before it is too late. There is a very good chance it could be saved BUT YOU NEED TO ACT NOW : if you are interested to find out more please e mail Jill Nicholls at <a href="mailto:jillian.nicholls@Sky.com" target="_blank">jillian.nicholls@Sky.com</a> or telephone 01970 299004. (If you cannot make contact then contact me and I will pass on your details to Jill )<br /><br />Best wishes<br /><br />Alistair Crawford<br />Alistair Crawford Artist & Writer<br /><br /><a href="http://www.alistaircrawford.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.alistaircrawford.co.uk/</a><br />Currently showing at:<br />Toko Gallery, Aberystwyth<br />Oriel Pen y Fan, Brecon<br />represented by<br />Kooywood Gallery, Cardiff<br />Martin's Gallery, Cheltenham<br /><a href="http://www.thepicturemakers.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.thepicturemakers.co.uk/</a><br /><a href="http://www.aberystwythprintmakers.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.aberystwythprintmakers.org.uk/</a>Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-74583024767768191502008-09-16T15:56:00.000+00:002008-09-16T15:57:27.297+00:00Creative Industries NewsletterCA Newsletter - (week 36)<br /><br /><br />Opportunities/ Funding:<br /><br /><br /><br />To whom it may concern<br /><br /><br /><br />I hope you might be able to circulate the attached to your networks?<br /><br /><br /><br />I attach two Briefs public art commissions’ opportunities at Mac (Midlands Arts Centre) Birmingham. There is also a background on Mac info document.<br /><br /><br /><br />The deadline for Expressions of Interest is Monday 29 September 2008, 12 noon and applications should be emailed to Louisa.Davies@macarts.co.uk<br /><br /><br /><br />Rachel Bradley<br /><br />Public Art Consultant<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Rhubarb Rhubarb will be holding free 30-minute photography portfolio review surgeries in the near future. It's a chance for photographers in the West Midlands to have their work reviewed on a one-to-one basis by Rhonda Wilson, Rhubarb's Creative Director. She will be able to give you feedback, advice and answer any questions you have about your practice and how to move it forward. Please bear in mind that we are a Fine Art photography agency, and are best able to help artists in this area. If you have any questions about the type of work you'd like to show for review, you can reply to this e-mail. As the review is fairly short, we ask that you bring around 20 - 25 of your strongest images.<br /><br /><br /><br />All applicants must reside within the West Midlands to qualify for a free review. Those outside the region must pay a £30 fee.<br /><br /><br /><br />If you're interested, please reply to this e-mail and send the following details:<br /><br /><br /><br />Full name<br /><br />Full postal address<br /><br />Contact telephone number<br /><br /><br /><br />There is a waiting list system in place, so replies are treated on a first come, first served basis. Reviews are held at our Custard Factory office, address below.<br /><br /><br /><br />I'll be in touch with a date and time slots within the next four - six weeks.<br /><br /><br /><br />Looking forward to hearing from you.<br /><br /><br /><br />Sean McGarry<br /><br />Information Officer<br /><br /><br /><br />Rhubarb-Rhubarb.net Ltd<br /><br />e: admin@rhubarb-rhubarb.net<br /><br />t: +44 (0)121 773 7889<br /><br />f: +44 (0)121 773 7888<br /><br />www.rhubarb-rhubarb.net<br /><br /><br /><br />Arts+Media Training New Courses<br />September - November 2008<br /><br />Googling, Blogging and Podcasting<br /><br />Wednesday 15 October 2008<br /><br />Trainer: Susan Hallam<br /><br />Everybody’s doing it, but why? And are they doing it right? These dynamic and practical workshops will show you simple steps to enrich your website and ensure that your potential customers/audience can find it easily<br /><br /><br /><br />Project Management<br /><br />Tuesday 21 October 2008<br /><br />Trainer: Gwen Van Spijk<br /><br />Are you organising something…perhaps a performance, exhibition, festival, sales/marketing campaign or a funding drive? This course will enable you to plan, budget, set up and deliver your creative projects successfully.<br /><br /><br /><br />Keeping Children and Vulnerable Adults Safe<br /><br />Tuesday 18 November 2008<br /><br />Trainer: Liz Whitehead<br /><br />The aim of this training event is to ensure that individual artists and arts workers know what they have to do to meet the demands of legislation regarding children and vulnerable groups, and to provide guidance and tips on how to do this.<br /><br /><br /><br />www.amtcc.org.uk<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />North Staffordshire regeneration partnership is looking to commission a web-development company to design and build a North Staffordshire creative industries portal. If you would like to be considered please see attached information.<br /><br /><br /><br />Events/Exhibitions:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />13th September - 5th October 2008<br />12.00 - 21.00 (Closed Mondays)<br />A.E. Harris Factory<br />110 Northwood Street, Birmingham B3 1SZ<br /><br /><br />As you approach this former metalworking factory you will be given a grain of rice. This grain is you. Inside lots of people are waiting for you, billions of them, each represented by a grain of rice.<br />112 tonnes of rice – 6.7 billion grains – one for everyone on the planet.<br /><br />As you explore the extraordinary landscape of rice hills and mountains stretching out in front of you, you discover every pile represents a different population and that together these piles tell hundreds of stories, stories of the world’s people and politics, history and current affairs.<br /><br />This breathtaking show has amazed adults and children alike, from Los Angeles to Melbourne, Madrid to New York City and now it is coming home. Shocking, up-lifting, thought provoking and funny, Of All The People In All The World will change the way you think about the planet we share.<br /><br />Come and find yourself.<br /><br /><br /><br />SHAHEEN AHMED, WIGHTWICK MANOR – Playful spirituality<br /><br /><br /><br />British Summertime (BST) began this year at 1am on Sunday 26 March and will end on Sunday 26 October. The beginning and end of BST has been determined by parliament since 1916. Hybrid Consultancy has commissioned five artists to respond to the theme of British Summertime and what it means to them.<br /><br />The National Trust is 'for ever for everyone', the 'Whose Story?' project aims to achieve this. The 'Whose Story?' project aims to promote and engage new audiences in the work of the National Trust; producing new interpretations and uncovering 'hidden histories' and diverse stories.<br /><br />Working at Wightwick Manor, a National Trust property in Wolverhampton, Shaheen Ahmed draws upon heritage and stories that at first glance seem completely unconnected. She picks up on the history of Wightwick Manor and its inhabitants and at the same time explores the role of spirituality yesterday and today through Ulfah Arts ‘Sacred Quran’ project. As a textile and calligraphic artist, Ahmed explores how the games of yesterday, such as the spring Maypole dance can still resonate with us today. Her work is intricate but playful and shows us how traditions travel across the world and find their homes in unusual places.<br /><br /><br /><br />Join Shaheen this Saturday 13 September to create a window sticker inspired by William Morris one of the pioneers of the 19th Century Arts & Crafts movements. Free entry to Wightwick Manor this weekend as part of 'Open Heritage Day'.<br /><br /><br /><br />http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-wightwickmanor/<br /><br /><br /><br />Shaheen will also be delivering a childrens workshop at Artsfest (Victoria Sq. Birmingham) this coming Sunday between 12-2pm.<br /><br />Come along to Artsfest at Victoria Square in Birmingham this Sat. 13 and Sun. 14 (11am -6pm) to meet some of the other British Summertime Commissioned artists.<br /><br />Eccentric City – Letter of News September 2008.<br /><br />Hello, an invitation and some occurrences from the Eccentric City newspaper!<br /><br />INVITATION:<br /><br />Tuesday 23rd September 2008, 7.30pm THE ECCENTRIC AUCTION AND THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE DRAW at the Anchor Pub in Digbeth, Birmingham.<br /><br />For those that made the Eccentric Auction last December will be familiar with the format. A cross between Ebay and a CarBoot, we sell items ranging from 3p to a little bit more ---- it all depends on the crowd and what we have in our eccentric goodie bag!<br /><br />If you feel generous and eccentric enough to bring an item for the auction and to help us raise much needed funds for our free emotional newspaper, then please bring them along on the night!<br /><br />Thanks to Gerry at the Anchor Pub once more. He is also honouring us with another Eccentric Ale – The Butler and Lord Mayor Eccentric City beer. Come and sample a little bit if you like!?<br /><br />The International Prize Draw:<br /><br />Costing £1 per raffle ticket, this is the chance for one winner to have the opportunity to have a tabloid size page in the next issue of The Eccentric City newspaper. Come along to the Eccentric Auction and buy a raffle ticket. The winner is announced on the night! Full details and terms and conditions: www.eccentriccity.co.uk<br /><br />Next Issue of The Eccentric City.<br /><br />We continue to research and invite contributions to the next 2009 newspaper. Jan/Feb 2009 is the likely date for release! This year 10,000 papers are committed to paper, apart from subscribers special offers online (thankyou purchasers), the paper will continue to be a free emotional issue.<br /><br />Best eccentric blessings!<br /><br />Harry and Simon,<br /><br />The Eccentric City.<br /><br /><br /><br />Don’t forget to become CA’s friend…….<br /><br />Creative Alliance has added a membership section to its website; this is where we are able to ask you about yourself, your individual practice, your interests and what sort of things you would like to see us offering in terms of new training opportunities. For all you lucky people who register before the 30th Sept, you will be automatically entered into a prize draw for the chance to win £50 worth of Selfridge’s vouchers, so you can treat yourself to something lovely, compliments of us.<br /><br /><br /><br />You may be on our mailing list at present because you have been interested or participated on a previous course over the last 3 years, but from October we will only be able to send news and opportunities to those signed up for free membership, so in order not to miss out, re-register via the website (it’ll take less than a minute), you’ll stay in the know and you might even win a prize.<br /><br />http://www.creativealliance.org.uk/contact.asp<br /><br /><br /><br />Ps. thank you to those of you who have already registered, it is much appreciated. Not long until we discover who will be buying us crispy crèmes with their £50 Selfridges vouchers. woo hoo.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />West Midlands Creative Alliance<br /><br />R10 Custard Factory,<br /><br />Gibb Street,<br /><br />Digbeth, Birmingham, B9 4AA<br /><br />0121 224 7308<br /><br />www.creativealliance.org.ukMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-24178983442290693362008-08-31T10:08:00.000+00:002008-08-31T10:09:50.191+00:00the Severn Project?Want to Take Part in the Severn Project? <br /><br /><br /><br />What is it?<br /><br />The Severn Project provides and creates annual outdoor performances and events for the communities living alongside the River Severn. In 2008, we are creating two performances called Sabrina and the Engineer celebrating the River and its relationship with the Industrial Revolution. There are a number of ways you can take part, perform or help us make the event happen.<br /><br />We would love to hear from people in the Bewdley and Bridgnorth areas who would like to get involved. Please see below some ways to take part.<br /><br />Young People<br /><br />Young People are invited to get involved in arts workshops at Bridgnorth Youth Centre, Innage Lane on 17th, 24th September and 1st October between 5.45pm and 8.30pm. If you’d like to take part all you need to do is turn up or if you’d like more information please phone Rosie Hopkins on 01746 763967.<br /><br />Local Musicians<br /><br />If you are a musician or a member of a local music group, please get in touch with Alexa Mearns (Bridgnorth) on: 01746 713194 or Loz Samuels (Bewdley) on: 01562 732977 to find out how to take part. <br /><br />Would you like to help us make this event happen?<br /><br />In Bridgnorth and Bewdley we need people who know the towns well, are confident working with the public and free during the day of the event for training. The roles include stewarding, supporting our production teams and providing information for the public. Please get in touch with Hannah Ashwell at severnproject@gmail.com or by phone: 07768 432842 for more details.<br /><br /><br /><br />Sabrina and the Engineer<br /><br />Performances of colour, light, music and song created by: Avanti Display, pa-BOOM, Emergency Exit Arts & The Project Group<br /><br />Bewdley Worcestershire • Saturday 27 Sept 2008<br /><br />18.30 Welcome Mr Ferrous with local musicians at the Severn Valley Railway. The fiery procession then heads for the River.<br /><br />18.45 Dress in your finest and meet the procession at Severnside South.<br /><br />19.30 Magical fire and water displays celebrate Mr Ferrous’ first encounter with Sabrina.<br /><br />This celebration is part of the West Midland’s open weekend celebrating the launch of the Cultural Olympiad.<br /><br />Bridgnorth Shropshire • Saturday 4th Oct 2008<br /><br />18.30 Mr Ferrous’ party gather at the Town Hall. Local musicians accompany Mr Ferrous as he greets his guests. <br /><br />19.00 Dress to impress and join us as the procession moves through the town for a spectacular finale performance of colour, light, music and song by the River. <br /><br /><br /><br />Bewdley Free Workshops<br /><br />6th September 2008 +20th September 2008<br /><br />Free arts workshops for those who want to bring a little extra sparkle to the proceedings<br /><br />Venue The Education Room, Bewdley Museum, Load Street, Bewdley, DY12 2AE<br /><br />Time 10.30 – 15.00 Drop in at any time<br /><br />Contact For more information about the Bewdley event, please phone <br /><br /> Loz Samuels on 01562 732977<br /><br />Bridgnorth Free Workshop <br /><br />27th September 2008<br /><br />A free arts workshop for those who want to bring a little extra sparkle to the proceedings<br /><br />Venue Bridgnorth Library, Listley Street, WV16 4AW<br /><br />Time 10.30 – 15.00 Drop in at any time<br /><br />Contact For more information about the Bridgnorth event, please phone Sue Goodwin on 01743 255078<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />NOTES TO EDITORS<br /><br />EVENT TIMETABLE<br /><br />27th September 2008, Bewdley<br /><br />4th October 2008, Bridgnorth<br /><br /><br /><br />KEY PERSONNEL<br /><br />Sue Goodwin, Head of Arts and Development, Shropshire County Council<br /><br />Loz Samuels, Arts and Play Development Officer, Wyre Forest District Council<br /><br />Artistic Directors: Michael Lister, Avanti Display and Dave Chadwick, pa BOOM! Fireworks<br /><br />Community Programme Director: Deb Mullin, Emergency Exit Arts<br /><br />Project Manager: Hannah Ashwell<br /><br />www.severnproject.com<br /><br />2008 LEAD ARTISTS<br /><br />The Severn Project has been working in collaboration with selected artists over the last year to create the 2008 programme of events and to plan the future of the project. This year’s lead artists are:<br /><br />AVANTI DISPLAY<br /><br />Avanti Display create street theatre with shows that combine comedy, surrealism, farce and spectacle. Utilising their skills in creative engineering and their trademark of using water in unexpected ways they produce shows with dramatic, often beautiful and comic effects. They recently developed a large scale, site specific, collaborative project, Hydromania!, for the National Theatre, Trafalgar Square and Manchester Town Hall. The company has toured the length and breadth of the U.K and Europe, appeared at festivals as far afield as Korea, Noumea and Australia and have taken part in British Council tours to Thailand and China.<br /><br />PA-BOOM<br /><br />Pa-Boom is a collection of artists, sculptors, designers and technicians producing work, shows and projects using the medium of sculpture and theatre animated by fire, light and pyrotechnics. Previous work in Shropshire includes the breathtaking Light Horse sculpture, created with members of the community. For the Severn Project, they are collaborating with Desperate Men to realise the climax of the 2007 events in Bridgnorth in August.<br /><br /><br /><br />EMERGENCY EXIT ARTS<br /><br />Founded in 1980, Emergency Exit Arts (EEA) is an artist-centred organisation with a creative pool of performers, musicians, designers, visual artists, pyrotechnists, puppeteers, makers, composers and inventors and is led by artistic director Deb Mullins. EEA runs a large and varied programme and has become one of the UK's leading street arts companies producing unique celebratory events and community based projects.<br /><br /><br /><br />Supporting Companies and Special Commissions<br /><br />THE PROJECT GROUP<br /><br />The Project Group is an emerging social enterprise which provides a creative, progressive and entrepreneurial environment for individuals, who are in touch with Adult Mental Health Services, to achieve to their full potential at their own pace. The Project Group are creating an installation for the performances drawing on the history of the river and the communities along its banks.<br /><br />CHRIS SMART – SILVA PRODUCTIONS<br /><br />Chris has over 18 years experience with assignments ranging from documentary photography in a war-torn Bosnia to powerful films made for clients that include, the BBC, Granada Media, The Department of Health and the NHS.<br /><br /><br /><br />PROJECT FUNDERS<br /><br />The Severn Project 2008 is supported by Arts Council England West Midlands, The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Shropshire County Council, Wyre Forest District Council, Bridgnorth District Council and The Elmley Foundation.Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-75069888388466947822008-07-06T21:25:00.000+00:002008-07-06T21:26:06.777+00:00Artist BriefPilot Arts and Health Project to explore<br />Childhood Obesity in Telford <br /><br />Artist Brief <br /><br />The project will explore obesity and the issue of healthy lifestyle, diet and body image. An holistic approach and sensitive handling of this issue will be a requirement of the project.<br />Due to the nature of this project, it is anticipated that movement and performance could be a preference but visual artists with specific expertise and interest are welcome to apply.<br />Therefore we would like to receive expressions of interest from a range of artists and performers who have the following experience and skills and a particular interest in this theme: <br /><br />What we are looking for:<br />• Experience of Arts in Health projects preferably around issues of body image.<br />• Experience of leading creative workshops with young people experiencing various emotional and behavioural issues and lack of self esteem in a way which enables them to reach their potential by recognizing the value of their contribution.<br />• Ability to refer issues raised during the workshops to the schools involved or to the broader partnership team in a sensitive way so that people are not left vulnerable.<br />• Experience of working as part of a team.<br />• A high level of competency in own art form<br />• Experience of project monitoring and evaluation, by collecting evidence as to the outcomes of workshops with participants, according to health sector needs.<br />• Good communication skills at a variety of levels<br /><br /><br />Project aim<br />To use the arts to improve the wellbeing and increase the self esteem of young people identified as being at risk through obesity.<br /><br />Objectives<br />1. To deliver integrated and inclusive activity that raises awareness of health issues related to obesity<br />2. To encourage participation in a range of creative arts activities that address the issue of obesity (including dance and movement) in a safe and non – competitive environment<br />3. To raise self esteem and increase confidence of those taking part<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Background to project<br />This is a partnership project funded by Telford & Wrekin Primary Care Trust, through the Health Promotion Team and managed by the Arts Development Team. Within the Borough of Telford and Wrekin we frequently commission artists to work within communities and understand the dynamics and processes that make this a positive experience for all those involved. <br />Partnership working is the norm so this work will be supported by a range of professionals who will offer their expertise to the project in both the planning and delivery phases. This work will be supported by the health promotion team.<br /><br /> Evidence of need<br />In 2006 following measurements taken of reception and year six in Telford & Wrekin, a total of 514 children were classified as obese, which is 16.6% of those measured, similar to the national average of 16%. Within T&W the proportion of Year 6 boys classified as obese (22.5%), is significantly higher than the figure for girls of the same age (16.2%).<br /><br />Project Target Group<br />Age group: Yr 6, 11 – 12 yrs <br /><br />Activities<br />1. To offer a series of introductory creative activities, to schools (year 6) to explore the issue of healthy lifestyle with particular reference to obesity.<br />2. To offer regular creative opportunities as extra curricular activity in and out of school, to the target group, exploring various themes, including self esteem, through a range of art forms including dance/ movement, drama, music (singing) visual art. Some of these activities will relate to existing activities.<br />3. Learning mentors support vulnerable young people and we would work with this team to support the project.<br />4. To hold workshops focusing on decision making, and personal responsibility re healthy diet, eating habits and lifestyle including cultural activity.<br />5. To monitor and record both health and wellbeing before and after sessions. <br />6. Offer in service training for teachers and professionals working with young people so that inclusivity becomes a part of the physical activity curriculum.<br /><br />Partners Include<br /> PCT for Telford & Wrekin Health Promotion Team<br /> School Sports Partnership<br /> Arts Development Team, Telford & Wrekin<br /> Learning Mentors Programme.Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-72083453575734837212008-06-24T12:34:00.001+00:002008-06-24T12:34:50.312+00:00Assorted info and opportunities: singing workshop; Clun Art & Craft Show; LAR Art Summer School; Stage Exhibition; Cow painting competition; Call forSinging workshop with Abbie Lathe <br /><br />Singing day at the gorgeous Wandering William barn in Ludlow on July 5th.<br /> 10.30am til 4.30pm<br /><br />....scrumptious home-cooked food and cakes; songs, voice technique and exercises throughout the day....<br /><br />£35 all-in Contact Abbie Lathe if you'd like to book a place: abbiesingsong@yahoo.co.uk<br /><br /> <br /><br />Clun Art and Craft Show - Saturday 26th July to Sunday 3rd August <br />Professional arts and crafts demonstrations each week day. The show is held in Hightown community room, Vicarage Road, Clun (Next to St George's Church) from 10am-6pm (Sunday 3rd Aug 10-12 noon). Admission is free.<br /><br />A showcase for local artists and craftspeople - Free Demonstrations by Professional Artists<br /><br /> <br /><br />Saturday 26th July. 2pm<br /><br /> <br /><br />Monday 28th. 2pm <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />Tuesday 29th. 2pm <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />Wednesday 30th. 2pm <br /><br /> <br /><br />Thursday 31st. 2pm <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />Friday 1st Aug. 2pm<br /><br /> <br /> Gordon Yapp <br /><br />RBSA<br /><br /> <br /><br />Keith Pointon<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />Bobby Britnell<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />Clare Linford<br /><br /> <br /><br />Marietta Alker<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />Rosie Read<br /> The Secrets of Wood and Lino Cutting<br /><br /> <br /><br />Making the Most of your Digital Camera<br /><br /> <br /><br />Mixed media Effects on Paper and fabric<br /><br /> <br /><br />Card Making<br /><br /> <br /><br />From Fleece to Art : How one of the oldest textiles is made<br /><br /> <br /><br />Water Colours<br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />Throughout the week art materials will be available for both children and adults. So come along and create your own work of art. <br /><br />Please note that all children are welcome but must be accompanied by adults. Further information from 01588 640401<br /><br /> <br /> Ludlow Assembly Rooms' Ninth Art Summer School - August 2008<br /><br /> Three weekends devoted to Art, for all abilities to enjoy and improve their skills. The courses are held at Ludlow Assembly Rooms, please contact the tutors direct for more details.<br /><br /> Portrait - Friday 1, Saturday 2, Sunday 3 August<br /><br />Tutor: David Donne NDD, ATD (01547-540376)<br /><br /> Life Drawing and painting - Friday 8, Saturday 9 Sunday 10 August<br /><br />Tutor: Jean Williams NDD, ATD (01584-877020<br /><br /> Still Life - Friday 22, Saturday 23, Sunday 24 August<br /><br />Tutor: Angela Gladwell MA, RCA (contact Box Office for more details)<br /><br /> Times for all days 10am – 12.30pm & 1.30 - 4pm<br /><br />£40 each weekend, or all three weekends for £100<br /><br /> These courses are very popular, early booking recommended. <br /><br />To book call Box Office 01584 878141<br /><br /> <br />STAGE exhibition by Dorothy Cross<br /> at The Unitarian Church, High Street, Shrewsbury <br /><br /> Commissioned by Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery <br /><br />and mediamaker for the launch of the Shrewsbury Darwin200 celebrations<br /><br />Dorothy Cross, an artist with an international reputation, was invited by Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery to undertake a commission to make new work responding in some way to ‘… the life and ideas of Charles Darwin’ <br /><br /> 14 June – 26 July 2008<br /><br />Tuesday – Saturday 12.00 – 4.00pm<br /><br />For further information please contact: <br /><br />Adrian Plant, Exhibitions Officer, Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, Barker Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1QH<br /><br /> Tel: 01743 361196, <br /><br />Email: adrian.plant@shrewsbury.gov.uk<br /><br /> www.mediamaker.tv<br /><br />www.shrewsburymuseums.com <br /><br />www.frithstreetgallery.com<br /><br /> <br /><br /> MIDDLE MARCHES LIONS CLUB COW PAINTING COMPETITION <br /><br />DISTRICT 105 BS - Incorporating Middle Marches Lions Club Charitable Trust Fund Registered No. 1087497<br /><br /> WITH GUARANTEED PRIZES OF £75.00 (Adult’s Class) And £25.00 (Children’s Class). The Lions Club will rent you a stand up cow approx size 4’x3’ for £15 all profits to go to Lions Charity Funds. Decorate it to your choice and bring it along to the Craven Arms Discovery Centre on Saturday 5th July 2008 at 10am where judging will take place. The Lions hope that this activity will also give you the opportunity to raise money for your own charitable causes by encouraging sponsorship for your cow. To order your cow please telephone JOHN VOLLER 01694 722020 OR PATRICIA PRICE 01588 673657<br /><br />PAINT IT, WALLPAPER IT, NAME IT, DRESS IT<br /><br /> PUT YOUR LOGO ON IT; GET YOUR FRIENDS TO SPONSOR A FLOWER ON IT. DO WHAT YOU LIKE.<br /><br /> (No Staples Please) - COW PAINTING IS FUN!<br /><br />Art of Life - Call for artists<br />WHO: Herefordshire Council Arts Service in partnership with Adult Social Care are seeking three artists from different disciplines to deliver a programme of art sessions at Canal Road Day Centre, Hereford. The artists should be experienced in working with people with learning disabilities and/or physical disabilities to plan and deliver arts sessions for the ART OF LIFE project.<br /><br />WHAT: The artist’s main role is to motivate people and help them to explore how to be able to deal with change through taking part in stimulating arts activity, which also helps to increase feelings of confidence. Arts sessions will explore the themes of: Identity/Body Image, Self Esteem and Health. Sessions will start and run three times per week for a period of 12 weeks. <br /><br />WHERE: Canal Road is a day centre in Hereford serving adults with physical and/or learning disabilities from across Herefordshire. Canal Road has an expansive arts room and an adjoining fully equipped woodworking room. <br /><br />WHEN: Arts sessions are expected to take place between October 2008 and January 2009, with an opportunity to visit Canal Road in August and a final evaluation report and Celebration Event held in February 2009 (date TBC). <br /><br />FEE: Total fee for each artist is £3650 with a further £350 (maximum amount) allocated to materials. Travel expenses and any other expenses are included in the total fee. <br /><br />TO APPLY: Artists should send a C.V. including contacts for 2 referees, state availability from September 2008 – January 2009 if possible, 10 images of work including any which relate to this type of project, press releases if applicable and a short statement (max 100 words) about why they are interested in the project. Evidence of enhanced disclosure will be required from selected artists. Interviews will take place on Wednesday 30 July. <br /><br />CONTACT: To receive a full copy of the brief please contact Deborah Allison (dallison@herefordshire.gov.uk, tel: 01432 260614) or Melanie Potter (details below). <br /><br />Please contact either Melanie Potter or Jane Suffield if you wish to informally discuss the role. <br /><br />Melanie Potter, Principal Arts Officer Tel: 01432 261818 <br /><br />email: mpotter@herefordshire.gov.uk<br /><br />Jane Suffield, Manager, Canal Road day Centre Tel: 01432 266881 <br /><br />Email: jsuffield@herefordshire.gov.uk <br /><br />DEADLINE: Deadline for submissions Wednesday 16 July.<br /><br />The new Big Dance 2008 website is now live! <br /><br />Big Dance 2008 takes place from 5-13 July and celebrates an extraordinary range of dance across England. <br /><br />Visit www.bigdance.org.uk to: <br />- find listings of what is on in your area, <br />- get the latest Big Dance news, <br />- create your own Big Dance event and register it on the website, <br />- get guidance on organising and promoting your event, <br />- upload your dance photos and video - show us your moves by posting your videos to the site! <br /><br />Coming up in Big Dance week:<br />- a world record-breaking salsa dance attempt on Baltic Square, Gateshead, <br />- Rise and Shine, a world record attempt that will see hundreds of children from primary schools from all over Liverpool perform a dance sequence together in Liverpool City Centre, <br />- public performances of excerpts from Hofesh Shechter's acclaimed work Uprising, <br />- and much more! www.bigdance.org.uk<br /><br />Big Dance is a project that was developed by the Mayor's Office at the GLA in partnership with Arts Council England.Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-54487237934041319352008-06-24T12:29:00.000+00:002008-06-24T12:31:10.869+00:00ARTS CAFE FEST CRAVEN ARMS<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hjepe1TStkI/SGDo5FXtvZI/AAAAAAAAAI8/id10Zo2cqM8/s1600-h/arscafe1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hjepe1TStkI/SGDo5FXtvZI/AAAAAAAAAI8/id10Zo2cqM8/s400/arscafe1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215424435886865810" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hjepe1TStkI/SGDo5_hgmxI/AAAAAAAAAJE/QhLh1ptKP9I/s1600-h/arscafe2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hjepe1TStkI/SGDo5_hgmxI/AAAAAAAAAJE/QhLh1ptKP9I/s400/arscafe2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215424451497204498" /></a>Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-88386783763702378562008-06-24T12:22:00.000+00:002008-06-24T12:24:07.606+00:00WANTED - STEWARDS FOR FESTIVAL AT THE EDGE18THWANTED - STEWARDS FOR FESTIVAL AT THE EDGE<br /><br />18TH - 20TH JULY 2008<br /><br />STOKES BARN, OFF THE A458 BRIDGNORTH TO SHREWSBURY ROAD<br /><br /><br />Festival at the Edge needs volunteer stewards for this 3-day weekend event 18th - 20th July near Much Wenlock, Shropshire. This is a great opportunity to get involved in one of the best storytelling festivals in the country. <br />To apply simply fill out the attached application form (deadline now 1st July not June). All successful applicants will receive a ticket of entry for themselves (family/friends accompanying will need to buy their own ticket unless they apply to steward too!). Places will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis and you will also be provided with free on-site camping, programme and site map etc. Be part of a great, friendly team and enjoy yourself. No experience necessary, all training will be given on site. <br /><br />If you've never heard of a "Storytelling Festival", we have artists from all round the world attending this one, telling their stories, singing, dancing or playing music. There are many event marquees on site and a "village" of stalls selling crafts, clothing and food. People either attend on a daily basis or stay and camp on-site for the whole weekend. Showering and all the usual facilities are available.<br /><br />You would need to be available or on duty for a maximum of 8 hours over the whole weekend, which means 2-4 hours each day, though some flexibility is needed (hence the application form says up to "12" hours). There's no need to be experienced, as training will be given on site. <br /><br />Actual stewarding duties include directing traffic/parking, helping people find areas they want to go to (marquees/refreshments/loos), checking wristbands and helping people find seats in the marquees, looking out for safety hazards and just generally being nice and supportive to people!! We have teams of stewards, so if you're not experienced, we'd put you in a team with some experienced people and use radio contact whilst on duty. There's also a helpers' party on the Sunday evening to say thank you.<br /><br />This is a great opportunity to gain some experience in the festival field (in both senses!) and enjoy yourself at the same time, so the sooner you get your form sent off, the more chance you have of being included. Good luck!<br /><br />For more information go to www.festivalattheedge.org <http://www.festivalattheedge.org> Tel: 01939 236626 or email: info@festivalattheedge.orgMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-15369051972564885062008-06-17T13:07:00.001+00:002008-06-17T13:07:47.186+00:00June Exhibition @ SandfordJune Exhibition @ Sandford<br /><br />Jenny Jones is this month’s Guest painter at Sandford Gallery. In this exhibition, Jenny’s rural colourful countryside folk and animals rub shoulders with humorous dog portrait paintings, in the style of the great masters from art history. The exhibition includes watercolours, oils and drawings. The selection reflects Jenny’s talent as a draftswoman using the surrounding flora and fauna as inspiration, especially her own disposition and reputation for rescuing and caring for injured animals and wildlife. Hens, geese, ducks, wild-birds and sheep, cats and dogs feature along side pastoral characters. Her light-hearted approach creates a gentle picture of life in the countryside. This simple handling shows her dexterity and flair for the subject. Her skill and popularity makes her currently one of the most successful Shropshire artists working today. She is very talented and very collectable.<br /><br />Bishops Castle artist Alan Sidney is Sandford Gallery’s guest Ceramist throughout June. His quirky ceramic figures remind one of childhood visits to the circus or fairs with a good dollop of the fantastical. Clouds on wheels and clowns with amazing headdresses beautifully sculpted look like over the top designs from Cirque Du Soleil.<br />Alan studied at Liverpool School of Art in the 1960s, and worked as a book illustrator and graphic designer, before turning his talents to clay. This may explain the fantasy element of his work, which is always intriguing and even psychedelic. Working from his studio at home he regularly raiding his kitchen for objects that he can use as moulds. He also models forms directly. His works reflect his passion for architecture, machines and ancient civilizations, incorporating frogs, snakes, turtles, horses, even elephants. To Sidney it represents an enchanted world where animals live together happily, something which he contrasts with the way people live in the real world.<br />A new show of paintings and prints by resident gallery artists, Ros Burns, Di Purser, David Mace, Tony Purser and Steve Vicary also run along side Jenny and Alan’s work.<br /> <br />Sandford Gallery is Open: Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday<br />from 11am to 5pm and is manned by the Gallery owners.<br /><br />Sandford Gallery, Sandford Place, Church Stretton, Shropshire.<br />T: 01743 233 085<br /><br />Exhibition runs from 6 to 30 June 2008<br /><br /><a href="mailto:info@sandfordgallery.co.uk" target="_blank">info@sandfordgallery.co.uk</a> <a href="http://www.sandfordgallery.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.sandfordgallery.co.uk</a>Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-89167562050432165162008-06-11T13:34:00.000+00:002008-06-11T13:36:52.754+00:00OUR CREATIVE TALENTOUR CREATIVE TALENT<br /><br />Building local voluntary and amateur arts participation<br /><br />The Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Arts Council<br />England and Voluntary Arts England invite you to take part in a major national conference on local arts participation and voluntary and amateur groups.<br /><br />Participation in the arts makes a powerful contribution to local communities. This year marks the introduction of National Indicator 11 on engagement in the arts and for the first time levels of arts engagement will be measured at local authority level across England.<br /><br />The conference will launch landmark new research, commissioned by DCMS and Arts Council, looking in detail for the first time at the size, make-up and impact of the voluntary arts sector and its potential for growth. It will also look at the role local voluntary and amateur arts groups can play in building local arts engagement and how to create effective partnerships for delivery.<br /><br />Keynote speakers include:<br /><br />Alan Davey<br />Chief Executive, Arts Council England<br /><br />Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP<br />Minister for Culture<br /><br />David Lammy MP<br />Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills,<br />Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills<br /><br />Feargal Sharkey<br />Chief Executive, British Music Rights<br /><br />Robin Simpson<br />Chief Executive, Voluntary Arts Network<br /><br />Breakout sessions will look at how local arts groups can take part in the Cultural Olympiad, how to engage new participants in the arts and new data on patterns of local participation.<br /><br />The event will be of key interest to policy formers, decision makers and senior personnel from local authorities, voluntary, community and charitable organisations.<br /><br />There will be a reception at the Barbican, hosted by the Carnegie (UK) Trust, on the evening of 1 July. This event will include the launch of the Voluntary Arts England publication Edutainment and all conference delegates are invited to attend.<br /><br />Attendance at the conference and evening reception is free, but spaces are limited.<br /><br />For more information and to reserve your place, please click below:<br /><br /><a title="http://www.vaengland.org.uk/events" href="http://www.vaengland.org.uk/events" target="_blank">www.vaengland.org.uk/events</a>Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-72968452338060727012008-06-11T13:22:00.002+00:002008-06-11T13:30:41.324+00:00STAGE - Dorothy Cross<div>STAGE<br />Dorothy Cross<br /><br />The Unitarian Church, High Street, Shrewsbury<br /><br />Commissioned by Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery<br />and mediamaker for the launch of the Shrewsbury Darwin200 celebrations<br /><br />14 June – 26 July 2008<br />Tuesday – Saturday 12.00 – 4.00pm<br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hjepe1TStkI/SE_SsmN8IUI/AAAAAAAAAI0/41BTQjMfxDo/s1600-h/dorothycross.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210614957506044226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hjepe1TStkI/SE_SsmN8IUI/AAAAAAAAAI0/41BTQjMfxDo/s400/dorothycross.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br />Dorothy Cross, an artist with an international reputation, was invited by Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery to undertake a commission to make new work responding in some way to ‘… the life and ideas of Charles Darwin’<br /><br />After visiting Shrewsbury and embarking on a period of research Cross decided to make a return visit to the Galapagos Islands<a title="" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=5712783000999273407#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1">[1]</a> (a place she had visited some 12 years previously) to gather footage and sound recordings from which to create a number of new video works. She invited actor Fiona Shaw (a childhood friend and occasional collaborator) to accompany her and to join in the process of exploring current conditions on the Islands and to reflect, in that context, on the evolution of art itself and the role for artists within a world facing increasing environmental and cultural changes.<a title="" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=5712783000999273407#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2">[2]</a><br />Cross describes their experience of the Galapagos Islands:<br /><br /><br />‘It is a place that existed in harmony without human history .The arrival of man is accelerating change and threatening the balance of its ecosystem. Our time there led to us discussing the evolution of ones own practice as visual artist and actor and the location of art in such a place…’<br /><br /><br />As an integral part of the commission, Cross was invited to consider a range of Darwin related non-gallery spaces in Shrewsbury in which to create an exhibition of the new video works. Her chosen venue was the small Unitarian Church in the town-centre, which Darwin attended regularly as a child along with his mother. A further influence on the mind of the young Darwin came through the Unitarian Minister at that time, Reverend G. Case, who, from 1817-18, was his first schoolmaster.<br /><br />STAGE marks the launch of the Shrewsbury Darwin200 celebrations, which from June 2008 and throughout 2009, commemorate the bi-centenary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of<br />The Origin of Species.<br /><br />For further information please contact:<br /><br />Adrian Plant<br />Exhibitions Officer<br />Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery<br />Barker Street<br />Shrewsbury SY1 1QH<br /><br />Tel: 01743 361196<br />Email: <a href="mailto:adrian.plant@shrewsbury.gov.uk">adrian.plant@shrewsbury.gov.uk</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediamaker.tv/">http://www.mediamaker.tv/</a><br /><a href="http://www.shrewsburymuseums.com/">http://www.shrewsburymuseums.com/</a><br />www.frithstreetgallery.com<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Dorothy Cross is represented by Frith Street Gallery, London<br /><br /><a title="" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=5712783000999273407#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1">[1]</a> Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution were greatly informed by his experience of visiting the Galapagos Islands during his voyage on The Beagle, 1831-36<br /><br /><a title="" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=5712783000999273407#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2">[2]</a> Cross’ research and development trip to the Galapagos Islands was as the first artist in residence funded by the Gulbenkian Galapagos Artists' Residency Programme, run by the Galapagos Conservation Trust. She travelled there with actor Fiona Shaw in April 2007.</div>Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-49616240462777432142008-06-11T13:17:00.001+00:002008-06-11T13:19:33.338+00:00Private View @ Sandford GalleryMeet The Artist - Day Time Private View @ Sandford Gallery<br /><br /> <br />There will be a chance to meet our guest painter Jenny Jones on<br />Saturday 14 June 2008 between 11am to 2pm<br /><br />Refreshments are available<br /><br />Exhibition runs from 6 to 30 June 2008<br /><br />Normal Gallery Opening Times : Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 11am to 5pm and is manned by the Gallery owners.<br /><br />1, Sandford Place, Church Stretton, Shropshire.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sandfordgallery.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.sandfordgallery.co.uk</a><br /><br /><a href="mailto:info@sandfordgallery.co.uk" target="_blank">info@sandfordgallery.co.uk</a>Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-73322688888606932012008-05-27T08:01:00.001+00:002008-05-27T08:04:17.026+00:00Ludlow Summer ExhibitionTo all artists,<br /><br />Apologies once again to those of you who have sent in applications, or who already know the following...<br /><br />Most of you are aware that Alan Grieve, Chairman & Director of The Jerwood Foundation (<a href="http://www.jerwood.org/" target="_blank">http://www.jerwood.org/</a>) will be on our selection panel.<br /><br />Joining Alan Grieve is Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures. Mr Shawe-Taylor has been responsible for The Royal Collection since 2004, and we are so delighted that he is offering his support to the exhibition.<br /><br />The final selector is Steve Cass, Head of Art at Ludlow College. Last year Steve's students received 100% passes, and the new Millichope Art & Design Centre, where the art student's work, and where the summer exhibition will be held, is an inspiration. We are very grateful for all Steve's support this year.<br /><br />Finally, we now have a donation of £1,000 toward a prize award. We do not yet know the details of how this prize shall be conferred. We are working toward receiving further prize donations, and I will keep you informed.<br /><br />Final date for submissions is 6 June. Please do contact me if you would like any further information.<br /><br />With best wishes,<br /><br />Jo King<br />Curator<br />Ludlow Summer ExhibitionMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-32888479523494965902008-05-23T20:31:00.002+00:002008-05-23T20:35:11.792+00:00Apologies for AGM date errorApologies for stating the draft AGM date (9th June) on the website - the correct date is 17th June which was sent out to all members. Hope to see you then.<br /><br />MartinMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-52177414607451648962008-05-21T19:08:00.001+00:002008-05-21T19:10:38.774+00:00Much Wenlock OpenThe Much Wenlock Open<br />in association with Twenty Twenty gallery<br /><br /> 8th September – 24th October 2008<br />The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, Shropshire<br /><br /><br />The Exhibition<br /><br /><br />The Much Wenlock Open offers artists living in the county of Shropshire an opportunity to show their work in a gallery that is publicised across the region. We welcome submissions of all forms of two-dimensional work. In alternate years, the Open will be dedicated to student work only. In 2008, submissions are welcome from all artists.<br /><br />Download app form from the VAN website <a href="http://www.vanetwork.co.uk/">www.vanetwork.co.uk</a>Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-73867563611355429062008-05-13T08:36:00.001+00:002008-05-13T08:39:17.207+00:00Reminder Shropshire Open entriesReminder<br />The closing date for entries to the Shropshire Open is Friday 23rd May.Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712783000999273407.post-35400798487212417942008-05-13T08:31:00.003+00:002008-05-23T20:30:56.607+00:00VAN AGM 17th JuneDear Members<br /><br />The Visual Art Network’s Annual General Meeting will take place…<br />At : The English Bridge Workshop, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY2 6AD<br />Time: 7:15 pm<br />Date : Tuesday 17th June 2008<br /><br />The agenda for the meeting will cover<br />Chairman’s Report for the past twelve months to include details of :<br />The Accounts, Last Years Summer Festival, Proposal and Nomination of Trustees, Network Achievements, Proposed Network developments for 2008-2009 & the plans around the Questionaire.<br />V.A.N. aims to be a support network for artists & designers in the area. We need your help to do this. The Management Committee needs members to take part in developing ideas & putting them into action for the benefit of the local visual arts community. First step could be attending the AGM. If you would like to join the management Committeee or wish to nominate another person, please complete the nomination slip below. These need to be returned at least 14 days before the AGM.<br />Please also use the tear-off section to tell us if you can attend the AGM & to renew your subscription.<br /><br />Remember due to rising costs and email problems all information that originally was published in the Newsletter is now published as it comes in on the VAN website <a href="http://www.vanetwork.co.uk/">http://www.vanetwork.co.uk/</a> click the blog link to find loads of news and views.<br /><br />I look forward to seeing you at the AGM<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />Carola Fielden (Chair, Visual Art Network)Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347267424350246347noreply@blogger.com0