http://www.candt.org Subscribe to the latest from C&T. It stands for more than theatre. en info@candt.org Copyright 2010 2010-04-06T03:13:27+00:00 http://www.arts-media.org/index.php/news/entry/am_moves_to_on-line_presence/ http://www.arts-media.org/index.php/news/entry/am_moves_to_on-line_presence/#When:14:28:07Z For almost two decades, A+M has enabled thousands of arts and creative industries professionals to develop their skills, creative practice and business acumen. We have worked with a range of funders and partners across different sectors to deliver high quality training and support. Our clients have given us consistently high satisfaction ratings and the very real impact of our services can be seen in the increased confidence, focus and skills of the region’s creative sector (and the knock on contribution to the creative economy). Over that time, the arts landscape has changed considerably, reflecting new approaches to offering professional development in a shifting environment. In response to these changes, Arts+Media will be closing its offices at the end of March 2010 and, under new management, will be concentrating its operations on line.  We would like to thank all the people who have been involved in, and contributed to, our success over the years and look forward to continuing to serve the creative community in the coming years. If you are happy to continue to receive the newsletter to keep up to date with the opportunities and events happening in the sector we shall be delighted to stay in touch.  If you would prefer not to receive this information please scroll to the bottom of this page and click the button marked unsubscribe. 2010-03-02T14:28:07+00:00 http://www.arts-media.org/index.php/news/entry/revolutions_cycling_and_art_-_call_for_submissions/ http://www.arts-media.org/index.php/news/entry/revolutions_cycling_and_art_-_call_for_submissions/#When:03:13:27Z Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham and Smarter Travel Richmond upon Thames are pleased to present local and national artists an opportunity to showcase their work once again, in group exhibitions. Each year, over 500 individual artists exhibit work in a range of open exhibitions across three galleries – Orleans, Stables (Twickenham) and the Riverside (Richmond). The exhibition ‘Revolutions: cycling and art’ will be held at the Octagon Room, Orleans House Gallery from the 7th to the 11th May 2010. This art exhibition has been organised with Smarter Travel Richmond to promote cycling awareness. At the end of the exhibition a group of cyclists will be starting a race from Twickenham to Chantilly, France Up to five original works (prints, photos, paintings, objects, sculptures, film) will be considered. Artworks must be submitted as high resolution jpeg files on a CD, with accompanying A4 sized photographic prints or colour printouts. Please do not send original artwork at this stage. Please clearly label each submission with artist’s name, title of work, date, media, approximate size and price before commission if the work is for sale (the gallery adds 40% of the artist price for commission + VAT). In addition, please enclose contact details, an artist’s statement and CV. If you would like images returned, please enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope. Successful artists will be contacted approximately two weeks after the deadline. Artwork needs to arrive at Orleans House Gallery on Thursday 6th May 10am-4pm. Any queries, please email curator Mark De Novellis at m.denovellis@richmond.gov.uk or call 020 8831 6000. THE DEADLINE FOR ALL APPLICATIONS IS FRIDAY 23RD APRIL 2010 2010-04-06T03:13:27+00:00 http://www.arts-media.org/index.php/news/entry/cambridge_film_festival_calls_out/ http://www.arts-media.org/index.php/news/entry/cambridge_film_festival_calls_out/#When:02:08:48Z Would you like to screen your film at one of the UK’s most popular and well-respected festivals? As of 1st March 2010, the Cambridge film festival is accepting submissions from around the world and is eagerly awaiting for your shorts, features and documentaries (earlybird deadline: 1st of May 2010). Send your film for this year’s special occasion, as the festival is celebrating it’s 30th anniversary, meaning 30 years of nurturing emerging talent, showcasing cutting-edge films and championing new methods of filmmaking. Previous highlights included the student short LARCENY from BATMAN director Christopher Nolan (1996) and the Oscar-winning WASP by Andrea Arnold (2006) who went on to direct last year’s hit FISH TANK. If you feel your film is an absolute must-see, and want to find out how to submit to the festival, please visit www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/submit /or contact submissions@cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk . 2010-04-06T02:08:48+00:00 http://www.arts-media.org/index.php/news/entry/artist_in_residence_required_in_the_west_midlands/ http://www.arts-media.org/index.php/news/entry/artist_in_residence_required_in_the_west_midlands/#When:18:25:30Z The 10 week residency involves working on site at least one day a week, usually Friday, whilst the site is open to the public. There is unlimited access to the site at all other times if the artist wants. There is a two week exhibition and private viewing of work created during the residency. The artist fee is £1,000 and there is a materials bursary of up to £500 available. They are highly interested in site specific artworks that relate to The Rea Garden. The Rea Garden Artist Residency programme is funded by Arts Council England and The National Lottery. Full details of the opportunity and how to apply can be found on the website under at http://behindcloseddoors.org.uk/?page_id=144 . Should you have any questions or queries you can contact Arlene Burnett arlene_burnett9@hotmail.com 2010-03-23T18:25:30+00:00 http://www.arts-media.org/index.php/news/entry/place_beyond_place_symposium_by_in_certain_places/ http://www.arts-media.org/index.php/news/entry/place_beyond_place_symposium_by_in_certain_places/#When:12:08:40Z Hosted in an empty shop in Preston city centre, a physical reminder of the city’s relationship to the networks of global capital, the event will provide a starting point for discussions about the influence of new technology, migration and the changing face of industry on the city. Furthermore, it will ask how urban design, public art and regeneration might support global relations, whilst acknowledging the responsibilities that these incur. The morning will feature presentations by the artist Loraine Leeson, visiting research fellow at the University of East London and founding director of cSPACE, an arts organisation supporting local communities in the expression of collective vision and aspiration, and Tim Cresswell, Professor of Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London and author of several books including ‘Place: A Short Introduction’. In the afternoon, artists and urban professionals will lead ‘alternative’ tours of Preston city centre, exploring the city through its social, cultural and natural connections to other, global places. These will include a tour of weeds, in which the notion of ‘invasive exotic’ will be turned on its head, and an exploration of Preston’s first Victorian ’suburb’, Avenham, an area which has nurtured new inventions, ideas and faiths but also felt the full impact of economic and social change. Place Beyond Place has been developed by In Certain Places, a public art initiative delivered in partnership by Harris Museum & Art Gallery and University of Central Lancashire. For more information please visit www.incertainplaces.org . Tickets cost £36 full price, £15 students and include lunch and refreshments (a limited number of bursaries are also available for artists and students). Early booking is required as places are limited.  For more information please visit www.placebeyondplace.info 2010-03-17T12:08:40+00:00 http://www.arts-media.org/index.php/news/entry/deaffest_2010_opens_call_for_film_submissions/ http://www.arts-media.org/index.php/news/entry/deaffest_2010_opens_call_for_film_submissions/#When:09:37:10Z The weekend of festivities will include screenings of films produced by UK and International Deaf filmmakers and plenty of panel discussions, networking opportunities and social events. Deaffest 2010 will be the twelfth festival to be held in Wolverhampton since 1998. Deaffest aims to nurture new talent in the Deaf community and showcase the work of Deaf filmmakers and producers to a wider audience. More details on the festival programme can be found at www.deaffest.co.uk . Filmmakers can now submit their film to be shown at the festival by emailing info@deaffest.co.uk or visiting www.deaffest.co.uk for an application form. Deaffest is also pleased to announce that the Ben Steiner Bursary is returning in 2010. Launched in 2009, the award gives one Deaf filmmaker the opportunity of winning £5,000 to produce a film, which will be premiered exclusively at the 2011 festival. Submissions are now being accepted. For a list of the criteria and an application form, visit www.deaffest.co.uk/ben-steiner-bursary 2010-03-17T09:37:10+00:00 http://www.arts-media.org/index.php/news/entry/calling_all_theatre_and_production_companies/ http://www.arts-media.org/index.php/news/entry/calling_all_theatre_and_production_companies/#When:09:14:40Z The annual festival runs for the whole of July and August and theatre productions run throughout. Runs for shows can range from one night to one week [6 nights]. They are looking for full length and one act theatre shows, music shows and cabarets for their gorgeous Grade II listed theatre, The Colour House Theatre. It is a 60 seat venue and can be a great showcase for new or established companies. The theatre and the festival takes place in the Riverside Craft Market Merton Abbey Mills in South Wimbledon. It has excellent transport links and is now in its 13th Year. Highlights of last year included a promenade Romeo and Juliet, Open Secret Theatre Bill and Musical Show Noel Coward at the Desert Inn. The venue hire is very reasonable and 100% of the box office goes to the visiting company. This ensures all can apply and gives the theatre programme diversity and variety. If you require any more information or would like to view the space feel free to check out the website www.abbeyfest.co.uk . To submit a production please contact Mark Marlowe at theatre@abbeyfest.co.uk with show details or call on 0797 0662550. 2010-03-17T09:14:40+00:00 http://www.arts-media.org/index.php/news/entry/prescap_seek_artists_to_help_deliever_community_projects/ http://www.arts-media.org/index.php/news/entry/prescap_seek_artists_to_help_deliever_community_projects/#When:13:02:18Z PRESCAP is a community arts organisation that changes people’s lives. They use art and media in an innovative and dynamic way to support regeneration, social cohesion and community development particularly for those who have had little opportunity. They have over 25 years of experience working with our communities and delivering creative results.  They encourage everyone to express themselves by valuing everyone’s contribution. They are proud that their projects provide a high quality experience of each individual in the process of making art and result in a high qulity end product. The confidence that grows from this can be a life changing experience. Prescap are looking for artists to deliver this work. You will be included on their database; and they will seek to match your own individual skills up to the right projects. They are looking for artists with strong facilitation skills and extensive experience of working within participatory arts and with community groups. All art forms are needed, specifically looking at the following:  graffiti arts, new media and technology, creative writing, poetry, drama and theatre, animation and street dance. For an artist database form please download a form at www.prescap.co.uk or alternatively email Teresa East at teresa@prescap.co.uk 2010-03-02T13:02:18+00:00 http://www.arts-media.org/index.php/news/entry/call_for_artists_-_from_the_darkness_...light_in_contemporary_art/ http://www.arts-media.org/index.php/news/entry/call_for_artists_-_from_the_darkness_...light_in_contemporary_art/#When:13:56:36Z They are looking for works of all media which engage with light to exhibit in the beautiful setting a 13th century church. The final works selected will be diverse so interpretation of the theme is intentially very open. Applications are welcomed in painting, photography, sculpture, installation and new media. The festival will run between 1st May 2010 and 23rd May 2010 at St.Peters Church, Preston Park, Brighton. The curator of the exhibition is Nathaniel Hepburn, from Mascalls Gallery in Paddock Wood, West Kent. ‘From the Darkness’ is one of a series of exhibitions from Brighton to Canterbury including works by major international artists including Graham Sutherland, Stanley Spencer, Marc Chagall and Maggi Hambling. For more information about how to apply please contact Nathaniel Hepburn on 01892 839039 or email nhepburn@mascallsgallery.org 2010-02-17T13:56:36+00:00 http://www.arts-media.org/index.php/news/entry/scrap_heap_art_challenge/ http://www.arts-media.org/index.php/news/entry/scrap_heap_art_challenge/#When:11:13:25Z Deepdale Backpackers & Camping and Deepdale Farm are holding their annual North Norfolk Coast Earth Day on Thursday 22nd April 2010. They are looking for artists or school groups who would like to get creative with scrap and recyclable materials to take part in a Scrap Heap Art Challenge. Artists will be welcome to use any of the recyclable or scrap items available on the Deepdale site to create sculptures or art pieces that will then be displayed around the hostels and campsite. The Scrap Heap Art Challenge will be judged by a small panel of judges, who will be looking for creativity, unusual use of recyclable materials and even audience participation. Artists will have from 9am to 3.30pm to create their artwork, when they will be judged and prizes awarded. Artists will be promoted on the Deepdale website (www.deepdalefarm.co.uk ) and the winning artist or school team will win a stay in a tipi and be invited to be a judge at next year’s Scrap Heap Art Challenge. For more information on the North Norfolk Coast Earth Day please visit www.deepdalefarm.co.uk/earthday . Interested artists should contact Andrea Bramhall at Deepdale, on 01485 210256 or email andrea@deepdalebackpackers.co.uk 2010-02-17T11:13:25+00:00