Those of you who were able to join us at our last full members meeting may recall Ruths presentation on Arts Awards. We were going to looking to provide some subsidised Arts Award training through WAP, but Wiltshire Council have partnered with Arts Awards to do just that, as well as offering 5 freelance practitioners FREE training!
To celebrate the Olympic year Wiltshire Council and Arts Award South West are collaborating on a project to celebrate the creativity and energy of young people within Wiltshire. The aim of the project is to enable hundreds of young people to take part in dozens of projects all across the County inspired by the Olympic Flame.
If you work with young people and are interested in supporting them to be more creative, develop leadership skills and gain a nationally recognised qualification then this may be the project for you. Wiltshire Council Arts Service and Arts Award are working together to provide subsidised training for people to become Arts Award Advisers - which means you can deliver the award with any young people aged 11-25. Training usually costs £140 but under this scheme you only pay £65. The Arts Service will also provide five free bursaries for freelance artists. If you are interested in taking part in the project please register your interest by e-mailing arts@wiltshire.gov.uk
There will be two training days led by Ruth Jones, Arts Award South West Regional Coordinator and Senior Trainer. The training course will give you all the skills and knowledge that you need to deliver Arts Award at Bronze and Silver levels. The first one day course is Thursday 3rd of November 2011, and the second date will be in the New Year. The project will culminate in two awards ceremonies, the first will be timed to mark the journey of the Olympic Flame through Wiltshire and the second will be timed to coincide with the closing of the Olympic Games. At these ceremonies a panel of judges will select the best three projects to be awarded a Bronze, Silver and Gold commemorative coin.
Find out more about Arts Awards here: http://www.artsaward.org.uk/site/?id=64
No comments:
Post a Comment