Avebury Manor, Wiltshire
5 May - 10 June, 11am - 5pm
An exhibition of contemporary sculpture and craft by leading artists
For more details visit: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/avebury or call 01672 539250
Monday 26 March 2012
Cloth Road Arts Open Studios Week
Sat 5 May to Sun 13 May 2012
Venues in Bradford on Avon, Melksham, Trowbridge, Corsham and their surrounding communities
More details at www.clothroadartists.com
The Little Mermaid Aquashow!
I can't wait for this!
Louise Rennie of Curious Company has brought together creative partners including dancers and theatre makers as well as film and music makers to collaborate on a compelling production of unique and emotive dance theatre combined with athletic and beautifully crafted synchronized swimming to create THE LITTLE MERMAID AQUASHOW!
The story explores the search for love and belonging; it highlights the consuming power of desire beyond reach, of wanting to be something you are not and the consequences of pursuing that desire. It is also a magical, romantic dream full of imaginative descriptions of an underwater world, princes and princesses, witches and mermaids and unrequited love. The narrative, settings and characters are bursting with colour and drama.
This show presents the ideal manifestation of the Cultural Olympiad taking a show combing sport and the arts to towns that might not have a formal theatre space and to audiences who might not want to go to one.
The tour will include; Marlborough, Devizes and Salisbury through June 2012. Details of time and dates to follow, watch this space.
Louise Rennie of Curious Company has brought together creative partners including dancers and theatre makers as well as film and music makers to collaborate on a compelling production of unique and emotive dance theatre combined with athletic and beautifully crafted synchronized swimming to create THE LITTLE MERMAID AQUASHOW!
The story explores the search for love and belonging; it highlights the consuming power of desire beyond reach, of wanting to be something you are not and the consequences of pursuing that desire. It is also a magical, romantic dream full of imaginative descriptions of an underwater world, princes and princesses, witches and mermaids and unrequited love. The narrative, settings and characters are bursting with colour and drama.
This show presents the ideal manifestation of the Cultural Olympiad taking a show combing sport and the arts to towns that might not have a formal theatre space and to audiences who might not want to go to one.
The tour will include; Marlborough, Devizes and Salisbury through June 2012. Details of time and dates to follow, watch this space.
Trowbridge Arts
Trowbridge Arts application wordled!
I have wordled a draft funding application WAP have supported to provide professional arts in Trowbridge since the closure of The Arc.
Wordle's work by taking the words that appear most in a document appear largest in the wordle and those which appear least appear smallest. I think this gives an interesting reflection of the main focus of a big document.
If anyone would like to see the whole 7000 words worth you are more than welcome.
I have wordled a draft funding application WAP have supported to provide professional arts in Trowbridge since the closure of The Arc.
Wordle's work by taking the words that appear most in a document appear largest in the wordle and those which appear least appear smallest. I think this gives an interesting reflection of the main focus of a big document.
If anyone would like to see the whole 7000 words worth you are more than welcome.
Case studies needed for Conference
WAP is working to deliver a conference in October that will look at how we can Strive, Survive and Thrive in the arts.
One of the elements of the day will be demonstrating where the arts has impacted on 'social outcomes'. Where arts has been used to work within health, social care, with disengaged young people, isolated older people for example.
It would be great if we could have a home grown example of successful work in this area. If you or any colleagues have worked in this way and would be willing to talk about it, or have a stand or demonstrate it at the conference please get in touch.
Thank you
Tracy at wiltshireartspromoters@gmail.com
One of the elements of the day will be demonstrating where the arts has impacted on 'social outcomes'. Where arts has been used to work within health, social care, with disengaged young people, isolated older people for example.
It would be great if we could have a home grown example of successful work in this area. If you or any colleagues have worked in this way and would be willing to talk about it, or have a stand or demonstrate it at the conference please get in touch.
Thank you
Tracy at wiltshireartspromoters@gmail.com
Friday 16 March 2012
Trowbridge Town Hall developments
WAP is working hard to support the developments happening in Trowbridge. You can hear WAP's development manager talking about the latest here.
http://trowbridgetownhall.org/
http://trowbridgetownhall.org/
Tuesday 13 March 2012
Agenda for WAP's next members meeting
Here's the agenda for WAP's next members meeting. If anyone who is not currently a member of WAP would like to join us for this meeting you are more than welcome. Please email me at wiltshireartspromoters@gmail.com
Agenda
Thurs 22 March
Theatre On The Hill, St John’s School, Marlborough (if
using a sat nav enter the post code SN8 4DN
11am
(Steering group to meet at 10am)
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11am
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Welcome and Apologies
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11.05
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Matter
arising from last full meeting
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11.15
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Arts
Council Relationship Manager, Faye Stewart to present on ACE’s current
funding streams (TBC)
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11.30
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Valarie
Haywood from Wiltshire Music Service to report on Wiltshire’s Music Hub
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12 noon
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Peter
Tyas, Arts and Archives Manager to give an update on the development of
Wiltshire’s Cultural Strategy
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12.30pm
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Opportunity
for members to share information about their work particularly where there
are partnership opportunities
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12.50pm
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AOB
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NB:
All visitors to St John’s are required to bring photographic ID with them for
Safeguarding purposes.
If the location or CRB requirements cause anyone difficulty
in attending please get in touch with me.
Saturday 10 March 2012
Board sought for new Arts Centre project
Board Member
Vacancies
Board members are
sought to play a key role in securing Trowbridge’s historic Town Hall through
the Community Asset Transfer process, to create a beacon professional arts
centre for the Trowbridge Community Area and the wider region.
Funding for initial
feasibility work has already been secured from Trowbridge’s Area Board and
Community Area Partnership and further commitment of Wiltshire Council for the
project is expected to be confirmed following
the Council’s Assets Committee meeting on 21 March 2012 . We need the
right people to help guide this multi million pound project forward. We need
people with skills in areas such as heritage, the arts, finance, fundraising,
marketing, project management, business planning, employment law, architecture,
consultation, education, catering, the Trowbridge community and advocacy. This
is a voluntary unpaid position.
There will be an
opportunity to visit the Town Hall for prospective board members.
If you think you
are the right person to help bring Trowbridge Town Hall back to life please
contact Tracy Sullivan trowbridgetownhall@gmail.com for an application pack and tour details or
call 07540 938936 for an informal conversation.
Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustment to be made
to the interview process to ensure accessibility.
The deadline for receiving applications is noon on Friday 13th April and interviews will be held on
Thursday 19th April.
Thursday 8 March 2012
Fund Raising Events
See here for details of forthcoming fundraising events: http://www.stepupwiltshire.org.uk/wsfn
Community Engagement Workshops
Two FREE workshop sessions on Engaging Communities that Community First will be running in March and April.
We’re all being asked to get more involved in local planning and decision making. How can you ensure that everyone has a real chance to take part and to get their voice heard?
Engaging Communities covers some of the principles of community engagement and consultation, some practicalities about running consultation events, plus lots of ideas for some fun methods that could be used to widen participation from people in the community.
So if you are a parish or town council, community led planning or other local group seeking to consult and involve your community, this workshop will give you the practical tools to design high quality consultation activities that engage and involve all sections of your community.
As places are limited it is essential to book well in advance so please complete and return the attached booking form. The deadlines for booking are 2 March (for the 15 March session), and 23 March (for 26 April session).
If you have any questions about the sessions please do contact me to discuss how we can help.
Regards
Marion Rayner
Community Development Manager
Parish Plan & Community Consultation Direct Web Link: http://www.communityfirst.org.uk/index.php/community-development
mailto:mrayner@communityfirst.org.uk
We’re all being asked to get more involved in local planning and decision making. How can you ensure that everyone has a real chance to take part and to get their voice heard?
Engaging Communities covers some of the principles of community engagement and consultation, some practicalities about running consultation events, plus lots of ideas for some fun methods that could be used to widen participation from people in the community.
So if you are a parish or town council, community led planning or other local group seeking to consult and involve your community, this workshop will give you the practical tools to design high quality consultation activities that engage and involve all sections of your community.
As places are limited it is essential to book well in advance so please complete and return the attached booking form. The deadlines for booking are 2 March (for the 15 March session), and 23 March (for 26 April session).
If you have any questions about the sessions please do contact me to discuss how we can help.
Regards
Marion Rayner
Community Development Manager
Parish Plan & Community Consultation Direct Web Link: http://www.communityfirst.org.uk/index.php/community-development
mailto:mrayner@communityfirst.org.uk
Tuesday 6 March 2012
Creative Arts Facilitator Required
The SEEME Wiltshire oral history project requires a freelance Creative arts facilitator to deliver a series of local reminiscence events across Wiltshire
The Wiltshire Black Archives Partnership consists of statutory & community organisations & individuals who have come together to promote the history of black & minority ethnic (BME) communities in Wiltshire to everyone. This exciting iniative will work through community participation & learning aims to collect preserve & make accessible written, pictorial & oral heritage relating to BME communities in Wiltshire both past & present
Our Brief
As part of the project we are hosting reminiscence events in Trowbridge, Chippenham & Salisbury. The feature of these events will be to encourage & stimulate the community to tell their stories, share their past experiences & enjoy a cultural learning experience
Some Examples you might consider
· Dance
· Creative Writing
· Drama
· Music Performance
We are looking for someone who is
· Creative
· Dynamic
· Has Fresh ideas
· Can Motivate Groups
· Work within a budget
· High Quality Project Achievements
· Has Excellent communication skills
For informal enquiries please contact Rose Young 01225 752503
To apply for this role, please submit your artist profile (including 2 referees) together with a covering statement explaining why you would like to be involved in this project to:
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