Monday 30 July 2012

Opportunities for artists at Mottisfont.




http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/mottisfont/things-to-see-and-do/events/page-1/

Best wishes,

Phil.

Phil Smith
Arts ProgrammeAdvisor
National Trust
Mottisfont Estate, Mottisfont, Nr Romsey, Hampshire SO51 0LP

Are you delivering music education in Wiltshire?

You may be aware that work is being done to map the delivery of music throughout the County through the Music Hub. Please see the following detail from Keith Nimmo of Wiltshire Music Centre and contact me at wiltshireartspormoters@gmail.com or Keith directly on keith.nimmo@wiltshiremusic.org.uk  for further details and the survey so that your work can be factored into the plan.

Why is this survey important and why is the data needed now?
As you probably know, a key requirement in the Government’s National Plan for Music Education is that each area of the country should form a Music Education Hub.   Here in Wiltshire the Music Service has taken the lead – like most other parts of the country (no surprise as so much of the core work of the Plan is already delivered by Music Services).  As Head of the Music Service Valerie Hayward applied for Hub funding, has drawn up proposals for governance and is now drafting its business plan etc.  

Nevertheless, as I’m sure you will readily appreciate, the whole point of setting up a Hub is to create a structure through which everyone with a practical commitment to delivering music education work of high quality can be efficiently networked to bring about comprehensive and coherent delivery of the plan.  A shared sense of ownership of the Hub’s plans, and clarity about how we can each play our part in shaping and delivering the Hub’s work, will be important giving us the best chance of the Wiltshire Hub achieving its full potential.  In an increasingly competitive funding climate, that in turn will be conducive to sustainability of our work.  It’s a collective enterprise! 

As with every other part of the country, the Hub is due to become active from September 2012.   Carrie Creamer of Wiltshire Youth Arts Partnership and myself for Wiltshire Music Centre Trust – both longstanding partners of Wiltshire Music Service – will serve on the Wiltshire Hub’s Strategic Reference Group, as will Helen Keal of Salisbury International Arts Festival representing Wiltshire Arts Promoters.   We will work together to help cultivate this ethos, encouraging all concerned to regard the Hub as a collective venture and to collaborate from the outset to help shape and deliver its plan.  It’s an exciting challenge and a real opportunity to work together as partners for the future of music education in Wiltshire.

Arts Council National Portfolio Organisations already delivering music education work are well aware of their role in helping to deliver the National Plan for Music Education.  Much excellent music education work is of course also delivered by other arts organisations across Wiltshire.  We want to ensure all this work is appropriately reflected and celebrated in the Hub’s plan.   It is the bedrock on which the Hub’s work will be built and hence our request for your help in gathering this information now.  Valerie’s Briefing Paper to WAP re the Wiltshire Music Hub is available for anyone who wants to see it.

At a recent meeting of Wiltshire Arts Promoters (WAP) Steering Group I undertook to liaise with Jo Beal to coordinate this information gathering exercise with her research work for SWAG.  The intention is to minimise the work you have to do providing data.

Once again, many thanks for your help with this. 

Keith Nimmo

for Wiltshire Music Connect and the SWAG Partnership
C/o Wiltshire Music Centre Trust Ltd
Ashley Road, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1DZ
Admin Line: (01225) 860110                  
Fax: (01225) 860111                             
Web: www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk      

Part Time Ticket Office Assistant vacancy at City Hall

Part Time Ticket Office Assistant – Fixed Term
Salary 13,874 – 15,444 pro rata 20 hours per week.
Application Deadline, 28 August

City Hall has an excellent opportunity for someone who wishes to be part of a busy, successful sales and marketing team.  Based primarily in our Ticket Office, the role is also a key part of the marketing team.

The successful applicant must be organized, self motivated and have knowledge of the types of shows that City Hall programmes.  Confidence when working with computers, numeracy and a good standard of written English are essential.  Training will be provided on our ticketing software.

You will be required to sell tickets, respond to customer enquiries together with administrative marketing and banking duties.

The Ticket Office is open six days a week and you would be expected to work on a rota basis including some weekends, evenings and bank holidays.


More info and to apply Wilts Council Careers

Samantha Peters
Sales and Marketing Manager
City Hall Salisbury
Malthouse Lane | Salisbury | Wiltshire | SP2 7TU

Tel: 01722 434721
Email: samantha.peters@wiltshire.gov.uk
Website: www.cityhallsalisbury.co.uk

City Hall Sold Out Event

It's always a joy to celebrate sold out events, let us know about yours!

Well done City Hall.

Kevin Bridges
Monday 3 September, 8pm
Kicking off our Autumn season in style…

Kevin Bridges makes his first appearance at City Hall to a sold out auditorium. The Glaswegian comic has risen to fame in the past couple of years from appearing on Live At The Apollo, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and Would I Lie To You (where he tells the brilliant story about how he had accidentally bought a horse in Bulgaria – watch the YouTube clip, it is hilarious).

‘It’s his eye for detail that has elevated him to a MUST-SEE act’ The Daily Mirror

Kevin introduced his own BBC1 Series in 2010 called ‘What’s The Story’. In this series, Kevin looked to discover his background and explored the reality behind some of his on-stage material. This inspired his new tour ‘The Story Continues…’, which has nearly sold out on every date on the tour so far.

We look forward to welcoming Kevin to Salisbury.

Artists working in libraries - find out more about the funding available at a workshop session at Warminster library on Monday 22 October 2012

Thank's for this Meril.

We will be running a number of workshops, with the first taking place in Warminster Library on Monday 22 October 2012 (time of event is likely to be early evening) – so, please save the date and let us know by emailing arts@wiltshire.gov.uk if you would like us to send you more details as they get finalised.

More details about the funding can be found at http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/news/arts-council-news/arts-council-england-announces-6-million-additiona/

Please feel free to circulate this to anyone who might be interested.

We look forward to hearing from you,

best wishes, Meril

Meril Morgan
Arts Development Officer

Wiltshire Council Arts Service

Tel: 01249 705531
Mobile: 07793 802665
Fax: 01249 705527
Email: meril.morgan@wiltshire.gov.uk
Web: www.wiltshire.gov.uk/arts
Please take part in Wiltshire's Cultural Strategy Consultation - deadline for responses is 14 October 2012
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Friday 27 July 2012

NEW Digital R&D Fund for the Arts

Arts Council launch a £7 million Digital R&D Fund for the Arts in partnership with Nesta and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
The Digital R&D Fund for the Arts, which follows a pilot project in 2011, is unique in encouraging collaboration between the arts, digital technology providers and the research community in order to undertake experiments from which the wider arts and cultural sector can learn.

The launch of the Digital R&D Fund for the Arts coincides with the publication of our Creative media policy, which sets out how we aim to stimulate a new era of digital access and growth in the arts and creative industries.

The policy explains how we will work to support artists and arts and cultural organisations to develop skills in producing, distributing, connecting, preserving and exploiting their artistic and cultural work digitally.

It also identifies nine development areas that need to be addressed if we are going to see a significant growth in the quality, volume and reach of creative media content and experiences produced by arts and cultural organisations. These areas will shape the focus of our development, investment and advocacy activities in digital and creative media work.

http://www.artsdigitalrnd.org.uk/

Thursday 26 July 2012

Learning &Participation Co-ordinator wanted at The Pound

A great opportunity to work with a fab team!

Learning &Participation Co-ordinator

£15,000 to £19,000per annum, full time (job share or part-time considered)
Following our success in attracting Arts CouncilEngland Catalyst funding, Pound Arts is seeking a dynamic and creative personfor this new position. Working across our three strands – The Pound artscentre, Rural Arts Touring and Corsham Festivals – you will play a keyrole in the development and delivery of our new learning & participationprogramme across Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire.

For more details and an application pack, please emailbox.office@poundarts.org.uk orvisit http://www.poundarts.org.uk/pound/vacancies.aspx

Applications should be sent to box.office@poundarts.org.ukor posted to Michael Cainen, The Pound Arts Trust Ltd, Pound Pill, Corsham,Wiltshire SN13 9HX to be received by 5pm on Wednesday 22 August 2012.

Closing date: Wednesday 22 August 2012
Interview date: Wednesday 5 September2012

Two Destination Language are looking for submissions from artists

Fantastic stuff, get submitting!

Two Destination Language are looking for submissions from artists of all kinds to take part in FLINT, a two-day interdisciplinary microfest of contemporary work which will take place on November 17th at Salisbury Arts Centre and November 18th at Pound Arts Corsham. There will be 20 artists programmed across the two days, showcasing a spectrum of the work contemporary artists are making.

Whatever your artform, if you have an exciting work to share with audiences in Wiltshire, we’d like to hear from you. We want performance, dance, live art, music, visual arts, theatre – anything with a performative element to involve an audience. There’s no particular theme your work has to fit, but it needs to engage audiences – we want them to enjoy experiencing contemporary work.

There’s a fee of £350 available, plus a limited contribution to travel expenses if you’re coming from outside the area. Full details are available at http://www.twodestinationlanguage.com/?page_id=369 where you’ll find a link to the online submission form. If you have any questions, email alister or kat @twodestinationlanguage.com

FLINT microfest is supported by Arts Council England, Wiltshire Council and Creative Ecology Wiltshire.




Alister Lownie
07786 911954
alister@twodestinationlanguage.com

Katherina Radeva
07790 402521
kat@twodestinationlanguage.com

//| Two Destination Language
www.twodestinationlanguage.com

Wednesday 18 July 2012

Great job opportunities at Ageas SalisburyInternational Arts Festival

DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
£18,000per annum – 37.5 hours per week

Are you inspired by theprospect of working for an International Arts Festival that attracts over 80,000audiences to an array of spectacular events each year?

The Festival is seeking acreative, highly-organised individual with a passion for the arts to fulfilthis integral role supporting the marketing and fundraising function of the Festival. The successful candidate will possess excellent communication skills, theability to prioritise and have an eye for detail.  At least one year’sexperience of marketing or fundraising is required.  

For an application pack,please go to www.salisburyfestival.co.uk,or if necessary, call 01722 332241. 

Applications to bereceived no later than 10.00am on Monday 23rd July.
Interviews will takeplace on Friday 27th July.

Ageas SalisburyInternational Arts Festival
DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
£27,000- £30,000 per annum (depending on experience)
37.5hours per week

Are you inspired by theprospect of working for an International Arts Festival that attracts over 80,000audiences to an array of spectacular events each year?

The Festival is seekingan exceptional candidate with the creative and commercial flair to lead on thedelivery of the Festival’s marketing and fundraising programme.  Thesuccessful candidate will possess excellent interpersonal skills anddemonstrate a strategic, yet flexible approach to balancing multiplepriorities.  At least three year’s experience of marketing andfundraising is required. 

For an application pack,please go to www.salisburyfestival.co.uk,or if necessary, call 01722 332241. 

Applications to bereceived no later than 10am on Monday 6th August.
Interviews will takeplace in the week commencing 13th August.

Windows On Art in Trowbridge

Take a look at what Trowbridge Museum have organised as part of the Cultural Olympiad! It looks like being the beginning of a good relationship between shop owners and local artists!

http://trowbridgemuseum.co.uk/windows-on-art/

Invitation to the 2012 Charity Funding Roadshow

- a one-day conference with the leading funders in three cities:

- Central Hall Westminster on Tuesday 18 September
- Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham on Thursday 20 September
- West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds on Tuesday 25 September

Download conference brochure            Book conference online

You and your colleagues are warmly invited to join the leading statutory, lottery and trust funders at the 2012 Funding Roadshow conferences. These annual events, presented by Action Planning, ACEVO, CAF and Blackbaud for the past eight years, provide an important opporunity to meet funders and identify new funding opportunities for your charity. The event features:

1. Top-level representatives of the leading funders, including:

Minister for Civil Society, Nick Hurd MP, and colleagues from the Office of  Civil Society, on statutory funding programmes

The Department of Health's Civil Society Team on how to succeed in the new commissioning environment

Big Lottery Fund Chief Executive, Peter Wanless,  and his regional team on how to benefit from the growth in BIG funding after the Olympics

Heritage Lottery Fund Chief Executive, Carole Souter, and colleagues on how the HLF's  growing share of Lottery funding will be invested in the sector

Arts Council England Regional Directors, on how to access national  portfolio and strategic funding programmes plus open access grants 

Chief Executives and grant-makers from leading grant-making charitable trusts - nationally and in your area

2. Expert, practical guidance on increasing your income:

Building  a world-class fundraising team - with Aneesha Moreira,  formerly Fundraising Director of the British Heart Foundation and now Chief  Executive at Action Planning

Winning more statutory contracts and grants - with Derek Smith, formerly Services Director of RNID and now Britain's leading trainer in this field

Securing major donors - with Robin Thomas, one of the world's most experienced big gift fundraisers

Accessing European Union funding - with YTES in Lille, experts in the field

Raising more online - with Bertie Bosredon, who pioneered digital fundraising at the British Heart Foundation and is one of the leading UK experts in this field, on raising more funds and reaching more people through the web, mobile and social media

Social enterprise oppurtunities for charities - with Andrew Johnson of the Action Planning Social Enterprise Team

This intensive one-day event will provide comprehensive advice and support in developing your fundraising. The conference is being run in London, Leeds and Birmingham. Funder representatives will differ between locations to include regional representatives and all three conferences will cover the same subject matter.

Book places online and request invoice
       
The attendance fee of £127 includes lunch, all presentation materials and a networking reception. You can book online here, by emailing anne@actionplanning.co.uk, by phoning Anne on 020 8661 8060 or by completing the form on the conference brochure. We look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to one of these three conferences.
     

Arts Service three year review

Nice work Peter, Meril and Faye on the report and your part in creating the incredible arts ecology in Wiltshire!


Wiltshire Cultural Strategy Consultation

Please see the following sent by Arts Officer Meril Morgan.

DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 14TH

Wiltshire Council is leading on the creation of a Cultural Strategy for the county. The purpose of the strategy is to enable every part of the cultural sector to work together to focus energy and resources upon a set of shared objectives that will transform the cultural offer and deliver real benefits for the communities of Wiltshire.

A consultation paper has been developed through a process of small group consultation led by Wiltshire Council Arts Service and through an Open Space event in November 2011 led by Creative Ecology Wiltshire. This consultation paper proposes a definition of culture as well as identifying the building blocks for a vision for culture in Wiltshire.

Read the consultation paper

Cultural strategy consultation – online submission form

If the above links don’t work then please visit http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/council/consultations/developingaculturalstrategyforwiltshire.htm

The initial consultation has brought forward a set of five priorities and proposes that it is through the sector working collaboratively that these priorities will be delivered. The five priorities are:

Leadership and Flexibility
The Cultural Economy
Communication and Audience Development
Working Together and Raising Quality
Growing the Sector and Developing the Offer

This second phase of consultation is an opportunity to shape the vision for culture and to consider whether the priorities identified are the most important for the cultural sector in Wiltshire.

Please do take a little time to tell us what you think - deadline for responses is 30 September 2012

To find out more about the strategy or to join a mailing list for regular updates please contact: arts@wiltshire.gov.uk



Please do not hesitate to contact us or Peter Tyas, head of arts and archives should you require any further information and our apologies in advance for any cross posting or duplication.


best wishes

Meril Morgan / Faye Bradley
Arts Development Officers
Wiltshire Council Arts Service
Department of Communities
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
Cocklebury Road
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN15 3QN

Tel: 01249 705531 (Meril) 01722 434217 (Faye)
Mobile: 07793 802665 (Meril) 07827081039 (Faye)
Fax: 01249 705527
Emails: meril.morgan@wiltshire.gov.uk faye.bradley@wiltshire.gov.uk
Web: www.wiltshire.gov.uk/arts

Circus Skills Workshops in Devizes

Friday 6 July 2012

Finding The Will at the Everyman

I all, please do go and enjoy a night with Finding The Will if you can.

We would love to see you at the Everyman Studio, Cheltenham on either Thursday 19th or Friday 20thJuly at 7.45pm for a performance of ‘Bard Heads’.  All detailsare attached or check out the Cheltenham Everyman Online brochure page 46: https://tickets.everymantheatre.org.uk/page_turner/Default.html.

If you cannot make it, pleasetake a look at our website, http://www.findingthewill.com/bard-heads.html
our Facebook Page www.facebook.com/FINDINGTHEWILL orfollow us on Twitter @FINDINGTHEWILL1.

Many thanks

Jules and Richard                                              

JulesHobbs
Director
FINDINGTHE WILL
www.findingthewill.com
jules@findingthewill.com
07957 462893
Patrons: Bernard Cribbins OBE, Sue Pritchard,The Lord Blair ofBoughton, The Lady Blair

Follow us on twitter@FINDINGTHEWILL1
Find us on www.facebook.com/FINDINGTHEWILL

Arts and Wellbeing Practitioners

Hi all

If you carry out any Arts and Wellbeing related work in the BANES area please do complete this questionnaire.

Thank you

ARTS & WELLBEING PRACTITIONERS. MAKE SURE YOU ARE INCLUDED IN THE
BANES MAPPING RESEARCH. DEADLINE SAT JULY 14TH.
Many thanks to those of you who have already completed a survey about
Arts & Wellbeing practitioners in BANES. We have had over 80 responses
- but we are keen to reach over 100 of you!
We are mapping the extent of arts and wellbeing activities across
BANES, as part of a major research project running across the south
west, so please take part and TELL US ABOUT YOUR PRACTICE to give our
community a stronger voice in articulating the value of the
relationship between arts and wellbeing in BANES:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ArtsandWellbeinginBANES

Thank you.

Antonia Clews antonia.clews@creativityworksforeveryone.co.uk

Alumni Administrator needed at Wiltshire Music Centre


Wiltshire Music Centre        

Alumni Administrator

£ 18,500 p.a. pro rata 4 days per week 1 year fixed term contract



Now in its 15th Year and attracting 60,000 visits a year, WMC is Wiltshire’s dedicated centre for music and young people, hosting and promoting a year-round programme of over 100 concerts as well as music education and outreach initiatives. The Centre also hosts the Wiltshire & Swindon Youth Orchestra and is home to the West Wiltshire Young Musicians.  We have recently been awarded a grant to set up an alumni scheme for the several thousand people who have ‘graduated’ as young musicians from the Centre.



Working closely with all three organisations, you will research and set up an alumni database. You will also design and implement the marketing strategy to develop the alumni scheme and annual programme of activity.  You will be responsible for working with designers to develop the website and creating print and materials for the scheme.  One of your main tasks will be to create a ‘launch event’ for the alumni scheme next year.



CLOSING DATE 23rd July 2012 (5pm), interviews 30th July 2012

Please see the job description and complete the application form on www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk

Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1DZ



 

Wednesday 4 July 2012

we need members who want to attract young people

Wiltshire Arts Promoters are supporting the launch of a new app to encourage young people (under 26) to attend more arts events. WAP members have the chance to promote their events through this ap. We will be able to promote your work through our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/tracy.sullivan3#!/pages/Wiltshire-Loves-Arts/291328687592541

This is where the app users will be sent, have a look at the info and you'll get a better idea of how the app works.

Wiltshire Council and WAP have invested in this app to support smaller organisations to promote their work to young people. Other Wiltshire and Swindon organisations have their own pages where they will promote their work. If you would like to have your work promoted in this way, there is no charge but you do have to be a Wiltshire Arts Pomoters member (fees start at £10 and for the largest org's is £100). Please get in touch if you would like to know more. Why not leave a blog comment?

I'll let you know when you can download the app and have a play. It's great fund.

Tuesday 3 July 2012

Edinburgh Accommodation

There is still some space left in the WAP Flat during Edinburgh Festival. Why not take advantage of this subsidised accommodation, opportunity to network with other arts professionals and be inspired by Edinburgh Festival.


Open publication - Free publishing - More edinburgh

if you want to book space contact wiltshireartspromoters@gmail.com

Pavillion Dance South West Vacancies!

Youth and Education co-ordinator, and Marketing and Communication vacancies at Pavillion Dance! Tempted to follow our own Deryck Newland to the seaside?

http://www.paviliondance.org.uk/page/3152/Vacancies

Marketing and Development Manager post


Wiltshire Music Centre        

Marketing and Development Manager

Up to £ 25,500 p.a.



Now in its 15th Year and attracting 60,000 visits a year, WMC is Wiltshire’s dedicated centre for music and young people, hosting and promoting a year-round programme of over 100 concerts as well as music education and outreach initiatives. This post has prime responsibility for marketing the Centre and the concert programme as well as developing our core fundraising messages and relationships.  We have recently won new Arts Council support to invest more in public and media relations and fundraising capacity building.



Working closely with the Executive and Artistic Directors, you will create the marketing and development strategy and plan, implement and evaluate the tactical marketing and public relations campaigns, for the Centre as a whole, for the concert programme, for fundraising activities and for other specific events.  Working with the part time fundraiser for individual giving, you will be responsible for developing a range of fundraising activities and relationships.



CLOSING DATE 23rd July 2012 (10am), interviews 25th July 2012

Please see the job description and complete the application form on www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk

Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1DZ