Thursday, 26 July 2012

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

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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

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