Dana's Welcome
- 10 June 09
All the latest opportunities from
DaDa-Disability and Deaf Arts

Dana's Note................................................................................2
DaDa Disability and Deaf Arts latest.................................................2
Sensational Seminars..................................................................2
Disability Arts News.....................................................................3
Jennifer Sealey MBE...................................................................3
Active Community Enterprise.........................................................3
Oska Bright................................................................................4
Make a film, change your World.....................................................4
Submit your film to Deaffest..........................................................4
Photography workshops in Florence...............................................5
Casting for Channel 4/E4..............................................................5
Connecting Culture, Artists in Exile.................................................6
International VSA........................................................................6
Fool Spectrum............................................................................6
3 Creative Catalysts.....................................................................7
Piazza Arts Market 2009...............................................................7
Crown Street Plant Sale...............................................................8
New Media for you......................................................................8
Experimental Poetry Slam............................................................8
Gathering Event 2009..................................................................8
Workshop director wanted............................................................9
Community Dance Summer School...............................................10
NAYT Opportunities...................................................................10
Feedback on Audio described films..............................................11
Altered Images..........................................................................11
Arts Jobs..................................................................................12
The Public Arts at Lancaster University..........................................12
Casual Information Assistants required...........................................13
Development Manager at The Lowry.............................................13
Disclaimer................................................................................14

Any items for the next newsletter should be sent to news@dadahello.com or dana@dadahello.com by 3.00pm 9th June 09 Please keep the articles short (75 words or less is ideal), and in plain text format.
Dana's Note
Hello to you all,
In these tough times of election aftermath and monsoon weather scheduled to ruin the festival laden summer, it can be difficult to stay sparky. However, I have lots of positives in here for you this week. It's all for you!
Yours, Dana
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DaDa Disability and Deaf Arts Latest
Sensational Seminars
25 June and 1 July 2009 We all use our senses to interpret and experience the arts. Have you thought how this impacts people with sensory impairments? There can often be fear, misunderstanding and lack of knowledge around working within these issues. We are delighted to invite you to explore these issues by attending one of the Sensational Seminars that are being run by DaDa Disability and Deaf Arts and Arts Council England North West.These are two exciting and inspiring seminars for Visual and Performing arts organisations in the region to explore and discuss creativity and sensory access drawing on artists' and organisations' experience. These two seminars will provide a positive, safe environment for colleagues to discuss some of the issues around sensory accessibility. The events are aimed at staff working in programming, marketing and audience development plus any relevant board or staff members. The day will be made up by presentations and performances from international and award-winning artists and companies sharing their experiences and successes plus opportunities for discussion to identify some solutions and ways forward. "Arts Council England, North West is pleased to be working in collaboration with DaDa Disability and Deaf arts to bring you Sensational. The seminars offer a real opportunity for us to share and learn from the good practice happening in our region and to work together to continue to develop a vibrant, diverse and inclusive arts sector for artists and audiences". Aileen McEvoy, Regional Executive Director, Arts Council England, North West. Event Details: For Performing Arts Organisations - Thursday 25 June at The Lowry 10.30am - 3.30pm Hexagon Room, The Lowry, Pier 8, Salford Quays, M50 3AZ. For Visual Arts Organisations - Wednesday 1 July 10.30am - 3.30pm The Auditorium, Storey Creative Industries Centre, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster L1 1TH. A free lunch and refreshments will be provided at both seminars. Registration will be at 10.30 and the seminars will commence at 11.00 am and finish by 3.30 pm. The venues are as accessible as possible and have hearing loops. Audio Description and Sign Language interpreters will be provided at both seminars. To book please contact events@dadahello.com. The deadline for booking is Wednesday 17 June 2009.
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Disability Arts News
Jennifer Sealey MBE
In the Queen's New Year Honours list, Graeae Artistic Director Jennifer Sealey has been awarded an MBE for her services to disability arts. Also included in the Hounours list is actor, Michael Sheen (Tony Blair in ‘The Queen') and actor Liz Smith (‘The Royale Family', ‘The Vicar of Dibley'). Jennifer Sealey has been the artistic director of east London's Graeae Theatre Company, since 1997. Graeae is a disabled-led theatre company that profiles the skills of deaf and disabled actors, writers and directors.
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A.C.E (ACTIVE COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE)
ACE is a new community-based support service for adults with learning disabilities. We offer a structured program of leisure and work-related activities, e.g. gardening, cycling, swimming, football and our service users will be involved in running a cinema and weekly discos. We aim to offer paid employment and training to our service users enabling the development of friendships, social status, feelings of worth and a chance to help within the community. For more information on our service please visit: http://www.activecommunityenterprise.webs.com/ The website is still very much a work in progress but most of what you would need to know is there including costing and info about our activities.
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Oska Bright
This year's festival takes place on the 17th, 18th and 19th November 2009; if you want to book a ticket they will go on sale from August. Our Big Olympic Project: We have launched a campaign to raise money for a mobile cinema bus. When we toured Oska Bright films all over the United Kingdom last year, lots of people told us it was difficult for them to get transport and support to come to the cinemas we were at. So we had the great idea of turning a double-decker bus into a cinema and taking the cinema to people! Our mobile cinema will tour around the country taking films to people who can't get out easily. Please support our campaign by looking on our website and going to this page:
http://www.oskabright.co.uk/Bus.htm Ask as many people as you can to help us to buy the bus and get it running! Making your own films: We have now finished our online guide on how to make films. The ‘How to Make a Film' pages on our website www.oskabright.co.uk are easy to use and understand, lots of people have told us they now use the website to help them make their films.
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Make a film, change your world
The Co-Operative is calling for budding young filmmakers who dream of changing the World to submit entries to the prestigious Co-Operative Young Filmmakers festival. Age group is 19 and under, deadline Friday 26th June. To download an entry form and for further information please go to www.youngfilm-makers.coop.
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Submit your film to Deaffest
The deadline is fast approaching to submit your film into the this year's Deaffest Gala Awards to be held on Sat 28 Nov 2009. The categories for entries are: Best Drama, Best TV Programme, Best Experimental, Best Factual, Best animation. Visit www.deaffest.co.uk to download the submission form. Films must be entered to the competition by 1 July 2009. We welcome submission of films made after Jan 2007. There must also be a significant Deaf involvement in the production. Visit www.deaffest.co.uk or email Deaffest Coordinator Marcella Stratton on info@deaffest.co.uk for more info
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Photography workshops in Florence
Come to Florence to learn about photography and digital printing this summer. Run by the University of Chester and led by photographer and author Tim Daly, the four-day residential course will show you how to capture and edit your work, together with expert advice on printing and making photobooks. Set in the hillside town of Fiesole, there'll be plenty of time to explore Florence and meet some like-minded people.Small group and limited places available.Runs 27-30 August 2009. For further information contact Sarah Leach on s.leach@chester.ac.uk
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Casting for Channel 4/E4
Shooting Over all dates 17th, 18th 19th June 09. Fittings 16th June 09 TBC. We are casting a series of idents based on R Kelly's 'Trapped in the Closet' http://www.ifc.com/videos/chapter-1.php If you have not seen the video clips please check them out! The idents will be shown on Channel 4 / E4 etc. 3 day shoot £250 per day, plus £750 buyout fee. 20x Young People 16-24 years old , all races. The young people in these idents should look as if they are between the ages of 16 and 24. As a group the cast should represent the ethnic diversity of British cities like Bristol and London. No singing involved. Our Hero R&B Singer 18-40 years old (any race) Must be a real soul / R&B singer. We are not looking for West End / Broadway singers. We want to see amazing singers that have soul & passion. Above all he should be an excellent R and B singer who can interpret the songs in his own style and bring something interesting to them. They can be any size big or small. It would be great to also see some session singers too. We are also not looking for rappers just singers. 20 x featured cast £250 per shoot day x 3 = £750 + Buy-out £750
(All Ch4 channels 1 year) To apply visit here:
http://www.constantcasting.com/job.aspx?jobid=965

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‘Connecting Cultures: Artists in Exile'
Collaborative installation work at Liverpool Cathedral. ‘A New Start' is a stunning new installation piece that will be shown in Liverpool Cathedral this June to coincide with Refugee Week (15th-21st June 2009). The piece brings together pieces of pottery, sculpture, textile art and poetry that have been created by the group to reflect on the theme of endings and new beginnings, and is a poignant reminder of what we carry forward with us as we move into the future. The piece is a truly international response to the theme, and has been created predominantly by artists from Kurdistan and Afghanistan. SOLA ARTS is hosting a preview event on Wednesday 15th June from 4-5.30pm, at the Lady Chapel balcony in Liverpool Cathedral (entrance off Canning Street), and we would be delighted if you could come along. There will also be an opportunity to meet the artists. Contact us on 0151 726 8440 or at sola_arts@yahoo.co.uk for more information.
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International VSA
Deadline: August 3, 2009 VSA arts is seeking performing artists/groups with disabilities who are interested in performing at the International VSA arts Festival in Washington, D.C. in June, 2010. From June 6-12, 2010, VSA arts - the premier arts and disability organization - will bring together artists, educators, researchers, and policy makers with disabilities from around the world for a multicultural celebration of the arts and arts education. The festival will feature visual, performing, literary, and media artists from all corners of the globe. For more information and to apply, please visit www.vsarts.org/callforperformers.
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FOOL SPECTRUM
Want to be involved in something SPECTacular? Hope street Ltd. and Tate Liverpool are presenting ‘Fool Spectrum' on 2nd July as part of the Late at Tate events, directed by Cocoloco. It's your chance to work with this ground breaking performance company FOR FREE! We want up to 40 performers to take part in a bizarre, interactive, installation promenade performance at the Albert Dock and Tate Gallery, inspired by the ‘Colour Chart' exhibition. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO? Be available for some/most of the following rehearsal sessions Thursday 11 June10:00 -17:00, Tate Liverpool in the morning, then Hope Street Ltd Friday 12 June14:30 - 17:00 Hope Street Ltd, Thursday 18 June 14:30 - 17:00Hope Street Ltd, Friday 19 June 14:30 - 17:00Hope Street Ltd, Thursday 25 June14:30 - 17:00Hope Street Ltd, Friday 26 June14:30 - 17:00Hope Street Ltd, Wednesday 1st July10:00 - 17:00Tate Liverpool - dress rehearsal, Thursday 2nd July16:00 - 21:00Tate Liverpool - final event. If so please get in touch with Adam at adam@hope-street.org.
Cocoloco is a performance company based in London, run by Trevor Stuart and Helen Statman, specialising in dramatic and comical street actions based on eccentric or stereotypic characterization and in bizarre and shocking theatrical shows. Cocoloco believe in the possibility that visual art and entertainment can join in harmony in most public situations, in a manner that can be understood by all ages and nationalities. The aim is to amuse but always with an intelligent structure; it may seem like simple fun but there will always be a hidden layer of sophistication. +++++++++++++

3 Creative Catalysts
(that is, artists) are required to lead hubs in the city from September 2009 to May 2010. These are full-time posts and the fee for the work is £25,000.
The closing date for applications is Monday 6th July. To request an information pack email: ArtsExtreme@aberdeencity.gov.uk or call 01224 346361.
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Piazza Arts Market 2009
(21st June, 19th July, 16th August, 20th September). Open Culture are working with Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral to hold 4 bustling outdoor art markets during the summer. They are designed to be a fantastic opportunity for Merseyside's creatives to show, sell and promote their work directly to the public. The markets will be held 11am - 4pm on 21st June, 19th July, 16th August and 20th September.For more information please go to www.culture.org.uk or email cgrogan@culture.org.uk
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Crown Street Plant sale
Please come to our plant sale on Friday 12 June 12.30 - 3 pm. Please spread the word to anyone else you think might be interested. From all at Crown Street Resource Centre. Crown Street Resource Centre, Crown Street, Liverpool L7 3LZ, Tel: 0151 233 3316
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New media for you
3 films made between 2005 and 2009 9 June - 9 August 2009 Gallery 2
Beaconsfield 22 Newport Street, London SE11 6AY. Alex Kershaw is based in Sydney and works with video and photography to generate unexpected relationships between people and their terrain. Often spending extended periods researching locations and characters, Kershaw's quiet activism blurs the boundaries between everyday activity and devised performance as ordinary people become involved in the work.
Programmed all the year round with new or seminal work from artists working with moving image, FlatScreen is the digital plane in Gallery Two that allows us to move fast and react to new possibilities. Further information and enquiries: info@beaconsfield.ltd.uk 020 7582 6465
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EXPERIMENTAL POETRY SLAM
Everyone welcome to come to the Boar's Head in Middlewich (Tel: 01606
833 191) for this Poetry Slam at the Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival
2009, 20th June at 2pm. No prizes on this Slam but come along for some
fun! Any further info available from Steve Kenyon on 01270 253 533 or
email s.k.1@hotmail.co.uk.

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Gathering Event 2009
Held on Princes Boulevard, Toxteth, Liverpool on Sunday 19th July 2009, The Gathering is a truly unique and FREE multi cultural community event held in the heart of Liverpool which last year attracted over 5000 people. As part of this year's Gathering event we are working in partnership with The Eden Project as part of the The Big Lunch and we will be holding the Big, Big L8 Lunch on Princes Boulevard. As part of 2009 Year of the Environment we are also holding a recycling market to raise awareness of the environment. This is a wonderful opportunity for local organisations to raise their profile and network in our cultural marketplace and community event. If you would like to participate or reserve a market stall space for the event please contact me on 0151 287 2901. Rachel Thompson, Arts in Regeneration, Granby Adult Learning Centre, Eversley Street, Granby, Liverpool, L8 2TU
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Workshop Director Wanted
We are a community circus group based in Belfast which is a co-operative of circus performers (mainly street entertainers) and tutors. We were formed in 1995 and in 2000 formed a team to run programs working with groups living with disabilities throughout Northern Ireland. Initially the main aim was to make circus skill accessible to people who would not otherwise get the opportunity. Most of our recent programs have all culminated in a public showcase in the form a show, led by a professional double act, who then introduces participants into the show to perform their own skills.Our main funding body for this work has been the Arts Council Lottery. The Arts Council have been very interested in our work but are interested in how we can develop the artistic side. Therefore we applied to the small grants scheme for the costs to run a summer school and bring in an experienced outside director to lead the project ending in a showcase show which will be performed in the summer school venue, which is a 200 seat theatre. The show would be open to the public but will mainly be made up of family, friends, funding bodies and invites etc. We are planning on have 20 participants all of whom will come from groups we have worked with in the past. There could be a wide range of skill levels but we will know in advance once applications to participate have been received. We will have 4 of our tutors working with the director, they will be selected from our current tutor team. We can also add expertise when it comes to devising the show, we have props, illusions etc which could be incorporated if required. Once we make a short list of potential candidates we would be looking for someone who could program the day to day running of the school, devise and deliver the showcase.The project is from 17th Aug to 28th August the showcase being on the final day. We aim to operate with the participants 11-1.00pm and 2.- 4.00pm Mon to Fri. Financially the budget is tight. The grant allocated us £1,250 to cover the costs of a director. However, we will have to pay a fee, travel and accommodation. I am assuming that we will have to find funds from another source to top this up. Therefore we are interested in finding the best person for the job and then negotiate a fee. Affordability will then be the final criteria in deciding who we can get. If you are interested would you send us your CV and two references, we will then make a short list and then interview by phone. Please contact: streetwise@nireland.com for more information.
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Community Dance Summer School
National College for Community Dance: Summer School 4-8 August 2009, Leicester. Courses include: Induction to Professional Practice, Dance and Age Inclusive Practice, Dance and Disability and Dance and Well Being. Application deadline is: 1st July 2009. For further information please go to: www.communitydance.org.uk/nationalcollege.
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NAYT Opportunities
I am very pleased to tell you that NAYT are in the process of developing a very exciting partnership with Central School of Speech and Drama which will provide a whole host of opportunities for youth theatre staff and participants. Whilst our planning is well underway, the joint initiative between NAYT and CSSD will launch in conjunction with our regional Associate Venues in April 2010. However in the meantime, we would like to extend an invitation to all directors of NAYT registered youth theatres to attend any of the following CSSD events free of charge in June and July. Some of these events have limited seating so please reserve tickets by emailing Sarah.Rutterford@cssd.ac.uk (stating you are registered to NAYT and the tickets are comps through CETT) June 10th - 13th June, in the Embassy Theatre. Terrorism by the Presnyakov brothers Directed by Paul Tomlinson (BA Acting 3rd year students) 10th - Research event: Mick Gordon and the On Theatre Project 17th - 20th June, in the Embassy Studio. Musical Revue (Elvis Costello catalogue). Directed by Fiona Laird (tbc) (BA Acting 3rd year students/ Music Theatre Pathway) 22 - 29th Site Specific Project will take place in Week 8 at The Chain Store, Trinity Buoy Wharf, and includes first year Performance Arts, Puppetry, Design for Stage, Lighting Design and Sound Design 24th - 27th June, in the Embassy Theatre. Woyzeck by Georg Büchner. Directed by Geoff Colman (BA Acting 3rd year students, Collaborative and Devised Pathway) MA Applied Theatre Practice Festival 2nd year BA Acting ‘Bridge Project' productions Craft Festival/ Exhibition BA Theatre Practice MA Classical Acting performance 2nd year BA Acting ‘Bridge Project' productions MA Film Studies showing Embassy Theatre. July 1st & 2nd - ‘The New World Order', ‘The Lover', ‘A Kind of Alaska' and ‘Precisely' - Pinter event, Webber Douglas Studio 3rd - 4th . MA Classical Acting ‘Much Ado About Nothing' WD Studio 1st - 2nd MA Writing for Screen and Broadcast Media Rehearsed Play Readings in Embassy Theatre and New Studio 1st MA Acting for Screen screening of 5 shot films at the Moving Picture Company 12/ 15th - 8th MA Music Theatre. Henley on Thames 9th Gordon Craig Lecture in Design for Stage
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Feedback on Audio described Films at Liverpool One
John Heldt recently attended an audio described screening at Odeon Liverpool One and had this to say: "I've just been to see Terminator and the audio description was spot on, of good quality and very clear. It's produced through digital cordless head sets that are adjustable for comfort. A volume dial allows sound to be increased or decreased depending upon your tastes or how you can cope with different scales of sounds. That's when the action is totally enhanced or the background music's highlighted." Please feel free to try it out!
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Altered Images
An exhibition of works from the collections of South Tipperary County Council, Mayo County Council and the Irish Museum of Modern Art including works by: Thomas Brezing, David Creedon, Alice Maher, Caroline McCarthy, and Abigail O'Brien and specially commissioned works by Amanda Coogan and Daphne Wright. Altered Images aims to introduce new ways of seeing and experiencing art for both disabled and non-disabled people alike.

This exhibition will be accessible and interactive to engage a wider audience, in particular disabled people. An interactive website, www.alteredimages.ie, is also being developed to provide access for a wider audience using a multi-sensory approach. The exhibition will tour to three venues, opening at the County Museum in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, on 19th June 2009, it will run until 5th August then moves on to Ballina Arts Centre, Ballina, Co. Mayo, opening on August 13th 2009 and running until September 30th, and will be exhibited at IMMA, Dublin, in 2010. For information about the project or exhibition programme contact
Sally O'Leary: sally.oleary@southtippcoco.ie Johanne Mullan/Georgie
Thompson: georgie.thompson@imma.ie Anne McCarthy:
amccarthy@mayococo.ie Damien O'Connor: doconnor@mayococo.ie
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Arts Jobs
The Public Arts at Lancaster University
Be part of the team to deliver the vision or a new professional multi-arts organisation for Lancaster and the NW: combing the internationally respected Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster International Concert Series and Peter Scott Gallery. For more information please go to: www.lancs.ac.uk/hr/jobs
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Casual Information Assistants required
£6.49 per hour. As a key member of the operational team, you will take an active part in ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of Tickets & Information and the Galleries. Application packs available from HR Department, the Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX Tel 0151 709 5297. Email recruitment@thebluecoat.org.uk Also available from www.thebluecoat.org.uk Alternative formats available on request. Closing date 5pm Friday 19th June 2009. The Bluecoat is striving to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
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Development Manager at The Lowry EVELOPMENT
£22,000 p.a. plus staff benefits.The Lowry is a first class visual and performing arts centre at the heart of Greater Manchester's vibrant waterfront at Salford Quays. We are looking for a Development Manager who will help deliver The Lowry's long term fundraising plans, helping us to achieve our artistic ambitions and build stronger links with our local community. The Development Manager will be responsible for managing and recruiting businesses to the Quay Club corporate membership scheme, developing commercial sponsorships and generally increasing The Lowry's network of supporters and sponsors particularly within the corporate sector. They will work closely with the marketing, curatorial and theatres programming teams to achieve income targets for our artistic and education programmes and will also drive The Lowry's exciting Development Events programme. Applicants will have at least 2 years experience in sponsorship / fundraising preferably within an arts organisation. To apply please send your CV and a covering letter explaining how you feel you meet the requirements of the job description. The job description is available from www.thelowry.com/recruitment

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