Dana's Welcome
- 24 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
Awards Results...........................................................................2
Disability Arts News.....................................................................2
Deaf Rave..................................................................................2
Launch of northwest student art prize...............................................3
Rural Youth Arts..........................................................................3
Modernisation Fund grants............................................................3
Final Call- Up the Wall..................................................................4
Aaron Williamson in ‘Fivepenny Opera'.............................................4
Guided tours for blind and partially sighted........................................5
Party at the park 2009..................................................................5
Abandon Normal Devices..............................................................6
The Shortlist Exhibition.................................................................6
European Anti Poverty Fair............................................................7
Shakespeare at Hope Festival........................................................7
Carnival Volunteers......................................................................7
Epic Enabled...............................................................................7
Call for artist's proposals...............................................................8
Calling singers!!!...................................................................................8
The Ultimate actors showcase........................................................9
Making it up as you go along..........................................................9
Arts Jobs...................................................................................10
The Bradford Playhouse is looking to appoint its Director....................10
Development Officer....................................................................10
Breaking Cycles seeks Executive Producer......................................11
New Musical Director sought........................................................11
Disclaimer.................................................................................12

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Dana's Note
Hello my lovelies,
Isn't it wonderful to see the sun twinkling at us once again? And if you're not feeling twinkly enough we've got so much info for you here it should bring you lots more light. Stay shiny,
Yours, Dana.
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DaDa Disability and Deaf Arts Latest
Sensational Seminars
We still have a few places left for the Performance Seminar at The Lowry tomorrow (25th June). Please contact events@dadahello.com We are also still taking bookings for the Visual Arts Seminar on 1st July at The Storey Creative Centre so if you haven't got your booking form in, do send it on.
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Awards results
Unfortunately we were unsuccessful at the Mersey Partnership Tourism Awards and the Breakthrough UK Independent living Awards however, we are delighted to have been nominated and to get through and be shortlisted. Both events were a great to attend and our congratulations go to Creamfields and Body Positive North West respectively.
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Disability Arts News
Deaf Rave
Are off to perform @ Glastonbury, the biggest & most famous music festival in the World. We will be performing on 24th Saturday June 09 at Club Dada Stage at 2pm. Times may varies.... let hope the sun shines on us! There also will be a Deaf Zone Tent, they will be encouraging hearing people about Deaf Culture & Deaf Awareness & Sign Language.
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LAUNCH OF NORTH WEST STUDENT ART PRIZE
If you are expecting to graduate from a North West FE or HE art course in visual arts, sculpture, or crafts by 31 July 2009, you can enter the North West Student Art Prize by downloading forms from: http://www.manchesterartsfair.com Winning entries will be announced in September at a charity art auction in the centre of Manchester as part of the Manchester Art Fair 2009. For further info and forms you can also email: jai.shalimar@cimpa.org.uk
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Rural Youth Arts
FREE Open Information Session. Wednesday 8th July 2009, 10.30 am- 12.30 pm Lanternhouse, The Ellers, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 0AA
ENYAN, English National Youth Arts Network invites you and your colleagues in the North West Region to a FREE event which will profile outstanding rural youth arts projects; explore arts and cultural strategy for rural communities and discuss what further action is needed to support the development of rural youth arts projects. Claire Smith will present information about the Cheshire Rural Touring Network, she will provide information about their rural youth project and DVD resource which offers a new model of how a performing arts project can successfully and meaningfully engage young people in rural communities. Models of best practice will be profiled and there will be some focused discussion around the issues that are unique to developing, running, promoting sustaining rural youth arts projects. We are looking to create a dialogue between you and the speakers so that you can really benefit from attending. This is a free, open and informal information session for ENYAN members in the region and anyone who wants to know more. Please feel free to circulate this information to those you feel would benefit from attending. If you would like to attend please email enyan@artswork.org.uk with your full contact details to reserve a space. Spaces are limited so early booking is essential. ENYAN is a membership body designed to create connections throughout the diverse youth arts sector across England and the UK. Membership is free so why not sign up? For more information and to become a member visit: www.enyan.co.uk
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Modernisation Fund Grants Programme
Online application now open for £1,000 bursaries. From 1 June to 17 July, frontline organisations with an annual turnover of between £150,000 and £750,000 are invited to apply online for a £1,000 bursary from the Government's Modernisation Fund Grants Programme which is being delivered by Capacitybuilders. The funding is focused on helping frontline third sector organisations to increase their impact and become more resilient through working more closely with others. It is targeted at third sector organisations engaged in providing services that meet the needs of people and communities affected by the recession. The £1,000 bursaries available under Phase One of the programme will allow organisations to buy at least two days of advice and support to explore how they can become more resilient and work more closely with others, including through collaboration or merger.From the Autumn, £10,000 grants will be available to help organisations which have gone through Phase One of the programme and would like to take further significant steps towards collaboration or merger. To find out more about the programme, apply online for a bursary, and access other resources and support including an online self assessment tool, visit the Modernisation website today: www.modernisationfund.org.uk
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Final Call - Up The Wall - Call for Proposals
Up the Wall Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th October 2009 City Walls, Roman Garden, Chester Call for Proposals Deadline for submissions: Thursday 25th June. Chester Performs is looking for artists to take part in Up the Wall by contributing contextually relevant existing work or newly created site specific performances and installations. Taking the Roman Garden as its focal point, Up the Wall invites the audience to a twilight promenade of the city wall and gardens. Intervention, live art, contemporary performance, sonic art and multimedia - site-specific works, walking tours, architectural projection, mapping projects all are encouraged. For further information go to the website:
http://www.chesterperforms.com/site/our-projects/2009-programme/up-the-w...
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Aaron Williamson in ‘FIVEPENNY OPERA'
2- 5pm, 27th June, Butterfly Walk shopping arcade, SE5. Camberwell Arts Festival. Edith Piaf and Enrico Caruso are examples of street singers who went on to bigger things. Whereas they had great voices, I'm unsure about the aesthetic quality of my own voice since I don't (have to) hear it. For the ‘Fivepenny Opera' I will sing - unaccompanied - as a feral busker in the small shopping arcade, ‘Butterfly Walk' off Denmark Hill just south of Camberwell Green. My chosen style will be that of a warbling ‘colaratura' opera singer, (pace Florence Foster Jenkins). Having the dubious capacity to render popular songs in a bombastic, cod-operatic baritone, I will take requests from the public and attempt to convert their favourite songs into this dramatic style. This bitter pill will be sweetened. Instead of requesting financial contributions from the credit-crunched public, I shall dip into my bowl to distribute silver 5p pieces to anyone who pauses before me: to pay them to listen if you like.
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Guided Tours for blind & partially sighted visitors
A tour of the gallery's current exhibition. The St Ives school produced some of the most influential British artists of the 20th century, including Barbara Hepworth. Find out more about these artists and their art. A number of the paintings on display are large, abstract works and we hope that some aspects of these images may be visible to partially sighted visitors. The tour will include descriptions of the art work on display and tactile images, making it accessible to the blind. The tour will be available on: Monday 6th July and Tuesday 14th July from 10:30 to 11:45, coffee and tea on arrival from 10:00. Please book in advance as numbers will be limited to 6 per group. gaby.lees@ymt.org.uk
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Party at the Park 2009
Folklore, myths and legends Saturday 4 July 2009 12noon - 5pm Queens Gardens, Palmyra Square. Warrington's annual, free, family-friendly festival, Party at the Park, returns to Queen's Gardens on Saturday 4 July with the fabulous fantasy theme of folklore, myths and legends. TV presenter, and renowned archaeologist, Mark Olly (Granada's Lost Treasures) will be hosting the day's events and ensuring everyone is transported back in time with full costumes and shows performed by local groups. The festival is jam-packed with events and activities for all! Come and have your picture taken with an enormous smoke-breathing dragon, browse the enchanting arts and crafts stalls or take a turn at the mini-Olympics to put you on the path to 2012! Alongside stage performances, there will be a number of local market stalls in the gardens, workshops for children, music and food and drink stalls. Throughout the afternoon medieval knights will be defending their village; a spectacle you won't want to miss! Party at the Park celebrates the talent of community groups and schools, showcasing their work alongside professional acts. For more information please call 01925 442345 or see www.pyramidparrhall.com
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Abandon Normal Devices
Festival of New Cinema and Digital Culture 23-27 September 2009 & 2011 Liverpool April 2010, 2011, 2012 Cumbria & Lancashire September 2010 & 2012 Manchester & Cheshire. Abandon Normal Devices (AND) is a new festival that welcomes audiences to experience the best in new cinema and media art in a celebration that spills from screens and galleries into the streets and imaginations of the North West. AND exists to create a space where artists and filmmakers can offer striking new perspectives, and visitors can enjoy, discuss and interact with ideas, in a festival that questions the normal and champions a different approach. The debut AND festival takes place in Liverpool 23-27 September. Pop it in the diary and please join us for five days of mind-blowing media art and cinematic shenanigans...
http://andfestival.org.uk/siteNorm/festival/festivalDetail.php
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The Shortlist Exhibition
Private View 9 July 6:30-8:30pm Shape, Deane House Studios, 27 Greenwood Place, London, NW5 1LB Open to the public 10 -11 July 10:00am - 6:00pm From 12 July until 16 October the exhibition can be viewed by appointment, please contact Ben Fredericks on benf@shapearts.org.uk or phone 020 7424 7342. Shapes next exhibition showcases the work from the shortlisted artists for this year's Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary. The exhibition will show the strength in depth of work from the artists that applied to the bursary.
This annual bursary for deaf and disabled people working in the visual arts has been established in memory of artist Adam Reynolds. For more information and details on how to apply for the next the next bursary can be found at www.adamreynoldsbursary.org.uk, the deadline for the next bursary is 7 September 2009. The Shortlist 2009 Exhibition Artist included:
Sally Booth, Alison Jones Jeannie Lowen, Benedict Phillips Anne Teahan
The exhibition will feature work from Adam Reynolds.To attend the Private View on 9 July. If you are interested in attending the Private View please contact Ben by email benf@shapearts.org.uk or calling 020 7424 7363. This accessible exhibition is being held in Shape's inclusively-designed workspace in Kentish Town. For more access information please click here.
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EUROPEAN ANTI-POVERTY FAIR
9th and 10th July 2009 European Anti-Poverty Network (England). Guest speaker; Ray Phillips, London. Voluntary Sector Training Consortium
At Aintree Racecourse. In preparation for 2010, the European Year of
Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion Contact Sharon at Merseyside Network for Europe Tel 0151 237 3972 or email
sharon.mccarthy@merseynetwork.com
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Shakespeare at Hope Festival
Tickets are now on Sale for the exciting open-air Shakespeare at Hope Festival. For more information, follow the link below:
http://www.hope.ac.uk/ShakespeareatHope
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Carnival Volunteers
Leicester CICD (centre for Indian classical dance) is currently looking for volunteers to help with a Ramayana story inspired carnival parade taking place in the Caribbean Carnival in Leicester on the 1st of august. If you want to help doing puppets, instruments, or gain experience in assisting on carnival dance and music workshops, or if you have skills that you want to explore and/or share you are welcome to contact us! Also we are looking for volunteers to enjoy the carnival with us as a participant and helping us on the carnival day. This is a great carnival project to gain skills and experience in carnival arts! Expenses are covered. Contact: Manuela Benini info@cicd.org.uk Closes Tue 30 Jun 2009
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Epic Enabled
Epic Enabled offers exciting, wheelchair accessible overland camping and adventure safaris in the Kruger National Park, Garden Route as well as day tours in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Everybody is welcome; individuals, friends, families & groups - disabled travellers or not.Our travel is done in an adapted & equipped Mercedes Benz truck, which has been modified by qualified mechanical engineers and is fitted with a hydraulic passenger lift. This truck is equipped with removable seats, and is ideal for maximizing your viewing pleasure, giving space and maneuverability in the passenger section - perfect for when driving through the Kruger Park. We have a wide range of fully equipped accessible accommodation - tented camps, bungalows and cottages. Epic Enabled provides a range of 3 wholesome meals a day while on tour - which includes traditional African dishes served in a boma, barbecues, potjie, picnics etc. Vegetarians, and those with dietary requirements, will always have different meals to choose from. Our popular Kruger National Park tour is 8 days long, of which 4 are spent exploring the Kruger National Park. Here you have a good chance to see the Big Five and lots of other animals, plants and bird life. The next 3 days are spent at a private game reserve where you will go on game drives, walk with the animals (lion cubs) and maybe get to touch a cheetah - a great place for up close interaction with wildlife. You will also visit the Hoedspruit Research & Breeding Centre for Endangered Species before returning to Johannesburg. Epic Enabled accessible safari & travel, 3 Bodrum Close PO Box 422 Noordhoek, 7985 Cape Town South Africa Tel/Fax: +27 21 785 3176 e-mail: info@epic-enabled.com Website: www.epic-enabled.com Skype ID: epic-enabled
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Call for artists' proposals
Deadline for Submissions: Friday 3rd July 2009
folly is delighted to invite proposals from artists/artist groups for our developing project, Portable Pixel Playground, a unique and imaginative environment that offers children and young people alternative play opportunities with art and technology. The playground encourages children to get active, think differently, collaborate and take risks through being exposed to new concepts and challenges created by artists.
Portable Pixel Playground is a modular set of equipment and artists' commissions for use in public settings such as shopping centres, galleries and railway stations. Portable Pixel Playground encourages young people to use everyday technologies in new and creative ways, providing them with interactive, physical and hands-on new experiences of art and technology. For details see http://www.folly.co.uk/click/1408/2
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Calling singers!!!
Do you enjoy singing, MCing or beat-boxing? Do you want to explore new styles of music? Do you want to work alongside professionals in the borough? If the answer to any of these questions is YES then we at Sense of Sound we would love you to come and join us! If you are aged between 11 and 18 and are free on Thursday afternoons between 4.30pm and 6pm, then please come along. No previous experience required. THE SESSIONS ARE COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE Dates: Thursdays 4.30 - 6pm from 4 June Venue: Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London, SE10 8ES Sense of Sound is running Sing Up Greenwich, a singing project for children, young people and their teachers in the borough. Click here to find out more. Sense of Sound is also running a summer school in the week commencing 10th August. This will be for young people aged 13-16 and will include song writing and singing techniques.For more information, please contact Juliet Russell on (0207) 229 6633 or email her at juliet@senseofsound.fsnet.co.uk.
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THE ULTIMATE ACTORS SHOWCASE EVENT!!!
Monologue Slam UK - 29th of June show @ Vibe Bar Brick Lane. £7 on the door or £5 online tix at www.monologueslam.com Do you know and like ACTORS SHOWCASES? Do you want your acting to be seen by CASTING DIRECTORS? Do you want perform in front of the Industry for FREE? Do you feel nervous about AUDITONING? Feel Like flexing those ACTING MUSCLES? Want to try out some new MATERIAL? Want to have FUN and BE COMPETITIVE at the same time? ARE YOU FREE ON MONDAY 29th June from 8pm - 10pm? If you can say YES to one of the above then get in contact ASAP! Our next show is on Monday 29th June 2009 Doors at 7pm Show 8pm @ VIBE BAR, THE TRUMAN BREWERY, 91 BRICK LANE, E1 ADMISSION: £7, £5 online @ www.monologueslam.com So... if you are an aspiring actor, professional actor, hobbyist or in the theatre and film industry Monologue Slams is where you need to be. www.monologueslam.com
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Making it up as you go along
Blank Media Collective and Nexus Art Cafe are delighted to invite you to their special event, Making it up as you go along... on Tuesday 7th July, in association with Not Part Of festival 2009, where you get the chance to meet the hidden faces behind Manchester's art scene. This event is for all those artists, curators, makers, organisers and talkers of the arts in Greater Manchester. "Blank Media are passionate about supporting creativity in our home city. With this event, we are striving to bring all the artistic communities from Greater Manchester together to help form discussions, collaborations, advice and support networks to aid the growth and reputation of the arts in Manchester." Mark Devereux, Blank Media Collective Director. We don't want to give too much away, but there will be a chance to talk with directors, staff and volunteers of local collectives, organisations and galleries, play some games and, of course, eat some cake! Nexus Art Cafe, Dale Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M1 1JW. For further information please visit www.blankmediacollective.org
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Arts Jobs
The Bradford Playhouse is looking to appoint its Director.
Following a period of consultation and development the Bradford Playhouse is now embarking on its mission to bring original, brave and engaging art, performance and people back into Bradford's city centre. We are looking for the person who is capable of taking this fledgling organisation forward: leading, managing and inspiring it to become extraordinary. This new role will sit at the heart of the organisation and provide artistic and operational leadership. It will manage a team of paid staff and volunteers, and be supported by artists, professionals and creative organisations from across the region. Salary will be in the region of £25-£30k depending on experience. For further information, and details of how to apply please contact Caroline Rowley at the Bradford Playhouse on: office@bradfordplayhouse.co.uk or 01274 820 666. The closing date for applications is the 10th July at 5.00pm.

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Development Officer (Corporate and Trusts)
To raise money for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic from Companies and grant-making Trusts and Foundations Key Responsibilities: Ensure the achievement of the Corporate and Trusts portions of the Development Department's annual revenue fundraising income target. Develop and deliver a work plan to ensure delivery of these targets. To account manage relationships with all existing sponsors and corporate members. To research, cultivate, nurture and develop new Corporate relationships. Ensure that all Corporate Member and Sponsor events are organised and managed as efficiently and effectively as possible. Research, nurture and develop relationships with grant-making Trusts and Foundations to ensure income from this area is maximised. You'll have an interest in music and an empathy for the Arts and will be able to be tactful and exercise good diplomatic skills in a variety of environments. Salary: £18,000 - £24,000 Full details and application forms available from Debbie Blackwell (debbie.blackwell@liverpoolphil.com) or at www.liverpoolphil.com/content/ContactUs/Recruitment.aspx . Deadline for applications: Monday 20 July
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Breaking Cycles seeks Executive Producer
£28,000 - £32,000 depending on experience. Breaking Cycles is an artist-led company, formed by Benji Reid, which is dedicated to the creation and production of high-quality physical theatre, and to engaging and creating new audiences. The company is re-structuring and has created a new full-time senior position. The Executive Producer will work with the Artistic Director and the company Board to take Breaking Cycles to the next level of organisational and artistic development. This is an exciting, transitional time for the company and the position offers the right candidate the opportunity to make a significant impact. For more information and to receive an application pack, please call 0161 2371655, email jobs@breakingcycles.co.uk or download from www.breakingcycles.co.uk Deadline: Friday 24 July 2009 Interviews: Wednesday 23 September 2009
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New Musical Director sought
The Wigan Community Choir are a mixed adult choir of friendly, vibrant singers who like to sing a range of styles from folk to world to classical via pop and jazz (the whole gamut!).The main criterion for repertoire is that it's enjoyable, accessible and sounds good. We are looking for a new musical director for September 2009. Rehearsals are each Wednesday evening during school term times between 7.30-9pm at Aspull Methodist Church near Wigan (just near the Horwich junction of the M61). The choir perform several times each year in a range of venues - local churches/community venues/arts festivals. A director's fee is paid weekly. If you're interested and would like find out more or to audition for the position (i.e. to come and meet the choir and to lead a song or two to give them a feel for how you work) in the next few weeks, please get in touch with Jo Hunt (wigancommunitychoir@hotmail.com).

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