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

Dana's Note................................................................................1
DaDa Disability and Deaf Arts latest.................................................2
Vacancies are now closed..............................................................2
Disability Arts News.....................................................................2
Disability and the novel..................................................................2
Mind's Eye Audio described events..................................................3
Writing Opportunity......................................................................4
Bollington Festival 2009.................................................................5
Vacancies at Hope Street Ltd.........................................................5
One and Other............................................................................6
Dance Development Officer...........................................................6
Screen Deva...............................................................................7
Zap Graffiti Arts Special Offer.........................................................7
Breaking Binary...........................................................................7
Start in Salford Arts Project............................................................8
La Machine.................................................................................8
Arts Jobs...................................................................................9
Artist's Commission.....................................................................9
Director Designed and Made.........................................................10
Freelance Design for Life Project Coordinator...................................10
Disclaimer.................................................................................11

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Dana's Note
Welcome Readers,

You're no fool to keep reading this week as we've got plenty in store for you. We've also updated past newsletters on our website so if you have missed any and would like to catch up, do feel free to take a look at www.dadahello.com. We're also looking into lots of shiny new things to add to our website over the next few months, so do keep checking for regular updates.

Yours,

Dana
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DaDa Disability and Deaf Arts Latest
Vacancies are now closed
Thanks to everyone who applied for our Consultancy post and Artistic Director vacancies. The deadline has now passed for both positions.
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Disability Arts News
Disability and the Novel
Why are contemporary disabled characters and the plots they are involved with so often driven by 'issues around their disability' rather than anything else? It wasn't so for Dickens, Stevenson or Zola, so what has changed?
New Writing South in association with DAO is staging a debate at this year's Oxford Literary Festival 2009 on April 3 at 12pm in the Blue Boar Marquee, Christ Church, Oxford. It's about exploring our collective interest in disabled representation in the written word, and media and historical versus contemporary standpoints, penchants and persuasions. Novelists Adam Mars Jones and Nigel Smith, with playwright and Creative Projects Manager at Graeae Theatre Company, Alex Bulmer, will share their current thinking and work around the theme with Tony Panayiotou, Director of Diversity Strategy at Arts Council England. Tickets are £7.50 and available through the Oxford Literary Festival Website at www.sundaytimes-oxfordliteraryfestival.co.uk. If you'd like to talk through booking a place and any particular access requirements, please call New Writing South direct on 01273 735353 or email adminnewwritingsouth.com.
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Mind's Eye AUDIO DESCRIBED EVENTS 2009-2010

April 7th Gates of Gold Library Theatre, Manchester 7.30pm
April 11th Gates of Gold Library Theatre, Manchester 3pm
April 16th The Maid of Buttermere Theatre by the Lake, Keswick 7.30pm
April 22nd Looking for Buddy Octagon Theatre, Bolton 7.30pm
April 26th Descriptive Tour Chester Zoo 10am-4pm
April 29th Quartet Oldham Coliseum Theatre 7.30pm
April 30th Descriptive Tour Manchester Art Gallery 10.30am-12

May 7th An Inspector Calls The Lowry, Salford 7.30pm
May 8th When We Are Married Liverpool Playhouse 7.30pm
May 19th Blithe Spirit Oldham Coliseum Theatre 7.30pm
May 20th Oleanna Octagon Theatre, Bolton 7.30pm
May 21st High School Musical The Lowry 7pm

June 2nd Lost Monsters Everyman, Liverpool 7.30pm
June 4th Descriptive Tour Gallery Oldham 11am-1pm
June 11th Relatively Speaking Library Theatre, Manchester 7.30pm
June 13th Relatively Speaking Library Theatre, Manchester 3pm
June 24th The Seafarer Octagon Theatre, Bolton 7.30pm
June 25th The Hypochondriac Liverpool Playhouse 7.30pm

July 1st The Chinese Elvis Oldham Coliseum 7.30pm
July 25th West Side Story Lowry 2.30pm

September 2nd A Chorus of Disapproval Theatre by the Lake, Keswick 2pm
September 19th Descriptive Tour Chester Zoo 10am-4pm
September 30th Summer Lightning Theatre by the Lake, Keswick 2pm

October 1st Kes Liverpool Playhouse 7.30pm
October 10th Descriptive Tour Chester Zoo 10am-4pm
October 22nd The Caretaker Everyman, Liverpool 7.30pm
October 28th A Midsummer Night's Dream Theatre by the Lake, Keswick 2pm
October 31 Fireflies The Lowry, Salford 3pm

November 19th -3rd December DaDaFest Liverpool

December 9th Mother Goose Oldham Coliseum Theatre 7.30pm
December 11th Christmas show tba The Dukes, Lancaster 7pm
December 15th Peter Pan Empire, Liverpool 7pm

January 5th 2010 The Sound of Music Palace Theatre, Manchester7.30pm
January 9th Porridge The Lowry, Salford 3pm
January 18th Christmas show tba Octagon Theatre, Bolton 7pm

Most theatre performances will include a touch-tour about an hour before the performance. Customers should check with the Box Office or Mind's Eye for details. Please book for described performances or tours in advance.

Useful telephone numbers:-

Mind's Eye: 01204 522481/07889 232438, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester: 0161 833 9833, Oldham Coliseum Theatre: 0161 624 1731
Theatre by the Lake: 017687 74411, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse: 0151 709 4776, Bolton Octagon Theatre: 01204 522481 Liverpool Empire:0151 708 3222, Palace Theatre, Manchester: 0161 245 6605, Liverpool Empire Theatre: 0151 708 3222 Library Theatre, Manchester 0161 236 7110. Anne Hornsby, Mind's Eye, 139 Bromwich Street, Bolton BL2 1LJ Anne.Hornsby@btinternet.com 01204 522481 07889 232438
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Writing Opportunity
Like writing drama? Want to get a short play produced and performed?
Dingle Community Theatre is about to run its second series of "Slice of
Life" Dramas. Writers are invited to submit 30 minute - 40 minute scripts. These will be read by a panel nominated by Dingle Community Theatre Project Committee and the best 3 selected for performance.

Dingle Community Theatre will produce the 3 plays as part of its Summer
activities, probably in late June/early July. Good, gritty drama that addresses real issues is what we want. Scripts should be sent to The Secretary, Dingle Community Theatre, 282 Beaufort Street, Liverpool L8 6UA. Scripts should be clearly typed or written, on A4 paper, with the
title clearly written at the front. Pages should be numbered, and not stapled. No emailed scripts will be accepted. The writer's name should not appear on the script anywhere. Instead, covering letter should be enclosed along with the script, with the name
of the play and the name and contact details of the author clearly written.
Pseudonyms can be used. Plays needing more than six actors will not be considered. Plays over the 40 minute slot will not be
considered. Writers may be allowed to direct their own plays but if they don't wish to, a director will be appointed. The final date for entries to arrive is Sat April 18th 09
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Bollington Festival 2009
Poetry Slam Competition Live at The Dog and Partridge Sunday 24th May from 2pm Competition entry fee £2. For more information please contact Steve: 01270 254 890 or Jose Spinks 01625 573413

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Vacancies at Hope Street Ltd
Administrator 28 hours pw, initially. Point 29 NJC £24,331 (pro rata).
To be responsible for the administrative, financial and personnel functions of Hope Street Ltd. and of its trading company, Culture Inc.

Projects Manager 21 hours pw, initially. Point 24 NJC £20,591 (pro rata).
To coordinate and deliver projects for Hope Street Ltd and Culture Inc.
The duration of the contracts are dependent on the duration of funding for the posts.

Closing date for both posts: 4pm on 16th April 2009. Interviews for Projects Manager: 22nd April 2009. Interviews for Administrator: 27th April 2009. For a JOB PACK, please contact Helen Parr, Hope Street Ltd, 13a Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9BQ. Telephone 0151 708 8007. helen@hope-street.org or download it from our website. Hope Street Ltd strives to be an Equal Opportunities employer. We regret that at present our premises are inaccessible to wheelchair users. Hope Street Ltd is a recognised
Investors in People employer. Reg. Charity No. 327870. Hope Street Ltd is financiallysupported by Liverpool City Council and Arts Council England.
www.hope-street.org

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One & Other
Antony Gormley, the man behind Britain's best-loved sculpture The Angel of the North, is inviting the people of the UK to occupy the empty Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in London. Every hour, 24 hours a day, for 100 days without a break beginning on 6th July, a different person will make the Plinth their own - an uninterrupted succession of 2400 volunteers creating a unique portrait of the UK in the 21st century.
Anyone aged 16 or over who lives in or is staying in the UK can participate. Participants will be chosen at random. There are only two criteria - an equal number of men and women will be chosen, and we aim to represent the population of the UK proportionally by choosing a certain number of people from each region. For more information and to register interest in taking part please visit www.oneandother.co.uk
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Dance Development Officer

artsNK, is looking to recruit a Dance Development Officer to join their well established arts development team. Based in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, artsNK has a reputation for developing the arts in rural areas. This is a permanent, full time contract. The successful applicant will be expected to have: Experience of teaching in a community dance context, A creative and forward thinking approach to dance development, Some experience of managing and developing an established dance programme
Salary - £21,195 + car For an application pack please contact: Muriel Marr on 01529 410595 or email ArtsNK@leisureconnection.co.uk For further information about the post please contact Elaine Knight, Performing Arts Manager, on 01529 411195. Deadline for applications: 5.00pm 15th April 2009
Interviews: Thursday 23rd April 2009
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Screen Deva
Screen Deva Chester's film and digital media festival takes place Saturday 9th-Saturday 16th May. This year's programme is set to be bigger and better than before including 18 feature length films, digital media installations, 48 hour film challenge, family activities and more. Tickets are available from Friday 3rd April. For more information please contact Chester Performs direct: info@chesterperforms.com 01244 409 113 www.chesterperforms.com
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Zap Graffiti Arts Special Offer

4TH APRIL! 1 hour graffiti art lesson: LIMITED SPECIAL OFFER at ZAP GRAFFITI ARTS ! LEARN NEW SKILLS & TECHNIQUES....CREATE YOUR OWN ART PIECE TO TAKE AWAY WHILST WORKING WITH ONE OF OUR PROFESSIONAL GRAFFITI ARTISTS!

1 HOUR CLASS: £10.00: POSTER SIZE: 2.5FT X 3FT! (NORMALLY £30.00) INCLUDING ALL MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT!
BOOKING REQUIRED: WE'RE OPEN FROM 10 UNTIL 6: PICK A TIME THAT SUITS YOU! ANY AGE WELCOME! FOR MORE INFO AND BOOKINGS PLEASE GET IN TOUCH!

Kieran Gorman ZAP GRAFFITI ARTS Promoting graffiti as a positive artform across the UK Challenging stereotypes - Developing skills - Regenerating! 2ND FLOOR, GRAND CENTRAL 35 RENSHAW STREET
LIVERPOOL L1 2SF 0151 708 7073 KIERAN GORMAN : 0796 428 3318
info@zapgraffiti.co.uk http://www.zapgraffiti.co.uk

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Breaking Binary
Main space, Roxy Arthouse, Edinburgh. 3.15 - 3.45 Thursday 2nd of April; 8.15 - 8.45 Friday 3rd of April; 9.00 - 9.30 Saturday 4th of April.
www.myspace.com/breaking_binary or www.roxyarthouse.com
As the parameters of masculine and feminine shift, who is left in the space in between? Anxiety. Flux. Violence. Dissolution. It's not about filling the void, its about breaking the binary 5 Playwrights, 2 Performers, 2 Visual Artists, 1 Director. A performance installation collated by Stef Smith

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Start in Salford Arts Project
Photographic Masterclass in May. A weekend digital negative and cyanotype master class with professional photographer John Brewer.
A two day workshop where you will take digital photographs in a photographic studio and then create digital negatives from which you will make cyanotype prints. Cyanotypes, invented by Sir John Herschel in 1842, are beautiful Prussian blue images that can be printed on paper, fabric and other substrates such as glass.There will be a Masterclass handbook and CD provided for each student.
John Brewer is a professional photographer who for the last 10 years has worked mainly in cyanotype, gum bichromate, platinum and wetplate collodion. John has been published in several magazines & books, exhibited in the UK and abroad and his work is in private collections worldwide. www.johnbrewerphotography.com
Dates: May 16th & 17th Course Fee: £150 To book a place on this course please contact Jeni Sadler on 0161 351 6000 jeni.sadler@startinsalford.co.uk
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La Machine
The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX Wednesday 6 May 2009
£130 + VAT (Special rate of £90 for freelance producers, artists and other individuals)
La Machine has been hailed as one of the highlights of the Capital of Culture celebrations, uniting thousands of people as they watched La Princesse on her journey through the streets of Liverpool.
For this conference, Artichoke will reunite some of the key people behind the show to look at how the event was made possible. Inspirational keynotes will provide a background to the event, with breakout sessions offering an opportunity to look at how the production was embedded in the city both creatively and practically.
Group discussion and speaker-led debate will focus more broadly on the development of outdoor arts in different contexts, before looking to the future and how the sector can be supported in order for it to continue to flourish and thrive.
Speakers include: Andy Barr, LCC Traffic Management, Dr Beatriz Garcia, Impacts 08, Bill Gee, Independent Producer, Bill Morris, LOCOG, Bob Prattey, ACC Liverpool, Fiona Gasper, Liverpool Culture Company, François Delarozière, La Machine, John Cassy, Sky Arts, John Holden, Demos Associate, John Wyver, Illuminations, Mark Thomas, Liverpool Daily Post, Michael Eakin, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Nicky Webb and Helen Marriage, Artichoke, Stella Hall, Newcastle Gateshead Initiative
A drinks reception and private screening of John Wyver's documentary about La Machine will follow the conference. For information and to book your place, please contact hannah.standen@artichoke.uk.com 020 7650 7611
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Arts Jobs
Artist's commission: Public Art Seating Enhancement, Leeds City Council
Closes Mon 20 Apr 2009 Paid (£10k-15k) Part time Contact Vanessa Scarth vanessa.scarth@leeds.gov.uk Leeds City Council invites expressions of interest for a city centre design commission: Public art seating enhancement: 'Artist's Armrests'. Applications are invited from experienced designers / artists / crafts people with a successful record of delivery in the public realm. Brief (Lands Lane seating commission03.09) available on www.leeds.gov.uk/arts from 30/03/09. Fee up to £14,000 subject to final confirmation of funding.
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Director, Designed and Made
Closes Thu 30 Apr 2009 Paid (£30k-40k) Full time Contact Helena Seget info@designedandmade.co.uk Salary: £32,000

Designed and Made, a regularly funded organisation of Arts Council England, North East and the North East's membership body for designer makers, with a fine gallery space situated at Live Theatre that showcases the region's best contemporary craft and design, is looking for someone with the vision, enthusiasm and experience to provide creative and strategic leadership for Designed and Made to achieve its mission of ‘promoting excellence and sustainability for designer-makers based in the North East'.

For more information and full application pack please contact the gallery at info@designedandmade.co.uk. Tel: 0191 229 2398 Interview date tbc, at this stage we can say they will be held either 18th or 21st May.

Designed and Made is and Equal Opportunities employer. www.designedandmade.co.uk
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Freelance Design for Life Project Co-ordinator, Manchester Art Gallery
Closes Tue 14 Apr 2009 Paid (£25k-30k) Part time Contact l.gray@manchester.gov.uk Manchester Art Gallery is looking for an energetic freelance Project Co-ordinator, to support its Design for Life project.
Design for Life is a national project which aims to enthuse young people about creative design through the use of museum and gallery collections. The V&A are the lead organisation and the project involves regional partner galleries and museums from Brighton, Birmingham, Sheffield, Tyne & Wear and Manchester. Manchester Art Gallery will take part in this programme, until March 2010, by running projects with a secondary school, an Action for Children group and another young people's group. Each will work alongside a designer and practical outcomes of the project will be displayed at an exhibition at the V&A in March 2010. A project co-ordinator is required to support staff at Manchester Art Gallery to deliver the programme and will get involved in project planning, researching themes and gallery collections, liaising with partner organisations and designers/artists, report writing, budget monitoring and administering evaluation.The successful candidate must be dynamic, self-motivated and interested in working alongside young people and designers/artists in a gallery learning environment. They will have a keen interest in museums and art galleries and be able to see the potential for using objects and artworks as inspiration for learning and development. They will also have excellent administration and communication skills.
The Project Co-ordinator will be paid £7,000 for 70 days work that will take place between May 2009 and March 2010. Work will be spaced fairly evenly during the timeframe, although some times may be busier than others. How the days are worked over the life of the project can be flexible and is up for discussion at project planning stage. It is expected the Project Co-ordinator will work from home, with other work taking place at Manchester Art Gallery, at a school and in other community venues as required. To request an application pack please call 0161 235 8888Application deadline : 14 April Shortlisting date: 16 April Interview date: 23 April
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