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

Dana's Note................................................................................1
DaDa Disability and Deaf Arts latest.................................................2
New Media project........................................................................2
Disability Arts News.....................................................................2
Seeking Volunteers......................................................................2
BSL Interpreted Performances........................................................3
Arts and Heritage Alliance Short Film Brief........................................3
New Theatre Piece.......................................................................4
The Art Lover's Guide...................................................................4
Picture This................................................................................5
Double Sentence at Soho Theatre...................................................5
Technical assistants wanted...........................................................6
TV Acting Weekend workshop........................................................6
One month left for Manchester Awards!..................................................7
Out2Dance.................................................................................7
Community Creative Artists and performers......................................8
Arts Jobs...................................................................................8
Project Coordinator......................................................................8
Creative Practitioner.....................................................................9
Disclaimer.................................................................................10

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Dana's Note
Hello to you all!
We know the tantalising draw of chocolate is already permeating the nations consciousness with only a few days to go...but before it does treat yourself with a decidedly less calorific newsletter that will provide you with lots of motivating opportunities, jobs and info and will be decidedly better for the waistline.

Yours

Dana
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DaDa Disability and Deaf Arts Latest
New Media Project
If you haven't been reading the blog from our Young People's New Media project at FACT, do take a look on our website at: www.dadahello.com or follow the link: http://www.dadahello.com/young-peoples-arts-zone/current-project

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Disability Arts News
Seeking volunteers
We have a weekly disco / social evening in Hough Green in Widnes. We are holding it in St Basil's Social Club on Hough Green Road. It will run every Thursday from 6pm to 9pm. Its aim is to give people with learning disabilities a chance to experience a club environment with lasers and smoke machines. We hope to provide a night of entertainment with music, bingo, raffle and a pub quiz. The discos have provided paid employment to 12 adults with learning disabilities. We have given on the job training in service skills, money handling, working in kitchens DJing and have helped people with their social skills.
Our hope is to replicate this success. We are currently looking for volunteers (who are learning disabled) to staff the disco. If the event does well these jobs will become paid. Venues are Wheelchair accessible and have an accessible toilet. The disco has been going extremely well and is attracting around 80 people each week. In addition to enjoying the music, people can play bingo and take part in versions of TV game shows. You can contact Steven on 07931 270656 or at stephen.reed@hot mail.co.uk If you would like more information please give me a call on 07904403338, thanks Stephen Percival.

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BSL Interpreted/Signed PERFORMANCES

Royal Exchange Theatre - Saturday 4 April; Library Theatre - Thursday 9 April and Royal Northern College of Music - Tuesday 21 April.
More information including Captioned Subtitled Performances from: www.artslist.org.uk (Arts about Manchester - AAM)
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Arts & Heritage Alliance - Short film brief

Project purpose
To develop a film which can be used to market and promote the arts to the general public and stakeholders across Milton Keynes; enabling development of new audiences and arts ambassadors. The Arts & Heritage Alliance - Milton Keynes (AHA-MK) is committed to investing in and promoting creative talent from Milton Keynes and wishes to commission filmmakers/new media/animators to create this piece of visually engaging marketing material.
Commission
The film will need to be produced in a format that can be uploaded onto members' websites and sized to 320 x 240 pixels. It is suggested that the film should be delivered as an flv.file (Adobe, formerly macromedia, flash format). In addition, a DVD copy will be required for each member of AHA-MK, 100 DVDs for distribution and a master copy to be held by AHAMK's
Chair. A new film is required; however existing footage may be included.
How to apply
Suitably experienced artists/new media/film makers are invited to submit a proposal. The proposal should include the following information: Organisational/Individual background experience and skills, Previous examples of related work (film/animation etc), A summary of how you would approach the brief, Outline timescale, A breakdown of budget, Contact details for at least 2 referees, who should be clients who have
commissioned film work in the last 2 years.
Timescale
Submissions are due by 12 noon on 27th April 2009 Submission documents should be sent to: AHA-MK c/o Lucy Bedford, Saxon Court, Neighbourhood Services, 502 Avebury Boulevard, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3HS email: arts@milton-keynes.gov.uk
For Further information
For an informal discussion about the brief please contact Lucy Bedford on 01908 253379 or arts@milton-keynes.gov.uk For more information about AHA-MK visit www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/arts/AHA

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New Theatre Piece

23RD APRIL - 25TH APRIL 2009!
Performed by 4 Deaf actors in British Sign Language. (with live voice over for non-signing members of the audience). A new play about gambling, love, poverty, winning a fortune... and the shadow inside us all.
CONTAINS ADULT THEMES Advisable age from 12+.

Thursday 23rd April 2009 Worden Arts Centre, Worden Park, Leyland. PR25 1DJ at 7.30pm.
Friday 24th April 2009 The Chameleon Theatre, Conleach Road, Speke, Liverpool L24 0TY at 7.30pm.
Saturday 25th April 2009 Zion Arts Centre, 335 Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester M15 5ZA, at 7.30 pm.

FREE Tickets available from Deafway:- info@deafway.org.uk

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The Art Lover's Guide

A new art guide showing how people with a learning disability can be
involved and welcomed into arts has been launched for galleries, museums and art organisations. The new guide to visual art, written by people with a learning disability, was created by Mencap with the support of Tate Liverpool and Nokia. The Art Lovers' Guide shows how people with a learning disability can be better welcomed and involved in the arts. It offers practical advice to artists and organisations alike and contains the work and views of 10 artists with a learning disability.

This guide was led by the ten artists of Mencap's ‘In the Frame'
project, who meet at Tate Liverpool to explore their ideas and different
ways of being involved in the gallery. As well as producing the guide,
the group has run a public exhibition at Tate Liverpool, entitled ‘In
My Liverpool Home'. They have also run a conference, workshops, have
trained and worked as gallery assistants, and have piloted innovative
ways of exploring the gallery.

The booklet can be downloaded for free from Mencap's art website,
www.artspider.org.uk, or printed copies are available at £5 each (P&P
inc) by sending a cheque (made payable to Mencap), to The Art Lover's
Guide, Mencap, Burrell Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 1TW.

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Picture this
Picture This film festival is now accepting entries for its 9th Annual Film Festival. Picture this...film festival is Canada's first, biggest and best international disability film festival that celebrates films by and/or about people with disabilities from around the world. The Festival
Creates a venue for people with disabilities to tell their stories.
Educates the broader community about the lives of people with disabilities and the contributions of disabled citizens. For more information about your submission or categories for submission, please email director@ptff.org
To read more about international winners, please go to http://www.ptff.org/

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Double Sentence at Soho Theatre
Deafinitely Theatre's new play, 'Double Sentence', will be performed at Soho Theatre, London on 16 - 26 September and will go on tour in the Midlands in October. The new play is about a deaf man in prison, and it is based on interviews with Deaf ex-offenders, prisoners and professionals. We are looking for an experienced deaf male actor. To apply you will need to be: aged 50+, 5'5 or under, available for rehearsals on 20-24 July and 24 August to 12 September, available for performance on 14-26 September (in London) one week tour on 29 September - 3 October (in the Midlands)To apply, please email a CV and recent photograph to the Artistic Director, Paula Garfield, at Deafinitely Theatre by Tuesday 5 May. Deafinitely Theatre Office 7, The Beethoven Centre, Third Avenue London W10 4JL Tel: 020 8968 1589
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Technical Assistants wanted at Surface Gallery
Surface Gallery is an independent, volunteer run, contemporary art gallery based in Nottingham that exists to support the professional development of early and mid-career artists, curators and people wishing to work in the arts. We are currently looking for Technical Assistants to work in a team to help with the refurbishment of the building and to continue to work for the gallery on an ad hoc basis to install exhibitions. The work will include building and maintaining false walls, shelving, platforms and plinths, painting, erecting display shelves, hanging work and assisting artists in the installation of work. This is a great opportunity to gain experience working in an art gallery, with development and training opportunities and the ability to join other teams within the gallery, including; Exhibitions and Events, Marketing, Press, Funding and Education. By volunteering you will also have the opportunity to exhibit work as part of the annual volunteers show.All experience will be considered.To apply please download an application form from: http://www.surfacegallery.org/index.php/volunteering Return the form by email or post to: Surface Gallery, 16 Southwell Road,
Nottingham, NG1 1DL surfacegallery@googlemail.com Deadline: Friday 17th April

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TV Acting Weekend Workshop Manchester, Spring 2009:

On Saturday 18th to Sunday 19th of April (the weekend after Easter weekend), DNA PR will be running our weekend workshop in TV Acting in Manchester. The course is delivered in a way that allows the inexperienced screen actor to develop and progress as well as those that have some screen acting experience. Everyone who completes the course will go away with edited screen footage that will be shot studio style and can be used as show reel. This workshop will include: Working in the Frame, Character development, Breaking down the text, Reaction & Transition, Hitting the Mark. The course will lead to the filming of short dialogue scenes, which we will then edit and send you a copy of.

The course will run from 10 till 4pm in the form of two 2.5 hour sessions with a lunch break in between, on the Saturday, and a two hour session on Sunday before we go into filming. All filming will be completed by 4pm on Sunday. Our postal address and the venue for the weekend is:

DNA PR 25 Park Street, 2nd Floor Manchester
M3 1EU If you would like to see some footage from previous classes, please follow this link: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ3O-taO1WU

To register please email darren@actingclass.co.uk for a registration form.
The course costs £120 and this can be paid by cheque in advance, by BACS bank transfer (please reply with a request for account details) or by postal order. If you are currently attending a weekly workshop with us you are entitled to a £20 discount on the course fee.
A £50 non-refundable deposit is required to hold your place on the course.
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One Month Left to Enter Manchester Awards!, Urbis
Contact Lisa Risbec l.risbec@urbis.org.uk Organised by Urbis, the Best of Manchester Awards 2009 are now in their third year and are open for entries, with only one month left until the deadline. Celebrating innovation in art, music and fashion the awards are open to anyone living or working in Greater Manchester. Winners receive a £2000 cash prize, a major exhibition at Urbis and the kind of contacts and professional development that money can't buy. Our judges include Peter Saville, Wayne Hemmingway, Miranda Sawyer, Jeremy Deller, Tim Marlow and Yvette Livesey.
Entry is online and closes on 1 May.
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out2dance
A brand new FREE outdoor dance festival will be taking place on Blackpool's famous streets and promenade this spring bank holiday. From 22-25th May, out2dance will bring together an electric mix of dance styles from street dance to ballet via ballroom, line dancing, salsa and jazz.Taking part will be some familiar names from stage and screen such as Ian, Camilla, Vincent and Flavia from Strictly Come Dancing as well as world champions in many forms of dance including salsa, street and line dance. On Monday 25th May Marquelle Ward from Britannia High will be leading a world record attempt for the largest dance class and The Great Blackpool Sports Dance will take place on Sunday 24th.
But don't just leave it up to the professionals; we want you to get involved! You can take part through you local dance school, by attending our FREE workshops or by logging onto www.out2dance.co.uk and learning our online dance routines!
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Community, Creative, Artists and Performers

Fee: £120 per day for a maximum of 20 days Period of post: June - August 2009 Deadline for applications: Friday 24th April 2009
Chester Performs is looking for experienced and highly creative community artists and performers to put forward proposals for community projects to create work with schools and community groups for Roam the Rows, a community street arts event taking place in Chester city centre over four Sundays in August. Roam the Rows is a celebration of the city, its retailers, the cultural heritage and the people of Cheshire. For more information please go to www.chesterperforms.com.

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Arts Jobs
Project Coordinator - Talking Shop, Mid Pennine Arts
Closes Thu 09 Apr 2009 Paid (£15k-20k) Part time
Contact Melanie Diggle melanie@midpenninearts.org.uk
The dynamic, award-winning arts development agency in Pennine Lancashire seeks a Project Coordinator (Talking Shop) p/t, to manage the strategic development and delivery of the project Talking Shop across Lancashire. Experience of strategic project management, the economic development sector and working in partnership all essential.Starting salary £17.5-19.9K pro rata. Application via recruitment pack only. Visit www.midpenninearts.org.uk for further information. Closing date: 9th April MPA is committed to equal opportunities and is an Investor in People.
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Creative Practitioner/ filmmaker/vox pop artist, Meanwood Primary School/Creative Partnerships
Closes Fri 24 Apr 2009 Paid (£15k-20k) Part time Contact Sue Todd suetodd@arts-media.co.uk
Meanwood Primary School, Rochdale, is in the first year of a Creative Partnerships Change School programme. We are looking for a film/video maker or company experienced in work on vox pops for the summer term.
The question we are exploring is: ‘What is Community?' We want to work with a film/video maker or company to begin the project exploring children's perceptions and awareness of what their community is. The project will need to gather & record pupil's views & opinions, portray existing ‘communities' within the school and reflect & present those back to the whole school.We want to appoint practitioner/company who will work in a highly collaborative way with pupils (and staff).
The aims of the project are to:• Get pupils thinking about ‘community' & broaden their outlook about the local area, Inspire, engage & empower children, Develop creative skills and attributes of pupils, Improve young people's decision making and interview skills, Explore different video and filmmaking styles & issues of representation, Build & sustain interest in the project during the summer holidays
Our children and teachers would like to work with someone who is: fun, inspiring, full of new ideas/techniques/methods, a good team member and is able to involve, inspire and challenge teachers, pupils and parents. Is experienced at working in a school environment, ideally primary and has a current CRB check and public liability insurance We are offering a budget of £6,000 which needs to cover all project and equipment costs. Based on approximately £200-300 per day.
The project needs to take place during the summer term, ideally between 1st June and 16th July. Work can start earlier between 18th-22nd May.Please send an expression of interest by 24th April - to Meanwood Creative Agent - suetodd@arts-media.co.uk. Queries email or phone 0161 8607712 Interviews 6th May. Tell us how you might approach this project, what your interest is and briefly outline your relevant skills and experience. Maximum 3 pages A4. Include reference contact numbers and addresses please.
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