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You'll find details of creative opportunities, news and funding from across the region
The information posted below may not be a Creative Canterbury initiative, so please make sure you get in touch with the person listed as the contact for further information. If you'd like to post your news here email cassy.fry@canterbury.gov.uk with the details
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Information posted: 3 July 2008
Studio Space Available at Red Do
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Studio spaces B and E are available at Red Dog Creative Studios.
Please visit the Red Dog Creative Studios page for further details don't delay as they go quickly!!
Information posted 25 June 2008
Call for artists and makers!
The deadline for Bohemia has passed BUT we are now accepting applications for the next market on Saturday 27th September
If you want a produce stall at Bohemia please contact Tony Martin ( market manager) on 07899005700
If you are living and or working in the Canterbury 
district, producing unusual original craft to a high standard then we need you!
You are invited to submit your work for selection for Bohemia, Canterbury's own arts, craft and gastro market. The market will provide selected artists, designers and makers from the district with an opportunity to exhibit and sell quality handmade work/goods to shoppers from Canterbury's popular bohemian area on the Kings Mile.
Dates to remember:
- Next Bohemia: Saturday 27th September 2008 (and every 4th Saturday in the month thereafter)
- Deadline to apply for new applications: Monday 15th September 12 noon. Successful applicants will be notified that week via email
To qualify all entries must:
- Be handmade, and not imported
- Show creative flair and originality
- Be produced to a very high standard
- Hold valid public liability insurance up to £5 million
Priority will be given to makers/artists who meet the standard from the Canterbury District. Craft workers from outside the region will also be considered.
For full details and to apply download the bohemia application form
To receive a hard copy of the form, email mitch.robertson@canterbury.gov.uk
Information updated: 30th Septmeber 2008
Canterbury Art Fair returns for third year
More than 100 artists and craftspeople will display their work this autumn as the University for the Creative Arts hosts the third Canterbury Art Fair.
The event will run at UCA Canterbury from 6 - 24 October and will feature more than 400 items ranging from traditional paintings to jewellery through to furniture. All of the work will be for sale with prices starting at just £50.
Curator Ben Kidger said: We want to show people that if they are looking for something beautiful to decorate their home, they needn't simply head to the nearest department store.
For the same price they could end up buying something that is unique rather than mass produced, and have the knowledge that they are supporting an emerging artist."
We have a diverse range of exhibitors this year including recent graduates, and also people who practice as artists while maintaining another profession. For example one of the exhibitors is a dentist who paints her patients with their mouths open.
The fair aims to strengthen Canterbury's reputation as a cultural destination by bringing innovative, contemporary work to the city. All those taking part have gone through a rigorous selection procedure to ensure that only exciting, high quality work is exhibited.
Last year saw over 2,000 visitors enjoy the show which is supported by Barwick Construction, the University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury City Council and Kent County Council.
Media contact: Angela Chadwick, Press and PR Manager, University for the Creative Arts, Email: achadwick@ucreative.ac.uk, Tel: 01252 892731
Exhibition contact: Ben Kidger, Canterbury Art Fair 08 Curator, Email: kidger@benkidger.com, Tell: 07989 570 831
Would you like to host a performance in your own home?
Threshold is a short season of intimate performances in domestic settings and will consist of four shows over two weekends in November / December in Ashford, Canterbury, Folkestone and Margate.
We are looking for someone willing to make their home a stage and host the show in this area. Please note, the address of the host location is only given to the audience members after they have bought their ticket so is not widely advertised.
In Canterbury, the show will be by the well renown artist, Chris Goode, with one other performer and will be presented on the weekend of 13th and 14th December.
There will be an audience of about twelve people for one performances each day at about 3pm. The performers will need to get in the day before for a rehearsal. For more information contact info@threshold.org.uk or call Cathy on 0796 201 2822.
Canterbury Festival Umbrella Concert
Sunday 12th October 2008 @ 3.30pm
St. Stephens Church, Hales Drive, Canterbury
Tickets: £10 (Conc. £7)
Please follow thislink to find out more
Information posted: 5th August 2008
CANTERBURY ARTS COUNCIL ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF THEIR NEW WEBSITE:
www.canterburyartscouncil.org.uk
The new site is very simple to navigate, and offers a range of features including:
Events Listing for up to date local arts events listings, searchable by type, date, keyword or organisation.
News for the latest news, including reviews, bursary and grants updates, and subscriptions.
Register in the online forum to post your reviews on events, or post comments in the discussion forums.
Member's Directory to search for up to date listings for upcoming events from your favourite organisations.
We hope you enjoy our new web site, and would very much appreciate hearing your feedback or questions on the site to webmanager@canterburyartscouncil.org.uk.
Information updated: 15th August 2008
PANEK OPPORTUNITIES
Live Literature Network for East Kent
Peggy Riley is the new coordinator of the Live Literature Network for East Kent, supporting writers, producers, promoters and venues interested in the spoken word and text-based live art in East Kent.
For more information please email Peggy - ukpr@mac.com
Or visit: www.livelit.co.uk
Finance Course
Allwayslearning are running their Introduction To Finance course at Orange St Music Club, Canterbury on 11th September from 10am to 4pm. See www.allwayslearning.org.uk.
The course costs £150 or £80 concessions - please bear in mind PANeK may be able to help with the cost through the Go and See fund.
Job Opportunity
Full-time administrator for internationally-acclaimed Kent-based, pyrotechnic arts company, The World Famous. £16 - £19k.
Tel. 01732 852002 or email info@theworldfamous.co.uk for full details.
PANeK Events Reminder
- Surgeries with ACE SE Theatre and Dance officers Jenny Roberts and Jan De Schynkel on 25th September. Jenny is now fully booked but there are places available with Jan.
- Networking evening on 25th September. Booking for free tickets for Dallas Sweetman has now closed but please join us at Orange Street Music Club, Canterbury at 5.30pm for a presentation from Brighton-based physical theatre / dance company, The Two Wrongies and informal networking.
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Information posted 11th Septemeber 2008
Inside Track
Inside Track 129
Please find attached the latest issue of "Inside Track" produced by the KCC External Funding Unit and containing information on national, regional and local sources of funding.
You might also be interested in looking at Kent4Community which is a free web based grant search facility: http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/council-tax-and-finance/external-funding/
To receive the email newsletter directly, please email externalfunding@kent.gov.uk
Information posted 3rd June 2008
Dealing with Writing
Weekend workshops by the sea
Royal Hotel, Deal, Kent.
These courses are for all writers who wish to develop their playwriting skills. They are also recommended to workshop leaders and tutors who wish to expand their methodologies.
Next workshop:
Plays Personal, plays political.
Workshop leaders:
Noel Greig and Philip Osment
A great play can connect our personal lives, thoughts and experiences to the wider world: the local and particular becomes the universal, the personal becomes political.
This weekend course will explore how we can achieve this in our own work, through a mixture of practical exercises, reference to existing plays and tutor-led discussion. The work will cover such topics as subject-matter and theme, style and genre, and the development of story and character. By the end of the weekend you will have begun to develop an idea for you own new play.
Saturday October 25th 11.15- 18.30
Sunday October 26th 10.00- 18.00
Tuition fee £175
Bookings: Telephone 01304 367625
email: info@dealingwithwriting.com
website: www.dealingwithwriting.com
