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Information posted on 1 February 2010

Call for artists:

Little Blue Hut needs you!

Now all you need to do is tell us why you need a Little Blue Hut residency!

We’re looking for artists and creative practitioners from all areas of practice for a series of beach hut residencies starting in April 2010. The Little Blue Hut sits on Tankerton Slopes, offering inspiring sea views and tranquil creative thinking space. As one of our artists in beach hut residence, we’ll want you to:

Use the Little Blue Hut for a minimum of 18 days over your residency
Hold an open day for members of the public to visit and find out about your work
Post a weekly blog about your Little Blue Hut experience on www.creativecanterbury.com
Have public liability insurance cover

And in return, we will:

Provide use of the Little Blue Hut
Promote your residency work

There are two residencies available on the following dates:

Wednesday 21 April to Wednesday 2 June 2010

Wednesday 7 October to Wednesday 17 November 2010

The Little Blue Hut is 10ft by 10ft, has sea views and natural light. There is no electricity or running water, although public toilets and a café are nearby!

Interested? Then email your C.V. with a letter telling us why you’d like to use Little Blue Hut and what you’d like to achieve (in no more than 500 words) to: mitch.robertson@canterbury.gov.uk by Tuesday 24 March 2010

Information posted on 29 January 2010

Enquire 4 Project: Training Opportunity

Call for Artists living in Kent

Stour Valley Arts, Turner Contemporary and Canterbury City Council’s Museums and Galleries Service are collaborating on a training and research project focusing on specific skills and approaches for working with disadvantaged young people. All three organisations are at an exciting stage in their development. We have been working together for several years to develop ambitious education projects, create high quality resources and strengthen the cultural network in Kent. We want to make a difference to the arts in our county and need to work with artists to do this. We aim to develop a pool of artists who are excited by working with young people who are facing particular challenges in their lives. In the forest, by the sea and in the city, our organisations offer huge potential for engaging young people.

Selected artists will:

Be offered two days training exploring neuro-chemistry, working with challenging behaviour and the role of arts in processing trauma, delivered in part by Kids Company on 23^rd and 24^th of March 2010 at Whitstable Museum.
Work collaboratively to devise and run workshops for the participant groups in May and June. Workshop dates will be by agreement with each setting.
Be paid a total fee of £450 per artist for ALL training, workshop and evaluation.
Be required to have their own public liability insurance cover and to have had a CRB check within the last 2 years

Interviews will be held in Margate on 22^nd and 24^th February. Please send a CV including no more than 6 images (including description) and a brief statement (maximum 400 words) about your interest in the project to:

education@stourvalleyarts.org.uk or telephone 01233 740040 for more information.

Deadline Monday 8^th February 2010.

Additional information about Enquire, which is funded by Engage, the national association for gallery education can be found at : http://www.en-quire.org/

The enquire programme is funded jointly by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Department for Children, Schools and Families and Arts Council England as part of the Strategic Commissioning Programme for Museum and Gallery Education. The enquire programme is managed by engage and has been developed in association with Arts Council England.

Information posted on 22 January 2010

Satellite surgeries with ARC Artist Advisor, Lee Simons

Friday 5 February Westgate Hall, Canterbury

Over the last few months Lee Simmons has been offering one to one surgeries in various venues across Kent and Medway. The next surgeries are scheduled for Friday 5 February at Westgate Hall, Canterbury CT1 3BT

Artists can use these sessions to gain feedback on their work or to discuss any aspect of career development, fundraising, making proposals, or a particular project. Surgeries last 45 minutes and must be booked in advance

To book please email your CV, artists statement, 5 Jpeg images of your work ( or website address) and a summary of what you would like to discuss to:

resource@aspex.org.uk

Further information on Lee simmons can be found at www.lee-simmons.com

Further information on www.aspex.org.uk/arc.htm

Information posted on 11 January 2010

Calling All New Fiction Writers

Are you looking to take your writing to the next level?

This is a unique opportunity over 2010 for two individual writers to receive intensive,

one-to-one critical and professional support from mentors from the Canterbury Laureate Squad who are published novelists and tutors in creative writing.

Bring out the best in your work and build your prospects.

The scheme is designed to improve and enhance your experience as a new writer, offering balanced and practical advice about your work, professional counsel about your creative writing process, and effective ways of finding you a wider audience.

The scheme is open to all new, unpublished* writers living and/or working in the Canterbury, Whitstable and Herne Bay district.

Deadline for receipt of applications: 4pm Friday 12 February 2010.

Further information about the scheme and submission details can be found at www.canterburyfestival.co.uk or contact John Prebble on johnp@canterburyfestival.co.uk or 01227 452853.

*The scheme is only open to new, unpublished prose writers in the region. Sorry, but applicants whose work has already been published as a monograph or in an anthology are not therefore eligible.

The Canterbury Laureate Scheme is run in partnership with Canterbury City Council and Canterbury Festival.

Information posted: 3 September 2009

KCC Funding Contacts

The following are contacts within KCC who can offer funding advice for your projects

Mark Reeves- Funding support and advice in community based projects, mark.reeves@kent.gov.uk

Martyn Riley- Funding from the National Lottery. General enquries. martyn.riley@kent.gov.uk

Gail Brown- Non-profit arts projects, activities and organisations. gail.brown@kent.gov.uk

Information posted: 3 September 2009

High quality professional development for your career or organisation

Develop professional skills FREE

Creative Choices° has negotiated free access to a range of short online courses created by the Centre for Professional Learning and Development at The Open University. They cover a wide spectrum of development needs across leadership, management and ICT. Each online course can improve your professional skills and drive up productivity in your company.

They are entirely free and only take 20 minutes of enjoyable online study. Why not try it out?

These bite-sized modules are designed to perfectly fit with busy lifestyles, providing you with carefully targeted learning to help you develop new skills and unlock your potential.

Choose from over 100 free online modules - then test your knowledge with a short quiz: Register/sign in now.

Free modules include:
- Delivering through leadership
- Working internationally
- Maximising your potential
- Managing projects and prioritising effectively
- Thinking more creatively
- Working and collaborating online
- Management fundamentals
- The power of networking
- Managing human performance
- Commercial and financial awareness

Information posted: 24 June 2009

Another Funding Opportunity...

Visit Funding Central for the smart guide to over 40,000 grants, contracts and loans. There is also support and advice and information on training courses and events.

www.fundingcentral.org.uk

Information posted: 15th May

Free Online Networks and Resources

The following networks and resources are of particular interest to creative practitioners-

*    Free e-book- 'T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity' to read, download and share online: www.tss-ebook.com
*    Online Network- T-Shirts and Suits creative Enterprise Network: www.creative-enterprise-network.com
*    T-Shirts and Suits Blog- Smart business ideas and articles for creative enterprises and organisations: http://www.t-shirtsandsuits.com
*    The Creative Business Blog- Blog series by David Parrish for Creative Choices: http://snurl.com/gm20d
*    Creative Industries Guide- Free PDF download: www.creativeindustriesguide.com
*    Designing Your Creative Business- A Toolkit for creative entrepreneurs: http://www.dycb.info
*    Facebook- Join the T-Shirts and Suits group of more than 2,000 creative people in business: www.tss-facebook.com

Information posted: 13th January 2009

Bohemia

Arts, Crafts 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 in Canterbury.

To find out more information or to apply for a stall then please visit our Bohemia pages