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Welcome to Creative Canterbury
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 mitch.robertson@canterbury.gov.uk with the details
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Information posted on 1 February 2010
Call for artists:
Little Blue Hut needs you!
- 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
- Provide use of the Little Blue Hut
- Promote your residency work
Information posted on 29 January 2010
Enquire 4 Project: Training Opportunity
Call for Artists living in Kent
- 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 23rd and 24th 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
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:
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?
*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.
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




