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Welcome to Youth Arts News, the e-bulletin of the National Youth Council of Ireland’s Arts Programme www.youtharts.ie.
The bulletin is a resource for youth workers, artists, young people and others interested in youth arts. You are invited to share your experience and practice in youth arts, by keeping all on the subscription list informed of current youth arts activities, events, opportunities etc. both in Ireland and elsewhere, and by forwarding this email to those you know will be interested. Also look out for Youth Arts News Extra! Should you wish to submit news, information or opportunities relating to the arts with, by or for young people, please send details to mailto:emmet@nyci.ie marked ‘Youth Arts News’.
Music
1.U2 and The Ireland Funds
Theatre
2.Forum Theatre training
3.National Youth Theatre at the Peacock
Visual Arts
4.Earth Explorers at The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children
Dance
5.A Unique Encounter
6.Volunteers sought
Festival
7.InterAct Youth Arts Festival for 12 - 21 year olds
International
8.Youth in Action Programme 2007-2013
Funding
9.The Community Foundation for Ireland's Small Grants Scheme
Jobs
10.Education Curator
11.Creative Careers
12.Starcatchers
Publication
13.Kildare County Council’s Youth Arts Strategy
Music
1.U2 and The Ireland Funds
U2 and The Ireland Funds announced that they will finance a scheme to
offer children and young people in Ireland the opportunity to learn a
musical instrument and/or avail of vocal tuition. U2 will provide €5m
to ensure the national rollout of the instrumental and vocal tuition elements
on a phased basis to 2015. The Ireland Funds will begin a campaign to
raise a further €2 million. MusicNetwork, a non-profit music services
organisation will administer the scheme, which will be introduced nationwide
on a phased basis from 2010 – 2015. The scheme will support local
education authorities throughout the country to engage music teachers
to provide instrumental and vocal tuition to children and young people.
The programme will be rolled out nationally and is based on two successful
pilot schemes which have been running since 2004 by local Vocational Education
Authorities in Donegal and Dublin. For further information please contact:
Q4 Public Relations: Tel - 01 475 1444, Martin
Mackin: 087 814 5030, Alison Mills: 086 851 2890, Suzanne Sullivan: 086
379 7291
Theatre
2.Forum Theatre training
August 23rd – 27th @ The Complex , Block C, Smithfield Market, Smithfield Square, Dublin 7. The purpose of these workshops is to give teachers an experience of forum theatre themselves so that they can bring emancipatory exercises and games into the classroom to enable forum theatre to take place with their own students: forum is a process that involves observing and analysing fictional and real life situations in the third person, giving instructions for change, practicing methods for transformation and finally playing out resolutions leading to positions of strength and greater empowerment. This is all done through drama with an onus on play and the imagination. For more information contact Vanessa at 086-8109789 or complex.productions@hotmail.com
3.National Youth Theatre at the Peacock
Tickets Now On Sale for NYT 2009: The Seagull by Anton Chekhov in a new
version by Martin Crimp.
At the Peacock Theatre, Dublin. Directed by Wayne Jordan. Featuring a
cast of 16 young people from youth theatres all over Ireland. Dates: Weds
26 - Sat 29 August. Previews: Mon 24 and Tues 25 August. Matinee: Sat
29 August at 2.30pm Bookings through the Abbey Theatre Box Office on 01-8787222
More Info: http//www.nayd.ie/events/show/nyt
Visual Arts
4.Earth Explorers at The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children
This summer, The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children invites everyone
to step inside and be part of Earth Explorers, Visual Arts Summer Programme
for 2009. A range of fun, imaginative and affordable activities are on
offer all summer long. Engage with our environment through arts workshops,
summer schools and a free exhibition. The free Earth Explorers exhibition
is open at The Ark from Tuesday to Sunday for everyone to enjoy and explore.
Join The Ark for The Garden Party Workshops and Installation where you
can make and plant your own piece of art. This summer, with your help
and creative input, The Ark’s theatre space is being transformed
into a bright and colourful landscaped “garden” complete with
sound scapes and an outdoor feel! You can make and plant your artistic
creation in our unique garden installation which will be evolving all
summer long. Join professional artists Liz Smith, Orla Kelly and Gina
Faustino who will lead you in a thirty minute workshop, Thursdays –
Saturdays: 10.30am; 11.30am; 2pm; 3pm or Sundays: 2pm; 3pm. Using different
artistic techniques you will create artwork inspired by nature and garden
life. Choose from a range of workshops where you can make fruit, birds,
creepy crawlies and even printed, felted or animal flowers. Join us and
help to build our “garden” with your art! Why not join The Ark
for Saturday Workshops? Choose from Kite Flights, Sun Shots and Wings
in Motion! Or join The Ark’s Summer Schools such as Green Animation
or Developing Nature. Every Sunday during Earth Explorers is Family Day!
You and your family can spend some valuable artistic time together in
one of our workshops, have fun with visual arts and create your own special
piece of art! Earth Explorers takes place at The Ark from Sunday 21 June
- Saturday 15 August. For full programme details, prices and booking please
see www.ark.ie, phone 01.6707788 or visit The Ark, 11a Eustace Street,
Temple Bar, Dublin 2.
Dance
5.A Unique Encounter
Three performances with Croi Glan, Integrated Dance Company. Asymmetrical Tendencies, created by choreographer Jess Curtis (San Francisco/Berlin) in collaboration with Tara Brandel and Rhona Coughlan of CROI GLAN. Difference creates identity yet we search for commonality to find connection. On the Wall, choreographed by Ireland’s leading choreographer David Bolger. A humorous and poignant quartet that looks at the feelings we have about our place in the world. Young people from Tallaghtfornia Foroige Club and the Irish Wheelchair Association Youth Service will perform a piece created with CROI GLAN. An empowering experience of physical expression and creativity that celebrates our unique ways of moving. Civic Theatre, 26th July 2009, 8pm. Booking now at 01 462 7477. Tickets €10, €5 concession.
6.Volunteers sought
IFPA’s AIDs Awareness/Youth Sex Education program needs energetic,
enthusiastic volunteers to Dance, sing, drum and perform so as to inform
and Dance4life. Dublin base, expenses paid, training given, starting end
of July. Commitment: varied times for 2009/2010 school year. This valuable
program is provided free of charge to schools and youth groups so we need
your help.
Contact. Ann Kennedy, Coordinator dance4life Ireland, IFPA, 60 Amiens
Street Dublin 1
email: dance4life@ifpa.ie
Telephone: 01 806 9444
Fax: 01 806 9445
Website: www.dance4life.ie.
Festival
7.InterAct Youth Arts Festival for 12 - 21 year olds
InterAct Youth Arts Festival & Youth Forum is a new youth arts project
developed and delivered by Derry City's Millennium Forum. This project
is created by local youth, for local youth, specifically appealing to
12 to 21 year olds from all sections of the community, including disabled
youth and those from ethnic minorities, to InterAct with each other and
the arts. Running from Saturday 1st to Friday 7th August 2009, this seven-day
seven-venue Festival will see workshops, film screenings, special guest
events, tours, gigs and performances being presented in the Millennium
Forum, The Playhouse Theatre, The Waterside Theatre, The Nerve Centre,
The Void Gallery, The Gasyard and the Verbal Arts Centre. The workshops,
film screenings, special guest events and tours will all be FREE to attend
and are open to youth from all backgrounds and with all levels of capabilities.
A Special Needs assistant will also be on hand throughout the week to
offer assistance. Bookings will open for all
events once the Festival Programme is launched and tickets are now on
sale for the gig night with Triggerman, A.E.R. and Future Chaser and the
DJ night with The Japanese Popstars (2hr DJ set), Eve's iPod Disco and
Chipzel. To receive your copy of the InterAct Festival programme register
your details on the Youth Mailing List at www.millenniumforum.co.uk Log
onto www.interactyouth.com for further details.
International
8.Youth in Action Programme 2007-2013
Urgent information for the 1st September 2009 . All projects planning
to submit applications for 1st September 09 deadlines for Action 1.1 Youth
Exchanges taking place between 1 December 09 and 30 April 2010 should
now engage in the preliminary assessment process. This process allows
the National Agency to provide you with feedback for development and improvement
of your application prior to the deadline date of 1st September 09. Partners
in bilateral and trilateral projects partners must have their applications
approved in their respective countries for the project to proceed. Submit
your Action 1 Bilateral or Trilateral youth exchange applications by 15th
August to avail of a preliminary assessment of your project prior to 1st
September 09 deadline. Action 1.1 Youth Exchange applications can be found
at http://www.leargas.ie/programme_resource.php?prog_code=7056. Applications
can be submitted to Youth Work Service, Leargas- The Exchange Bureau,
189-193 Parnell Street, Dublin 1
e-mail: pdalton@leargas.ie.
Funding
9.The Community Foundation for Ireland's Small Grants Scheme
The Small Grants Scheme aims to assist projects working to respond to isolation and to develop a more diverse society. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis and assessed three times per year. Closing Dates: 30th July (successful grantees will receive their grants in September) 30th October (successful grantees will receive their grants in December). http://www.communityfoundation.ie/grants
Jobs
10.Education Curator
The Irish Architecture Foundation’s role is to be a vibrant and passionate organisation that excites its audiences about the value of architecture. We are a focal point for the many people and organisations who wish to champion the power of architecture and the built environment. We produce, curate and support exhibitions, workshops and events that stimulate and empower the public. We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Education Curator who will expand and initiate a new education and community outreach programme, to develop a greater public understanding of architecture, design and the public space for all ages. Salary: €32,000-€37,000 pa / Full-time Applications to consist of CV, relevant supporting material and a covering letter outlining suitability for the position to be sent to info@architecturefoundation.ie by Monday 27th July 2009. To apply it is essential you download the detailed job description on www.architecturefoundation.ie
11.Creative Careers
Ireland's jobs and opportunities website for the arts/creative sector has re launched with an extended service including an Careers Chat Forum, Training ! Seminar section, Classifieds section and an RSS feed for the latest jobs and opportunities. You can also place adverts seeking Interns or Volunteers or letting Creative Space. The site covers areas such as Theatre, Performance, Film , Literature, Arts Manganement, Visual Arts and Design ! Digital Media. CreativeCareers.ie is now fully automated so your adverts go online in a matter of seconds and all services are completely free. www.creativecareers.ie
12.Starcatchers
Funded by Scottish Arts Council Inspire Fund, the Starcatchers project,
based at Imaginate, develops and creates performances for babies and toddlers
in Scotland. Following the launch of the project in June, we are now delighted
to invite applications from artists for four new Artist in Residence posts
based at our partner venues in Fife and in Glasgow. Working with community
groups from the local areas, artists will be given the time, space and
resources to develop and create new performance experiences for children
aged 0-4 supported by a programme of training and development. A recruitment
pack can be downloaded from the Starcatchers website. For more information
please see contact details below: Location: Glasgow or Fife. Organisation:
Imaginate. www.starcatchers.org.uk/training/opportunities/ Contact email:
Rhona@imaginate.org.uk Contact Phone: 0131 225 8050 Fee: £20,000
offered as a freelance contract + materials and production budgets. Closing
date: Monday 17th August 2009
at 5pm
Publication
13.Kildare County Council’s Youth Arts Strategy
Kildare County Council’s Youth Arts Strategy 2009-2011 was launched on the 9th of July. The Strategy is available to be downloaded at http://www.kildare.ie/artsservice
Sources: Youth Arts News submissions, Activelink, Voluntary Arts Ireland eNews, Create eDigest, Visual Artists Ireland ebulletin.
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