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EtCetera Issue 256
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The National Disability Arts Forum
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Oct 08, 2004 16:48 PDT
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Contents: == From NDAF == Get Netted == Money and Politics == Job
Opportunities == Get Involved == Training & Workshops == Got Some Spare
Time? == TV & Radio: Pick of the Week ==
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From NDAF
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* EtCetera Logo Competition *
ETC is nearly ready to show off its new look in your mailboxes, in
response to the more than 50% of our readers who prefer HTML to plain
text (please don’t worry, text only will still be available).
What we need now is a logo.
Any ideas out there?
The author of the successful design will be awarded GBP 100.
To be eligible, you need to consider yourself disabled. You DO NOT have
to be a UK resident.
What we need:
- a vector version of the logo saved in a standard graphic format such
as PostScript (ps) or Encapsulated PostScript (eps), or Portable
Document format (PDF).
- a circa 3 cm large bitmap version in 72 dpi resolution, of less than
10 Kb, saved in JPEG or GIF format.
Logos submitted in other sizes or generic file formats may be
considered.
Please send your work with name and address by Email to
silvi-@yahoo.com, on CD-ROM, DVD or ZIP to NDAF, 59 Lime Street,
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 2PQ, UK, or make them available for download on
an ftp server.
Deadline: 24 November 2004.
All entries will be displayed on our website, and our readers will be
the jury. The design with the majority of votes wins.
Small print: The author will give his copyright on the logo work to
NDAF.
No offensive material will be considered.
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Get Netted
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* Worth 1000 Words *
This is fab! Photosymbols is a new pack of images you can use to make
your information more accessible for people with learning difficulties.
It was recommended to us by People First.
Over 1500 images are filed in 40 theme areas (including ‘arts’). They
range from everyday objects to complex emotions and social situations.
Each pack includes the images in three versions - optimised for colour
print, web, and high contrast black and white versions for designs that
will be photocopied.
Photosymbols features positive images of disabled people from
peopleLIKEme models, and users can request images they want to see.
PeopleLIKEme get 15% of all profits. They run as a co-op so they can get
paid without messing up benefits.
Funded organisations receive a partner pack for a group run by people
with learning difficulties / disabled people (HINT: we haven’t got one
yet!) when they buy a single or site licence. There’s a ‘Speaking Up’
pack for disability organisations, and: “Unfunded Self Advocacy groups
prices on application. We're happy to talk. Having supported self
advocacy groups for many years, we know money can be tight for smaller
groups. We might be able to give you a special low price or work
something else out.”
At: <http://www.photosymbols.com/>
* Web Accessibility Consultancy Pilot *
How accessible is your website?
This pilot, administered by the CITI ( Creative Industries Training
Initiative) project, will offer to 60 registered beneficiaries – either
freelancers or businesses with less than 15 employees – 2 e-mail
enquiries on web accessibility per month for 3 months from 11th October
2004.
It might be us, but the information provided on the website at
<http://www.surrart.ac.uk/webconsultancy/> looks a bit ‘minimalistic’...
“In addition those registered on the project will gain access via a
password to all the questions and answers of other users (...) which
will be a very useful resource by the end of the pilot”
Aha. Anyway, if you are lucky enough to understand what all this is
about feel free to register at
<http://www.surrart.ac.uk/webconsultancy/registration.htm>.
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Money and Politics
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* New Cinema Fund *
The UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund is now inviting individual
filmmakers and production companies to apply to the 2004 Completion
Fund. The fund is part of the New Cinemas Fund's programme to enable
directors and producers to push their creative boundaries, develop new
talent and to invest in short films that illustrate unique ideas and an
innovative approach.
You can apply for funding from the Completion Fund if:
- you are an individual aged 18 years and over and a national or
resident of the UK or you are a company registered and centrally managed
in the UK; and
- you have made a short film which requires completion funding and which
- will have a final running time of less than 10 minutes (exceptional
films of up to 15 minutes may be considered) - has been edited to a
rough-cut or beyond and is available for viewing on VHS or DVD
- has main elements (e.g. producer, writer, director, location, story)
which are substantially British in nature
- when completed will be capable of being fully cleared for cinema,
television, internet and festival exhibition.
For full details, guidelines and application forms please visit
<<http://www.mayavisionint.co.uk/> or <http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/>
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Job Opportunities
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* Shape is Changing Shape *
Shape pioneers the active involvement of disabled and deaf people in the
arts and cultural industries. In partnership with Arts Council England
and other stakeholders we are consolidating and expanding our
activities.
To achieve our ambitions, we are seeking the following staff:
- Project Manager (Business Systems)
GBP 32,500 (Fixed Term Contract One Year)
This is a newly created senior management post responsible for
developing and implementing the financial, IT, HR and administrative
systems of Shape.
The post would suit someone with a background in the arts or charitable
sector with change management experience. This post will particularly
focus on the establishment of new systems that are accessible to our
disabled and deaf staff and relate and support our diverse artistic
programme.
- Programme Director
GBP 32,500 (Maternity Cover approx 6 months )
A senior management post responsible for the development and
implementation of Shape's diverse artistic programme.
The post holder will be responsible for the line management of our arts
development team ensuring the effective delivery of the programme, human
resources and strategic planning.
- Projects Administrator
GBP 16,000 - GBP 18,000 (full time)
This new post will be responsible for providing administrative support
to support Shape's events and conferences, fundraising and marketing
activities.
This post would suit someone with a solid administrative and project
management skills.
- Arts Development Manager (Deaf Arts)
GBP 22,000 - GBP 23,000 (2 days per week)
We are seeking a person to job share with the existing postholder, John
Wilson. The postholder will be responsible for managing Shape's Deaf
Arts programme.
This post would suit a Deaf person who is interested in the arts but
most of all has a passion for the rights and inclusion of Deaf people.
Strong project management skills are required as well as a clear
understanding of the needs of Deaf artists and audiences. Deaf
Applicants Only
- Finance Officer
GBP 17,000 - GBP 19,000 (full time)
This new post is responsible for maintaining effective day to day
financial control systems such as payroll, petty cash and banking. In
addition the post holder will be expected to supervise Shape's IT
system. Supported by Shape's Finance Manager the post holder will be a
key member of staff within our Finance and Admin team.
The post would suit someone who is seeking to fully qualify as an
accountant and has a genuine interest in financial management.
- Access Support Worker/Administrator
GBP 16,500 - GBP 18,000 (full time)
This post will offer access support to one of our Arts Development
Managers. The post holder will have a diverse range of responsibilities
including the provision of access support and assisting in the general
administration of our artistic programme.
The post would suit someone who is interested in working in partnership
with disabled and deaf artists and possibly a future arts management
career.
- Development Manager
GBP 25,000 - GBP 27,000 (full time)
This new post will be responsible in collaboration with our Business
Development Director for implementing Shape's new fundraising strategy.
In particular the post holder will assist in the development of
sustainable sources of income particularly in the first instance
individual giving and trusts and foundations propositions.
The post would suit someone at an early stage in his or her fundraising
career. External consultants will provide mentoring during the first
year to enable the post holder to develop key skills.
- Ticket Scheme Sales Assistant
GBP 13,500 - GBP 14,500 (3 days per week)
This post works as part of a small sales team providing an efficient and
professional service for Ticket Scheme members.
The post would suit someone who has previous box office or events
experience but who is also interested in ensuring that disabled and deaf
people gain access to the arts.
Further Information: These posts are available for job share, alongside
flexible working arrangements. A pay review is pending.
A new mentoring and professional development scheme will be available to
all disabled and deaf applicants who feel that they have some or all of
the necessary skills and attributes for the post.
Closing date for all applications: 5pm Friday 29 October 2004
Recruitment packs and application forms are available in accessible
formats from <http://www.shapearts.org.uk>, or contact
<in-@shapearts.org.uk>, , fax 020 7619 6162; minicom 020 7619 6161.
Shape is committed to equality and diversity in employment
* Arts Council England, North West: Consultant *
Arts Council England, North West Office is seeking to appoint a
consultant to research and develop an arts network of learning disabled
individuals and organisations across the North West region.
It is our central belief that the arts have the power to transform
lives, communities and opportunities for people. Our aim is to support
an arts sector that fully reflects and expresses the diversity of the
region.
We are keen to work with individuals and organisations to deliver a
mapping exercise of the North West region, developing a series of
networking events and a possible seminar or showcase in 2005.
We would like to appoint a consultant who will:
1. Devise and deliver an arts mapping exercise of the North West region
to:
· Locate practising learning disabled artists and arts organisations for
networking and professional development opportunities. · Locate arts
organisations delivering or developing arts events with learning
disabled people. · Locate non arts organisations delivering or
developing arts events with learning disabled people · Identify any
other stakeholders with an interest in this area · Network with learning
disabled organisations to map community arts activities.
2. Organise a series of networking opportunities across the North West
region, to discuss learning disabled arts development.
3. Organise a seminar / showcase event in February/March 2005 with
network partners.
It is essential that the consultant has experience of working with
learning disabled people or within a learning disabled people’s
organisation.
It is desirable that the consultant has knowledge and experience of
participating in the arts in the North West.
It would also be desirable to have some knowledge of Arts Council
England’s policies and practice.
TIMESCALE: The project will start on 1 November 2004 and be completed by
31 March 2005.
A final evaluation report and a database of all those sourced through
the mapping exercise must be submitted to Arts Council England, North
West by 31 March 2005.
FEE: The consultant’s total fee is GBP 6,000, which includes travel and
expenses and is based on 1½ days a week. Access support costs will be
provided if applicable.
The deadline for proposals is 12.00 pm on Tuesday 19 October.
We will hold a commissioning meeting with the successful candidate on
Monday 25 October.
For further information please contact Julia Keenan,
Diversity/Disability Officer, Tel: 0161 827 9227, Email:
julia.-@artscouncil.org.uk, Textphone: 0161 834 9131,
or
Alexandra Turner, Assistant Officer: Diversity and Education, Tel: 0161
827 9218, Email: alexandr-@artscouncil.org.uk, Textphone: 0161
834 9131
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Get Involved
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* writernet: Hydroponic (1) *
“giving dramatic writers the tools they need to build better careers and
redefine the culture in which they work....”
writernet, in association with Reading Borough Council, is seeking 4
culturally diverse writers with talent and commitment to a career which
involves writing for theatre, to undertake a playwriting development
programme as part of the Hydroponic initiative.
The writers, to be drawn from across the UK, will each receive a play
commission and be supported to the first draft stage. Between November
2004 and July 2005 they will have access to a specifically designed
development programme based at South Street Arts Centre in Reading.
Craft and skills acquisition as well as the facilitation of career
development through contact with industry professionals and networks
will culminate in showcase readings with feedback from producing
companies.
You will need to have had at least one production of your work.
Hydroponic aims to be inclusive. As a first principle of empowerment for
individual artists, you are invited to self define: you decide and
articulate how you meet the remit of cultural diversity.
Hydroponic adheres to the social model of disability. All access needs
will be catered for
Please send:
- a letter of application outlining how you might use this opportunity
- a completed play, or 3 samples of work (30 pages maximum)
- a paragraph on the script you could imagine developing as part of
Hydroponic
- a CV
- details of any access requirements where appropriate
Deadline for submissions is: Monday November 1st 2004
This information is available in large print, braille, audio tape, PC
disk and on e-mail upon request If you would like any further
information (between October 4th and 28th) please contact:
Jonathan Meth, Writernet, Cabin V, Clarendon Buildings, 25 Horsell Road,
London N5 1XL 020 7609 7474, jonatha-@btconnect.com
Future Hydroponic activity will include professional development
opportunities for culturally diverse playwrights and the establishment
of a Performance Laboratory at South Street Arts Centre in Reading.
Hydoponic is supported by:
Arts Council England, South East Reading Borough Council
Cabin V, Clarendon Buildings, 25 Horsell Road, London N5 1XL, T: 020
7609 7474, F: 020 7609 7557, W: www.writernet.org.uk , E:
write-@btinternet.com
* Nominations for DaDa Awards *
This year’s DaDaFest will take place from 24th November to 3rd December
across Merseyside, featuring both well-known and up-and-coming Disabled
and Deaf artists such as Mat Fraser, Caroline Parker, The Nasty Girls,
Jim Bennett, Bill Shannon, Graeae Theatre Company, Laurence Clark and
many more.
The festival will close with a dinner and awards ceremony at The
Devonshire House Hotel, Liverpool on 3rd December. Disabled and Deaf
People are invited to nominate their favourite Disabled or Deaf artists
for a DaDaAward. There are 6 award categories:
1. Company or Group
2. Emerging Artist or Group (sponsored by Breakthrough UK Ltd)
3. Visual Arts Touring Exhibition (sponsored by The Mersey Partnership)
4. Performance Touring Company or Group 5. Community Arts Event
(sponsored by National Museums and Galleries Merseyside)
6. Individual Artist
Each award recipient will receive a prestigious DaDaAward made by St
Helens' World of Glass and a cash prize of GBP 300, donated by Alliance
and Leicester. Nominations can be made by completing the on-line form at
<www.dadafest.org> by 31st October. On-line voting will then commence in
November.
Remember: Nominations can only be made by disabled or deaf people.
For further information call Laurence Clark at North West Disability
Arts Forum on 0151 707 1733 or email: inform-@nwdaf.co.uk
* NorthernFringe *
The NorthernFringe are searching for new monologues and dialogues for
their next night in Newcastle upon Tyne, 31st October. The theme is
comic books and video games.
Please email in-@thenorthernfringe.org or check out the website at
<http://www.thenorthernfringe.org>.
They are also looking for actors or directors to get involved...
* BEyONdTV *
BEyONdTV is a blend of music, short movies, dance, subverts, animations
and inspiring documentary, Visual Jockeys and other media artistry. They
are now celebrating their 5th annual festival, a volunteer-run
non-profit event, showing “the latest documentaries, community video and
animations from the world's most radical producers which are overlooked
by mainstream broadcasters”
If you have a film please get in touch with them.
Details at: <http://www.undercurrents.org/beyondtv/ BEyONdTV>
* Eclective *
A new magazine based online and in hard copy, to show to the most
original creative talent from all mediums, be it Creative Writing,
Experimental Music, Photography, Painting, Performance, Interviews or
even Digital stills of Artwork
All submissions will be considered.
Send them to Eclec-@hotmail.com
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Training & Workshops
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* Creative Clusters 2004 *
Bespoke training and showcase opportunities for North London artists and
creative businesses/freelancers developed by Collage Arts and Prevista
Ltd.
Creative Clusters is an innovative training programme for artists,
musicians and small creative businesses based in the Upper Lee Valley
(Haringey, Enfield, or Waltham Forest). Due to support from the London
Development Agency, training opportunities are available free of charge.
A range of practical courses are available, including seminars with key
industry figures, and peer networking opportunities. It is designed
around the principles of clustering, to help you improve marketing,
self-promotion and to extend your networks.
They are running the following 30-hour courses:
1) Brand Development for Creatives, delivered by Simon Gough, Marketing
Director of Redfront
2) The Art and Business of Live Performance - Part 1, delivered by Derek
Johnson
3) Working in the World of Fashion or Textiles?
All training will take place at Collage Arts, Chocolate Factory 2, The
Creative Online Centre, Coburg Road, Wood Green, London, N22
For further information or to register for either of the training
programmes please contacy Monica Aroma, Prevista Ltd, United House,
London, N7 9DP, Moni-@prevista.co.uk
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Got Some Spare Time
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* Twisted I Theatre Company: Cain and Abel *
... a darkly comic tale of foul moods and sibling feuds ...
Performing @ The Performance Centre, University of Leeds - Bretton Hall
Campus, West Bretton, Wakefield WF4 4LG, Saturday 16th October 2004
@7.30pm, Box Office: 0113 3439246, Tickets: GBP 4.50
and @ Jacksons Lane, London, 13+14 Oct, <jacksonslane.org.uk>
“ In an eerie house, where floorboards creak and shadows lurk in long
forgotten corners, live two strange men - brothers, bitter enemies....
Cain and Abel. Cain stalks around a house alive with mischief, inventing
ingenious ways to do away with his little brother. Poor Abel awakes each
morning to find himself reborn, unscathed. With their sinister and
overbearing mother, Eve, dabbling with creation, this squabbling
household finds itself ensnared in a fiendish and fantastical tale that
scampers and tumbles towards a startling end (...)
In a mesmerising piece that sees the buffoonery of Laurel and Hardy
dipped in the atmosphere of Poe, Cain and Abel takes a gripping look at
the darker side of family ties, sibling rivalry, the question of nature
versus nurture and human cloning.”
Twisted I combine dynamic physicality, puppetry, creative music
technology, extended vocal techniques with a set filled with trickery to
produce a textless, visual and aural storytelling theatre style to blow
your mind. Cain and Abel fluctuates between the grotesque, the comic,
the darkly atmospheric and the surreal.
Further details at <http://www.twistedi.co.uk>
* ART In the ATRIUM Exhibition, Belfast *
As part of the Castlereagh Visual Arts Festival 2004, in association
with Castlereagh Borough Council and with kind support from the
Forestside Shopping Complex.
VENUE: Forestside Shopping Centre, Castlereagh, Belfast
WEEK: 4th - 10th October
LAUNCH: Tuesday 5th Oct at 2.30pm - everyone will be made welcome!
ACCESS: The shopping centre has excellent physical access and free car
parking. Catalogues are provided in standard print, Large Print and
Braille. Other formats can be provided on request. A copy of the poems
are also provided in Braille.
The exhibition features 5 artists: a.. Maurice Orr - Oil Painter b..
Colin Hamilton - Photographer and Poet c.. Lois Davies - Digital Artist
d.. Colm Johnston - Visual Artist e.. Martin McGuigan - Poet
A total of 18 pieces of artwork will be showing during the week,
including: 3D artwork, landscapes, poetry, photography and digital art.
With the Atrium of Forestside Shopping Centre as the backdrop, this
stirring exhibition has been brought together by the Arts & Disability
Forum and features artists from Wexford, Ballymena, Randalstown and
Belfast, including winners of the Arts & Disability Awards Ireland,
which supports disabled artists to further their career prospects.
On hand to launch the exhibition on the 5th Oct will be acclaimed
Ballymena artist Maurice Orr and Avril Crawford, Director of the Arts &
Disability Forum. Maurice has travelled the world in order to further
his exploration of skies and their impact on landscape, his paintings
are all about atmosphere, he has been most influenced by scents, feels,
sounds and colours of his locations.
Guided tours of the exhibition can be provided by arrangement. Please
contact Emily Walsh, Arts Officer on 028 9049 4566.
The ADF is supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Community
Fund and Belfast City Council.
If you would like to find out more about the artwork on display or the
artists, please contact: Arts & Disability Forum, Ground Floor, 109 -
113 Royal Avenue, Belfast BT1 1FF, Tel: (ROI: 048) (UK: 028) 9023 9450,
Textphone: Textphone-to-textphone (code): 9032 5744. OR
Telephone-to-textphone (hearing callers): 18002 028 9032 5744, Fax:
(ROI: 048) (UK: 028) 9024 7770, Email: in-@adf.ie, Web: <www.adf.ie>
* Funsense Theatre: Karim and the Sklark *
Epsom Playhouse, Epsom Playhouse, Ashley Avenue, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 5AL
Multisensory adventure for 4-10 year olds.
Funsense Theatre is a new theatre company specialising in accessible,
inclusive and multisensory theatre for all kinds of children. Their
first ever production tells the story of Karim and his life on a
beautiful tropical island with his mystical friend the Sklark. Together
with puppetry, music, video projection and lots of audience interaction
they will take you on a journey full of light, sound and smell. The
performance, which is fully wheelchair accessible, lasts approximately
40 minutes and there is the opportunity to take part in drama and art
activities.
GBP 7 per child for performances, only GBP 3 for workshop. One
parent/carer gets in free with each child.
There are two performances only on Wednesday 27th October, 11.30am and
3.00pm.
Booking is advised as there are limited places for the workshop. To book
please call 01372 742 555
Website: <http://www.epsomplayhouse.co.uk/>
This production has been kindly funded by: Reigate and Banstead Borough
Council, Guildford Borough Council.
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TV & Radio:
Pick of the Week
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9 October
TV
12.00 - See Hear - BBC2
News and current affairs for Deaf people(s)
21.00 - Reach For the Sky - Nat Geographic - Movie
More stereotypes than you can shake a a small forest of big sticks at,
in this biopic of Disabled WW2 pilot Douglas Bader.
Radio
13.10 - Any Questions - R4
Including he Conservative spokesman for the arts; Boris Johnson.
10 October
TV
22.30 - Sling Blade - BBC2 - Movie
drama about a child who after murdering his mother is confined to a
Mental Hospital. On his release he pals up with a lonely boy. (s)
23.00 - Chernobyl - UKTV Documentary
A study into the dreadful human cost of the nuclear disaster.
11 October
TV
21.00 - Archie - CH5
Documentary about a two year old boy who weighs six stone and his
mothers search for a cure to his disorder. (s)
12 October
TV
14.05 - Doctors - BBC1
A young woman struggles to come to terms with the fact that she has
Alzheimer's disease. (s)
21.00 - Who Do You Think You Are - BBC2
new series in which celebs trace their family roots. Here Bill Oddie
investigates his mothers mental health and the post war mental health
system in general. (s) (ad)
Radio
20.40 - In Touch - R4
News with Peter White for visually impaired people.
13 October
TV
22.15 - Frida - Sky Movies 2 - Movie
Biopic of the extraordinary disabled painter Frida Kahlo.
14 October
Radio
21.00 - A Better Place To End My Days ? - R4
Following his audio diary revealing his experiences in a UK residential
home, Ted Marcer take his tape recorder to Germany to sample some of the
alternatives.
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