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In this issue: Computeraid - free ICT training for SME's EMARE Exchange The Chase Charity Creative Collaborations in Music Awards CastNet free services for filmmakers British Music Information Centre Online Volunteer Recruitment on Teletext Shrewsbury Visual Arts Festival Open Honno call for submissions Conference for Community Artists Writers' Grants Call for Applications WDA Dynamo Events and calls for Role Models UNESCO ASCHBERG Bursaries for artists 2002 Creative-Search Online Arts Community ACW Production and Audience Development Funding ACW Professional Development Training funding ACW Presentation and Audience Development funding --------------------------------------------------- Computeraid - free ICT training for SME's Classification - Training Computeraid, the largest supplier independent computer training company in South Wales, offers free information communication technology training to small businesses. Topics include: Introduction to the PC, Microsoft Office, The Internet (including e-commerce, web design), Emerging Technology (including digital cameras, WAP phones). The courses are designed for those who have little or no experience of business computing. Staff from companies with under 250 emplyees based in the following areas are eligible: Carmarthen, Pembroke, Merthyr Tydfil, Torfaen, Neath Port Talbot, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Swansea, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Blaenau Gwent. Computeraid's training centres are based in Cardiff, Swansea and Llandarcy. Contact Info: Kate Howells, Computeraid Ltd, Freepost, SWC 1037, Swansea SA2 8ZZ tel: 0800 183 2040 fax: 01792 295581 email: kate@computeraidwales.com __________________________________________________ The Chase Charity Classification - Funding The Chase Charity, which distributes 500,000 per annum, is concentrating its support over the next three years on the arts, heritage and social welfare. Contact Info: 2 The Court, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0EY. tel: 01235 820044 No Deadline -------------------------------------------------- CastNet free services for filmmakers Classification - Marketing If you are a casting director, or are responsible for casting a production you can use the CastNet online searchable database free of charge. Details, including dates of availability, are included for hundreds of trained and experienced UK actors. All CastNet actors are Equity members and have extensive professional experience in film, TV and theatre. You can also contact actors by email and text message via the website free of charge. Contact Info: CastNet, 99 Windmill Lane, Bushey Heatrh, Herts WD23 1NE tel: 020 8420 4209 fax: 0208 386 6563 email: admin@castingnetwork.co.uk | website:www.castingnetwork.co.uk _________________________________________________ Creative Collaborations in Music Awards Classification - Funding This new fund from Visiting Arts aims to support creative collaborations between composers and music creators from the UK and overseas through a residency programme. Residencies will take place in the UK and aim to enable foreign composers to work intensively with UK-based composers and musicians. Residencies should support the creation and performance of new music and diversify the range of musical experience available to UK musicians. The should also celebrate cultural diversity. Six awards up to a value of 6,500 are available for projects taking place between December 2001 and April 2003. There is no deadline for submissions but applications should be made at least 4 months before the residency is planned to start. Contact Info: Nansi O'Connor, Arts Projects Manager, Visiting Arts, 11 Portland Place, London W1b 1EJ. tel: 020 789 3019 email: nansi.oconnor@britishcouncil.org No Deadline --------------------------------------------------- EMARE Exchange Classification - Marketing The 8th European Media Artists in Residence Exchange (EMARE) will take place between the summers of 2002 and 2003. Media artists using any digital media, film, sound or video are invited to apply for residencies of two months. Accomodation, access to equipment and technical support and a financial supplement are included. Resultant work will be shown at regional festivals or independently presented. Send an SAE marked 'EMARE Exchange' to the address below. Contact Info: Jordanstone College of Art and Design, School of Television and Imaging, Perth Road, Dundee DD1 4HT. tel: 01382223261 email: stubbs@easynet.co.uk website: www.werkleitz.de/projekte/emare Deadline Date - 31st May 2002 --------------------------------------------------- British Music Information Centre Online Classification - Marketing The British Music Information Centre has been awarded support from the New Opportunities Fund to digitise more than 100,000 pages of musical scores and information. The organisation's online services will also feature sound samples for visitors to the website who are unable to read music. Contact Info: website: bmic.co.uk No Deadline --------------------------------------------------- Shrewsbury Visual Arts Festival Open Classification - Marketing Submissions are invited for this open exhibition which offers a prize of 5,000. The festival runs from 29/05/02 to 27/06/02. Further information can be obtained by sending the organisers an SAE. Contact Info: The Shrewsbury Visual Art Festival, Open Event Enquiries, Whitehall Manor, Monkmoor Road, Shrewsbury email: shrewsburyfestival@supanet.com Deadline Date - 1st May 2002 --------------------------------------------------- Volunteer Recruitment on Teletext Classification - Marketing National organisations can now recruit volunteers free of charge on Channel 4's teletext service. Pages 178 and 179 include volunteering stories, interviews and news of campaigns and provides a platform for voluntary groups to promote their volunteering opportunities to a weekly audience of more than 420,000. For further information contact the Media Trust. Contact Info: Catherine Coate tel: 020 7874 7600 fax: 020 7874 7644 email: catherinec@mediatrust.org website: www.mediatrust.org No Deadline --------------------------------------------------- Honno call for submissions Classification - Marketing Honno is the Welsh Women's Publishing Company and aims to provide a means for the expression of many different aspects of women's lives. Honno publish fiction, poetry, autobiography, non-fiction, short story anthologies and children's fiction. Writers can submit their work to the contact address below. Honno publish a yearly newsletter giving details of the anthologies they have planned and are seeking submissions for, and their current publishing priorities. It also contains guidelines for new writers. To be placed on the mailing list also contact Honno as below. Contact Info: Honno editorial office, c/o UTC, King Street, Aberystwyth SY23 2LT No Deadline --------------------------------------------------- Conference for Community Artists Classification - Business The Association for Community Arts is hosting a day of workshops and discussions which will cover: * Professional Development for Community Artists * Working Internationally * Non-arts Funding for Community Arts * Cultural Diversity * Community Arts and Regeneration * The Business of Community Arts * City of Culture 2008 and the Community Arts Strategy Delegates travelling more than 10 miles to the conference may be able to receive reimbursement of their travel costs up to 30. Childcare costs of up to 20 per delegate can also be paid. Venue: Llanover Hall, Cardiff. Date: 29/04/02. Cost: 10 per delegate. For booking forms and further details contact the ACA. Contact Info: The Association for Community Artists, c/o Permanent Waves, FREEPOST SWC 370, Cardiff CF5 4GH Deadline Date - 29th April 2002 --------------------------------------------------Writers' Grants Call for Applications Classification - Funding The Authors' Foundation and the K Blundell Trust are currently inviting applications for grants. The two organisations have 30,000 of funding between them to distribute. The Authors' Foundation * assists writers of fiction, poetry and non-fiction. Any published author working on a full length book for a UK publisher in need of funding in addition to their advance, for research, travel or to 'buy time' is welcome to apply. Grants rarely exceed 4000. You may also apply as a writer without a contractual agreement with a publisher as long as you have had at least one book published. The K Blundell Trust * the aims of the Trust are similar to the Authors' Foundation and applications to both funders are assessed by the same individuals. However the following applies: awards will only be made to authors under the age of 40 on 30/04/02, the author must submit a copy of their latest book and the author's existing work must contribute to the greater understanding of existing social and economic organisation. Fiction is not excluded. Contact Info: Dorothy Sym, Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens London SW10 9SB tel: 0207 373 6642 fax: 0207 373 5768 email: info@society of authors.org Deadline Date - 30th April 2002 --------------------------------------------------- WDA Dynamo Events and calls for Role Models Classification - Business Dynamo is a WDA initiative to promote entrepreneurial culture within Wales. They are currently recruiting successful entrepreneurs from all over Wales, as role models who will be promoted through the media, events and educational activities. To become a Dynamo role model you should be successful and enthusiastic about what you do, have a product which lends itself to being visually promoted and is of interest to the general public. Training will be provided by the WDA in the field of presentation to target audiences in schools and colleges. Benefits include: * A profile in the press, your success story included as a case study on a CD Rom with video footage for use in teaching purposes and promotional events * A profile at events, at least 40 planned throughout the 3 year project * An opportunity to inspire others * 100 payment per day , with a minimum of 7.5 days work each year. For more information you can attend one of the following Dynamo open events: 30/04/02 - The Parkway Hotel, Cwmbran 14/05/02 - Venue TBC, Caerphilly 28/05/02 - Venue TBC, Llanelli 18/06/02 - Venue TBC, Merthyr Tydfil 02/07/02 - Venue TBC, Carmarthen Contact Info: Nicola Pinder at Strategem tel: 01633 811844 fax: 01633 811842 email: npinder@strategem.co.uk Deadline Date - 17th April 2002 --------------------------------------------------- UNESCO ASCHBERG Bursaries for artists 2002 Classification - Funding Established in 1994, this programme promotes the professional growth of young artists working in a range of disciplines. Support is mainly in the form of providing training in specialist organisations. For 2002 - 2003 the programme will offer 57 bursaries across 27 countries. The bursaries are grouped together into the following categories: visual arts, music, dance, creative writing, performing arts, and media arts. By contacting UNESCO you can receive detailed information on the host organisations taking part in the scheme, the nature of the bursaries, eligibility and application procedures.The selection process is conducted by an international committee , who will meet to consider applications in June - July 2002. Contact the organisers for details of application deadlines. Contact Info: UNESCO-ASCHBERG Bursaries for Artists / International Fund for the Promotion of Culture, 1 rue Miollis 75732 Paris Cedex 15, France fax: 00 331 45 68 55 99 email: s.berriche@unesco.org or m.taboada@unesco.org No Deadline --------------------------------------------------- Creative-Search Online Arts Community Classification - Marketing Creative-Search is an online information resource for the UK arts community. It develops, manages and markets a database containing artists' images and contact details for their subscribers, who wish to commission or purchase work. Subscribers can search for artists by creative discipline or geographic region. Online gallery space categories include architecture, crafts, design, fashion, film, TV, theatre, furniture design, painting, drawing, illustrating, photography, print and sculpture. You can also have a link from your Creative-Search page to your own website. Creative- search takes no commission on work sold via this service. Contact Info: website: www.creative-search.co.uk No Deadline --------------------------------------------------- ACW Production and Audience Development Funding Classification - Funding Aims: * to increase the range of work produced in Wales and work which increases the numbers of people attending arts events.The scheme can fund all traditional, new and emerging artforms and interdisciplinary activities Specifically, the scheme will support: * the creation or recreation of performance, installation, music publishing and recording, exhibitions, visual arts and craft production, public art and new media * the commissioning of work for publication, exhibition, or performance in Wales * new creative initiatives for artists and arts organisations in Wales. Award levels and deadlines: Applications between 1000 and 25,000 are intended for local and regional production and touring in particular. Applications for 25,000 to 100,000 are intended for all-Wales production and touring If you are applying for more than 5000 your application should be submitted to one of the following deadlines: 17/05/02 or 06/12/02. Applications for up to 5000 can be made at any time. The ACW has detailed eligibility criteria in operation for this scheme. Full details are available by ordering a hard copy of the ACW new schemes 2002 guidelines, which can also be downloaded from the ACW website. Contact Info: Arts Council of Wales, 9 Museum Place, Cardiff CF10 3NX tel: 029 2037 6500 fax: 029 2022 1447 minicom: 029 2039 0027 email: info@ccc-acw.org.uk website: www.ccc-acw.org.uk Deadline Date - 17th May 2002 --------------------------------------------------- ACW Professional Development Training funding Classification - Funding Potential applicants are asked to contact their local ACW office for advice prior to applying to this scheme. Aims: * to support provision of a wide range of arts related training in Wales * to support individuals or organisations wishing to undertake or purchase arts related training Award levels and deadlines: Individuals - minimum 250, maximum 2000 Organisations undertaking training - minimum 250, maximum 5000 Training providers - minimum 1000, maximum 40,000 Applications of over 5000 need to be submitted to one of the following deadlines: 3/05/02, 06/09/02 or 10/01/03. Applications of up to 5000 can be made at any time. The ACW has detailed eligibility criteria in operation for this scheme. Full details are available by ordering a hard copy of the ACW new schemes 2002 guidelines, which can also be downloaded from the ACW website. Contact Info: Arts Council of Wales, 9 Museum Place, Cardiff CF10 3NX tel: 029 2037 6500 fax: 029 2022 1447 minicom: 029 2039 0027 email: info@ccc-acw.org.uk website: www.ccc-acw.org.uk Deadline Date - 3rd May 2002 --------------------------------------------------- ACW Presentation and Audience Development funding Classification - Funding Aims: * to support the presentation of a wide range of arts events that increase audiences for arts events in Wales including all traditional and emerging artforms and interdisciplinary activities including film exhibition Specifically the scheme will support: * single events and festivals through to year round programmes * cross border touring into Wales for UK based artists and arts organisations * touring and presentation of international work from outside Wales and the UK * guarantees against loss, where appropriate * touring of work originated or produced in Wales where production costs are not required. Awards levels and deadlines: Minimum award - 250, maximum award - 50,000. Deadlines for applications over 5000: 17/05/02 or 06/12/02. Applications for less than 5000 can be made at any time There are detailed eligibility criteria relating to this scheme.See the full ACW guidelines in New Schemes 2002, available for download from the ACW website or by order. Contact Info: Arts Council of Wales, 9 Museum Place, Cardiff CF10 3NX tel: 029 2037 6500 fax: 029 2022 1447 minicom: 029 2039 0027 email: info@ccc-acw.org.uk website: www.ccc-acw.org.uk Deadline Date - 17th May 2002 -------------------------------------------------- Cultural Enterprise, Chapter, Market Road, Cardiff, CF5 1QE Tel:029 2034 3205 Fax: 029 2034 5435 email: mail@cultural-enterprise.com web: www.cultural-enterprise.com |
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