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Warwickshire Youth and Community Service are trying to find out what you think about the Arts (in the broadest sense). Do you think you get enough of what you want ?, Would you like more ?… Do you know where to go to develop your talent ? What could the youth service do to help ?

We would also really like to know if you feel you have a say in arts actvities or would you like to be more involved?  

HAVE YOUR SAY by leaving a comment on WYAN or text http://www.radioabbey.com/ 07983 315500 and you could win a £20 voucher !

Stop hanging about .. get your dancing shoes on !

Beingfrank Youth is a new and inspiring dance company. They say “We create energetic theatre through a fusioncontemporary dance and physical theatre”

Aiming to interact with their audience with breath-taking effect the four young men who make us Beingfrank Youth with WYANs support have successfully applied for a youth opportunity bid that has enabled them to tour their show piece to youth groups and schools in Warwickshire as well as offer some workshops to budding young dancers.

Sound good doesn’t it … but perhaps what is most surprising about being frank youth is that the whole company are under 18 years old and so not only will this work mean that other young men are being encouraged to take up dance but also the dancers ( boys themselves) are learning new skills in fundraising touring , work shopping and business marketing all of which will certainly aid their career development as they move on to bigger and greater things.

Being Frank Youth

Youth arts worker Clare Mitchell said

“It’s a real pleasure to work with such talented young men who have not only a very desire to develop themselves  but also the desire to contribute to the lives of other young people. Imagine what talent they might unearth as they embark on their tour of local youth centres and schools…”

Already the world is staking notice as, with help from their mentor Dave Mckenna (Being frank physical theatre) they took part in the national youth dance showcase in London last year and in February begin a months long tour with Birmingham based dance company ACE dance  in 2009… so watch this space blink and you might have missed them !

The local tour starts in Lillington Youth Centre and ends in Keresley village community centre at the BHK youth project.

For more details contact Clare Mitchell.  Youth arts development worker  01926 74 2486 or www.wyan.org.uk

Watch out arts venues! - Our secret cultural shopping team have begun their mission to seek out excellent youth arts work … read more as they tell us about their mission to make the arts world more youth friendly !

On a cold Friday evening a group of young art enthusiasts went along to Trinity High School in Leamington to review a performance from Being Frank physical theatre. Chloe, Ben, Lucy, and Joseph volunteered their evening to write a review of their experience and upload it to the WYAN website for the world to see. By doing so it is hoped that many other young people can have a look at what they have to say and decide to go along to the venue or similar performances. Over the coming months these young people and others plan to visit and review various other arts related venues and events across Warwick District. By doing so local arts facilities will be informed about young people’s experiences of their services and therefore consider them in future events. This project aims both to promote young people’s enjoyment of local arts and to encourage arts providers to involve young people in their programmes.

Find out who got shopped first with the reviewers commenting ….“An incredibly impressive production: must see them again.”   click on projects and seek out the reveiwers project ….

 http://www.wyan.org.uk/subcultures-young-reviewers-scheme/

Filter workshop in action

Filter Theatre theatre come to Warwickshire Partners CMS and AWE and RSC In November 2008 Filter Theatre will be bringing their RSC commissioned ‘Young People’s Shakespeare’ performance of Twelfth Night to 1500 Warwickshire children in 10 schools across the county Filter Theatre have been wowing critics and audiences alike with their production which recently opened at the Tricycle Theatre in London. Four star reviews in the major newspapers and pride of place in the Sunday Times ‘critical list’ promise a real treat for Warwickshire schools. Only Warwickshire and London are included in their performances for schools.

Two of the Warwickshire schools will be participating in an extended project kick-started by the Filter Theatre performance and involving RSC practitioners and County Music Service working with English, Drama and Music departments to explore creative learning strategies with their pupils.

In 2008 County Arts Service lead a countywide arts and health programme that aimed to test the impact of dance on the heath of participants. Participants from all walks of life and ability were invited to take part. With support of Warwickshire Youth Service, two of the programmes resulted in youth dance development work in Alcester and Atherstone.

 Both of these youth specific programmes attracted young people who were willing to take of the challenge and increase the amount of exercise in their lives, the participations were asked to  complete health checks and questionnaires  as well as a 3 month programme of regular dance lessons provided by professional dance instructors. On the 9^th November the two youth groups met up for the first time to share their experience show off their new found skills and celebrate their achievements.

The group in Atherstone enjoyed the programme so much that they are planning to continue to develop delivery into sustainable youth led dance provision that is a little bit different to the normal dance school providers that young people usually encounter.

   If you would like to know about the programme and how it impacted on the      health of participants contact

  Clare Mitchell Youth Arts Development Worker

   Tel. 01926 742486

8th November 2008 until 22nd February 2009

An Act of Life

A short film written and directed by Vanessa Oakes

Filmmaker Dom Breadmore

A response to the search for a lasting memorial to the millions of people who died during WW1 - written for an ensemble cast of 21 young people from King Edward VI College, Nuneaton.  

In An Act of Life the dead are present as part of the contemporary landscape. As generations move forward the meaning of traditional memorials inevitably changes. What doesn’t change is the presence of the living memorials all around us. The performing arts students in this film are all living memorials to the millions of young people who lost their lives.

 Commissioned by Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council as part of the Fit for Heroes exhibition at Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery -

funded by Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council, Museums, Libraries and Archives Council and The Big Lottery.

Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery

Riversley Park

Nuneaton

CV11 5TU

Admission Free

Tuesday - Saturday  & Bank Holidays

10.30am - 4.30pm

Sunday

2pm - 4.30pm

For further information call 024 7635 0720  

Want to know more about youth arts? 

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Guess what membership is free too ! - what are you waiting for !

Make Your Mark has partnered with a live music promotions company Curious Generation to find and support the next generation of music promoters. They’re looking for young people aged 18-30 from across the UK who want support to set up and run a regular, live music night in their home town or city. According to the Live Music Forum’s findings, the live music sector is the fastest growing part of the music industry yet there isn’t a single training course in the UK that provides specialist skills in the promotion of live music.

 They hope that the promoters’ scheme will provide experience, skills and contacts to would-be music promoters, helping develop and expand local music scenes and contributing to community engagement.

www.makeyourmarkinmusic.org

Thursday Flickers is an exciting weekly film and video event at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum. The screenings provide a platform for film & video makers to showcase their innovative media work to a wider audience.

The new programme includes work from video artists, short-film makers, animators, motion-graphic designers, VJs, and artists using video installations.

During and after the viewings there will be the possibility for the public to ask questions and to discuss the screened work.

 Join us Thursday nights from 6.30 to 7.30pm. Free admission. 

If you would like the opportunity to show your work contact Tammy Woodrow on 01926 742700 or email prooms@warwickdc.gov.uk. 

Creative Partners in Learning

A Professional Development for Creative Practitioners

Creative Partners in Learning: The background

Cre8us (formerly Creative Partnerships Coventry) exists to encourage creative and cultural organisations, businesses and individuals to form lasting partnerships with schools.  Primary and secondary education in England is undergoing rapid change, central to which is the key government objective that schools should develop a creative approach to engaging with pupils in learning and work with external partners to build real life learning into the curriculum.   Creative Partners in Learning is a development programme, devised by Cre8us in association with Arts+Media Training and School of Fish, that aims to support practitioners involved in creative learning projects in working in an inclusive manner with young people and the wider school community, and enable them to use creativity to solve problems which result in real improvements in pupil behaviour and school performance.

Creative Partners in Learning: The Programme

Cre8us are seeking 20 people with excellent creative skills, who are keen to develop their skills further to enable them to work collaboratively and effectively with school managers, teachers and pupils to bring about change in the aspirations and performance of young people and in the approach and attitudes of educators. This is a unique professional development programme comprising 7 sessions between January and April 2009 with an additional requirement of up 2 x ½ days practice in schools. It is anticipated that applicants may have already had experience of working in educational or community settings and will be able to demonstrate some level of creative project delivery. The types of skills which the programme will help practitioners to develop are much in demand, locally, regionally and nationally and would transfer well to other settings, for example regeneration initiatives and work in the community health and housing sectors. 

Sessions will be held in Coventry including a Coventry school and refreshments will be provided.

Those who satisfactorily complete the programme will gain recognition amongst the region’s local authorities and schools as Creative Partners in Learning. 

What to expect from the programme:

The programme will provide participating cultural and creative workers with:

§         An opportunity to explore the links and differences between learning processes and creative processes, developing a common language for creative learning and creativity

§         An overview of national educational agendas, the Creative Partnerships agenda and an insight to how the curriculum works

§         An understanding of the skills and knowledge required to apply creative learning techniques.

§         An opportunity to review ethos and practice and to build upon existing negotiation, facilitation, planning, monitoring and evaluation skills.

§         An opportunity to practice and develop new skills through a collaborative, small-scale best practice programme with other creatives and a teacher in a primary or secondary school

§         An opportunity to investigate and develop self-reflective and project evaluation practices

Applications Form

Completed applications must be submitted by Monday 3^rd November 2008.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 2^nd December 2008.

Application forms are available from Arts+Media Training:

Email info@amtcc.org.uk, marking your email CPL Application or telephone 024 7615 8311

Arts+Media Training is an independent professional development agency which supports the creative industries and arts professionals to develop and sustain their professional arts business practice.

www.amtcc.org.uk

School of Fish works with a diverse range of organisations across both the public and private sectors to devise and deliver projects.