Find out WOTS ON! this summer in Warwickshire !

Find out WOTS ON! this summer in Warwickshire !

Youth Music Week 2010 is coming…

Well, technically, we’ve got a wee while to go, but we think we’re worthy of a gold star for enthusiasm at least.

From Wednesday 27 October to Wednesday 3 November 2010 we’ll be banging that drum, tooting that trumpet and generally shouting from the rooftops about the power of music to transform young lives and we want YOU to be part of it.!

Youth Music Week is the biggest annual national celebration of young people’s music making in the world EVER - allegedly.

You can get involved in a whole variety of ways, whether through putting on your own Youth Music Week event, supporting our work by making a donation or joining in with a whole range of eclectic musical extravaganzas taking place across the country.

Whether you’re an aspiring young musical star, music leader, or you’ve never even had the opportunity to pick up a recorder, Youth Music Week is there for you!

It’s also a chance for us to raise vital funds to help us in our mission to transform many more young lives through the power of music.

As you may have gathered we’re getting rather excited. Hope you are too!

Want to find out more? Get in touch with us at info@youthmusic.org.uk or sign up for the Youth Music newsletter to receive updates throughout the year.

Find out WOTS ON! this summer in Warwickshire !

Find out WOTS ON! this summer in Warwickshire !

Summer fun for families at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

There are lots of free activities for families to enjoy together at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum during the summer holidays:

* As part of the London 2012 Open Weekend, listen to a professional storyteller bring art works to life on Saturday 24 July. This event is suitable for the whole family and each participant will be set a challenge to solve. There are two sessions starting at 12noon and 2pm.

* The Art Gallery & Museum’s Art Cart Family Fun sessions take place on the last Saturday of every month from 1 - 3pm. Families can take part in a different activity at each session, create artwork in the galleries and have lots of fun.

* Children can create their own masterpieces at the Children’s Art Competition on Saturday 7 August from 11am - 3pm. Prizes will be announced at 3.30pm. The competition is open to children in three age categories, 6 years and under, 7 -10 and 11 - 15. Everyone who takes part will receive a small prize! The Friends of Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum (FLAG) support this annual event.

* Try out different creative activities each week at the Summer Art Club on Thursday afternoons throughout August. The activities are suitable for children aged 6 -12 years, lots of exciting art and craft materials will be provided and children can take their artwork home with them. The club runs on Thursday 5, 12, 19 and 26 August from 2 - 4pm. Sessions last 30 minutes, final entry 3.30pm.

* Haddie’s Trails will help families with very young children to explore displays in the museum and will finish in Haddie’s Gallery, a space designed especially for families. There are four different trails to try and each one can take as little or as much time as the visitors want. The trails are available during normal opening hours and can be collected from the art gallery reception desk.

These events are delivered on a drop in basis. There is no need to book but at busy times families may be asked to wait. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Curatorial officer, Vicki Slade said: ‘Visiting the Art Gallery & Museum is free and lots of fun whatever the weather. Alongside our programme of events there are lots of things to see and do during normal opening hours. Kids can explore the drawers and pockets of our Art Cart, dress up like a Victorian, do some colouring in, explore our historic Hammam and lots more.’

To find out more please call 01926 742700, email prooms@warwickdc.gov.uk or visit www.warwickdc.gov.uk/royalpumprooms

 The Kindness of Strangers’ will be at Cox’s Yard at 8pm on 10^th June as part of the Stratford Fringe Festival

Excellent piece of new writing. Catherine Edwards, SCRIPT

A funny and moving play featuring a superbly judged performance by Robert Lister.

Peter Leslie Wild, BBC Radio Drama

On the edge of my seat throughout the entire play (…) It was a tour de force performance from Robert Lister and a superb script from Vanessa Oakes.

Theatre Student Stratford upon Avon College

A devastatingly convincing portrayal of a man in crisis.

Debbie Moody, Director of Studies, Stratford upon Avon College

To publicise Warwickshire Arts Week, which takes place in July, North Warwickshire are holding  2 events open to all artists – just come along – bring something to show/sell. WAW brochures should be available.

Saturday, June 5^th Atherstone Carnival, Market Square.

OPEN AIR ART EXHIBITION (Weather permitting)

Come and hang your art on the railings 10.00 – 5.00 ish

Sunday, June 6^th Riversley Park, Nuneaton

ART IN THE PARK

Bring a chair and some work, or sit and sketch or just sit

and listen to the band.  11.00 to 3.00

Dear Colleague,

This unconference (a participant driven conference centred on a theme or purpose) will consider how strategic lessons can be learnt through frontline delivery from ‘Find Your Talent’ pathfinders and local authorities delivering cultural entitlement across England.

At the event, we will explore the potential for delivering a realistic universal entitlement to culture in a climate of reducing resources. The day focuses on how cultural practice emerging from youth focused initiatives can impact on educational strategy and build resilience within local authority provision for young people.

The programme is participant led, with lots of spaces for reflection and practical tips for future planning.

The unconference is particularly suitable for:

Individuals interested in using arts/ creativity to meet a wide range of local authority agenda for young people

Those with responsibility for young people (youth group leaders, youth workers in community, health and neighbourhood centres amongst others)

Children’s services professionals

Local Authority Arts Officers with responsibility for children and young people

Directors or Senior Managers with strategic responsibility for service delivery for children and young people

Confirmed speakers include ‘Find Your Talent’ pathfinders and a number of local authority departments with responsibility for cultural entitlement however, you as the audience will be key drivers in determining the content and programme of this unconference. There are therefore spaces open for presentations or questions that you might wish to discuss.

Karen@hybridconsulting.org.uk

, from Thursday 3rd June till Thursday 24th June.

Kind regards

Samina

Dr Samina Zahir

Hybrid

Studio 1/105 I The Greenhouse I Gibb Street I Birmingham I B9 4AA

T: 0121 270 6389 I M: 07946 579655

To find out more, you can:

www.hybridconsulting.org.uk

http://twitter.com/Hybridposts

www.facebook.com/hybridconsulting

Dear Friends and Colleagues

Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th July, Manchester UKnicole@xtrax.org.uk

We would like to invite you to register as a delegate for this years Urban Moves International Dance Festival in Manchester.

Once again the festival takes place around the city of Manchester over 3 days and features spectacular aerial dance pieces, 4 new commissions and international companies from Greece, France, Spain and Italy.

Programme highlights include:

XTRAX is working with Dance Initiative Greater Manchester to provide programmers, promoters and arts professionals with an opportunity to meet and network with others working in the outdoor dance performance sector from across the UK and internationally.

Promoters / professionals attending as delegates will be invited to:

International panel discussion

Artist pitches

Receptions and networking meetings

Opportunities to meet the artists, agents and organizers

In addition XTRAX shall be running a free ‘Introduction to developing dance outdoors’ session, which will provide advice and guidance to dance artists, companies and producers considering or beginning to develop work for the outdoors. The meeting shall include presentations from a leading outdoor dance practitioner and promoter.

The artistic programme is attached and further information is available on www.xtrax.org.uk

XTRAX events for 2010 also include:

For further information on this event please visit our website.

 If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us and we hope to see you in July.

Best wishes,

 Maggie Clarke & Nicole Bayes (XTRAX)

The XTRAX website hosts a free online directory of over 400 Street Artists and 250 Promoters:

 http://www.xtrax.org.uk/virtual_showcase.php

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