NEW ARTSPLAN TRAINING

July 12th, 2010  |  Published in Uncategorized

Dear Colleague
Artsplan is delighted to have the following youth arts training courses taking place in the West Midlands this autumn:
‘Creative Consultation with Young People’ - 19th October 2010, 10 am- 4.15 pm, WAYC, Leamington Spa
‘Using the Arts to Develop Aspiration, Leadership and Potential’ - 16th November 2010, 9.45 am- 4 pm, Netherton Arts Centre, Dudley
Please find further course details below.
To book a place on an upcoming course please complete and return the attached course booking form, by post of email.
If you book on to 2 or more courses, or book on to any course with a colleague you can request 20% discount off the total course fee!
If you would like any further information please do let me know.
Many thanks
The Artsplan Team
Creative Consultation with Young People

19th October 2010, 10 am- 4.15 pm, WAYC, Leamington Spa

This course is suitable for anyone who is looking to consult with young people through engagement in creative participatory activities. There is increasing pressure from national and local government, funders, organisations and young people themselves for organisations involved in youth arts activities to consult effectively. With this in mind, Artsplan has created this course to respond to this growing need and to inspire course participants to undertake meaningful, well structured, planned, engaging and dynamic consultation programmes with young people.

This course has been created as a result of a huge amount of research via ENYAN (English National Youth Arts Network) into effective, creative methods of consulting with young people. The evidence gained shows clearly the benefits of creative consultation as a tool for gaining access to young people’s real thoughts, fears, options, hopes and aspirations.

The course has been developed in partnership with a range of organisations across 9 English regions who have submitted case studies demonstrating the creative consultation techniques they have used with young people. All participants will receive the ENYAN ‘Youth Arts Consultation Toolkit’ as well as a wealth of additional course materials.

Using the Arts to Develop Aspiration, Leadership and Potential

16th November 2010, 10 am- 4.15 pm, Netherton Arts Centre, Dudley

This one day course looks to demonstrate how the arts can be used as a mechanism to develop young people’s leadership skills, aspiration and potential. Participation in cultural activities can have a significant impact on young people’s development and can give young people the chance to develop important life skills such as creativity, confidence, self discipline, effective communication and the ability to work in teams. This course makes the case for why we should be investing time and resources into providing creative opportunities for young people that can engage and empower them. Particular focus is given to initiatives, projects and programmes that are aimed at nurturing future cultural leaders.

The course explores how the development of leadership, aspiration and potential can enable a young person to translate their imagination into reality and secure a better future- for themselves and for others. Participants will broaden their understanding of how the arts can help young people to see, experience, reflect in different ways, often providing a gateway to enhanced understanding of themselves and empathy with others.

The course celebrates inspirational examples of young people who have excelled through engagement in youth-led arts projects, continue to achieve and are an inspiration to both the youth and cultural sectors at large.

Rachel Preston

Artsplan Development Manager


Music Works - Exploring the use of music in Youth Work

May 11th, 2010  |  Published in Uncategorized

Are you a youth worker who wants to use music in their work?

Are you musician who wants to work in youth work settings?

Do you want to make new connections, share best practice and try out some practical hands-on options?

Then this is the event for you.

MusicLeader West Midlands, Youth Music, and the Regional Youth Work Unit at GOWM are proud to present this free one-day event exploring how youth workers can support young people making music.

 

When - Monday 21st June 2010, 9.30am- 3.30pm

Where – mac, Birmingham

 

The day will include presentations from experienced guest speakers plus a range of participatory workshops covering areas such as:

using music technology

creating spaces for music , and how band building works in practice

working across different musical cultures

using live music - young people as music leaders

To register your interest please contact the MusicLeader West Midlands Office

T: 0121 446 3234

E: west-midlands@musicleader.net

 

Dance 4 Health Conference

June 23rd, 2009  |  Published in Events, News

Dance 4 Health

16th September 2009, 10.00am - 2.00pm
Trident Centre, Warwick

Warwickshire County Council’s County Arts Service has completed a six month
action research project exploring the impact dance has on participants’
social engagement, health and wellbeing.

This half day conference will be an opportunity to hear from health professionals, artists and
commissioners about their role in the programme and the results of
the independent evaluation.

There will be an opportunity to participate in workshop sessions covering the broad range of
interest groups involved in the project including dance for older people, young people, BME
communities and adults with disabilities.

For more information, contact Warwickshire County Council’s Art Service:
01926 412492, countyartsservice@warwickshire.gov.uk
http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/Corporate/pages.nsf/Links/807CBFC95C7DA8D4802575D600382620

£40 booking fee
£20 community, voluntary and individual artists

The Dance4Health project was financially supported by Warwickshire County Council, Arts Council England West Midlands, North Warwickshire School Sports Partnership and supported by Dancescape (Coventry Warwickshire & Solihull Dance Development Project).

Call up for digital training for youth workers and young leaders

June 3rd, 2009  |  Published in News

Hi folks
We are running a training day for youth workers and young leaders interested in developing skills
In music beat making and photoshop/ graphic skills/ video editing and DJ’ing.

Its aimed at those with very little skills and its aimed at making it as easy as possible to get up and running.

Would any of your staff or partner organisations be interested in attending such a session.
It would be 5 hours in total and would include lunch.

Obvioulsy we can only run this if we have enough intertest and therefore at this stage request that you get in touch to express your interest. Please contact me direct at the GAP as below
Many thanks

Steve McGarvey

Youth Development Manager
The GAP Community Centre
tel: 01926 494200
mob: 07886 493884
email: stevethegap@btconnect.com

QUESTION: What do you get if you cross 100 youth workers and a handful of artists?

February 26th, 2009  |  Published in News, Uncategorized

Want to know more … Read about Warwickshires’ County Youth (ARTS) Training day taking place on  Sat 28th February 2009! - live blogging direct from the event !!

To leave a comment click on the title !

Stomping out some rhythms in the Make Some Noise workshop

Stomping out some rhythms in the Make Some Noise workshop

If you came to the conference we would love to hear from you… simply click on the title and add a comment

Also DONT FORGET you have been issued with a password so that you can access the back end of this site (via membership log on) where you will find resources from the day and contact details for all the artists involved as well as much more.

Your password was on your name sticker … but no worries if you’ve lost it simply contact clare mitchell info@wyan.org.uk and she can remind you what your password is ….

MORE photos to follow ….

 

WYAN connect - 12/18/08

December 18th, 2008  |  Published in Events


Event
WYAN connect
When
Thursday, December 18, 2008
7:00pm - 16-100
Where
Jubilee House, Westlea Rd
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, UK CV31 3JE
Other Info
WYAN Connect event - ever wanted to know where to start with youth arts. This short training course will give you the know how. For more info Contact Clare Mitchell 01926 742486

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WYAN connect - 12/16/08

December 16th, 2008  |  Published in Events


Event
WYAN connect
When
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
7:00pm - 16-100
Where
Arden house (map)
Stratford Upon Avon
Warwickshire
Other Info
Ever wanted to know where to start with youth arts - this short training course will show you how

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