Band Music Opportunity
Play live at this year’s Big Chill festival
Alterhit.com in conjunction with the Big Chill festival is giving one band or solo artists the chance to perform live at this year’s festival.
The public decide who wins the competition and the successful artist will get to play at the festival on Sunday 9th August. For more information visit Alterhit
Film
ArtsFest 2009 - submission info:
“My name is Sam Groves and I am co-ordinating ArtsFest’s film
programme for 2009. If you have a film that you would like to get shown at ArtsFest in September, please send it to (a long with contact details and any relevant information about the film):
Sam Groves
129 Northfield Rd
Kings Norton
Birmingham
B30 1EA
Or e-mail:
sam.groves@hotmail.co.uk
There is no specification for content, so whether it is an old film that
you want to get exhibited or something you’ve recently made, get it in the post (preferably on DVD) and your film could get shown at
Birmingham’s biggest arts festival. The deadline for submissions is
Sunday 14th June 2009.
Opportunity
The outcomes of this programme will be evaluated with the intention of providing ‘space and time’ for an annual ‘salon’ with similar concerns.
PROJECT INTERN - ‘The Act of Drawing’
June - October 2009
VIVID is seeking an intern to assist the programme team with the research and development of ‘The Act of Drawing’.
The Act of Drawing explores the physical act of drawing and it’s representation on screen in various forms. This includes the act of mark making directly onto celluloid, the performative act to camera, and the documentary role of moving image in providing a visual commentary to a drawn event. The Act of Drawing also aims to demonstrate different artistic approaches in visualising the varying personal, political and social boundaries that define contemporary life.
The internship will provide essential professional development for emergent curators and arts professionals in the form of research, administration and networking. Applicants must possess excellent administration, research and coordination skills, and demonstrate good oral and written communication skills. The internship will run 1-2 days per week June to October 2009.
The deadline for applications is 5 PM on Thursday 04 June 2009, interviews will be held on Wednesday 10 June 2009. Please email completed applications to info@vivid.org.uk or post them to: VIVID, 140 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR.
The application form is downloadable at
http://www.vivid.org.uk/files/vivid_internship_programme_-_application_form.pdf
CONTACT
VIVID | 140 HEATH MILL LANE | BIRMINGHAM | B9 4AR
T: 0121 766 7876 | E: info@vivid.org.uk | W: http://vivid.org.uk
Creative Republic Presents:
The Creative Swap Shop
In association with Fazeley Studios
Opening Hours: Friday 12 June, 4pm – 6pm
Fazeley Studios, Digbeth, Birmingham
“Money is Dead. Long Live Barter.”
John-Paul Flintoff, The Sunday Times
Fancy getting a flash new website, but don’t have the funds? Need some striking new product photography but can’t face the price tag? Looking for some financial advice without the fees?
In these challenging economic times, forget about money and embrace bartering at the Creative Swap Shop.
As a highlight of Fazeley Digital 09, Creative Republic and Fazeley Studios are inviting you to meet and mingle with fellow creative types and swap your skills or products for services you really need.
The afternoon will kick off with some good old fashioned speed networking, before guests are invited to barter themselves a bargain.
Before closing time, you’ll also have the chance to bid in our Swap Shop Auction. With some top prizes up for grabs, all you’ll need to do is convince our auctioneer that you’re a worthy winner.
Places are strictly limited, and entry is only available to Creative Republic’s charter signatories who have something to swap! To RSVP, click here and let us know what you’ll be bringing to the Swap Shop.
To take part in more events from Fazeley Digital 09 please visit www.fazeleydigital.com or for more information on Fazeley Studios offices and venue space please visit www.fazeleystudios.com
Film Short
Paper Aeroplane is a micro-budget feature film to be shot in Birmingham, England during August 2009. It will star actor Kriss Dosanjh (This is England, East is East, Dirty Pretty Things) who will also co-produce using his Funki Munki Productions organisation.
Currently the plan is to shoot for 9 days from Saturday 15th August until Sunday 23rd August plus subsequent weekends for any pick-ups / re-shoots.
We are looking for skilled and experienced volunteers who would like to be involved in different aspects of the project e.g. pre- production, fund raising, production, cast and crew, post production. We are also looking for local individuals or businesses to support the project by lending equipment, or donating goods or services. Try us and see…
CONTACT: Brendan O’Neil
Tel: 0798 565 9997
Talent 2009 is set to be an entertainment & fashion extravaganza featuring the cream of the crop of local and national talent. The show will feature singing, dancing, poetry, rapping and a series of mini fashion shows featuring both up-coming designers and models. Coordinated by Aspire4U - founded by BCU students and graduates - the project will help give th elocal community a renewed sense of positivity and pride in young people.
further info:
info@aspire4u.co.uk
07745 540 519
Art Exhibition
Margaret Street 2009 - Degree Show
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 6:00pm
Promises to a great show ( and after party!) with the latest work form BIAD Fina Art students.
Creative Community
Wrote Under: The Movie - take two
Local multi-creative collective Wrote Under are back with a second clip from their work-in-progress documentary, provisionally and thoughtlessly entitled “Wrote Under: The Movie”.
Wrote Under are a ramshackle collective of amateur and professional creatives whose talents include poetry, comedy, comedy-poetry, songwriting, experimental performance, visual arts, philosophy, bipolarity, psychoanalysis and care in the community. They got together to raise some money and publish books, and ended up doing some other stuff together too, like running a monthly open mic. So they’ve decided to have a go at filmmaking too because someone once told them that not knowing what you’re doing can sometimes be a strength.
Since the first clip was aired at the beginning of April, one of their founder members has emerged from one of his long bouts of self-imposed isolation and in a burst of post-hibernation creativity has decided to finish his opus magnum, a novel called “The Benediction Chronicles” which he’s been writing on and off for about ten years. He thinks Wrote Under will publish it. You’ll have to watch the clip to find out what they think.
www.wroteunder.wordpress.com
Art Exhibition
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“Orchard Lawns” Jo Barry“You, your friends and family are cordially invited to the opening of
“Fresh from the Press” - An Original Print Exhibition at Purple Gallery on
Sunday 3rd May between 2.15 pm & 6.15 pm. Wine and soft drinks will be
served during the afternoon and the Sculpture garden will also be open
for teas and other refreshments.
We have ten new printmakers exhibiting for the first time at Purple Gallery
Please click on the the link to our May newsletter which gives further
information about the Exhibition:
