Community Post Type: Callouts

CREATIVITY AS A RESEARCH TOOL

Open Space Event

Thursday 20th June, 10.00am – 12.30pm
Online via Zoom

Collective Encounters are delighted to announce their next online Open Space event exploring research, creativity and social change.

Open Spaces are participant-led events where the agenda and discussion are driven by those in the room. At the beginning of the event guest speakers will introduce key principles and practices behind the theme and offer provocations for discussion. Together they set the agenda and you will be able to move freely between conversations.

Calling Question:
How can creativity facilitate research for social change?

Guest speakers are Beatrice Egid and Natalie Denny

Ticket Cost: £5.00

To book, see here

They have a small number of bursary places available for those with limited funds, please email info@collective-encounters.org.uk

Join Rawd for their first Are Boards Boring? research group meeting.

Their goal is to address the under representation of disabled, D/deaf and neurodivergent people on boards.

Through their action research group, they want to create more access to leadership/decision making roles in arts and culture based organisations, including those who are learning disabled neurodiverse, D/deaf, visually impaired or physically disabled.

If you would like to join please contact hello@rawdproject.co.uk to confirm your place.

Thursday 27th June, 10:30am-12:30pm
Squash Cafe 112-114, Windsor Street, Liverpool L8 8EQ

Are you based in the North of England? Does your practice incorporate circus, and are you in interested in testing the form and some new ideas in a residency this September 2024?

The Lancaster Arts TEST residency is an opportunity to experiment with your practice or test new ideas through a supported residency in the Nuffield Theatre, rather than develop a new show or piece of work. In September 2024, this will be their second residency for artists/collectives who include contemporary circus in their practice; this may include circus, theatre, dance or live artists and may involve taking your practice in a new direction influenced by new artforms.

They are seeking to support practice that is innovative, contemporary, and cross artform, and requires a large theatre space for its development. The residency will include technical and producer support and an opportunity to engage with the full Lancaster Arts team.

‘The non-show-outcome based residency allowed me freedom to explore artistic ideas, training and writing without the pressure to deliver a polished performance. [It] supported me to explore multiple strands of my practice with time and space and scale. This allowed for long-term thinking, and the streamlining of my ideas.’
https://www.lancasterarts.org/ideas/tom-cassani-testing-the-strange – Tom Cassani, TEST residency: On Circus, 2023

You can find out full information and how to apply for this opportunity on their https://www.lancasterarts.org/ideas/lancaster-arts-test-residency-on-circus-2024 – News page.

Key Dates:

Application Deadline: Midnight Sunday, 30 June 2024

• Interview shortlisted applicants (online) 17/18 July 2024
• Site visit to Lancaster: Week of 5 Aug 2024
• Nuffield Residency: 16 – 20 September 2024 (with a sharing on 20 Sept)

Please contact: alice@lancasterarts.org with any questions or if you wish to apply in a different format for access reasons. Please note that they cannot read application drafts.

Lancaster Arts is committed to encouraging diversity and intersectionality in the arts and they actively encourage proposals from artists from under-represented communities, including people from the Global Majority, and/or those identify as working class, have disabilities, or are from the LGBTQ+ community.

Artist Fai McCabe has announced she will be curating her first exhibition ‘In The Shadow Of Strength’ this September. A charity art exhibition, in collaboration with The Lodge Wellness Centre, to raise money to fund holistic therapies for women with breast cancer.

They are seeking artists for the exhibition. Entries from artists of all backgrounds are encouraged.

Closing date: 28th July

Exhibition held 13-16th September 2024

The submission form can be found at faimccabeart.com/open-call

The Big Imaginations Artist Imagination Fund is back!

Big Imaginations is on the look out for artists to support and help them develop new and exciting work for children and families.

This year the funding is broken down in to 3 separate pots that artists are welcome to apply for.

Head to the BI website to apply and for more information.

This year, they’re looking for four exciting actors based in Merseyside to develop themselves as actors making work in community spaces.

The course takes place in two parts.

The first part are weekly training sessions from September – December in which you will receive acting training and professional development skills.

The second part takes place from January – March with a paid 2-week rehearsal and 2-week mini tour of a brand-new show Wobble-Bass Frequencies written by our Artistic Director Keith Saha.

They are specifically looking for working class, culturally diverse, Deaf/Disabled and neurodivergent actors from Merseyside.

So, if you think this is for you, and want more information to apply please visit their website or email roxy@20storieshigh.org.uk for more details.

Closing date: 1 July

New Works at Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse exists to discover, champion and support new writing in Liverpool. Their annual Open Submissions window is an invitation for writers to introduce themselves via their work, and an opportunity to begin a conversation.

Open Submissions is one of the key ways that New Works engages with local talent. Possible outcomes from your submission might be:

written feedback
dramaturgical support from their New Works Associate
free space to workshop and share your work

Submission criteria

Submissions are open until 30 June 2024.

Plays must be:

· by writers either from or currently living in Liverpool City Region (i.e. the boroughs of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral)
· written for stage (i.e. not film, TV or radio scripts, or poetry/prose)
· original works (i.e. not adaptations of novels or existing plays)
· unproduced (i.e. not staged in a full production – scratches or sharings are fine)

They can also only accept one play per writer.

What happens when I submit?

After you complete the short online form to submit your script, you’ll get a confirmation of submission.

They will then share scripts out between the Artistic team and our reading panel – a diverse group made up of freelance theatre makers, writers, director and producers.

The scripts are read in two rounds:

· Round One. They read approximately 1/3 of the script (or up to 25 pages), and put scripts forward which meet their aims for new work.
· Round Two. Scripts are read in full, and then discussed by the team. Recommendations for next steps are made.

Based on the readers’ recommendations, they then put together a programme of support.

How do they decide what support is offered?

They aren’t able to offer everything to everyone, so they tailor support according to how closely the scripts meet the creative aims of New Works – but they ask what you’d find useful when you submit, and do as much as we can to support that need.

They’ll talk to you about what they can offer when we contact writers after the reading process.

When will I hear back?

They aim to contact all writers in September.

Can I send in my script outside of the submission window?

Outside of their script windows, they are always looking to establish new relationships with talented writers and theatre makers in the North West. So, if you’re a playwright based locally and you’d like to tell them about your work, please do get in touch at newworks@everymanplayhouse.com.

They won’t necessarily be able to read a full script or offer feedback outside of their script windows, but they are always happy to get to know you.

How do I become a script reader?

They currently have more interested script readers than available places on the panel, so will be recruiting from that pool this year.

If you’d like to be considered for future submission windows, please email newworks@everymanplayhouse.com with your CV, and they’ll put it on file.

For more information, please visit https://www.everymanplayhouse.com/new-works/script-submissions

Liverpool City Council are looking to award unrestricted funding to Liverpool-based voluntary, charity and social enterprise (VCFSE) partnerships and organisations. The youth and community grant replaces the youth and play and community resources grants, which both end on 31st August 2024.

Amount of funding available

There is a total estimated budget of £1.6 million per year, over 5 years. £950,000 per year is ringfenced to support organisations and partnerships that provide at least some youth and/or play provision that meets the following definitionYouth and play definition

Education (especially youth work) and recreational leisure-time (for example, outside of school hours) activities and facilities which are for the improvement of the wellbeing of children and young people age 8 to 19, and those with learning difficulties or disabilities aged 20 to 24.

Wellbeing relates to:

• physical and mental health and emotional wellbeing
• protection from harm and neglect
• education, training and recreation
• the contribution made by young people to society
• social and economic wellbeing

Organisation objectives

Your partnership or organisation must have at least one of the following objectives:

• Greener and cleaner neighbourhoods
• Increase in active travel
• Improvement in physical health
• Improvement in mental health
• Reduction in social isolation and loneliness
• Children, young people and adults feel safe
• Improvement in education and training
• Increase in civic participation
• Improvement in financial wellbeing
• Children, young people and adults have access to justice
• A modern, independent, sustainable VCFSE sector

Who can apply?

You must be able to answer yes to all of the following to be eligible to apply:

• Is your organisation based in Liverpool?
• Is your organisation a voluntary, charity, faith or social enterprise sector organisation?
• Does your organisation have all relevant policies and procedures in place?
• Do all the staff and volunteers in your organisation who are in contact with children and young people have enhanced DBS checks?
• Does your organisation have all relevant insurances in place?
• Does your organisation have an up-to-date governing document?
• Does your organisation have an active business bank account in the name of the organisation?

You must also be able to answer no to the following:

• Does your organisation intend to use this funding to promote political parties?
• Does your organisation intend to use this funding to either practise or promote religion or religious beliefs?

Before you apply

They advise you to read the guidance and scoring documents, and other information below before submitting your application online:

How to apply

Apply online for the youth and community grant

Read their privacy notice which tells you how they use your data.

What happens next?

They will review all eligible stage 1 applications and carry out the due diligence as outlined in the guidance and scoring document.

They will share applications with councillors to gain their insight, so that their knowledge can be considered when funding decisions are made.

The Corporate Director of Neighbourhoods and Housing, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, Communities and Streetscene, will decide whether to make applicants conditional offers or not.

Unsuccessful applicants will not have the right of appeal.

If you receive a conditional offer, you will proceed to stage 2, where they will collect more detailed information and any supporting documentation.

They will notify you of the stage 1 decision at the end of July/start of August.

Further information

If you have a query that is not included in the guidance and scoring document please email youthandcommunitygrants@liverpool.gov.uk

Access payments

If you have an accessibility issue with any part of our application process and need additional support, you can ask for an access payment of up to £500 to help you apply. You can use this for  a range of support including a scribe, BSL interpreter, translator, screen reader, additional staff time, access to work support or other support tailored to your needs.

To ask for this support, email youthandcommunitygrants@liverpool.gov.uk and enter ‘Access Payments for youth and community grant’ in the subject field. They will contact you to ask for the following information:

• Organisation name
• Accessibility issue
• Bank details
• What you require an access payment for
• How much you need (maximum of £500)

If approved, they aim to make the access payment within a week or receiving all the relevant details. They will make the payment directly to your organisation.

 

Oxton Art Fair curated guest artist call out.

You can explore the work from their 2023 fair here

Closing date:16th June, Midnight

Email arts@oxtonartfair.co.uk to register your interest and receive their one page application form.

Lancashire Fringe Festival is one of the UK’s most exciting fringe-style performance festivals. The festival will take place between late September and October 2024 in Preston.

This is a funded festival. They will pay you to perform.

As well as programming for this festival in the autumn they also have a number of dates in their extended programme, which will see shows happening in Preston every month for the next year following the festival. You can see what they’ve done with the festival previously here: https://enjoyshow.co.uk/lancashire-fringe-festival/

They are looking for a diverse range of shows and performers to be part of the festival, from spoken word and contemporary performance to live art and everything in between.

If you have an exciting idea and want to put it forward as a piece to be commissioned apply now!

Closing date for submissions is 11.59pm, Sunday, June 16, 2024.

Download the word doc submission form here: https://enjoyshow.co.uk/2024/05/23/lancsfringe-calll-out-003-performer-call-out/