Community Post Type: Callouts

They value the opportunity to work with a range of local organisations, expert in working with particular communities. They welcome a collaborative approach to delivering the requirements summarised in the briefs. They are looking to commission multiple community-led organisations to deliver all or parts of the engagement.

Ideally, they would like to procure engagement from multiple community-led organisations that are embedded in and working with local communities, who are able to act as a trusted voice and to encourage participation. They are supportive of small organisations collaborating with one another to deliver what is set out in their proposals.

They have opportunities for new projects in 2024

PROJECT 1

It’s a small world.

Several compact boxes either side of a central pole, will showcase five 30/40 seconds video projection works. They are searching for innovative ideas to bring the idea of ‘It’s A mall World’ to life through the mesmerizing art of projection mapping.

Through light art, video mapping and 3D animations, they are seeking a creative and immersible visual experience that captivates and engages viewers

Budget £5,000

PROJECT 2

Making Art with plastic waste

Recycling workshops to create illuminated artworks. This installation will be an environmental statement of course, but it is also a community project involving local residents, fuelling a collaborative and eco-friendly project; using recycled plastic bottles. where the process is as important as the results.

Wildlife and nature provide an unbridled source of inspiration for injecting poetic magic into artwork for LP 2024

Budget £5,000

PROJECT 3

Pitch Your Idea

They are seeking project proposals from organisations to deliver a new project engaging with our local community. Targeting groups who do not usually engage with the Lightpool Festival, and break down barriers, to increase cultural participation and create long term relationships.

Your creative project should include one of the key Lightpool strands – art, light, music, performance.

Budget £6,000

Please email your proposal to admin@lightpool.org.uk and complete the application form

Closing date: 17 June

Brightersound are commissioning innovative new work that examines or challenges the future of the music industry and global music cultures.

Open to artists, collectives, promoters or labels, if selected you’ll be given a £5,000 budget to bring your idea to life!

You’ll have between June-October 2024 to develop your work before it’s showcased, be that a live event, online or something for print

Apply here by Sunday 30 June

Building on the success of the https://www.brightersound.com/the-feed/here-to-remember-artists/ – first Here to Remember, this commission is for South Asian and South Asian mixed heritage artists.

Curated by https://www.instagram.com/daytimers_uk/ – Daytimers, a collective championing the sounds, stories and voices of South Asian creative communities, as part of the commission you’ll take part in group workshops and archival research, with one-to-one mentoring to support your creative process.

If chosen you’ll spend the summer and early autumn exploring collective memory and heritage through your own experiences of history, memory and lineage.

This is for you if you’re interested in:

• Exploring the South Asian experience in your work through archiving, ancestry, memory and https://medium.com/afrotectopia-imagineer-fellowship-2020/speculative-art-healing-through-radical-imagination-bc3934ca21d3 – speculative art
• Storytelling
• Experimentation

“To go forward we must remember our past and hold on to the present. DAYTIMERS, a collective and platform for South Asian artistry, is named in honour of obscured pasts. We eagerly anticipate ‘Here To Remember’ as a chance to keep that promise and facilitate artists to pave the way forward with this commission.” – Daytimers

Fee: £1500

Closing date: Sunday 16 June, 11pm

To apply, see here

Not only are they seeking new performers to be Rubbish with them- they want to offer you a chance to learn some Rubbish, too. They’re an award-winning theatre company who have been producing critically-acclaimed theatre for 14 years!

Are you ready to develop your skills in comedy and Shakespearean performance in an inclusive and open environment? AND at the same time, audition to be part of the Rubbish Shakespeare family? Look no further! The Rubbish Shakespeare Company invites you to an engaging and inclusive workshop audition that’s not just fun – it’s Rubbish with a capital R!

At the end of the workshop audition, all participants will develop their skills and practice in the following areas:

– adapting Shakespeare’s scripts (and making them relevant)

– performing Shakespeare’s language

– improvisation and devising

– comedy and clowning

– workshop facilitation

Plus, you may be offered the opportunity to join the Rubbish Shakespeare ranks at the end of it!

Send a CV, and a hundred or so words about why you would like to work with them. Or better yet send a 2-3 minute video detailing your experience and why you would like to work with them. If you know a speech, knock it out the park! But no worries if not. Just make sure to introduce yourself at the beginning, particularly your name and gender pronouns.

Then…
**SEND IT TO THEM** at clem@rubbishshakespearecompany.com
They’ll let you know if you’ve been accepted, or have been unsuccessful, two days after submission. Preference will be given to performers based in the North West.

Closing date: 5 June

Junction is Liverpool’s latest business support programme crafted especially for creative leaders looking to make their mark on the world.

Free access to three, half-day and in person sessions to give you the tools to deliver long-term sustainable growth.
Junction will help you disrupt the market, accelerate your business and emerge into new markets.

Find out more and register at www.gatherlcr.com/junction

Junction is fully funded thanks to their partners. It has been commissioned by Liverpool City Council with course fees covered through their Business Support Service, which is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund with the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority as the lead authority.

Fridge Magnet Theatre are looking for two performers and a co-director to direct alongside their artistic director for their new short play Chiropodist Apocalypse!

Show summary:

“Claudia Winkleman uses Head Shoulders shampoo, okay? Otherwise her whole life would be a lie.”
Flatmates Bon and Sammy are engaging in their favourite pass time of the week, Stardust Sundays. This week’s theme is spa but things are different, they’re living in an apocalypse and Sammy wants to go outside.

Performers must be available to perform in Liverpool on Friday 14th June as part of Fright Wig Theatre’s Scratch Night.

Directors: Do you have experience directing playful, character driven theatre? Do you want to network with other creatives?

Performers and Directors, please send your CV and a short expression of interest to fridgemagnettheatre@gmail.com by 9pm on Monday 27th May!

They look forward to hearing from you! Find out more about the play and this opportunity on their Instagram @fridgemagnet.theatre

The AIR Open is back for 2024- this time at a new location; Rogue Artist Studios CIC. This means this years show is going to be bigger and better than ever before with up to 60 works being chosen for selection and up to £2000 worth of prizes to be won!

​This is open to any artist, any theme, any location and will be for a physical group show taking place at Rogue Studios in August-September 2024. Just show us your best work!

It costs £5 per piece to enter and you can enter up to three works for consideration.

Closing date: 30th June

Apply online www.airgallery.space/current

The team are looking for a experienced events production manager who has experience of overseeing events operations on varying scales.

You will be used to dealing with contractors suppliers and acts.

You will be used to dealing with any issues during events such as lost child situations.

You will be used to reading, understanding and following event management plans and risk assesment’s that have been written by others.

You will be used to carrying out post event ops reports.

You will be used to thinking on your feat and capable of dealing with any issues quickly and safely.

You must have an up to date enhanced DBS check.

Ideally you will have a qualification in events management or similar.

To apply, see here

Closing date: 28 June