Community Post Type: Callouts

Community Partners Meet Up, Tuesday 7 June, 10am – 11.30am, Zoom

Do you represent a community organisation in the LCR? Are you interested in finding out more about creative activities with Collective Encounters?

Whether you have worked with Collective Encounters before, or are just curious and would like to know more about what they do, or just fancy a check in with like-minded people then head along to their informal community partners meet up for June.

The session will be led by Abi Horsfield (Outreach Director) and Tessa Buddle (Women in Action Director). It’s a chance for them to find out what other people are up to and also to share a little with you information about their free creative outreach programmes for adults: Above & Beyond and Women in Action. 

Email: tessa@collective-encounters.org.uk for the Zoom link or call/text: 07564 356809

Metal New Artist Network, Thursday 26 May, 7pm, FREE

Do you ever wonder how best to approach a call out, commission or residency opportunity? Not sure how to present your work and or ideas in applications or to arts organisations/galleries?

They’re excited to have Open Eye Gallery and Axis Web join thei Metal New Artist Network for a training session, where they will share experiences of applying for opportunities and details of the support they offer for early career artists.

Register for a free place here

Movema World Dance charity are excited to bring back their annual, FREE, community get-together event Big Union, 11am-4pm on Saturday 11^th June 2022 at The Black-E, Great George Street, Liverpool City Centre and everyone is invited!

Big Union celebrates being human by bringing together all different parts of the Liverpool community to meet, eat, dance and have fun! People keep telling us this is what we need in these hard times post COVID and other difficult events and this is what we all do best!

The last event was in 2018, so they are super excited to be hosting another Big Union 4 years on.

Head along and celebrate yourself and your communities.

How?

1) Have a stall at the event – share information about services you provide to Liverpool community – please confirm by 31 May 2022

2) Head along and bring your family, friends and communities

3) Spread the word!

Contact: ithalia@movema.co.uk

There’s just over a week to go to apply for the PLACED Academy, an award winning, free to access, creative programme that aims to inspire the next generation of designers and place makers from across the northwest.

They’re now recruiting up to 45 young people who:

• Are currently in Year 9, 10, 11 or 12
• Live in the northwest of England
• Are interested in art, design, geography or architecture and the built environment
• Would like to shape decisions about places in the region.

This Academy is completely free to attend and includes:

• Creative workshops and professional development activities, including a four day summer school, monthly Saturday sessions, and monthly evening sessions
• Support and mentoring from professionals, including architects, planners, urban designers, and students, providing a unique insight into careers
• Opportunity to shape decisions and major developments in the region.

Participants will:

• Develop skills, including communication, teamwork, creative thinking and design
• Learn about a variety of careers, helping them to make informed, confident decisions about their next steps, whether college, university, apprenticeships or work experience
• Build their confidence and increase their self-esteem
• Enhance their CV and university application
• Shape places we live, work and spend time in.

Applications close 3rd June, and the programme runs July 2022 until May 2023.

You can find out what the programme offers and apply online NOW by visiting the PLACED Academy website. Questions? Email India@placed.org.uk

The World Reimagined is coming to Liverpool City Region!

The World Reimagined initiative provides an opportunity to face the shared history about the Transatlantic Slave Trade with honesty and empathy and which recognises and celebrates the social, economic, and cultural contribution of Britain’s black communities. Operating across 7 UK cities, The World Reimagined will see trails of globe sculptures installed across cities and city regions that will bring to life the impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. 

As part of this national initiative, Liverpool City Region will see the installation of at least 40 globe sculptures alongside some digital installations that will form a heritage trail of the Journey of Discovery 9 themes dealing with the impact of Transatlantic Slavery and its enduring legacy and impact on contemporary racial inequality.  

Liverpool City Region will host the trail of large Globe sculptures from 13th August to 31st October 2022, created by artists to bring to life a powerful journey of discovery that explores our shared history which will be visited by over 750 thousand people. The trails will be the centre of a broader learning and engagement programme, with schools, community groups, and cultural institutions from across the city region taking part.

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is seeking artists to work with their schools and community groups during June.

They wish to commission artists to work with schools to support them with their designs and creation of their learning globe, that will make up part of the National trail. 

The globes will be created using materials such as acrylic paint, emulsion paints and Posca Pens. 

Objectives 

The commissioned artists will be responsible for delivering the following objectives:

• Facilitate workshops with schools or community groups who require artistic guidance to create their designs for their learning globe in line with The World Reimagined 9 themes of discovery see here.
• Support schools or community groups with the creation of their learning globe in line with the themes of discovery
• Equip schools or community groups with the skills, tools and confidence to curate a high-quality globe that represents the groups interpretations of the themes of The World Reimagined and their message to contribute towards racial justice in LCR. 

By the end of the project the artist will have: 

• Supported and shaped schools or community groups designs for the learning globe in line with the 9 themes of discovery 
• Co-created a learning globe that represents the ideas of the school or community group
• Supported with the artistic curation of a successful arts education programme to understand the impact of Trans-Atlantic slavery in line with the 9 themes of discovery

Fee Approach

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is looking for multiple artists to meet the needs of up to 30 schools and community groups. Each school or community group has a different support requirement which falls into one of three options, detailed below.

They are seeking to match artists with schools, based on the availability of the artist. Each support commission will attract a fee of between £600 and £750 for the artist, with the potential to undertake multiple commissions subject to artist availability.

There is a possibility for one artist to support more than one school or community group. If you would like to be considered for multiple commissions with a number of schools or community groups, please indicate your availability when completing your Expression of Interest.

For any enquiries about the commission, please contact raceequlaityteam@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk / Maleka.egeonu-roby@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk / 07826 923 010 

Timescales 

Artist Expression of Interest closing date 8th June 2022 5pm

LCRCA confirm outcomes of commissioning process 14th June 2022

Wednesday 15th June Mobilisation meeting

Globes to be completed by 10th July 2022. (before schools break up for summer)

 

 

 

Timeframe: June 2022 – December 2023

Budget: £3,500

Inclusive of any expenses required to work within the Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde region.

Deadline: Friday 10th June 2022 at 5pm

Please email laura@bluemoosedance.org.uk for the full Invitation to Tender document.

Outline

Funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Arts-Based Learning Fund, their new project, From Head to Toe, marks a new way of Blue Moose Dance Company working within education; exploring the creative moving body in a different area of the curriculum and developing a longer-term relationship with teaching staff and SLTs.

The project began in September 2021, and will run until December 2023, supported by a Project Manager, administrator, 2 dedicated artists and an audio-visual team for documentation. Through in-school delivery, teacher INSET and Curious Conversations, the project follows a mixed class of Yr3/4 pupils, class teachers and SLTs across two academic years, in 6 different Primary Schools across Wyre and Fylde.

To date, with have worked with a mentor to shape an approach to reflective enquiry, integrating a number of observational and reflective tools into their research process, which they are looking to explore and develop further. They want to put the young person’s voice at the heart of their approach to research, to encourage pupils to better understand their own learning styles and preferences, to be inquisitive and creative.

They would like the person in this role to:

● Work as a critical friend/mentor with Artists and Teachers to guide their reflections towards formulated research outputs

● Facilitate collective dialogue between Artists and Teachers

● Support in guiding the content of outputs (publications, conference presentations, resources for schools and arts organisations)

● Support in analysing emerging findings, developing our process to make findings more robust.

To tender for this work, please provide an outline proposal on how you will approach this work and deliver the intended outputs within the required timescale, your relevant experience and 2 suitable references, by any of the methods below:

● Video Recording (maximum 3 minutes)

● Audio Recording (maximum 3 minutes)

● Written Proposal (maximum 500 words)

The team are looking for creative talent who currently live in the North West for a production of FLOOD Theatre’s play ‘Touch’ at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

‘Touch’ is a piece of verbatim theatre created by Flood Theatre through a series of interviews on connection and belonging with young people in Liverpool. Following the pursuit of connection, ‘Touch’ looks at the ways we find love, create intimacy, experience loneliness, and ultimately find our home.

CASTING CALL:

Jana – (female, mid twenties, no specific ethnicity, German Speaking, Queer) This role will involve German text.

Callum – (male, early-mid twenties, no specific ethnicity, Scouse accent)

Jake – (male, late teens/early twenties, no specific ethnicity, Scouse accent, autistic, no specific sexuality) Only neurodivergent performers will be considered for this role.

Yume – (Gender Non-Conforming, 20-40 yrs, Mixed Heritage/POC, Queer) Only Gender Non-Conforming performers*, who are Mixed Heritage/POC will be considered for this role.

*For us, Gender Non-Conforming includes; Non-Binary, Gender Fluid, Agender, and other non-cisgendered identities.

DATES:

Rehearsals and performance in Liverpool.

Call Back Auditions – 30th May at the Unity Theatre, Hope Place, Liverpool.

Rehearsal Week 1 6th – 10th June Daytime rehearsals between 9am and 6pm in Liverpool
Rehearsal Week 2 13th – 17th June Daytime rehearsals between 9am and 6pm in Liverpool

Performance at Unity Theatre 18th June – Full Day Technical Rehearsal and 7:30pm Show

FEES:

Please be mindful that this project does not have ACE funding and is being supported by the Unity as part of their 2021 Open Call Programme.

All roles are paid at a flat fee of £475.90 across a period of 10 days rehearsal and inclusive of performance in line with Equity and ITC Minimum Rates for Travel & Food Expenses.

Please note, these roles are primarily for North West based performers who live within commuting distance of Liverpool.

If this application process creates a barrier to you applying, please get in touch and they can work with you to make reasonable adjustments.

Closing date: 12 Noon, 26th May

Apply Here: https://forms.gle/LCE5i2H8qmoY1vXA8

The Show

High Times and Dirty Monsters is a brand-new piece of gig theatre from 20 Stories High and Graeae exploring the good times, heartbreaks, and systemic oppressions of Deaf, Disabled, and Neurodivergent young adults in the UK. The show will explore the lived experience of the artists on stage as well as the research from with young people and young adults we are working with across the UK.

Who they are looking for

They already have an amazing group of 4 Deaf, Disabled, neurodivergent and non-disabled artists and are looking for an additional artist to complete the ensemble.

It is not essential, but they will be prioritising artists who have an interest/experience in hip-hop theatre.

They are seeking to employ a culturally diverse group of artists, who reflect the young, diverse, working-class audiences we work with. Merseyside/Northwest-based preferred.

This role will require the performer to share some of their lived experience and identity. They work with wellbeing in mind and provide access to an Artist Wellbeing Practitioner as required.

DATES:

Research & Development week 1: 26 – 30 Sept 2022

FEE:

£500 per week (ITC/Equity Contract). Travel and accommodation will be covered as required

HOW TO APPLY

Please send one of the following submissions to lucy@20storieshigh.org.uk
CV or a written expression of interest
Filmed or audio expression of interest
Online examples of your work (youtube, soundcloud etc)

CLOSING DATE:

FRIDAY 27 May 2022, 12pm

ACCESSIBILITY

The audition venue will be hosted in a wheelchair accessible building.
Please let them know if you have any access requirements and we will work together to meet them.
They will provide travel expenses to the audition venue if you require them.
There is currently no official covid guidance required for this audition. If you would like them to implement any extra measures, please let them know.

FURTHER INFORMATION

They welcome artists with all levels of experience. They will offer support to emerging artists as part of their LAUNCH professional development programme offering training around personal financial and admin management and career development.

Mandela8 require an artist/maker or arts collaborative to develop, design, create and deliver visual arts/creative writing workshops leading to a procession as part of the Mandela Day celebrations on Princes Boulevard and in Princes Park on Monday 18th July.

The artist/s or arts organisation would be required to develop and deliver creative workshops in 8 local schools to create slogans and messages to feature on banners, flags and placards to be carried by the pupils along the Boulevard.

The procession is to celebrate the visions and aspirations of Mandela, encouraging young activism and leadership, empowering our young people through peaceful and positive actions. The artists would be required to act as creative producer for the procession and create a cohesive overall look for the parade, theming sections through colours or banners, and to direct this aspect on the day.

The procession itself will be supported by Culture Liverpool in the City Council. We envisage approx.
400 pupils to be involved.

General Requirements:

Creative writing/visual arts workshops in 8 schools
Design and creation of placards, banners and flags
All transportation requirements of materials and props etc for workshops and procession
Creative Producer role to create coherent themes throughout procession and manage look & feel
Liaison with participating schools to book workshops, develop banners etc and creative production
on the 18th July to facilitate procession

Schools will be identified in partnership with Mandela8 Arts workshops to take place following half-term with all banners, flags, any costumes to be created and produced ready for 18th July 2022. Thought should be given to the method of decoration, durability and sustainability of the banners, placards etc. and suitability for outdoor use. The
banners etc will be returned to the schools afterwards.

All materials to be provided by the artist. (Unison have provided 400 blank placards for use in the
project).

Costs to include R&D, materials, labour, production, facilitation and delivery of schools workshops,
creative production of schools aspect of procession.

Budget: £10K Max inclusive of VAT.

Submissions to be sent to Mandelaliverpool8@gmail.com by 5.00pm on Wednesday 25th May 2022 with proposal/response to theme, design ideas, materials, costs and examples of any previous similar work. Collaborative approaches would be very welcome.