Once again Make has collaborated with Invisible Wind Factory to bring you a superb summer shopping experience on Sunday 21st August 2022! With independent stalls, food, and entertainment throughout the day.
They’re looking for artists, crafters, makers, and bakers to take part as stallholders!
The team are looking for committed volunteers to play a key part in realising this year’s Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (Thursday 7 – Sunday 17 July)
Key events they are looking for support include:
Performances: LAAF launch event (Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Fri 7 July); London Syrian Ensemble (Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Fri 15 July), Curfew (Unity Theatre, Sat 16 July)
Visual art exhibitions: Yemen in Conflict (various sites) and Impressions from an Archive/Hannaa Hamdache (Exhibition Research Lab, LJMU)
Family Day (Sefton Park Palm House, Sunday 17 July)
Volunteers will need to be available during the festival period and ideally commit to 2 shifts. The role will give volunteers practical experience of event support, audience engagement and artist liaison. It is a great opportunity to work closely with their team on an international festival.
Travel expenses will be covered, along with expenses towards lunch, if applicable for the shift.
A full volunteer induction will be held in Liverpool before the festival.
Interested? Please complete this online form before Friday 17 June: https://www.arabartsfestival.
Merseyside Expanding Horizon is pleased to present the Free Training for empowering families and community within the frame of the RADart Project that will take place the 7th and 15th June 2022.
The Training will take place at The Big Onion, 116-118 The Palatine, Strand Shopping Centre, Bootle, L20 4SU
They would love to invite family members and members of the wider community.
RADart project is promoted by our organisation in partnership with Town Hall Kostryzn nad Odra (Poland), Osservatorio di Genere (Italy), Le Foyer des Jeunes des Marolles (Belgium), Élan Interculturel (France) and it is co-funded by Erasmus + Programme of European Union.
Through a successful cooperation, the partnership was able to develop methodologies to improve the competences of youth workers underlying how crucial ART can be if used as a vehicle to prevent the risk of radicalisation.
At this stage of the Project, the goal is to raise awareness of the risks of extremism and radicalisation among family members and communities through accessible guidelines. These guidelines forecasts to:
The Training attempts to illustrate the results achieved so far, their research and solutions.
To book or enquire, email: train@expandinghorizons.co.uk
For more information about the project visit: https://radartproject.com/
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.
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 11th 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:
This Academy is completely free to attend and includes:
Participants will:
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:
By the end of the project the artist will have:
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