SEMINAR PROGRAMME – the fee for all seminars is £12Building Processional Images
Saturday 30th April 2005
10 am – 4 pm St Peter’s Hall, Newlyn
Charge: £12
Leaders – Chris Nixon and Billy Wynter
Develop the skills necessary to make large and articulated processional withy images. The day will cover ways of making strong structures and will look at a variety of methods that can be used to articulate and carry different works. Although this session is practically based there will also be the opportunity to view previous Mazey Day images within the day and learn from past experience. Practitioners who are experienced at working within the school/community context will lead the day.
Materials will be provided but you will need to bring your own pair of secateurs and a utility knife.
This session is being run in collaboration with Golowan.
Practitioners will need to provide their own lunch.
Working on Community Projects?
Wednesday 4th May 2005
Charge: £12 refundable deposit
Are you a theatre group working on projects addressing issues that affect your community? Or perhaps a group of artists with the aim of making art more accessible to local people or using your creativity to enhance the well-being of individuals? In fact, whatever your art form, does your work include the community?
Yes? Maybe? Then this half day workshop is for you!
Many community projects have the potential to be transformed into Social Enterprises that are financially self sufficient, promote economic development and deliver social benefits.
Creative Skills in conjunction with Co-Active offer the opportunity to find out more about how to establish a social enterprise specifically in the creative industries sector.
(Co-Active is an enterprise agency that has been giving advice and support to people developing social enterprises in Plymouth and Devon for over 15 years)
· 80:20 Vision - An Introduction to Marketing
Monday 9th May 2005
9.45am - 4.30pm, Penwith Business Centre, Longrock, Penzance
Charge: £12
Pareto's Principle or the 80:20 rule states that in anything a few (20%) are vital and many (80%) are trivial.
So, if 80% of sales are generated from 20% of customers who are they, where are they and will they buy your products or services?
This course will provide participants with marketing techniques and tools to identify your customers, position yourself in the marketplace and reach your target customers.
Your tutor will be Carole Lomas, Business Support Officer for Creative Skills, a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing with over 15 years marketing experience.
RSC Actors/Directors Masterclass
Saturday 14th May 10 am - 3pm
Hall for Cornwall, Truro
Charge: £12
This session presents an opportunity for professional Actors and Directors to share and develop their skills with members of the RSC Touring Company.
The day will be led by members of the Directing team and acting company with additional voice work led by a member of the RSC voice department. The masterclass will be entirely practical and the session is likely to cover detailed text work and scene breakdowns. All work will focus on text from Julius Caesar and be targeted towards professional level performers/directors. It would be beneficial for participants to have seen the production prior to attending.
The master class is part of HfC and Creative Skills’ ongoing professional development programme to help artists of all kinds develop new skills and outlooks. It is part of the RSC’s third visit to Hall for Cornwall from 10th to 14th May.
Performance Tickets need to be booked direct via the Hall for Cornwall on 01872 262466. Julius Caesar performance dates are May 10th at 7.30pm, 13th at 1.30pm and 7.30pm and 14th at 7.30 pm.
The session will be followed a chance to network. Light refreshments will be provided at the end of this session.
Practitioners may wish to bring their own lunch. The Hall for Cornwall Cafe will also be open.
Creative Partnerships - Creative Gatherings and Learning Labs
Creative Partnerships ran three ‘gatherings for artists’ in December for people who are working within the education sector and new to Creative Partnerships. The Creative Gatherings are useful to find out all about the Creative Partnerships ethos and how to work with Schools. Creative Partnerships is committed to supporting and building relationships between the education and creative/ cultural sector, which is why they will be continuing to hold these sessions regularly in a bid to develop understanding and collaboration between the two sectors.
Their next session will be on:
Tuesday May 3rd 6pm Hall for Cornwall, Truro
Creative Gathering - for practitioners new to Creative Partnerships
This event is for creative practitioners of every discipline to network, debate and explore ideas together about working within the education sector. There will be opportunities to find out more about how CP engages with schools and the creative sector and how you can be part of the wider agenda around embedding creativity within schools.
Learning Labs are a new pilot scheme that has evolved out of the Creative Gatherings.
The two Learning Lab sessions detailed below have been developed BY practitioners (Amanda Pickering and Denzil Monk) FOR practitioners, in collaboration with Creative Partnerships and Creative Skills. These two evenings again are aimed towards creative practitioners working within the education sector. The first evening is targeted at would-be and new practitioners and looks at practicalities and how to engage with schools. The second is targeted at those who are experienced in schools-work who wish to share knowledge and progress their practice.
Much of the content of both of these sessions will come from you, the practitioners.
Learning Lab One: Foot in the Door
Wednesday 18th May 6pm – 9pm
Arts Club, Chapel Street, Penzance
The session will continue by sharing hopes, fears and experiences of working as a creative practitioner in an educational setting and will look at what you need to know about working in schools. It will cover practical issues such as first contact, getting a booking and resources that are available to you. It is aimed at would-be and new practitioners who wish to look at how to engage with schools. Please note that the first hour of this session will be an introduction/ discussion for new practitioners to Creative Partnerships and other local associated support and development agencies and will follow the format of the gathering in Truro as detailed above. There will be the opportunity for questions/answers/ discussion with local educators and experienced practitioners. Workers from Creative Partnerships and Creative Skills will also be on hand.
A buffet will be provided.
Learning Lab Two: Sustaining and Developing
Wednesday 1st June 6pm – 9pm
Arts Club, Chapel Street, Penzance
This evening is targeted at those who have experience of working in schools and who wish to share and progress their own practice.
This session will provide the opportunity to meet and network; share hopes and fears; good practice - and disasters! Within the evening we will look at assessing and working on your own strengths and weaknesses as a practitioner, balancing personal creativity with the needs of the educational system, and exploring the difficulties of working in education. We’ll then move on to identify strategies to address the difficulties, exploring the resources available to enable you to sustain and develop relationships with schools in a way that allows growth and creativity for all parties involved. We also hope to cover collaborations between practitioners, and developing practical and useful support networks.
Again, a team of experienced practitioners, educators and staff from Creative Skills and Creative Partnerships will be on hand to support the conversations.
A buffet will be provided.
To book any of these sessions – Creative Gatherings and/or Learning Labs - please contact Helen Reynolds at Creative Partnerships on hreynolds@cornwall.gov.uk or 01872 275187
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CREATIVE SKILLS / GOLOWAN SHADOWING SCHEME
This scheme is designed to support the continuing professional development of those practitioners who aspire to work within a school/community setting on a practical project such as Golowan.
There are up to 15 places available for ‘trainee’ artists to ‘shadow’ and gain experience alongside a lead artist working on this years Golowan. This programme is predominantly schools based and the majority of lead artist’s work is within the visual arts i.e. making processional images/costumes. Some schools however, will focus on the development of other artforms such as music, dance and digitally based work.
This scheme is appropriate for those artists who wish to develop their experience by working alongside a more experienced practitioner in the contexts described above. Placements will average a commitment of three days within the May/June period in Penzance based schools involved in Golowan. It is hoped that there will be a small remuneration/expenses available for shadow artists placed within this scheme.
To apply to become a shadow artist please provide us with an A4 page outlining who you are, what you do and how you feel that undertaking a shadowing placement such as this could benefit you. Please send applications to Jude Page, Creative Skills, 73 Lemon Street, Truro TR1 2PN by 10 am Thursday 21st April.
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MANAGEMENT FOR CREATIVE PRACTITIONERS
Chacewater Village Hall,
COMMENCING: 6th September 2005, 9.00am to 5.00pm (followed by 5 further one day sessions)
Charge: £20
This course will provide you with a range of skills that will help you to manage yourself, your practice or your business, projects and other people. Topics covered include: Problem Solving (recognising and developing the skills needed to analyse problems effectively), Time Management (techniques and systems to help you manage time more effectively), Negotiating Skills and Working to a Budget.
The next start date for this course is 6th September 2005, at Chacewater Village Hall. It will run over 6 days on the following dates: 6th, 13th, 20th September, 4th, 18th October, 1st November. Lunch will be provided and we will be able to pay travel and childcare costs for those who attend. Practitioners who are freelance/self-employed can claim wage substitution to attend the course of £100 per session. This course requires 100% attendance. This is also available to employers who are releasing an employee to attend the course and employing a substitute.
This will be the fifth time that we have run this course. All the others have been fully booked and participants have graduated from it with flying colours! Early booking for the Autumn 2005 course is therefore strongly recommended as bookings are already being received.
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CREATIVE SKILLS/CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS MENTORING SCHEME
This scheme is for artists who wish to develop and broaden their skills working within education/participatory settings. It provides the opportunity to benefit from the individualised support that could be offered by a more experienced practitioner.
If you would like the opportunity to receive some mentoring on this scheme please contact Creative Skills with a current CV. Please include a brief outline (150 – 200 words) of what you hope to gain from being mentored. If you have a particular mentor in mind please also include some information about the person you would like to work with. If you have not yet identified a potential mentor we will endeavour to work with you to find someone suitable.
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SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FUND
The Skills Development Fund continues to run until December 2006. Applications are considered on a monthly basis with the deadline for applications to be received on the last Friday of the calendar month. The Skills Development Fund is designed to assist people who work in the Creative Industries in Cornwall undertake training and professional development opportunities. The criteria for applications in brief are as follows:
The activity is going to make a significant contribution to the career development and economic position of the person being funded.
The activity is going to be a high enough quality to deliver significant benefits – e.g. helping to increase the sales of your work or enabling you to develop your skills base.
The opportunity offers good value for money and cannot be purchased cheaper elsewhere.
It is not possible to get funding from other sources.
Application limit £1000 (Applications for over £500 require a Development Needs Analysis to have taken place). The fund can be used to support a variety of eligible activities such as;
Mentoring by a more experienced professional
Work experience / work shadowing
Research visits
Attending training events outside of Cornwall
If you would like more details about applying to the fund, please let us know. If you are making an application please ensure that you read the guidance notes carefully and send in all the information requested.
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Don’t forget the Creative Skills e-bulletin is now sent out on a weekly basis. It is designed to provide you with information that we receive that is time limited and so falls outside the timescale of the paper newsletter. If you do not already receive the e-bulletin and would like to, please email us, so we can add you to the list. Alternatively, if you would like to advertise an event then please submit it to admin@creativeskills.org.uk in a text only format, as we are unable to send out images or attachments.
Best Wishes,
Jane Sutherland
Project Director
