August Newsleter 2005

www.creativeskills.org.uk

8 August 2005

Dear Arts Practitioner,

As we move into the Summer holidays and are settled in our new office in Redruth, we would like to advertise our early Autumn programme of events and useful information.

Alison Sharkey our new Animateur is now in post. Alison will be carrying out Development Needs Analysis and will be setting up monthly surgeries in North East Cornwall which are due to commence in the Autumn, further information will be available in September.

Alison has recently graduated with a fine art degree from University College Falmouth having moved down to Cornwall from the Hebrides to study. She is continuing her practice as a painter alongside this Creative Skills post. She has been working for 2½ years as a Cornwall Outreach Officer developing services for Gypsies, Travellers and ethnic minorities living in Cornwall. While living in the Hebrides she worked as a student support worker and her involvement with the local art centre enabled her to develop arts projects around mental health and education.

Those of you that subscribe to our weekly e-bulletin will notice that it has been suspended during the last 6 weeks, which has been due to internal IT problems. However, we will be launching a new way to view the e-bulletin during the next few weeks, which will be available through our website; www.creativeskills.org.uk. When the new Members area is up and running each member of Creative Skills that has subscribed to the e-bulletin will receive an email detailing a user name, password and information on the new facility. If you do not already subscribe to the e-bulletin and would like to, please mark the attached booking form. Downloadable funding forms will also be available to members through the website.

SEMINAR PROGRAMME - the fee for all seminars is £12

- Arts Sponsorship Seminar
Thursday 8th September 2005
10.00am to 4.30pm, The Penwith Centre, Parade Street, Penzance
Charge: £12

This popular course is run by Arts & Business and is designed not only to introduce the fundamental of arts sponsorship but also to give practical guidance on how to secure it. The day is aimed at those with no sponsorship experience as well as those who wish to refresh themselves of the basic principles and practice of this important part of the arts funding mix.

The day will cover the following point:

Welcome to Arts & Business
- Welcome and Introduction
- Arts & Business South West

Introduction to arts sponsorship
- What is sponsorship?
- The sponsorship market and recent trends
- Why business sponsors the Arts

Five Point Plan for securing sponsorship
- Assessing your organisation and its needs
- Developing packages for sponsorship
- Researching potential sponsors
- Writing proposals
- Making a successful proposal
- Developing a good working relationship

For more information about Arts & Business, visit their website on www.aandb.org.uk

- CIEH Certificated Foundation Health & Safety
Wednesday 14th September 2005
9.00am to 5.00pm
Allen Building, Truro College
Charge: £12

This six hour Foundation Certificate in Health & Safety is an introductory course, and aims to provide practitioners at any level with basic health and safety understanding which will enable them to contribute to any health and safety management system. In particular the programme will enable the candidate to work in a safe and healthy manner and contribute to improving health & safety within their practice.

Students are assessed by completing a short multiple choice question paper.

- Speak Easy
Thursday 15th September 2005
7pm, Penzance Arts Club

We have extended the date for application to attend Speak Easy to Friday 26th August 2005, as we still have 5 places available. The application process is simple, requiring 4 images of work, a copy of your CV and an Artists statement and 500 words explaining what you wish to gain from peer reflection and how you feel it will assist your professional practice.

We have been asked by many artists to provide an opportunity for peer reflection within an informal environment. After researching existing examples of peer reflection groups we have developed a model that we feel will be a positive experience for those participating. The first evening will be restricted to 10 practitioners to ensure that it provides a positive opportunity for constructive conversation. The event will be facilitated by Sara Black, from St. Ives International. She will open the evening by talking about her experiences as Project Manager of the Liverpool Biennial 2002 & 2004 and her work with the Tate & Henry Moore Foundation. Refreshments will also be provided.

- How to Write a Successful Fundraising Application
Friday 23rd September 2005
9.45am to 4.30pm, Assembly Room, Hall For Cornwall, Truro
Charge: £12

- No one will give you money simply because you need it

This course will provide participants with the key techniques involved in fundraising with particular reference to writing successful grant applications.
It is intended that participants will be able to increase their levels of success when making applications in the future through learning and exploring:

- The key fundraising rules and principles
- Techniques to improve the quality of written applications
- A model format for grant applications

Rick Bond, Senior Partner of The Complete Works, is a consultant and trainer specialising in management development within the cultural sector. With over 20 years experience as a fundraiser he has helped organisations raise millions of pounds for a range of needs, from buildings and equipment to personnel.

- CIEH Certificated Risk Assessment Course
Monday 26th & Thursday 29th September 2005
9am -- 5pm on 26th September & 9am to 12noon on 29th September
[Please note attendance at both days is compulsory]
Allen Building, Truro College
Charge: £12

The course deals with; Principles of Risk Assessment, Legislation, Risk Assessment in Practice, Hazard Spotting and Implementing Control Measures.

This course is designed for people whose work contains a responsibility for Risk Assessment although it would also be of benefit to those who contributed to the risk assessment process. The course runs for nine hours and assessment is based upon successful completion of an assignment done within four weeks of finishing the course.

- Dispelling the Myth
October 2005 (exact date to be confirmed)
Charge: in the region of £30 (to be confirmed)

We have extended the date for application to attend Dispelling the Myth to Friday 26th August 2005 as we still have 5 places available. The application process is simple, requiring 5 images of work, a copy of your CV and an Artists statement and reasons why you wish to undertake the visit and how you feel the visit will contribute to your Professional Development.

In partnership with ArtQuest -- the Professional Development Agency for artists working in London -- we are in the process of arranging an event that will enable 10 artists from Cornwall to travel to London to meet with 10 artist working in London. The visit will enable both sets of artists to engage in critical debate, have a visit to Frieze and talk to Polly Staple, curator of Frieze, and the opportunity to network with each other. The thinking behind the visit is for artists from Cornwall to investigate the differences (similarities) between working in the City and working in a rural environment.

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REQUEST FOR FEEDBACK ON IT COURSES

We will be setting up further IT courses during the October College half term with Cornwall College and would like your suggestions on what courses you would like to see offered:

Cornwall College can offer a wide range of training courses such as:

Basic/Intermediate/Advanced Website Design
Introduction/Intermediate Photoshop
Introduction/Intermediate Illustrator
Introduction to advanced level 3d studio Max
Introduction to advanced level Flash
Introduction to Dreamweaver
Introduction to Premiere
Intermediate Photoshop
Introduction to the Microsoft office suite. (Word, Excel, Access etc)

If you have any suggestions, please mark it on the enclosed booking form.

3 IMPORTANT MESSAGES FROM THE CORNWALL FILM FESTIVAL!

We are looking for an image for our posters/ programme and want to remind you about the approaching film entry deadline and the chance to fund a film. Read on!

DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR CORNWALL FILM FESTIVAL ENTRIES:

Dont forget the deadline for film entries to the Cornwall Film Festival 2005 (18-20 Nov) is Tuesday August 16th please read the application form carefully and include the film on the format requested. Please include at least one still for the website and publicity (useful ASAP), and a thrilling synopsis of the film and/ or the story behind it.
 
If you have a film that might interest the media then please write a separate note for Lucy Frears, the Festival Director, as she is not on the selection committee.
 
The application form can be found on: www.cornwallfilmfestival.com

GOVYNN KERNEWEK AWARD -- FUNDING TO MAKE A FILM IN CORNISH.

For the last 2 years the Cornwall Film Festival has managed to raise funds for the Govynn Kernewek Award, a cash award given to a filmmaker to make a film in Cornish.

Proposals are short listed before the Festival and the short listed filmmakers have to present a pitch and answer questions about their project at a lively event during the Festival. The audience and a panel vote to find the winner.
 
The successful filmmaker has a year to make the film with the help of experienced mentors and a translator. The award encourages Cornish filmmakers to experiment with and produce contemporary films in the Cornish language, to employ/upskill local cast and crew, to enhance the representation of Cornish films at the Celtic Film Festival and raise the profile of Cornish language films, in and outside Cornwall. More details are on our website forum: www.cornwallfilmfestival.com

If you are interested in putting forward an idea you will be required to submit:
 
- A Proposal that includes sections on: How the proposal addresses the
aims of Govynn Kernewek and How Cornish Language is to be used within the film.
- A Showreel or other supporting material
- A CV
- Details of their proposed Production Team and their experience (CVs).
- A budget
 
There are other stipulations which can be found can be found on the website

GOVYNN KERNEWEK SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY

This year a group of interested local organisations and local businesses will provide funding, rather than a national charity. If you are interested in sponsoring this event please contact the Festival Director.
 
Festival image still needed.

If you are a photographer or artist do you have a strong image for the Cornwall Film Festival 2005 that could be used for the front cover of the programme/ posters etc..? Deadline: 12th August.
 
Please email images to Ryan Davies on: info@cornwallfilmfestival.com or call him on 01326 253 692 for more information.
 
You can call Lucy Frears with any questions on: 01326 253 690, or email: director@cornwallfilmfestival.com

CITY OF LIGHTS INVITE ARTISTS TO TENDER FOR BURSARIES

City of Lights, Cornwalls largest winter lantern festival, in partnership with Creative Skills would like to invite artists to tender for a bursary to produce a large scale processional image for the November 2005 procession in Truro.

The aim is to support emerging artists with an interest in large scale work with a strong community element. City of Lights owes its success to the innovation and commitment of the artists who have worked on it. This same spirit would be required from recipients of the bursaries.

The theme this year is Food. This theme has been chosen as it links with a lot of other initiatives such as Healthy Living in schools, the Food and Drink fair in Truro as well as Truros aspirations to become a fair trade city. But the theme can be taken both literally and laterally. City of Lights uses simple materials such as withy, bamboo, paper and glue with white light illumination.

Mentoring and instruction will be provided for one day which will include an introduction to the work of City of Lights (about to celebrate its 10th year) and instruction in making techniques and lighting methods. Also as there is a substantial educational component in City of Lights you will be required to spend one day shadowing an established artist in a school or community workshop.

It is intended that there will be workshop space available in Truro for the makes. No transport expenses are available for transporting lanterns made elsewhere.

Five bursaries are available. Applications for a bursary of £675, to include all expenses and a materials budget of £50, must submit proposals on one sheet of A4 together with drawings, a CV and a statement saying why you would like to take up this bursary and the impact it will have on your professional development. Selection is by open competition.

All submissions need to be received by September 12th.
Interviews on September 19th.

Should you need further information please contact Tony Crosby on 01872 865208.

Please send to: City of Lights and Creative Skills Bursary, The Works, Crusader House
Newham, Truro Cornwall TR1 2DP

CALL FOR ARTISTS

The September Festival Open Exhibition is from 3rd September - 2nd October this year, and takes place in the members gallery of the St Ives Society of Artists in St Ives Cornwall.

To receive an entry form please send stamped addressed envelope to:
Judy Joel - September Festival Open Exhibition, St Ives Society of Artists, Norway Square, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 1NA.  or download the entry form and procedure from our website which is www.stisa.co.uk

Last date for entry forms to be received by the gallery is on Tuesday 30th August
The handing in date is Wednesday 31st August.

The selection of paintings will be made by Prof. Ken Howard, R.A., Phil Whiting, and Russell Hedges.

We hope you find the newsletter useful and remember to send your booking form back as soon as possible if you would like to book onto any of the seminars advertised as they fill up fast.

Our next newsletter is planned for mid September which will be advertising further seminars in the Autumn/Winter programme.

Best Wishes,

Jane Sutherland
Project Director
Creative Skills
The Old Grammar School
West Park
Redruth
TR15 3AJ
Tel: 01209 218879
Email: admin@creativeskills.org.uk
Website: www.creativeskills.org.uk

Creative Skills is part of Cornwall Arts Centre Trust Ltd, charity no 292138

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