Professional Development
Resources, events and training for artists and teachers.
If you have any information or events to add to this page, please email to Jemima Taylor on jemima.taylor@keap.org.uk
NEW - Dartmoor Arts Project Single Day Courses and Artists’ Events
Wildwise Events- Environmental Awareness, Bushcraft and Survival Courses
Write an Opera Level -Summer course for teachers
young people's Arts Award Adviser Training
Community Equality Disability Action- CPD programme
Dartmoor Arts Project Single Day Courses and Artists’ Events
Artists’ talks and music events are open to those not taking part in one of our courses. Admission is £5 each night except Friday, which is £7.
Venue: The Long Room, Drew Arms, Drewsteignton: http://www.thedrewearms.co.uk/
Artists: Alex Dougherty, John Burnside, Chris Chapman, Marcus Vergette, Conrad Shawcross, Stephen Park, Jerri Hart & Tragic Roundabout: http://www.dartmoorarts.com/events.htm
Single day courses: The cost of a single day’s course includes the entrance fee to the day’s evening event and meal.
Plein-Air Painting with Daniel Adams, £95. http://www.dartmoorarts.com/courses/plein_air_painting.htm
Combined Cob & Ceramics with Rupert Johnstone, Jackie Abey & Jill Smallcombe, £95. http://www.dartmoorarts.com/courses/combined_cob_and_ceramics.htm
Printmaking Explored with Lynn Bailey & Emma Maloney, £95. http://www.dartmoorarts.com/courses/printmaking_explored.htm
Drawing Masterclass with Patrick Jones, Peter Randall-Page & Stephen Park, £75. http://www.dartmoorarts.com/courses/drawing_masterclass.htm
Poetry with Andy Brown and John Burnside, £75. http://www.dartmoorarts.com/courses/poetry.htm
Please contact Jackie Abey to book: Jackie@dartmoorarts.com & 01647 281 282
MA Curatorial Practice
This innovative, one year, full-time MA is run by University College Falmouth in collaboration with Tate St Ives, Newlyn Art Gallery and the visual arts commissioning agency ProjectBase.
Through direct experience of working with artists on team-based projects and access to the expertise of the collaborating partners and other art-world professionals – the course will enable you to develop the conceptual and organisational skills essential for professional curating.
Graduating with a thorough understanding of curating contemporary art, and an in-depth knowledge of art world structures and processes, you’ll be ready to engage effectively in an increasingly diverse and challenging range of curatorial opportunities.
T: 01326 213783 E: admissions@falmouth.ac.uk www.falmouth.ac.uk/postgraduate
Wildwise Events- Environmental Awareness, Bushcraft and Survival Courses
Bookings are coming in for WildWise's diverse and inspiring programme of events for this year, running through the season from April to November, but we still have spaces on most of our events. You'll want to snap them up quickly though. Have a look at www.wildwise.co.uk/events_and_courses.html for dates and follow the new links for more details.
How about a week on our Family Camp (Aug 5-9) spending wild and gentle time with your loved ones, our Dangerous Weekends for Boys (June 13-15 and Aug 22-24) or Girls (Sept 5-7) or sending your children on The Wild Ones, 8-12 yrs (May 27-30, July 28-31 and Aug 18-21), a chance for young people to have the outdoor adventure they've always wanted.
WildWise Events Ltd, Foxhole, Dartington, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EB
Tel: 01803 868269 Mobile 0781 349 2825
Email: enquiries@wildwise.co.uk Website: www.wildwise.co.uk
Write an Opera Level -Summer course for teachers
16 – 23 August 2008
Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon
If you are looking for new ways to bring the arts and creativity together to make a real impact on students’ learning; if you are seeking inspiration, challenge and an opportunity for your own creative development, Write an Opera may be for you.
What is Write an Opera?
Led by a team of professional artists (who possess extensive arts education experience), the Royal Opera House's internationally acclaimed Write an Opera course equips teachers with practical skills to support the development of their students' learning through the arts. It provides the tools and structures with which to undertake an in-school project in which students devise and stage their own opera from scratch.
Who can apply?
Write an Opera is suitable for any teacher with enthusiasm for, interest in, or curiosity about the arts and creative learning. While some specialist knowledge in drama, music or visual art is an advantage, it is not essential. Aimed particularly at KS2, Write an Opera has proved equally popular and successful at all Key Stages and in Special Schools.
Cost: £375 UK / £425 non-UK
(Cost includes course fee, accommodation and food; bursaries available upon application)
Apply:
Download an application form http://info.royaloperahouse.org/Education/Index.cfm?ccs=1174
Already completed Write an Opera Level 1? see website for details of this year's Level 2 course - select the link above and then 'When and Where'.
For further information contact ROH Education
email education@roh.org.uk
tel 020 7212 9410
ROH Website: www.roh.org.uk
Young people's Arts Award Adviser Training
The young people’s Arts Award is the first accredited scheme to recognise and celebrate the development of young artists and young arts leaders aged 11 to 25.
For more information about the award visit www.artsaward.org.uk
Bronze & Silver Arts Award Adviser training courses for Cornwall have now been posted on the Arts Award website for the coming year (Oct 07 – Sept 08). To book onto the training go to www.artsaward.org.uk and click on “booking Adviser training”.
Adviser Training dates at Bronze & Silver Levels for Cornwall:
7th Dec 2007
7th March 2008
6th June 2008
12th Sept 2008
All courses are held at Newquay Zoo and include an animal encounter!
Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Gold Arts Award Adviser training courses for the South West have now been posted on the Arts Award website for the coming year (Oct 07 – Sept 08). Please book now to avoid disappointment.
There are 2 types of courses available:
Half day top-up courses for Advisers already trained at Bronze & Silver levels - £70
Full day courses for people who only want to run the Award at Gold level (no previous Adviser training required) - £100
Course dates, times & venues:
Top-up courses:
6th December 2007, 9:30am – 1:30pm, National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth
3rd March 2008, 12:30 – 4:30pm, The Manor Hotel, Yeovil, Somerset
16th June 2008, 9:30am – 1:30pm, Arnolfini, Bristol
18th September 2008, 12:30 – 4:30pm, Arts Council South West, Exeter
Full day courses:
6th February 2008, 10am – 5pm, Arnolfini, Bristol
19th September 2008, 9:30am – 4pm, Arts Council South West, Exeter
To book onto the training go to www.artsaward.org.uk and click on “booking Adviser training”.
Community Equality Disability Action- CPD programme
Through a programme of mentoring and work experience, disabled artists, arts students and graduates, practicing art teachers and community arts workers who want to increase their skill and experience in working with disabled people, can learn through partnership with experienced practicing disabled artists leading workshops at CEDA. Our workshop leaders are keen to support disabled and non disabled artists who want to gain the necessary skills and experience to lead workshops themselves.
To take part, please contact Dion Sears, Arts Development Officer, for an informal discussion. You will require:
- A certificate of Enhanced Disclosure from the CRB (CEDA can arrange this for you).
- Contact details for 2 referees currently working in an education, arts organisation or community environment.
- A keen interest in the arts and a desire to gain experience in this field and a commitment to excellence and quality, inclusion and diversity.
Dion Sears, Arts Development Officer
01392 360645
dion@cedaonline.org.uk www.cedaonline.org.uk
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