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Artists/designer-makers required for Gallery TS1 Middlesbrough
Gallery TS1 Middlesbrough is a pioneering Creative Apprenticeship Scheme for young people not in education, employment or training (NEET). Modelled on a programme initially developed in Chicago - Middlesbrough Council’s Cultural Services have worked in partnership with Tees Valley Arts in order that the programme can expand its remarkable success in turning around young people’s lives.
Gallery TS1 also works in association with Trinity Guildhall and the Young People’s Arts Award.
Based in a commercial shop/gallery space with workshop facilities, Gallery TS1 now requires artists/ designer-makers experienced in working with hard to reach groups of young people, and ideally with experience of delivering Arts Award training. Through working with the artists and supporting personnel, the young people will create high quality, sellable products, and sell them to the public.
Artists will be paid £2550 for a 15 day block of work, Mondays to Saturdays (Wednesdays off), 15th September – 4th October; artists will be responsible for their own taxes and national insurance. All artists must have enhanced CRB clearance and public liability insurance (evidence to be provided to TVA).
Gallery TS1 is managed on behalf of Middlesbrough Council by Tees Valley Arts.
Please send a brief CV and a letter of application specifying your artform and outlining your approach to working with such challenging young people to –
Rowena Sommerville
Acting Executive Director
Tees Valley Arts, Melrose House, Melrose Street, Middlesbrough TS1 2HZ
01642 264651
rowena.sommerville@teesvalleyarts.org.uk
Closing date for receipt of applications is 4.30pm, Monday 8th September. Please note this deadline.
NB – Artists who are based some distance from Middlesbrough need to indicate how they will address this issue.
Textile/ multi-media artist sought for a primary school project in Redcar during the Autumn Term.
You will be working with a small group of students identified as Gifted and Talented in art at St Benedict’s Primary School in Redcar. The aim of the project is for those students to have the opportunity to work intensively with a professional artist, using materials and techniques that they wouldn’t necessarily be able to access in school. The completed artwork will be permanently exhibited within the school.
The work will take place over 6 weekly half-day sessions, plus one full day, starting after the October half term. You will then be given 2 days of post-production time to complete and install the work. The fee includes preparation time, to include a site visit to see the space and discuss the project with the teacher. This will need to take place during September, where we will agree the dates for delivery.
All applicants must hold a current enhanced CRB disclosure and public liability insurance – evidence of both to be provided to TVA.
Fee - £1525
+ Materials budget of £525
Please send a letter of application outlining your experience and what your approach to the project would be, along with a brief CV and sample work to:
Jane Gray
Education Officer
Tees Valley Arts
Melrose House
Melrose St
Middlesbrough TS1 2HZ
01642 264680
Jane.Gray@teesvalleyarts.org.uk
Deadline for applications – Thursday 14th August 5pm
If you do not hear from us by Monday 18th August, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
If you would like your sample work returning to you, please include an SAE with your application.
Skinningrove Artworks Celebration Exhibition
An exhibition celebrating artist Derek Mosey’s residency with the Skinningrove community is taking place at the Riverside Building, Skinningrove, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm on Thursday 24th July 2008
Tees Valley Arts and the Environment Agency are working in partnership delivering a “creative consultation” on the issues surrounding flooding with the Skinningrove community.
The project aims to find new ways to engage with the community about flooding and flood risk. The first stage has involved local artist, Derek Mosey, delivering art workshops with the play scheme and youth groups at The Riverside Building. These workshops have involved working with driftwood and other flotsam to explore the processes of the proposed flood defences. The workshops have produced some superb artwork including colourful mosaic fish and driftwood picture frames which display images of the proposed flood defence site.
A fish supper was held to celebrate the work by the children and young people with an exhibition of their work and, yes, fish and chips for the thirty five children, young people, parents, play scheme and youth club staff and other community members who attended the event. The event was very well received (aided by a liberal dashing of tomato sauce) providing an opportunity for Derek to launch the next phase of the project.
Since the fish supper Derek has undertaken the role of “roving artist” which involves talking to Skinningrove folk and developing artwork that explores memories, thoughts and feelings relating to Skinningrove Beck past, present and future. Derek has also been holding willow weaving workshops, creating sculptures inspired by local legends such as The Skinningrove Merman and other aquatic themes. The exhibition will showcase a range of artwork created during the project.
Tees Valley Arts Project Co-ordinator Tim Coyte commented
“This project has been very successful. The Skinningrove community have explored Environment Agency proposals in a creative and exciting way which is a very meaningful and engaging approach to community consultation. The exhibition is an excellent opportunity to celebrate Skinningrove’s creative community.”
The artworks have been created as part of a wider Environment Agency project that is looking to install a new flood defence structure to reduce flood risk within the Skinningrove village.
The project is funded by Northumberland Regional Flood Defence Committee’s Local Levy, which is raised by local authorities and is used to fund projects that might not be eligible for national funding, or to enhance parts of schemes that are nationally funded. They are projects that have great local importance to smaller communities and the Committee.
WorldFest hailed a success
The Worldfest Festival has been hailed a great success by Festival organisers, Tees Valley Arts and audiences.
The Festival culminated on Saturday night with a performance by Reggae superstar Gregory Isaacs to an enthusiastic and diverse audience at Middlesbrough Town Hall.
The Festival, now its third year, had an Afro-pop spectacular at the Arc, Stockton with John Peel’s favourite act, Congolese soukous king Kanda Bongo Man and was followed by a youth event featuring some of the Tees Valley’s finest indie rock bands, Grandma’s House and Heroes Fall First and young dancers from Tees Valley’s Zimbabwean Community, The Hotsteppers and finally concluded with a Reggae Gala Night featuring Jamaican reggae star Gregory Isaacs and Beta Simon, from the Ivory Coast.
WorldFest is organised by Tees Valley Arts in partnership with Middlesbrough Council and African Arts, and built on the previous WinterFests of 2007 and 2006 with increased audience numbers for a third consecutive year.
Rowena Sommerville, director of programmes at Tees Valley Arts, said: “WorldFest is a celebration of diversity and we’ve been able to put together an eclectic mix of performers for the shows. We were very lucky that our headline act, Gregory Isaacs was able to perform as he had to cancel shows in Dublin and Edinburgh earlier in the week due to illness. The crowds were all extremely enthusiastic and, indeed, one girl, Unity, even joined Kanda Bongo Man on stage at the Arc and really impressed his Soukous dancers with her rhythmic dancing. We hope that 2009 will be even bigger and better!”
WorldFest is also collaborating with Middlesbrough Music Live this year and there will be a WorldFest stage upstairs at The Central pub at the event on Sunday 1st June
Teesside Artist Prepares for Trip of a Lifetime with One-off Charity Auction
Hannah Campion, an award-winning, Middlesbrough-based artist, is preparing to leave the region for a major international residency at a top gallery in the Far East.
Hannah will begin a two month residency at the Gallerie TAKSU in Kuala Lumpur on June 23rd and has also been given the opportunity to hold three solo exhibitions in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Langkawi, on the West coast of Malaysia, in August.
Gallerie TAKSU is highly respected internationally and exhibits renowned artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, the famous American artist who rose to fame in the 1950s. The gallery will preview Hannah's new work which includes paintings and sculptural drawings.
Before her trip, Hannah is planning to hold a Sale for Asia at Tees Valley Arts on Wednesday June 18th. As well as being an opportunity for people to view and buy some of her work, Hannah will also be holding a silent charity auction to raise money for Fashion Targets Breast Cancer. Bids can be made on line at www.hannahcampion.com .
The 27 year old artist, who lectures in fine art at the University of Teesside, has also exhibited at mima art market and venues across London as well as in the USA. Commissions have come from as far afield as Europe and Australia.
Speaking about her residency in Kuala Lumpur, Hannah said: “This is an opportunity of a lifetime for me and I was overwhelmed when I found out that the people behind such a highly respected gallery were so excited by my work. The residency will provide me with an opportunity to learn more about the world art market and the exhibitions are a chance for me to show my new work.”
Sale for Asia takes place on Wednesday June 18th between 6pm-9pm at Tees Valley Arts, Melrose House, Melrose Street, Middlesbrough TS1 2HZ.
For more details and to view a selection of Hannah’s work visit www.hannahcampion.co.uk.
Worldfest 08
22-24th May 2008
WorldFest 08 is set to be a celebration of the wider world brought to the Tees Valley for our local enjoyment – celebrating our diversity with an added global dimension. Worldfest will consist of a number of events, some youth or community based, some with headline acts, all brought to you by Tees Valley Arts in partnership with African Arts Association and Middlesbrough Council.
Rowena Sommerville, Director of Programmes at Tees Valley Arts said she is delighted that the festival partners are once again bringing a stunning line up to the Tees Valley – including a reggae legend – and offering a range of events that are something new, exciting and enjoyable for everyone.
The may is definitely out - cast off that clout and get your dancing shoes on!
Thursday 22nd May, Arc Stockton, 7.30 – 11pm
Nuit d’Afrique –
Kanda Bongo Man and his legendary soukous band (one of John Peel’s all time favourites)
Kasai Masai – the sound of the African village with an urban twist
Throw off your vest and dance the night away!
Saturday May 24th, Middlesbrough Town Hall Crypt, 1- 3pm
WorldFest Youth Event –
A showcase of young performers, dancers, artists and musicians from diverse backgrounds from across the Tees Valley
Celebrate with us!
Saturday May 24th, Middlesbrough Town Hall, 7.30 – 11pm
Reggae-tastic Gala Night
Gregory Isaacs and Live Wyya
The Cool Ruler of ‘Night Nurse’ fame – a living legend!
Beta Simon – star of West African reggae
Be there and be amazed!
+ Late night extra – boogie to Beta Simon and his band in the Town Hall Crypt, 11.30pm – 12.30am
Middlesbrough Music Live, Sunday June 1st
Enjoy the WorldFest stage with locally-based diverse musicians, as part of Middlesbrough’s biggest non-stop great live music event
All programme and ticketing details will be on www.worldfest.co.uk
Thanks also to Arts Council England North East; Creative Partnerships Tees Valley; Paul Hamlyn Foundation; Dickinson Dees LLB; Proportion Marketing; Arc Stockton; Unison; Thistle Hotel Middlesbrough; Kebabish Restaurant; Signs Express; Psyche; Middlesbrough Music Live
For more information please contact;
Rowena Sommerville
Director of Programmes, Tees Valley Arts, Melrose House, Melrose Street, Middlesbrough
TS1 2HZ
rowena.sommerville@teesvalleyarts.org.uk 01642 264668
Tees Valley Arts becomes Arts Award Training Centre
Middlesbrough based Arts Development Agency; Tees Valley Arts is delighted to announce that it has become the Tees Valley Training Centre for the national Arts Award scheme.
The Arts Award supports young people to develop as artists and arts leaders and is available throughout England. The Arts Award is a nationally recognised qualification at levels – 1, 2 & 3; Bronze, Silver and Gold.
The Arts Award is run by Arts Council England and Trinity Guildhall. Arts Council England is responsible for advocacy, access, partnership development and business sponsorship, while Trinity Guildhall takes responsibility for training, registration, moderation, quality assurance and making awards.
Rosi Lister, Executive Director of Tees Valley Arts said “The Arts Award is central to many of our new initiatives, providing an opportunity to accredit young people’s achievement when participating in the creative arts. The award represents a real step forward for young people including those who have, for what ever reason become disengaged with mainstream education and need to get back onto the ladder.”
Tees Valley Arts can offer in-house as well as nationally coordinated Arts Award Adviser training. TVA can also provide professional training for schools about to embark on The Creative and Media 14-19 Diploma which is an exciting new qualification for young people in England aged 14-19, who want to learn about some of the UK's most dynamic industries. The Diploma covers a rich range of disciplines including film, TV and fashion. Students of the Diploma will gain knowledge, experience and skills enabling them to master processes common to all creative industries. These Diplomas are a direct Government response to demands from industry for more young people to be fit and ready for today's modern working and learning environments.
The Creative and Media 14-19 Diplomas will have a blend of academic education (classroom based) and applied learning (project based work in realistic situations and/or in the workplace).
The new Diplomas will enable students of all abilities to work towards a high calibre qualification that is directly relevant to their lives and work.