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>Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:06:21 BST
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>An opportunity was published in Diffusion with
>the deadline advertised as Thursday 27th April .
>This has now been extended until 2 May.
>
>Original Ad is posted below:
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>Freelance sonic artist
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>Creative Room are looking for a Freelance sonic artist May - September 2006
>
>Do you have the skills and experience to
>facilitate high quality arts workshops for young
>people, particularly those at risk of exclusion?
>
>Do you have the confidence to successfully
>engage and motivate young people in an exciting
>sci-art project?
>
>Creative Room Nottingham City Council's Youth
>Services Arts Programme, is seeking a
>professional and experienced sonic artist to
>facilitate workshops with young people between
>May and September 2006. Our exciting project is
>called message sent? and involves partnerships
>with Queens Medical Centre and Arts & Technology
>Partnerships. Working with a sculptural artist
>and an arts & technology artist, you will be
>leading workshops with young people,
>experimenting with ideas that stem from the
>project summary culminating in a public
>exhibition/installation.
>
>Professional Artists will be expected to:
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>- Plan and facilitate a successful and exciting
>workshop programme which supports the aims of
>the message sent? project
>- Work in partnership with our two other artists and partners
>- Facilitate high quality youth led creative
>workshops (in the chosen professional art form)
>for young people
>- Lead, motivate and engage a diverse (and
>perhaps challenging) group of young people
>between the ages of 15 and 19 with confidence
>and expertise
>- Lead workshops with the support of youth workers and partner organisations
>- Provide guidance and support for young people
>to exhibit/perform their work as part of a
>public event
>- Support Creative Room's and NCC Youth Service's objectives
>- Fully contribute to the planning, monitoring
>and evaluation of the project between May and
>September 2006
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>Experience / requirements
>
>- Artist must demonstrate at least 1 years
>experience of working with young people,
>delivering arts workshops (preferably outside of
>formal education - although not essential)
>- Successful candidates must be self employed
>and provide Nottingham City Council with a
>unique tax reference number
>- Successful candidates must complete an
>advanced CRB (Criminal records) police check,
>prior to an offer of contract
>
>Fee
>Artist s full contract is £2600.00, based on
>£150 per day session or £75 per 3 hour session
>and £10 per/hour for partnership meetings
>
>*This fee includes artists travel costs,
>planning and workshop evaluation time, though
>some partnership meetings will be covered on top.
>
>Hours
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>17 days @ £150.00 per full day workshop
>5 hrs partnership meetings @ £10.00 per/hour
>
>Workshops will take place:
>Two days between 30th May and 1st June.
>Two days a week between 24th July and 27th August
>Five day week between 28th August and 1st September
>Two final exhibitions in September - set up and
>support throughout the exhibitions will be
>expected
>Artists are expected to be available for all
>agreed workshop dates and also be
>prepared/flexible for occasional unforeseen
>changes.
>
>Location of workshops
>
>Workshops will mostly take place in the studio
>at College St, though some will also take place
>at Arts & Technology Partnerships Loughborough,
>at Queens Medical Centre and perhaps on location
>depending how the project develops.
>
>Application process
>
>Please submit your CV, a sample of your work as
>a practicing artist and a covering letter
>demonstrating your experience of working with
>young people and how you believe you have the
>skills to fulfil the project aims to:
>
>Shula Harris
>Arts Development Worker
>Creative Room
>Nottingham City Council Youth Service
>Isabella Street
>Nottingham
>NG1 6AT
>
>Sorry but on this occasion Creative Room cannot
>accept emailed applications Please mark all
>correspondence with Message Sent? sonic/sound
>artist opportunity
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>Application Deadline
>
>5pm Thursday 27th April 2006
>
>Interview Date
>
>Wednesday 10th May 2006
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