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Sell! Sell! Sell! - Arts & Business Masterclass Series 2010/11 - posted 23.7.2010  area: Barclays Corporate, Belfast
dates: Tuesday, 24 August 2010 (2.15-4.15pm)
To survive cuts in public funding, the arts sector will have to diversify income streams, aiming to achieve the ideal 33% split across income sources. Income generated through additional activity and sales will become increasingly important.
So how can arts organisations identify whether they have saleable assets? What’s the risk? What’s the advantage? How do you do it?
Joanne South, A&B Research Manager presents tools that can help organisations to identify sellable services or products and the necessary steps to develop them, while the ‘in conversation’ discussion will showcase how arts organisations in Northern Ireland have been developing their entrepreneurial activity.
Cost
£35 plus VAT (£41.20) ** If you come to the master class and decide you want to join as A&B arts member we will deduct the master class cost from the annual membership fee.
A&B membership is £100 per year plus VAT for which you receive a wide range of support services and benefits offered by Arts & Business Northern Ireland.
To book your place or for further information email beverly.coomber@artsandbusiness.org.uk
This Master Class is subsidised by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Barclays Corporate
AOIFE host Irish & Celtic Festivals Producers Conference & Showcase Talent Call - posted 23.7.2010  area: NI & RoI
deadline: 5pm, 3 September for upcoming talent call (see below)
dates: 2/3/4 November (includes annual AOIFE conference)
The Association of Irish Festival Events [AOIFE] is pleased to announce that the Irish & Celtic Festivals Producers Conference will take place in Ireland this year as part of the AOIFE 17th Annual Conference (November 2010).
The Irish & Celtic Festivals Producers Conference has met five times in the past decade, in Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Cape Breton ( Celtic Colours Fest) and lastly in Kansas City 2009. With AOIFE support and involvement some 100 delegates from a variety of large, well established Irish & Celtic Festivals across the USA and North America; which specialise in programming Irish Culture, will converge in the Mid - West on the 2nd and 3rd of November before moving to Ballinalsoe for the 3rd & 4th with over 200 Irish delegates at the Annual Conference.
Typically delegates will participate in a variety of seminars, lectures, and round table discussions on how they can manage and programme their festivals and cultural events, but this year there will also be focused workshops on the Marketing Support available from Irish Semi- States and Companies who field operations in North America and are seeking new audiences and opportunities.
“ We are looking forward to hosting some of the organisers from the signature Irish & Celtic Festivals in North America and over 30 International and European promoters to both Limerick and Ballinasloe and believe it will lead to significant partnerships of Irish performers, Irish Festivals and Irish promoters into the Festivals of North America” stated AOIFE Executive Director Colm Croffy.
Showcase - Call for talent
A specially selected music showcase programme will take place in the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, Limerick [6.30pm to 12.00am] on Tuesday 2nd November and at Glór, Ennis on Wednesday 3rd November [6.30pm to 12.00am].
An extensive call is being made to up-coming talent,promising new artistes, and indeed bands. Applications may be submitted online - www.aoifeonline.com [with supplementary material to follow by post] or by standard postal delivery to: Amy Dillion AOIFE, The Enterprise and Technology Centre, Creagh, Ballinasloe, Co Galway
Further information on the Irish & Celtic Festivals Producers Conference and Music Showcase is avialable from Amy at + 353 90 964 3779 or email amy@aoifeonline.com
The Showcase and Conference is being supported by Culture Ireland, The Arts Council, Tourism Ireland, Shannon Development, Failte Ireland, The Irish Fest. Foundation and the Carlton Hotel Group.
Bealtaine (2010), a dream come true - posted 23.7.2010 area: RoI
(From EngAGE, Age & Opportunities new e-newsletter)
The theme for the Bealtaine festival 2010, celebrating creativity in older age, was 'Have dreams and speak them without fear' and people responded in their thousands. This year, the number of Bealtaine organisers increased by over one-quarter, from 403 to 513 and our estimated number of participants increased to over 101,000.
Some of the highlights included the following:
- All over the country, people greeted the sun with a Dawn Chorus;
- The Blow the Dust orchestra played to a packed National Concert Hall (with another Bealtaine orchestra set up in Cork);
- Ink captured the stories of people and their tattoos, some a history on the skin, others a mark to show a new beginning;
- Project Brand New Generation brought together performers in a great night of new beginnings (with some cycling at perilously high speeds around the stage).
They are currently compiling feedback forms for the 2010 festival and are already planning a 'Gathering' of Bealtaine organisers for October to discuss Bealtaine 2011.
Check the Bealtaine website http://www.bealtaine.com
New Resource from Voluntary Arts: Stronger Together - posted 02.7.2010 
Stronger Together is a programme that will help people involved in the voluntary arts to identify, develop and support the leadership potential in their group. It combines information and training specifically adapted for the Voluntary Arts from the Community Sector Coalition’s Liberating Leadership programme.
Already available on this growing section is:
Stronger Together briefings
1. Unlocking the leadership potential in your voluntary arts group
Stronger Together articles
A leadership debate for the voluntary arts – are you a hidden leader?
Stronger Together case studies
• Guild of Enamellers
• Cotswold Players and Playhouse
More: www.voluntaryarts.org/strongertogether
Creative & Culture Skills 2010 - 11 NI Leadership Programme - posted 02.7.2010  area: NI
deadline: 31 August 2010
The Creative & Cultural Skills 2010-11 NI Leadership programme is now accepting applications
This programme is targeted at leaders within the Creative & Cultural Skills footprint i.e. Crafts, Cultural Heritage, Design, Music, Performing, Literary & Visual Arts. However the programme is also open to those from the wider creative and cultural sector and interest is sought from senior leaders across all occupations within these industries. There will be places available for 16 participants
Further information: www.ccskills.org.uk/Research/NorthernIreland/tabid/91/Default.aspx#training
'Health Checks' for your volunteer management practice - posted 02.7.2010 area: NI
The Department for Social Development has provided funding to Volunteer Now to carry out “Health Checks” with organisations in relation to their volunteer management practice. By using the Investing in Volunteers framework, a trained assessor will benchmark your organisation against the standard and provide you with a development plan clearly outlining any areas for improvement/ gaps in practice and signposting to where you could get help to address them. All you have to do is answer a few questions, then sit back and await the diagnosis!
A Health Check will only take about half a day of your time but the benefits are far reaching. Our experience with Investing in Volunteers shows that some organisations struggle with self assessment techniques – by letting us do a Health Check we do this part of the work for you.
You can use your Health Check to plan your development and improve your volunteer management practice. It also means that, if you wish, you are just one step away from achieving the Investing in Volunteers award. If you choose to address your development plan within six months of the Health Check we will offer to assess you for the Award at a reduced rate!
(If you are registered with Volunteer Now - Downpatrick Office and you would like a health check contact Antje at Antje.Otto@volunteernow.co.uk
The Studio - Rehearsal Space - posted 25.6.2010 area: Belfast
The Studio rehearsal space is located in College Court in Belfast City Centre, directly above Catalyst Art Gallery. At1400 square feet it’s perfect for theatre and dance rehearsals as well as workshops, classes, meetings, music rehearsals etc. The Studio is available for hire weekdays, evenings and weekends with special rates available for community arts organisations and charities.
For more information or to make a booking contact info@kaleidoscopeni.com or log on to www.kaleidoscopeni.com
Film Nation: Shorts Opens for Competition Entries (13-25 years) - posted 25.6.2010 deadline: 1 October 2010 (first round)
London 2012’s short film competition for young people is opens for entries at www.filmnation.org.uk - log on to watch and vote for your favourite. Information on the first London 2012 workshops for you to learn to make your own short film is also available.
The first round of Film Nation is now open for young people between the ages of 13 – 25, with prizes available for the film that gets the most votes each month by viewers. The closing date for the first round of Film Nation: Shorts is 1st October, with a star-studded red-carpet awards ceremony taking place in December 2010. In 2012 the best films from the 2 year programme will win the chance to be shown in iconic sporting venues during the Games in 2012 as well as at high profile screenings around the country.
To view films, find a favourite, and upload your film to share with your friends go to www.filmnation.org.uk
A&B - Introduction to Sponsorship for Community Arts Groups - posted 25.6.2010  area: The Braid, Ballymena
dates: 16 September 2010, 6.30 - 9pm (free)
Does your community arts group rely on funding from your local council grants programme?
Are you concerned about how future funding cuts may affect your group?
Are you interested in finding out about new funding support opportunities?
If the answer to these questions is YES, then the Arts & Business Introduction to Sponsorship Course, supported by Antrim, Ballymena and Larne Borough Councils, is the perfect way for you to acquire the knowledge, skills and confidence to approach the private sector for support.
Sponsorship success means you can also apply to the A&B Reach Investment programme, and help you deliver increased return on investment for your business partner. To book your place on the course:
beverly.coomber@artsandbusiness.org.uk or call 028 90 7315 155
Na Píobairí Uilleann launch Notes & Narratives - posted 25.6.2010 area: Dublin
Notes and Narratives is a new series of monthly performance-based lectures on traditional music, song and dance by some of Ireland’s finest young traditional artists.
Notes and Narratives will provide a unique opportunity for young musicians, singers and dancers to showcase valuable researched material in an engaging and entertaining format.
The series, which takes place on the third Friday of each month at NPU’s restored Georgian headquarters at 15 Henrietta St, will appeal to the general public, and especially to students, enthusiasts and fellow practitioners of the traditional arts keen to enhance their overall appreciation of music, song and dance.
Lectures/performances will run for up to 45 minutes followed by an open discussion to provide the audience with an opportunity to engage with the performers.
The aim of the series is to perpetuate the legacy of Na Píobairí Uilleann’s founding members Breandán Breathnach and Seán Reid by helping to support and encourage research into the traditional arts. All material presented will be housed in NPU’s archive.
More information at http://www.pipers.ie/news/newsitems_100525Notes.htm
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