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INVESTING IN THE ARTS

From Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Arts Development Team

Arts Bulletin – March 2013

Welcome to the B&NES Arts Bulletin.

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Please feel free to offer items for inclusion. The next copy deadline is 10.00am on

Thursday 21 March for the April 2013 edition.

The email address for bulletin information to be sent to is artsbulletin@bathnes.gov.uk

If you plan to send us information, please first read our Contributors’ Guidelines at the

end of this document.

The Council reserves the right to edit - or not to publish - any submitted information.

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Making Bath & North East Somerset an

even better place to live, work and visit

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CONTENTS

NEWS & VIEWS (p4 – p6)

1. Bath & North East Somerset Council – Arts Micro Grants

2. Arts Bulletin for Bath & North East Somerset - Readers’ Survey

3. Saving music at The Bell Inn.

4. Your Paintings website

5. Arts Council England – funding cuts to key arts organisations

6. Closure of Taunton’s Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre

7. Paying Artists survey

EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS (p6 – p11)

1. The Independent Bath Literature Festival

2. Tiny Monuments Exhibition

3. Mid Somerset Festival

4. Bath Digital Festival

5. Bath International Comedy Festival

6. Bath Affordable Arts Fair

7. The 24th Bath Decorative Antiques Fair

8. Holburne Museum - Folk's Tales

9. Art at the Heart of the RUH – A Walk on the Wild Side

10. March events in Bradford on Avon

11. Roger Mayne - photographs and drawings

12. Bristol International Jazz & Blues Festival

13. Celebrating the Imagination (Part 1) - Frome

14. Bath Box Office - Bath’s What’s On guide

TRAINING (p11 – p12)

1. Royal Photographic Society - Creative Photography and Commerce

2. Victoria Art Gallery - Spring Surprise for children

3. Google - Grow Your Charity Online learning hub

4. ITC training – Project Management and Recruitment

5. Creative Training Hub - professional development programme

Making Bath & North East Somerset an

even better place to live, work and visit

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS (p13 – p15)

1. Creativity Works – Creative Supper Clubs

2. Young Crime Writers’ Competition – Bath

3. Komedia Bath – art selling opportunity

4. Bath Photomarathon

5. Fringe Arts Bath Open Competition

6. Corsham Film Festival – Call for short films from emerging film makers

7. Glastonbury Festival - poetry reading/performance opportunity

8. Artangel & BBC Radio 4 – open call for site-specific work

FUNDING & BURSARIES (p15 – p19)

1. Bath& North East Somerset – Arts Micro Grants (for local arts projects)

2. Heritage Lottery Fund - Sharing Heritage (Explore, share and celebrate your

community‟s heritage)

3. Hilden Charitable Fund - Summer Playscheme Grants (for children from refugee

and ethnic minority families)

4. Lloyds Banking Group - Social Entrepreneurs Programme (Project ideas to

improve local communities)

5. The Worshipful Company of Weavers - Benevolent Fund (Projects working with

disadvantaged young people, offenders & ex-offenders)

6. Britten-Pears Foundation - New Music Commissions (High quality new music

from talented composers)

7. Time to Change grants (bringing people with and without mental health problems

together to challenge discrimination in their communities)

8. Foundation of Lower Saxony - the Edith-RussHaus for Media Art

Grants/Awards (Media art productions and emerging artists)

9. IdeasTap University Fee Fund (Funds in exchange for creative ideas - for current or

post-2006 students (BA/BMus) )

JOBS & VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES (p19 – p21)

1. Bath Festivals – Literature Producer

2. Oxjam Takeover Manager, Bath

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3. Holburne Museum – volunteer roles

4. Wiltshire Council – commission re Art and Design in the Public Realm in

Hilperton, Trowbridge

5. Bristol Old Vic - Producer (Outreach Department),

6. Curzon Community Cinema - Chief Executive

CONTRIBUTORS’ GUIDELINES (p22)

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NEWS & VIEWS

1. Bath & North East Somerset Council - Arts Micro Grants

Following the setting of the Council‟s budget for 2013/14, Bath & North East Somerset

Council Arts Development team will be continuing its Arts Micro Grant scheme for a

further 12 months.

Arts Micro Grants of £500 were introduced during 2012 as a means of supporting local

arts activity during the Cultural Olympiad year. During 2012/13, Micro Grants were

awarded quarterly to support a total of 30 arts projects, enabling more than 16,000

people to participate in arts events and activities across the district.

Are you planning an arts project that would benefit from a £500 Arts Micro Grant? To

find out more about how and when to apply visit the Council‟s Arts Funding Page

www.bathnes.gov.uk/artsfunding

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2. Arts Bulletin for Bath & North East Somerset - Readers’ Survey

Deadline: midnight on Sunday 17 March.

Many thanks to all who have completed our bulletin survey, giving us some useful

feedback. If you haven‟t done so yet there is still time: which also means you still have a

chance to eat out in Bath for free!

This Arts Bulletin is produced by Bath & North East Somerset Council‟s Arts

Development Team. We are undertaking a survey of readers‟ views to help us

understand the needs and interests of our arts community. Your responses will enable

us to provide the best possible service through the Arts Bulletin web page.

The survey is very short – there are only 8 questions – so should only take you a few

minutes to complete. Please click on the following link where you will be directed to the

survey page:

http://consultations.bathnes.gov.uk/consult.ti/artsbulletin/consultationHome

To encourage you to take part we are offering a £20 voucher to eat at the recently

opened Roman Baths Kitchen in Abbey Church Yard - opposite the entrance to the

Roman Baths. (See www.romanbaths.co.uk/visiting/roman_baths_kitchen.aspx ). The

Roman Baths Kitchen is operated by Searcys on behalf of Bath & North East Somerset

Council, and the voucher is also valid at the Pump Room Restaurant. The winner will be

selected at random from all those who respond by the deadline for completion. We look

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forward to receiving your feedback.

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3. Saving music at The Bell Inn

The Bell In - in Bath‟s Walcot Street - is not only a popular watering hole but is an

established promoter of live music throughout the week.

The current owner of the pub is selling up and has agreed to give first refusal to the

pub's customers. In response the Bell Community Share Offer has been launched to

enable members of the public to buy shares in a co-operative social enterprise and

become part-owners of the pub. See website for details of potential risks and benefits.

The share offer closes on Wednesday March 20th, by which time supporters aim to

raise £1 million.

www.bellcommunity.org.uk

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4. Your Paintings website

See all publicly owned oil paintings and take part in „tagging‟ them

The Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF) and the BBC have completed their hugely

ambitious partnership project to put the UK's entire collection of publicly owned oil

paintings online. We are the first country in the world to give such access to its national

collection of paintings.

In total, 3,217 venues across the UK have participated in the project, with museums and

galleries plus universities, local councils, hospitals, fire stations, zoos and even a

lighthouse. 211,861 paintings are now on the Your Paintings website. .

To help the work of identifying and cataloguing what can be seen in each painting,

members of the public are being invited to 'tag' the paintings. Tagging - adding

keywords to help describe the artworks - is fun, easy and you don't need to be an art

expert to do it. The results will allow future users of the website to find paintings of

subjects that interest them.

www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings ___________________________________________________________________

5. Arts Council England - funding cuts to key arts organisations

Core funding to all the of the Arts Council‟s National Portfolio Organisations in England

will be reduced over the next two years in response to Government cuts to the arts

budget. All organisations will face a 1% loss of funding in 2013/14 and a further 2% in

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2014/15 - enabling ACE to achieve the £11.6m reduction in spending required by

Government during the current 3-year budget.

www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/npos-share-budget-cut-pain ___________________________________________________________________

6. Closure of The Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre, Taunton

The Brewhouse went into administration in February amidst „severe funding challenges.‟

The venue has closed with the loss of all 20 full-time and 35 part-time jobs.

www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/brewhouse-closes-leaving-touring-companies-out-pocket ___________________________________________________________________

7. Paying Artists survey

Deadline: 8 March

AIR (Artists Interaction and Representation) invites artists to take part in unique, UK-

wide survey exploring their experiences of exhibiting work in publicly-funded venues.

This is part of a campaign designed to improve the pay and conditions for visual and

applied artists who show work in publicly-funded galleries.

www.air-artists.org/air

www.surveymonkey.com/s/Payingartists

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EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS

1. The Independent Bath Literature Festival

1 - 10 March

Over 150 events in 10 days feature a host of thought-provoking events and illustrious

authors, including J.K. Rowling, Hilary Mantel, P.D. James, Kate Mosse, Pat Barker,

Harriet Walter, Darcey Bussell, Sandi Toksvig, Robert Fisk, Gavin Esler, A.N. Wilson,

Allan Little, Ben Goldacre and more.

Download full brochure from website.

www.bathlitfest.org.uk

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2. Bath Literature Festival - Tiny Monuments Exhibition

4 -9 March, 10am-4pm daily at Bath Central Library

Part of the Bath Literature Festival, the Tiny Monuments Collective present their

exhibition exploring the theme of 'My voice in the city'.

Developed in partnership with Creativity Works, the group use their creativity to

overcome the stigma of mental health issues: „We are a collection of local artists, writers

and creatives. The exhibition will include artworks, film, installations and poetry... Our

artwork is an exploration of our story.‟

There will be 'Meet the artist' discussion circles on Tuesday 5th and Thursday 7th

between 11am and12:15pm.

http://bathfestivals.org.uk/literature/event/tiny-monuments-collective-my-voice-in-the-city-4 ___________________________________________________________________

3. Mid Somerset Festival

13 - 23 March

One of the oldest amateur festivals in the UK celebrating a wide variety of performing

arts. The Festival - which started in Somerset but is now based in Bath - caters for

actors, writers, dancers, musicians and singers, with both competitive and non-

competitive classes available.

There is a concert at the end of each week to celebrate some of the best performances

seen during that period.

www.midsomersetfestival.org.uk ___________________________________________________________________

4. Bath Digital Festival

14 - 24 March

Bath‟s second Digital Festival will host sessions for those working in the thriving digital

sector both locally and across the UK. In addition, community events are aimed at

opening the digital scene to the general public, with competitions, technology

workshops, digital performances and demonstrations.

Local digital networking group BathSPARK is organising an Awards Night dedicated to

recognising and highlighting local achievements and the best of the tech sector in the

city.

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Events include the dynamism of the Balanescu Quartet with lush, complex

arrangements of Kraftwerk songs as well as works by Michael Nyman and Gavin

Bryars. Friday 15 March

www.bathdigitalfestival.com ___________________________________________________________________

5. Bath International Comedy Festival

29 March - 7 April

Wtih Bath Comedy Festival now in its fifth year, Director Nick Steel says:

This is going to be another great year! What makes this Festival special is its

unique events and the ability to deliver the intimate experience of quality

performances in small to medium sized venues.

Headliners this year include veteran performer and broadcaster Arthur Smith and

German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn back with a brand new show. Other

highlights include The Opening Night Cabaret Showcase and the official New Act

Competition

www.bathcomedy.com ___________________________________________________________________

6. Bath Affordable Arts Fair

Monday 18 March - Komedia, Bath

Join us monthly for an afternoon and evening of fantastic and affordable art from all

over the country. Prints, photography, graphic design, illustrations, paintings.

http://komediabath.ticketsolve.com/shows/873486540/events ___________________________________________________________________

7. The 24th Bath Decorative Antiques Fair

7 - 10 March, The Pavilion, Bath

Originally launched to promote the Bath and Bradford-upon-Avon Antiques Dealers

Association, the fair has become a stand-alone event well known for its eclectic of

decorative antiques and objects.

www.bathdecorativeantiquesfair.co.uk ___________________________________________________________________

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8. Holburne Museum - Folk's Tales

Sunday March 10th 2-4pm

Take a pew, bend an ear and listen to a tale or two of Simple Simons and Silly Sallys,

black dogs and eerie will o' the wisps, haunted green hills, giant jumping stones and

trees that talk.

Part of Somerset Storyfest's March 2013 festival

www.somersetstoryfest.co.uk ___________________________________________________________________

9. Art at the Heart of the RUH - A Walk on the Wild Side

18 January - 17 April , Royal United Hospital Bath

Madeleine Town‟s paintings are neo-romantic, dreamlike landscapes which feature

birds and wild animals. Sally Muir„s are large charcoal drawings of dogs on paper, some

imagined, some real.

As with all exhibitions at the RUH, entry is free and access to the main corridors is

available 8am-8pm, 7 days a week.

www.ruh.nhs.uk/art/exhibitions/current.asp ___________________________________________________________________

10. Events in Bradford on Avon during March

My Life of Music - 1 March

An Evening with Kelvin Thomas MBE (Founder of Silver Ring Choir and BoA Choral

Society)

7pm at Bathampton Methodist Church.

Making TV behind the Iron Curtain - 7 March

Arts Association Talk Writer, TV Director and Producer Michael Darlow.

7.30pm at Riverside Inn

Beads, findings and Jewellery Making Fair - 9 and 10 March

10am - 5pm at St Margaret‟s Hall

An English Celebration - 23 March

7.30pm at Holy Trinity Church (Tickets £10 at the TIC)

Gangsters & Gunslingers – The Good, The Bad and the Memorabilia - 23 March

Special Exhibition at The American Museum, Claverton Manor, Bath

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www.bradfordonavon.co.uk/whatson.php ___________________________________________________________________ 11. Roger Mayne - photographs and drawings

All of March, (ends 7 April) at Victoria Art Gallery

Mayne photographed London‟s street life in the 1950s, capturing its vigour and poverty,

later photographing his own children and people he observed on his travels. His many

friendships with artists influenced his approach and resulted in telling portraits. This

show surveys his career and includes rare vintage prints for sale.

Free talk about the exhibition for blind and visually impaired people as part of the Art on

Thursdays programme. 14 March 10.30-12.00

www.victoriagal.org.uk ___________________________________________________________________

12. Bristol International Jazz & Blues Festival

1 to 3 March - Colston Hall, Bristol

A new festival bringing jazz & blues artists from around the world, with top performers

from the USA, Cuba, Australia and Europe performing alongside local & south-west

talent.

Concerts, workshops and jam sessions encompass the full history of jazz, including

Traditional, New Orleans, swing, bebop, funk, Latin, world, gypsy, contemporary and

free styles.

www.bristoljazzandbluesfest.com ___________________________________________________________________

13. Celebrating the Imagination (Part 1) - Frome

March - May 2013, Frome, Somerset.

A series of events will cover a wide range of imaginative perspectives on important

cultural issues - educational, artistic, scientific and environmental. In March:

Jackie Morris - 14 March

Children‟s author and illustrator for Ted Hughes, Mary Hoffman, Caroline Pitcher and

many others, as well as designs for the Terry Pratchett Disc World Calendar.

The Gist -15 & 16 March

A gathering of award-winning poets, novelists and artists in which we will hear and see

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their individual imaginations at work : Lindsay Clarke, John Moat , Sir Andrew Motion,

Maggie Gee and more.

www.interaliacentre.org/section.php?xSec=17&xPage=1&jssCart=e230d2cd9e983c95014d678bca8a5540 ___________________________________________________________________

14. Bath Box Office - Bath’s What’s On guide

Event listings and information for Bath and the surrounding area, provided by Bath Festivals. See website for a wide range of events on offer - or to upload details of your own activities.

www.bathboxoffice.org.uk

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TRAINING

1. Royal Photographic Society - Creative photography and commerce

Friday 22 March - Watershed, Bristol.

The Bath-based RPS has brought together the best in the business to give a series of

lectures on the relationship between personal photography and commercial practice -

open to anyone with an interest in photography.

They will also offer advice and portfolio reviews for students and photographers aged 35

and under.

www.rps.org/workshops/view/2959 ___________________________________________________________________

2. Victoria Art Gallery - Spring Surprise for children

Thursday 28 March at Victoria Art Gallery -

For children age 3-11 to enjoy early Spring at the gallery and make some art to take

home.

10.30 - 12.00 and 1.30 - 3.00pm

www.victoriagal.org.uk/whats_on/family_events.aspx ___________________________________________________________________

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3. Google - Grow Your Charity Online learning hub

Google has launched a free initiative that intends to help 30,000 small and medium-

sized charities enhance their fundraising capabilities by improving their digital abilities.

See website

www.fundingcentral.org.uk/newsview.aspx?WCU=DSCODE=OTSLIVE,NEWSITEMID=248-N46126 ___________________________________________________________________

4. ITC training - Project Management and Recruitment

Venue: The Albany, South London

Project Management - Friday 8 March, 10am - 5pm

Understand how to bring projects large or small to a successful conclusion on time and

within a specified budget, increasing your confidence and competence to deliver

successful projects.

Recruitment - Monday 11 March, 2pm – 5pm

The course enables managers, board members and other senior practitioners to plan

and conduct successful recruitment within their organisations.

www.itc-arts.org/page220.aspx ___________________________________________________________________

5. Creative Training Hub - professional development programme

Creative Training Hub provides in-house and bespoke training to arts and cultural

organisations.

Venue: Toynbee Studios, Central London

Introduction to Project Management – 7 March

Find out how to manage your projects with ease and confidence. The course will

provide the tools and practices to avoid the common pitfalls and make your projects a

success.

Evaluating and Assessing your Projects – 14 March

Learning how to evaluate your projects effectively will increase your productivity and

save you time and money. During this interactive course you will identify creative

approaches to project evaluation.

www.creativetraininghub.co.uk

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS

1. Creativity Works - the first Creative Supper Club

Chelsea Road Café, Bath - Thursday 7 March (7pm - 10pm)

The series of gatherings (planned for Bath, Frome and Bristol) is expected to attract an

eclectic group of people, and provide dynamic live happenings, good wholesome

delicious food, sparks and catalysts for collaboration and inspiration. With much fun and

laughter.

If you are interested in helping host a creative supper evening in your area or would like

to take part in offering a creative experience - please do get in touch with us. Contact:

Ailsa Holmes 07588524111

£12 entrance fee. This is a fundraising event and networking experience for Creativity

Works. Creativity Works is a charity which inspires people to explore, develop and grow,

and is a National Portfolio Funded Organisation of the Arts Council.

www.creativityworksforeveryone.co.uk ___________________________________________________________________

2. Young Crime Writers’ Competition - Bath

Aspiring young writers from the region are being encouraged to enter a competition

launched by Bath & North East Somerset Council.

The Young Crime Writers‟ Competition 2013 is open to anyone living in Bath and North

East Somerset, South Gloucestershire or Bristol, who was 17 or under on Monday 7

January. Entries must be handed in to local libraries by Tuesday 5 March.

The maximum story length is 1,000 words and there is no minimum length. The theme

of the story is crime or thriller of any kind.

www.bathnes.gov.uk/latestnews/young-crime-writers-competition-2013-launched ___________________________________________________________________

3. Komedia Bath – art selling opportunity

Komedia Bath is looking for artists wanting to showcase or sell their work.

Monthly Affordable Art Fairs are being run in their Arts Café, selling artwork priced £100

or less. The next one will be Monday 18 March, 4 - 9pm.

They are also looking for new artists‟ work to show at the venue – from painting to

photography, illustrations to installations.

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For information email Astrid Foreman: astrid@komedia.co.uk

http://komediabath.ticketsolve.com/shows/873486540/events ___________________________________________________________________

4. Fringe Arts Bath Photomarathon

Bath Photomarathon 2013 will be accepting both digital and film challengers with the

results being exhibited during the FaB fortnight. You will have ten hours on Saturday 4

May to illustrate twenty given themes, so join us on a psychogeographical ramble

through the streets of Bath.

The Bath Photomarathon is open to anyone who likes taking photographs: professional,

amateur, young or old. Do it in a group or alone, it‟s up to you. You need to be in Bath

on the day, but it‟s open to people outside the city.

www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/photomarathon-info ___________________________________________________________________

5. Fringe Arts Bath Open Competition

An annual competition and exhibition, allowing all to enter: early career artists, those

who exhibit work regularly and those who prefer operating outside the gallery-based

scene.

Work is invited from artists practicing contemporary art in the fields of painting, print,

drawing, photography, film, sound, sculpture, installation and performance. Selected

works will be shown as part of a curated exhibition at the FaB space during the 2013

festival.

Closing date 26 April.

www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/fab-2013-open ___________________________________________________________________

6. Corsham Film Festival - Call for short films from emerging film makers

Corsham‟s 10th annual Film Festival will run from Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 March

2013. To complement the main programme of 12 feature films, there will also be

screenings of short films by emerging film makers from the south west region.

Pound Arts is inviting submissions of short films from emerging film makers for

consideration.

http://poundarts.org.uk/pound/vacancies.aspx ___________________________________________________________________

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7. Glastonbury Festival - poetry reading/performance opportunity

Do you want to perform your work on Glastonbury Festival‟s poetry stage (June 26 –

30)? Poetry&Words is seeking applications from experienced writers and performers -

poets, lyricists, spoken word artists, troubadours, story tellers, stand-up poets and slam

champs.

Deadline: midnight on Sunday 10 March 2013

www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/areas/theatre-and-circus/poetryandwords ___________________________________________________________________

8. Artangel & BBC Radio 4 - Open call for site-specific work

Commissioning and production organisation Artangel have announced a £1m Open call

in alliance with BBC Radio 4. Open is a call for ground-breaking site-specific proposals.

It is an invitation to artists working in all media and anywhere in the UK to come forward

with bold projects that will transform the UK‟s cultural landscape.

Proposals are encouraged from visual artists, filmmakers, writers, artists working in the

digital space, composers, theatre makers, producers and choreographers.

Deadline: Monday 29 April 2013.

www.artangel.org.uk

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FUNDING & BURSARIES

1. Bath& North East Somerset - Arts Micro Grants

Local arts projects.

Deadline: quarterly.

Following the setting of the Council‟s budget for 2013/14, Bath & North East Somerset

Council Arts Development team will be continuing its Arts Micro Grant scheme for a

further 12 months.

Arts Micro Grants of £500 were introduced during 2012 as a means of supporting local

arts activity during the Cultural Olympiad year. During 2012/13, Micro Grants were

awarded quarterly to support a total of 30 arts projects, enabling more than 16,000

people to participate in arts events and activities across the district.

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Are you planning an arts project that would benefit from a £500 Arts Micro Grant? To

find out more about how and when to apply visit the Council‟s Arts Funding page.

www.bathnes.gov.uk/artsfunding ___________________________________________________________________

2. Heritage Lottery Fund - Sharing Heritage

Explore, share and celebrate your community’s heritage.

Deadline: apply any time during the programme.

Grants £3,000 - £10,000. Activities can include events, exhibitions, festivals and

celebrations, producing local history publications, conservation of individual heritage

items, volunteer training or support.

Start-up grants will also be available to community groups taking responsibility for

heritage, to create the right constitutional framework and to develop a strategy for

managing the heritage.

See HLF website for a range of additional funding programmes currently running.

www.hlf.org.uk/HowToApply/programmes/Pages/SharingHeritage.aspx ___________________________________________________________________

3. Hilden Charitable Fund - Summer Playscheme Grants

Playschemes for children from refugee and ethnic minority families.

Deadline: 17 May.

£500 - £1,500 for community groups working with children aged 5 - 18 years. Schemes

should last 2 - 6 weeks with strong volunteer support. The organisation should have

income of less than £120,000 pa.

www.hildencharitablefund.org.uk/summer%20playcheme%20application%20form.htm ___________________________________________________________________

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4. Lloyds Banking Group - Social Entrepreneurs Programme

For project ideas to improve local communities.

Deadline: 2 April.

Grants support projects from both organisations and individuals. New organisations or

projects at an early stage can apply for funding of up to £4,000 as well as one year of

training and development. Established organisations that are looking to scale up their

projects can apply for funding of up to £15,000 and one year of training.

Previous projects supported include yoga classes aimed at vulnerable young parents

and a scheme designed to assist ex-offenders returning to work.

www.the-sse.org/schools/26/lloyds-banking-group-social-entrepreneurs-programme ___________________________________________________________________

5. The Worshipful Company of Weavers - Benevolent Fund

Projects working with disadvantaged young people, offenders & ex-offenders.

Deadlines: in advance of committee meetings in February, June and October

each year.

Grants up to £15,000 for small registered charities with projects that:

work with disadvantaged young people aged from 5 to 30 years of age enabling

them to meet their full potential and to participate fully in society

address the social and economic problems faced by offenders, and ex-offenders

and their families, and provide them with support, life skills training and a way

back into education, training and/or employment.

www.weavers.org.uk/charitable-grants/grant-application-guidelines ___________________________________________________________________

6. Britten-Pears Foundation - New Music Commissions

Commissioning of high quality new music from talented composers.

Deadline: 18 March 2013.

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Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears both gave much support to fellow composers during

their lifetimes and the aim of this scheme is to continue this support. Preference will be

given to applications for high quality work which has more than one planned

performance. Funds can also be for composer and performer collaborations.

Applications should be made by UK-based commissioning bodies such as festivals,

concert halls or professional performers, including solo instrumentalists, symphony

orchestras and chorus groups.

www.brittenpears.org/page.php?pageid=407 ___________________________________________________________________

7. Time to Change grants

Projects that bring people with and without mental health problems together to

challenge discrimination in their communities.

Deadline: 30 April.

The grants programme will re-open for applications on the 6th March 2013. Grants up to

£100,000.

Previous projects supported include Refugee Radio which received a grant to enable 10

refugees and asylum seekers with mental health problems to put on events for the wider

refugee community.

http://time-to-change.org.uk/grants ___________________________________________________________________

8. Foundation of Lower Saxony - the Edith-RussHaus for Media Art

Grants/Awards

Media art productions and emerging artists.

Deadlines: both 27 February 2013.

Supporting a wide spectrum of media art, from video art and net-based projects to audio

or audio-visual installations.

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(i) Three production and residency grants - €10,000 each - to promote artistic efforts

in the field of media art.

(ii) Two prizes - €3,000 each and an exhibition - for artistic works in the field of new

media.

www.edith-russ-haus.de/en/grantsawards.html ___________________________________________________________________

9. IdeasTap university fee fund

Funds in exchange for creative ideas - for current or post-2006 students

(BA/BMus).

Deadline: 29 March.

Whether you‟re a first-year student or a graduate, if you embarked on a BA or BMus in

2006 or later, you could benefit from having £9,000 taken off your Student Loans

Company balance by arts charity IdeasTap.

For a chance to win you must tell IdeasTap in 100 words or less what you could offer to

its network in exchange for the money. It could be an idea or a service, for example

“This is how you could improve your site…” or “I‟ll run this Spa event for your

members…” ¬ The more imaginative, original and feasible the idea, the better.

www.ideastap.com/unifeefund ___________________________________________________________________

JOBS & VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES

1. Bath Festivals - Literature Producer

The new Literature Producer will manage both the Independent Bath Literature Festival

and the Telegraph Bath Festival of Children‟s Literature. S/he will be responsible for the

planning and operational delivery of both festivals and for occasional one off events.

A full time permanent position based in Bath.

Salary £25 - £28,000 pa

Deadline: Wednesday 13 March

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http://bathfestivals.org.uk/jobs ___________________________________________________________________

2. Oxjam Takeover Manager, Bath

Oxjam is part of Oxfam GB and is a music festival with a difference. Throughout

October, volunteers organise hundreds of music events, of all types and genres, across

the UK.

This post is ideal for people looking for experience in event/project management or

charity fundraising. You will need to give a commitment of: 7 months (April – November

2013).

Deadline: Sunday 3 March

www.oxfam.org.uk/oxjam/get-involved/the-oxjam-takeover/become-takeover-manager ___________________________________________________________________

3. Bath’s Holburne Museum - volunteer roles

Catalogue marketing Volunteer

To help the Museum sell its back stock of catalogues and guides at a profit.

Events marketing Volunteer

To help the Museum achieve around 75% seat sales for events.

Film and Photography Volunteer

To help the Museum maximise income from film and photography and to help the

Museum manage the process of filming.

Visitor Marketing Volunteer

To support the Marketing and Communications Manager in promoting the

Museum and attracting visitors to the museum and exhibitions.

Gallery Steward Volunteer

A wide range of tasks available, from stewarding galleries and welcoming visitors

to assisting in the shop to stewarding for our event programme.

www.holburne.org ___________________________________________________________________

4. Wiltshire Council - commission re. Art and Design in the Public Realm in

Hilperton, Trowbridge

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A specialist in art and design in the public realm is needed to research and write an Arts

Plan and to ensure the delivery of an Arts Scheme in Hilperton. The maximum budget

for the project is £30,000, which includes the cost of preparing the arts plan and delivery

of the arts scheme.

Deadline: 25 march

http://theartsinwiltshire.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/opportunity-art-and-design-in-the-public-realm-in-hilperton-trowbridge ___________________________________________________________________

5. Bristol Old Vic - Producer (Outreach Department)

The Outreach Producer is responsible for producing all Outreach productions and

projects under the lead of the Director of Outreach and for managing the department‟s

day-to-day administration.

Wanted: a flexible and creative thinker with a broad experience of arts administration.

Ideally with a knowledge of the British schools system and an overview of the national

curriculum.

Deadline: Friday 15 March

Interviews: Scheduled for first week of April

Start date: May 2013

www.bristololdvic.org.uk/jobs ___________________________________________________________________

6. Curzon Community Cinema - Chief Executive

Wanted: an enthusiastic and creative person to lead the independent Curzon

Community Cinema through its next phase of development. S/he should be a strategic

leader, able to strengthen and develop the Curzon‟s film and cinema, education and

heritage goals, raise funds and deliver a major restoration project.

Salary: up to £35,000

Deadline: 5 March

http://nownext.curzon.org.uk/ceapp.htm_

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BULLETIN CONTRIBUTORS' GUIDELINES

We are looking for short and to-the-point items which convey your key message - and which we do not have to spend time editing for you. Therefore, when you submit information to the bulletin, please note the standard format that we ask you to use:

1. Title of event/news item

2. Name of the promoting organisation and/or venue

3. Date (if relevant)

4. Description - two or three sentences capturing the essence of your event/news. Maximum 50 words.

5. Website address - for further information regarding your event/news. If a website is not available - an email address and phone number.

Please note:

a) If you go above the 50-word limit we cannot guarantee to use your information.

b) We are now only featuring one event as a sample of your activities so - if you run a number of events in any one month - please decide which one you want to focus on. (The website link will enable people to see your other offerings).

c) Please send your information in Word format and keep the layout as simple as possible (no indents, centred text, etc.). Please do not send .pdfs.

d) Photos (.jpg format) are welcome: please include a statement confirming that you hold the copyright or give details of who does. However, there is no certainty that we will use any photo/s in the next bulletin and we may use them in future editions or on other pages of our website.

e) The Council reserves the right to edit - or not to publish - any submitted material.

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