FREE Events Management Course

With ‘The Out There International Street Arts and Circus Festival’, Great Yarmouth , Norfolk

Are you  18 years +?  Out of work and not in education?  Looking for a new path?

What about…

A free Event Management course which includes a work placement in a local arts festival?

The course will give you a basic introduction to all the areas involved in running and managing an outdoor event and will include aspects of stage management and sound,  stewarding , Health and Safety and events management.

The course will allow you to work in teams and build your knowledge in essential areas such as finance, first aid, risk assessment, publicity and marketing and customer care skills.

Working with Industry Specialists you will receive a reference at the end of the course, links to local festivals and potential employers and a Certificate of Achievement.

Dates of the course:

Tues 30 August 10 – 4pm

Tues 6 Sept 10 – 4pm

Tues 13 Sept 10 – 4pm

One Day Placement at Out There on Saturday 17 Sept or Sunday 18 Sept

Tues 20 Sept 10 – 2pm

To find out more log onto http://www.teameast.org/norfolk_and_suffolk.php  for videos and case studies of people who have taken part in previous courses.

Attendance at all sessions is mandatory. Contributions towards expenses such as travel and childcare can be made. As places are limited interviews will be held with all applicants. We are particularly keen to receive applications from women, lone parents and those aged 50years +

Deadline for receiving applications is the 3 August 2011

To apply or for more information contact Sarah James at Seachange Arts on 01493 846550 or e-mail on sarah@seachangearts.org.uk

Out There Event Management Course is a Team East for Skills initiative, managed by Creative Arts East, funded by the European Social Fund and Legacy Trust.

Out There Festival

A massive free festival of international performance and participation took place in St. George’s Park, Great Yarmouth on the 18th and 19th September. Out There is now the largest street arts festival in the region.

Joe Mackintosh of SeaChange Arts says, “We love being Out There! Out on the east coast, we think we’re a little bit special – perched on the edge of the UK and tipping a wink to the continent! Our programme reflects that.”   This year one of the titans of international street arts, Générik Vapeur performed the English premier of their long- running street show, Bivouac, which was a huge success.  Hundreds of people followed the blue-painted performers as they made their way down from St. George’s Parade and along Marine Parade banging and rolling huge oil drums, preceded by a flame throwing iron dog and accompanied by a lorry upon which three musicians were performing.  Fire crackers were being let off to startle the swarming crowd and acrobats appeared on buildings.  The sense of expectancy was tangible amongst the milling spectators and the fireworks finale was magnificent.

From France Chamboule Touthéatre and two of the original founders of the parkour phenomenon performed in a show called Fusion.  Add to that performers from Sweden, Belgium, New Zealand and Australia all brought  a sense of the weird, the wonderful and the unusual.

Local artists were commissioned to lead community workshops to create mobiles, kinetic and metal sculptures and flags and banners to decorate the festival park, and to deliver participatory workshops on site at the festival.

Out There has been developed with the support of the ZEPA network, an innovative project partnering nine French and English festivals to create and share artists, tours and expertise. While born of international partnerships the festival is founded on the historic qualities that make Great Yarmouth unique with its rich heritage of circus and seaside entertainment.

The Out There festival is pure fun and not to be missed -watch out for the 2011 Festival!  For more information click here.

Arts & Crafts Stalls: Out There 2010

Artists and craftspeople are invited to apply for a pitch to trade at the Out There International Festival of Street Arts and Circus 2010, taking place in St George’s Park, Great Yarmouth on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th September 2010. Stalls can be used for selling and also for demonstration purposes. The site will be open for all traders to set up between 7.30 – 10am on both Saturday and Sunday.

There will be no charge for an arts and crafts pitch. Tables and chairs will be provided but if you require any other methods of displaying work or decorating your stall, you will need to provide this yourself.

If you are interested, click here to email Becca Clayton, Projects Assistant at SeaChange Arts to ask for an application form and further information. Deadline for submission of applications: 12th August 2010.

Out There International Festival

Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th September 2009, St George’s Park , Great Yarmouth.

This year OutThere will have an amazing array of  public performances, spectacular street shows, live music, theatre, circus, international food stalls, and lots of workshops and activities for everyone to get involved in. To find out more click here to view the Out There website.

SeaChange Arts is looking for people who can spare some time to volunteer and help deliver this exciting event in Great Yarmouth. There are many opportunities to get involved including: marketing, hospitality, runners, backstage support,stewarding, reviews.

For further information or to get involved contact Laurie Miller-Zutshi on 01493 846187 or e-mail creativelearning@seachangearts.org.uk.