Olympics Art Competition for young people

Children across Norfolk are being given the chance to take part in an Olympics inspired competition that could see their work displayed at a city art gallery.

Norfolk County Council is organising the London 2012 art competition, which will see winning works displayed at Norwich’s Castle Museum.

The competition is open to all children and young people in the county and those successful in each category will also win an artist for a day, who will visit their school. Selected pieces will also be displayed in the county’s mobile libraries.

There are three categories, broken down into each school key stage. They are:

* Works that represents one of the Olympic and Paralympic values (excellence, friendship, respect, courage, determination, quality and inspiration).

* Works that represent an Olympian or Paralympian, past or present.

* Works on the theme of the Olympic torch relay, which is scheduled to pass through Norfolk.

Children and young people can enter art in any media, as long as it is two-dimensional and in A4, A3 or A2.

The competition closes on Friday 22 March 2012 and judging will be done by staff from Norfolk County Council’s Children’s and Community Services departments and Joseph Ballard from the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games.

The winners in each category will have their work displayed at the Castle’s Art Gallery in the summer term, ahead of the opening of the London Olympics.

Alison Thomas, Cabinet Member for Children’s Services at Norfolk County Council, said: “This competition gives children and young people across the county the opportunity to have their work displayed in a public art gallery, meaning they will be seen by visitors from across the county, country and even overseas. It also gives schools and their pupils a chance to capture the spirit of the Games, think about its history, its purpose and the significance of having such a high profile event in their home nation.

“We are keen for schools to use the many educational opportunities the Olympic and Paralympic Games present across the curriculum, whether it is sport, art, maths, English or citizenship. The values of the Games are attributes we should all aspire to and qualities that we want to see in all of Norfolk’s children and young people. We hope that schools will embrace this competition and would urge as many young people as possible to take part.”

For further information, or to request an entry form, contact Anna McCarthy, Creative Projects Officer for Norfolk County Council, on 01603 638099 or anna.mccarthy@norfolk.gov.uk

somewhereto_ Showcase Event

Wednesday 25th January 2012

Creative Arts East is offering young people the opportunity to perform at a Showcase Event during the Money, Employment & Learning Fair as part of the somewhereto_ project at The Forum, Norwich on Wed. 25 January 2012 from 10am – 4pm!

The Showcase offers 16-25 year olds somewhereto_ perform their comedy, music, magic, acting, performing, dancing, whatever their act, to a fresh audience in the centre of Norwich!

This is an AMAZING opportunity for young people to get their performance seen, and there will also be an opportunity to have 1:1 guidance sessions with an industry expert. Please share this information with young people and forward it to any relevant contacts, as we don’t want any young performers to miss the opportunity to perform!

Amplification is prohibited at this event.

If you would like more information about the Showcase, or to pre-book a slot please e-mail Elly Wilson at elly@somewhereto.org

somewhereto_ is a nationwide project, inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, to help young people find the space they need to do the things they love within sport, culture and the arts. somewhereto_ is run by Livity, a youth engagement agency, in media partnership with Channel 4 Education and funded by Legacy Trust UK. Creative Arts East is the Regional Coordinator for the East. ‘somewhereto_Showcase’ Events are supported by the Norfolk Community Foundation.

www.somewhereto.com

Creating Safety: child protection and youth arts

Creating Safety: child protection and youth arts
28th March 2012, 9.45am – 4pm, The Garage, Norwich

This one day course is essential training for anyone working within youth arts, but especially those using more physical art forms, such as dance and drama. The training will cover current child protection legislation in line with the requirements of the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB), within the context of delivering a youth arts project and includes a “safe touch” section, exploring how child protection guidelines can be maintained within more physical art forms.

It will be of benefit to individuals and organisations looking to develop their own child protection policy and maintain standards of good practice, providing practical advice and guidelines to develop confidence and sensible structures around child protection issues within youth arts.

All participants will receive a certificate of attendance upon successful completion of the course and a wealth of practical resources. There is a special rate fee of £75 available on this course.

For more information, or to request a booking form, please visit the Artswork website: www.artswork.org.uk/open-courses or contact the Professional Development Manager, Rachel Hall: rachel@artswork.org.uk  or call 02380 332491.

Artswork Ltd is the national youth arts development agency

Club for over 25′s

          
Youth Club for over 25’s 
Would like to meet new people & try new activities?
Come along to our weekly ‘youth club’ for fun activities, arts & crafts, games, advice and information.
Every Friday,  2pm-4pm, at the Priory Centre.  Refreshments included and all for 50p!!  Occasional day trips & events too!!

Contact Rachael Hardie  for more information!   rachael-hardie@gyctrust.co.uk
Community Projects & Ageless Opportunities Co-Ordinator
Great Yarmouth Community Trust
Priory Centre
Priory Plain
01493 743042
www.priorycentre.co.uk/what-we-do/adults

Gorleston St. Andrew’s 42nd Competitive Music Festival

The Festival will take place 12-24 March 2012, located as ever in the Chapter House, St. Andrew’s Church, Gorleston, and the syllabus and entry forms are now available at local libraries, Allen’s Music Centre in Gt. Yarmouth and Morlings in Lowestoft, on the website www.gorleston-festival.org or from the co-ordinator, tel. 01493 780829.  Closing date is 31 January, 2012.

Circle Dance Workshop for Children

Half-term activity at Bracecamp Hall, Ormesby St. Margaret.  Wednesday 23rd February, 10.15 – 11.45 am.  £2 adult, £1 child. 

The workshop is led by a qualified and experienced teacher.  The dances come from many different countries including South America, Africa, Greece, Hungary, Romania and the UK.  If there is sufficient interest more workshops may follow.  Each child must be accompanied by a responsible adult over 18. Please ring 01493 748830 for further details or to book.

Creative Writing Competition

As part of its Common Values campaign and to mark international Human Rights Day on 10 December 2010, Liberty has launched a Liberty Schools Creative Writing Competition: Write Human Rights.

Why the Human Rights Act? Although the Human Rights Act is often misquoted and maligned in adult society, the rights and values it defends – fairness, equality, privacy, dignity and respect – often mirror those we look to encourage in our children. Liberty hopes that providing an opportunity for real engagement and understanding of the content and meaning of the Act will broaden respect for the essential rights and freedoms it upholds and protects, and what these mean for every one of us. For an interactive guide to the articles of the Human Rights Act and what they mean in plain English, visit www.love.commonvalues.org.uk

Entrants are being asked to write a short piece of poetry or prose inspired by any or all of the articles within the Act. An entry could be as much as the word-limit (150 – 250 words depending on age category) or as little as a sentence.

The winners will be announced in early July 2011. Entries will be judged by a panel of literary experts, including best-selling author and twice Booker-prize nominated author Ali Smith, best-selling children’s author Georgia Byng, author of best-selling teen superspy series Anthony Horowitz and publisher Simon Prosser. The winning entry will receive up to £500 to spend on books for their school and the chance to read their winning entry at a prestigious award ceremony in 2011.

Write Human Rights is open to any student that is a resident of Great Britain and aged between 4-16yrs. There are two categories for entry: ages 4-10 yrs and 11-16 years. Entries must be submitted by a Teacher, Tutor, Mentor, Youth Club Organiser or Parent/Guardian (if home educated) on behalf of their students. Teachers normally submit entries as part of a whole-class activity.

To register your school to take part in the competition please email a contact name, the name of your school, a contact email address and postal address to mailto://schools@liberty-human-rights.org.uk

Registration will close, and the competition will open for entries from Monday 28 February. The deadline for submissions will be 27 May 2011.

The DanceEast Academy

The DanceEast Academy is now recruiting for entry in September 2011.

The DanceEast Academy is a Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) in dance and offers young people with exceptional potential and talent, the opportunity to access high quality dance training.

The Academy is looking for enthusiastic, motivated young people aged 10-16 from the East of England, who have an interest in pursuing dance as a career. No previous formal dance training is required although experienced dancers are also encouraged to apply.

Means-tested grant funding is available for all successful applicants through the Department for Education’s Music and Dance Scheme.

The Norwich Open Days for 2011 entry will be held on Saturday, 26th March. Open Days are free but places must be booked in advance.

For more information: tel 01473 295230, email to academy@danceeast.co.uk or click here

Start Programme Awards Funding

Prince’s Foundation for Children and the Arts: Start Programme – 2011 Round One, Now Open

The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts’ Start Programme provides primary and secondary school students in the UK with the opportunity to engage with the arts.

The Start Programme awards funding for cultural organisations in the UK to develop and deliver arts enrichment programmes for primary and secondary school students.

Grants of up to £15,000 per project for up to three years are available (maximum of £10,500 in year three), although funding can only be guaranteed for one year. However, the Foundation aims to work with all partners and partner schools for up to three years.

Applications are welcomed from cultural and arts organisations in the UK partnering with local schools that currently do not have a strong relationship with a cultural venue.

Successful Stage One applicants will be shortlisted and invited to apply to Stage Two.

The deadline for Stage One applications is 2 February 2011 (5 pm).  For more information click here .  This information has been distributed by Norfolk Arts Forum.

Fusion

Over the past 6 months, the Fusion Youth Group, based on the Middlegate Estate, have been working on a photography project alongside the Comeunity Team and the Middlegate Community Association. The funding for the project was obtained through the Your South Yarmouth, Your Decision 2009-2010 Participatory Budgeting programme, which saw local residents in South Yarmouth vote for and allocate funding towards the project.

During this time, the young people received training in photography from a GY College Tutor, and took hundreds of photos of their local community, which were shown in early November in the Rumbelow Gallery in Great Yarmouth Library.

Apart from the 50 plus photos that were  on display, the young people  also put together a delightful brochure of the photos taken during the project, and this is still available to pick up at the current Transitions exhibition at the gallery, on until the 19th November. 

 The young people also participated in workshops run by poet Rupert Mallin and young filmmaker Jade Yaxley.  The decided they wanted to explore bullying past and present, and did this through cartoon, words, a visit to the Tolhouse Museum, and film.  Emily Payne edited the film material they produced to create a short video posted to You Tube:

For any enquiries related to Fusions, please contact Katie Folkes on 01493 845 929 or at katiefolkes@voluntarynorfolk.org.uk