County Derry/Londonderry | Community Arts Partnership

Call for Artists – Community Arts Partnership closing 2/7/2013

June 17, 2013 in County Antrim, County Armagh, County Derry/Londonderry, County Down, County Fermanagh, County Tyrone, Greater Belfast, Jobs & Opportunities

Community Arts Partnership (CAP) is calling for artists from a variety of artistic backgrounds to facilitate our community arts workshop programme across Northern Ireland.

We are looking for creative, dynamic and innovative practitioners with an approachable attitude, a passion for community arts, and experience of working on arts projects in community and school settings.

Artists are invited to submit a CV (word or pdf format), up to three images of recent work (jpeg), and complete a short application form: Facilitator form with details of their expertise, experience and availability. Applications should be submitted no later than 5pm Tuesday 2 July to Peggy Fisher via email peggy@comartspartner.org or in the post to Community Arts Partnership, 3-5 Commercial Court, Belfast BT1 2NB.

CAP has been delivering very successful community arts workshop programmes for over 10 years. With this year’s programme, we wish to renew our commitment to championing community arts and promote access to and participation in the arts to all sections of society.

Between July 2013 and March 2014 we will be offering poetry workshops to schools and writers’ groups. We will also deliver a wide range of participant-led projects to community groups, including film, photography, animation, fashion, sculpture, textile art, carnival arts, crafts, dance, drama, music, and mural making.

Community Arts Partnership is currently supporting and promoting interculturalism in the arts (through our InterCultural Arts Support Programme and within the framework of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s Intercultural Strategy). We are keen to hear from artists from or working with ethnic minorities who are interested in facilitating intercultural creative projects engaging diverse communities.

For more information about our programme and to download applications forms, visit www.comartspartner.org.

Artists who have previously sent us details are invited to reapply as we require consent to publish contact details on a new online artist database which will be accessible to registered organisations looking for arts practitioners.

We look forward to hearing from you!

The deadline for this application is 5:00pm on Tuesday July 2nd, 2013

Rich Tapestries to be created for Community Weaving Project

June 11, 2013 in County Derry/Londonderry, Events, News

As part of the City of Culture celebrations and events, an exciting community weaving project – The Big Weave will see the creation of seven new tapestries in a three-week period in June which will then be donated to the city as part of the legacy of 2013 particularly appropriate given the history, both ancient and modern, of textile industry in the city. Having commenced on Monday of this week, the Big Weave is open until 29 June.

St Augustine’s Church on the historic Derry~Londonderry walls is behind the project which it sees as the perfect way to embrace culture and the dual themes of Columba and the walls.Three looms have been brought to the St Augustine’s church hall to create the tapestries – although they will be taken out into the city during the three weeks to help in the creation of truly citywide pieces of artwork.

Six of the tapestries will be presented to different organisations which all share strong connections to the church or the city. They are: St Columb’s Cathedral, The Long Tower, The Apprentice Boys, First Derry Presbyterian Church, Derry City Council and The Honourable The Irish Society. The project will be based at St Augustine’s church. Mondays to Saturdays you will find the volunteers weaving, either in St Augustine’ Halls or, as weather permits, outside on the walls. On Wednesdays they will wander off with one of the looms, over the Peace Bridge and into Ebrington Square, where they will set up camp for the day.

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join in – absolutely no experience necessary. St Augustine’s Church is situated in Palace Street, Derry~Londonderry.

For more information, visit http://www.cityofculture2013.com/event/the-big-weave/.

Call for Researcher / Facilitator – Derry City Council closing 21/6/2013

June 11, 2013 in County Derry/Londonderry, Jobs & Opportunities

Derry City Council invites submissions from researchers / facilitators to develop The Story of Irish project in partnership with the local community. The facilitator will be required to oversee the following stages of the project:

Research
Engagement with the Irish language community
Creation of a Storyboard
Identification of and documenting of archive materials
Writing the text of the story for use in exhibition and in handbook

The project facilitator will research the story focusing on the themes of Past, Present and Future and will engage with a range of individuals within the Irish language community. The facilitator will create a storyboard in partnership with the community partners and during this process of engagement will facilitate the archiving and collation of materials

The catchment area for this project is the entire Derry City Council area and the facilitator will demonstrate a commitment to making sure the project is inclusive to people from a range of backgrounds. The facilitator will use a range of approaches to engage with communities including face-to-face events and other platforms such as social media.

Derry City Council is delighted to have the support of BT Portrait of a City for the archiving aspect of the project. BT Portrait of a City aims to create one of the largest digital community archives and memory banks ever compiled and will support communities to archive materials (photographs and video) for inclusion in the online memory bank. The facilitator will work in partnership with Derry City Council and BT Portrait of a City to link the Story of Irish project with the Portrait of a City initiative.

Further information: www.btportraitofacity.com

Management of the Contract

The contract will be managed by Derry City Council’s Irish Language Officer who is the main point of contact for queries in relation to the tendering process and who will be the main contact for the Story of Irish project: Pól Ó Frighil, Irish Language Officer,

Tel: (028) 71 376 579, email: pol.ofrighil@derrycity.gov.uk. You can download the full tender document here: STORY-OF-IRISH-Making-an-Application.

Closing date 12 noon on 21 June 2013.

The deadline for this application is 12:00pm on Friday June 21st, 2013