Freelance Opportunity
Associate Artists
Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham
Three roles, £2,100 per artist, 14 days
Working with the Learning Team at Lakeside, the University of Nottingham’s thriving public arts centre and museum. Comprising 10 days' delivery to community and formal education groups, with 4 days for training and planning. Additional days may be available depending on demand. Applicants should be practitioners with a range of art skills, excellent communicators, with several years' experience of gallery education work.
Closing date: Friday 10 June, 5pm More...
Job Opportunities
Board Member
engage
Expenses paid
engage is currently seeking a Board Member who would value the opportunity to gain experience of contributing significantly to the development of a leading arts education organisation. The engage Board meets four times per year, and an additional away day is held annually. We are looking for a Board member with skills and experience in arts and charity fundraising.
Closing date for applications: 31 May 2011 More...
Professional Development
Everyone @ Trongate 103: artist talk by Clare Hume
Trongate 103, Glasgow
2 June 2011, 5-6pm
Free, booking not required
As part of engage Scotland's Everyone project, Drama Artist Clare Hume has been in residence in Trongate 103 every Thursday in May.
Clare has been working with a group of artists who attend Project Ability's Aspire programme. Aspire is an arts programme for people with learning disabilities; it provides creative opportunities for people with a range of support needs to develop their artistic practice and achieve their artistic goals. This project team have been researching how people engage with the different galleries and public spaces and interpret the work on exhibition within Trongate 103. More...
engage North West Area Group Meeting
Manchester Art Gallery
Wednesday 6 July 2011, 1-4pm
Join us for an opportunity to network with other engage members, discuss current changes facing the sector, experience some of Manchester Art Gallery's programmes and feed into plans for future meetings. The event includes a talk about the upcoming Manchester International Festival exhibition '11 Rooms' with curator Fiona Corridon, before it opens to the public. More...
engage Cymru seminars - booking now open
Galleries engaging with Older People: Arts and Health
12 July 2011, Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire
13 July 2011, National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff
10.30am - 4pm
£30 engage members (£40 non-members) including buffet lunch and refreshments
Two one-day seminars aimed at gallery and artist educators, local authority officers and anyone working with older people who is interested in exploring role of galleries and visual arts in improving health, wellbeing and quality of life. The seminars will disseminate learning outcomes from recent engage Cymru projects in partnership with three local authorities in Wales. More...
engage at the 2011 Venice Biennale
engage at the Venice Biennale 2011
F-Room (Bartolini's Room)
Giardini, Central Pavilion
Free
Thursday 2 June 2011, 3.30-4.45pm
Join us for an introduction to the Venice Biennale's education programme during the opening of the Biennale. A member of the education team will outline the learning programme for the festival and highlight projects already under way. Please note that you must have already applied for and been granted professional accreditation in order to attend the Biennale on this date. This event will form part of the Arts Council Collection's Curator's Day tour.
Saturday 25 June, 2pm
This second event will include an introduction to the Biennale's learning programme, and an interactive drawing workshop led by artist Nicolas Pàris.
To reserve a place: please email your contact details, stating which event you would like to attend, to info@engage.org with 'Venice 2011' in the subject line. Places are limited, so early booking is recommended.
engage South East Area Group Meeting
15 July 2011
Venue tbc (London)
12-4pm (lunch from 12-1pm)
This meeting will comprise lunch and informal catch up, followed by a venue
case study and tour followed by an Action Learning Set.
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engage East Area Group Meeting
Firstsite, Colchester
20 July 2011
1-4pm
A sneaky peek at the new exhibition and education spaces before the grand
opening in September, followed by refreshments and discussion.
We have a small travel bursary for each meeting available to engage members only. More...
engage West Midlands Area Group Meeting
Solihull Gallery, Solihull Arts Complex
30 June 2011
Free to engage members
A chance for engage members to meet before the private view of the exhibition by Tanya Raabe, Revealing Culture: HeadOn, which starts at 6.15pm. Exact meeting time and booking details are to follow. More...
