Recruitment

writers, dancers, film makers, animators, administrators etc..

leadership development programme for disabled people

and people with long term health conditions. Building on some of the information from the leadership development days and aims to share a range of experiences and perspectives. Sync100 is the online development programme and people can sign up now to receive regular e-bulletins and to join a disability/leadership focused Basecamp. Sync100 will run until June 2009 and any disabled person interested in leadership and working in, or aspiring to work in the creative and cultural industries is able to join. Sync20 will be a bespoke training programme for 20 people selected from the Sync100 group. We really want to get the information out to as many people as possible so that we don’t just reach the ‘usual suspects’ but also reach people who are in mainstream contexts and who might have a different viewpoint. People can get more information, read the different perspectives of those currently involved and also join up themselves at the website –
   www.syncleadership.com

AnimateTV 2009: Call for proposals

UK based artists and animators are invited to submit proposals for films to be broadcast on Channel 4 and streamed on 4mations, Channel 4's new animation website launching September 2008.

We want ambitious, original and thought-provoking proposals that develop the possibilities of animation techniques, and that explore ideas of what animation is, with challenging content, as well as new forms and processes, compelling narratives and challenging content.

We are commissioning three films, and the maximum budget for each is £20,000, including the artist's fee. Animate Projects will provide you with production and editorial support.

Download the guidelines from the Opportunities section of www.animateprojects.org
Deadline for applications: 31 July 2008.

AURORA Submissions 2008

AURORA is an annual event based in Norwich, UK which focuses on the manipulated moving image. The festival is currently open for submissions to the following categories Films, Music Videos and Installations (a new category for 2008).

AURORA is interested in receiving work which has been constructed, treated, manipulated, re-edited or reconstructed, which could include 'traditional' animation, treated live-action, computer-mediated or generated work, and artists films.

The best film and music video will be awarded with £1,000 cash awards individually. Submissions deadline is 27 June. For more information or to download an entry form, please visit www.aurora.org.uk

The Bill Kirby Traineeship

Increasing the accessibility of museum careers to disabled and deaf people.

Funding for a work-placement at Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and an MA in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester.

Research shows that there are very low numbers of disabled and Deaf people working in museums and galleries. Since 1998 the Museums Association's (MA) Diversify scheme has offered training opportunities to prepare people of African, Caribbean, Asian or Chinese descent for work in UK museums and galleries. Now they offer training opportunities to disabled and Deaf people in partnership with the University of Leicester and Colchester Museums.

The Bill Kirby Traineeship includes a Distance Learning Masters in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester and a six month work-placement at Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service.
The traineeship will pay the cost of the course fees for the Distance Learning Masters in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester from October 2008. In addition, a training bursary will be paid to the successful candidate during their work-placement. However, participants will need to fund their living expenses while undertaking the Masters (by distance learning).

If you would like to find out more please visit
www.museumsassociation.org/diversify or call 0207 426 6955.

Closing date for applications is Monday 16th June 2008. Interviews will be held late June / early July 2008.

Funded by the Museums Association in partnership with Colchester Museums and the University of Leicester, with support from Shape.

Opportunites for Dancers

ADAD is offering special bursaries for 5 dancers with disabilities to attend a dance master class (Sabar and Djembe) for professional and semi-professional dancers, led by Michel Doudou Ndione of Compagnie Takku Ligguey, an integrated dance company (of disabled and non-disabled dancers) from Mbour, Senegal. Percussion to be provided by Khadim Sene and guests. The day includes two hours of class in the morning, lunch, Q&A and networking. Participants should have 2-3 years experience in participatory or professional dance settings. To apply, or for more information, please contact Jeanette Bain at ADAD on 0207 841 7357 or jeanette_adad@danceuk.org.
Venue: Moonshot Arts Centre, Fordham Park , Angus St, London SE14 6LU
Date: Saturday July 5th, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
This event is a part of 'Intercultural Dialogues - The Body in African Dance', a project presented by Akaraaka and Chaos & Form and supported by Visiting Arts. See: http://www.akaraaka.com/page2.htm for details.
Jeanette Bain
ADAD Director
ADAD
The Urdang
The Old Finsbury Town Hall
Rosebery Avenue
London
EC1R 4QT
Tel: 020 7841 7357-8
www.adad.org.uk

Channel 4

Channel 4 is looking for deaf or disabled people to form a new film-making team called, The Shooting Party.

If you have strong ideas that you think you could turn into a short 3-5min film contact - theshootingparty@mavericktv.co.uk or call 02078746623.

A bursary and training will be provided for those who are chosen. For more info go to www.mavericktv.co.uk/theshootingparty.