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Call for All Creative’s and Scientists: Factory Night@Dove Marine Laboratory

Thursday 16^th September 2010, 6pm-9pm

FACTORY NIGHTS 2009-2010 PROGRAMME

Factory Nights at Dove Marine will be an inspiring working sessions that brings together scientists and artists. The artists will be from a variety of disciplines, including visual artists, photographers, writers, poets, musicians, and filmmakers. Scientists from any field are welcome.

Factory Nights is not a discussion event, seminar or workshop.

Factory Nights are free and informal sessions that simply provide an opportunity for creative people to come together in an interesting venue and supportive environment to make work or initiate ideas. Artists and scientists attending will be invited to bring to the sessions something they have been working on as a starting point to networking/collaborating and to develop new ideas inspired by the space and other attendees.

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US interest in the UK production market was emphatically underlined recently when US studio Warner Bros revealed that it is buying independent production firm Shed.

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Calling all creatives, artists, musicians, film–makers, writers and performers……

Middlesbrough Council Arts and Events Team would like to support a series of artist-initiated events, to encourage artists to network and share best practice.

Do you have an idea for an event, which could take place in Middlesbrough? You need to be currently living in Tees Valley, and you must state in your proposal, how your event benefits the local creative community.

You can find full details here: my event

and an application form here: My Event Proposal

02 Think Big

This fund is for young people aged 13 to 25 years old who want to help make things better in their local communities. Successful applicants will be included in the programme and get £300, plus training, support and communications tools. Some groups will be invited to take their project further and get up to £2,500.

To find out more visit http://www.o2thinkbig.co.uk/

TXC Limited in Leicester are looking to recruit a business start-up,  see attached document for more information. onme ad

Contact Daniel Maddison on 079 2193 7664 with enquiries

Film Archive Assistant (2 Posts)

Film Archive Technician (1 Post)

The Northern Region Film and Television Archive (NRFTA) was founded in 1998 as a consortium of four organisations which already held significant film collections. It contains over 36,000 hours of moving image material relating to the history, landscape and people of the North East Region of England.

For more information on these vacancies visit:  http://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/jobs/jobs.cfm

Just a reminder about the Concept Film Night happening next week at the BBC Big Screen in Centre Square Middlesbrough, films start from 7pm – 9pm.

Please see programme for full listing of films:

• Ideas Fund Green (UK)

IdeasTap, a creative network and funding body for emerging arts talent has announced that it is offering eight IdeasTap members £5,000 each to realise creative projects that either address green issues or are produced in an environmentally sustainable manner.

IdeasTap are looking for ideas that offer exciting new angles on climate change – or new ways to make art in an eco-friendly fashion. It doesn’t matter what medium you work in – from film to theatre, photography to visual arts, music to poetry – Ideas Fund Green is open to all creative disciplines. The key is innovation.  Applications can be submitted by individual Ideas Tap members or on behalf of groups of individuals work together. Pojects must take place between September 2010 and March 2011. 

The closing date for entries is 5pm on 9th August 2010….

Ladies what lunch is an English Summer Tea Party with a twist……….
 

You are invited to attend a tea party in the beautiful Beamish Hall Hotel to help raise money for breast cancer. Why not treat yourself with your friends and come along to indulge in an utterly English feast of sandwiches, fancies, tea cakes, scones and home made biscuits with lashings of tea!

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New Music 20×12 (UK)

The PRS for Music Foundation has announced the launch of New Music 20×12 as part of London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. PRS are looking for 20 brand new musical works, of outstanding creative excellence, each lasting 12 minutes. PRS have up to £10,000 available for each of the 20 commissions and each of these will be broadcast round the world on BBC Radio 3.  Open to composers, ensembles, festivals and music organisations that have a proven track record of being able to successfully promote, produce and host new commissions. The deadline for applications is the 1^st October 2010.

http://www.prsformusicfoundation.com/newmusic20×12/index.htm

Grants to Help New, Innovative Visual Arts Projects (UK)

The Elephant Trust offers grants of up to £2,000 to artists and institutions (priority is given to small organisations and galleries) for new, innovative visual arts projects based in the UK. The next deadline for the submission of applications is 28th June 2010.

http://www.elephanttrust.org.uk/docs/intro.html

4iP Awards (UK)

UnLtd, the charity for social entrepreneurs has announced that it has teamed up with Channel 4 to launch of a new funding scheme (4iP) to help individuals turn their digital media projects into a reality. Grants of up to £5,000 are available to help individuals develop early stage digital media ideas and prototypes and to turn these prototypes into social businesses. There are two themes that 4iP is looking to support. These are; using the web and mobile to keep an eye on how government, organisations and elected representatives use their power; and exploring how digital tools, games, applications; and services can help people change their lives for the better whether that’s their health, wellbeing, finances, work/life balance or dealing with unemployment. To discuss your ideas and to obtain an application form please contact 0845 850 1122 or email mailto:4ip@unltd.org.uk .

Applications can be submitted at any time.

http://www.unltd.org.uk/template.php?ID=179&PageName=4ip

The Film Fund is our new unified production and development fund dedicated to British filmmaking.

We have £15 million a year to invest across the development, production and completion of feature films. Being supported by the UK Film Council means more than just being given funding. It means that your project can be assisted at every step of the journey by our team, who can offer advice and practical help with many aspects of developing and producing your film.

We welcome applications for all kinds of film – from commercial mainstream to experimental, from genre movies to personal stories, from documentaries to animation to live-action fiction.

For more information click here http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/filmfundinformation