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Young agents sought for ideas panel
Folkestone Film Factory is looking for children aged 10-17 to join their new creative panel and take part in a number of exciting film activities.
The film production company is a social enterprise, using film-making to educate, inspire, engage, inform and support community-based initiatives.
Membership to the panel is free, and is open to all. Activities will take place on a monthly basis. It’s a fantastic opportunity for young people to get involved with their community and take part in something fun and fulfilling. An interest in film is recommended, but not essential.
Members can enrol by calling 01303 211582 and registering their details. They will then be informed of events by invitation.
engage South East Area Group meeting
Visual Roots Programme: Lessons & Legacy
Date: Friday 26 March
Venue: John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
Time: 12.30 – 4.30pm, with lunch from 12noon
11am – 12pm: Introduction to Action Learning Sets
Visual Roots is an engage programme that offers visual arts venues the opportunity to develop accredited placements for vulnerable and hard to reach young people. See http://www.engage.org/visualroots/index.aspx for details.
As part of the dissemination of Phase 1 of the project, join us for a stimulating session drawing on case studies from John Hansard Gallery and 198 Gallery, London. We will be exploring ‘work related learning’ and the opportunities and implications it presents, in particular the legacy for both host and participant.
Action Learning:
For those of you interested in what an Action Learning Set can bring to your practise we are offering a taster session during the morning, where we will discuss the possibly of members forming their own set. More information about Action Learning sets can be found at: http://culturalleadership.atticmedia.com/Article.aspa?NodeId=0&PageId=533
RSVP: Fiona Heathcote, Modern Art Oxford
fiona.heathcote@modernartoxford.org.uk
Tel: 01865 813827/ 01865 722733
For directions to the venue and information on exhibitions please look at the gallery website, www.hansardgallery.org.uk
Outline schedule:
11:00 Introduction to Action Learning Sets (Optional)
With Polly Gifford, Head of Education, De La Warr Pavilion
12:00 Lunch (Provided)
12:30 Welcome and introduction – SE Reps
12:45 What does ‘work related learning’ mean to you?
Small group discussion
13.00 Presentation from Joel Papps, freelance artist and Visual Roots Coordinator for John Hansard Gallery
14:30 Presentation from 198 Gallery, Hackney, from a staff member and young person involved in their Visual Roots programme.
15:30 Discussion and analysis of issues raised
Record numbers of young people not in education, work or training
The number of school-leavers not in education, work or training (neet) reached a record year-on-year high at the end of 2009 and ministers look set to miss a key target, official figures revealed yesterday.
The statistics from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) come as a think tank warns that an underclass of pre-school children is emerging who are more likely than their peers to drop out of the education system in their teens and become neets.
Source:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/feb/25/further-education-colleges
engage London Area Group Meeting, Monday 29 March 2010
Visual Roots: Engaging hard-to-reach young people through work-related learning
Monday 29 March 2010
Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, TW1 3DJ
2pm-5.30pm
Visual Roots is engage's initiative offering visual arts venues the opportunity to develop accredited placements for vulnerable and hard-to-reach young people. This seminar will present case studies from the Photographers' Gallery, artsdepot and Orleans House Gallery and young people that took part in the programme will share their experiences. The seminar is aimed at youth leaders, educators, particularly those working in alternative education provision, artists and others working in a gallery or museum context.
This is an engage event but also open to non-engage members. An agenda can be downloaded from http://engage.org/training/event.aspx?id=1064.
To book a place please email Ali Bennett, Arts Education Manager at Orleans House Gallery a.bennett@richmond.gov.uk
engage International Summer School 2010: Crossing Boundaries
28 June – 1 July 2010
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
engage International Summer School is for experienced gallery educators, artists, curators and academics. This peer-led event represents a significant opportunity for colleagues at a similar stage in their careers to work together to
- Reflect on aspects of current practice in gallery education
- Review current research and political agendas
- Consider the positioning of gallery education within the cultural sector
- Learn about international contexts for gallery education
- Network with UK and international colleagues
There will be a maximum of 30 delegates at Summer School. Participation is sought from those who describe themselves as mid-career or senior (or equivalent), who are passionate about gallery education. In order to ensure a balance of participants we ask you to complete a brief application form and submit a CV.
Details of fees can be found on the Application document, which is available to download at www.engage.org. The event will be registered on the Grundtvig database - successful Summer School applicants may be eligible to apply for grant funding through Grundtvig European Visits and Exchanges Programme. Applications to attend summer school must be made by 10am on 12 April 2010.
For an application form and more information about the theme and programme, go to
http://engage.org/training/event.aspx?id=1058