South East Bridge News Update
April 2015

Welcome to the latest edition of the South East Bridge enews.

This month, we have highlights from our Strong Voices programme and from the Kent Inspire Big Share Days, along with a write up on the film education day, Learning through the Lens, which took place at Pinewood Studios on the 25th March. We are also seeking responses to several open calls - for our upcoming Teaching Schools Investment Programme and for the Arts Award Leadership Network - plus an opportunity to tender to develop an online resource for schools and other education and youth settings relating to arts and cultural organisations.

As well as this, we have two vacancies here at Artswork, so if you are interested in joining our team, be sure to check these out too.

Thank you for subscribing and see you all next month!

Jane Bryant,

Chief Executive

Artswork

Young people from Strong Voices celebrate the end to a brilliant second year

A celebration event for all the young people involved in year two Strong Voices projects was hosted on 19th March by the Lord Mayor Councillor Stephen Wylie at Portsmouth Guildhall.

Young people were joined by parents, and by the professionals who had delivered the programme. Each of the year two projects made a presentation, providing a rare opportunity to experience the full range of work produced by the young people all under one roof.

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Kent Inspire Big Share Days take place across county
Image: Gary Weston

The Kent Inspire programme, 'Inspired Futures', recently celebrated their Big Share Days across the county.

Over 400 children and young people met at four different events in Folkestone, Canterbury, Gillingham and Chatham. The events involved 63 different schools and 12 arts and cultural partners.The activities varied across the region, with students from 5 years upwards sharing their experiences and presenting a call to arms expressing their own ambitions for an entitlement to an arts and cultural education.

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Film education enthusiasts Learn through the Lens at Pinewood Studios

On the 25th March, around 60 film education enthusiasts, including schools, FE colleges and film organisations from across the South East, met at Pinewood Studios for Learning Through The Lens –  a Screen South and Artswork day focusing on the latest developments in  film education.

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Strong Voices: Music in Detention // Portsmouth Pupil Referral Unit & Haslar Immigration Detention Centre

Tracks have been released following a Strong Voices collaboration with Music in Detention - which saw young people from Portsmouth Pupil Referral Unit and detainees at Haslar Immigration Detention centre work together to create music.

LISTEN TO THE SONGS AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM HERE...

Our Future City is launched in Brighton & Hove

Our Future City is a six-month conversation across the city of Brighton and Hove that seeks to improve the lives and life-chances of children and young people through cultural engagement and creative skills. 

With support from Artswork, Our Future City is co-ordinated by a group of cultural and education-based agencies across the city, but is not led by any one body. 

FIND OUT MORE...

Photo of the Month

From Icon Theatre on Twitter: ‏@IconTheatreUK Interviewing artists for @ArtsAward #BigShareDay @ROHBridge @ArtsworkLtd @objectfreelife #INSPIRE

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Upcoming Training Courses
& Events

Behaviour Management and Youth Arts

London

Monday 1st June 2015

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Evaluating Youth Arts Projects

Norwich

Thursday 25th June 2015

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Evaluating Youth Arts Projects

Gateshead

Thursday 8th October 2015

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Find details on all our upcoming training courses and events here

Join the Artswork team! Job opportunities in Southampton
Arts Award Leadership Network: Open Call for Responses

Artswork is seeking responses to an open call for four organisations to work with us over the next two years, commencing July 2015, to form the SE Bridge Arts Award Leadership Network.

Deadline for Submission: 29 May 2015

Fee: £10,000 including VAT per year for 2 years (subject to annual review)

FIND OUT MORE...

Tweet of the Month
HOW TO: Sign your library up to be an Arts Award Supporter
Teaching School Investment Programme for Arts & Cultural Education 2015-18 // Call for submissions // Deadline: 22nd May

Informed by a successful investment programme across the South East in 2014/15,  Artswork is again offering Teaching School Alliances the opportunity to seek investment to develop and implement an innovative arts and cultural partnership programme. 

We are seeking proposals that are aspirational, ambitious and of high quality, that will enable Teaching Schools to develop partnerships with arts and cultural organisations in a supported environment. 

FIND OUT MORE...

CASE STUDY ARCHIVE // Extending Digital Practice: CREAT-e-Books project

A research and development programme was created in response to Artswork's call for participants in their Extending Digital Practice programme, with a cluster of Teaching and Alliance schools in the Hampshire region.

DOWNLOAD HERE...

Tender for web-based resource for schools // Deadline: 20th May

Artswork is looking to commission an organisation or individual to build and design a searchable online database, signposting schools to arts and cultural organisations within a one hour drive of their postcode. The site would be updated by the organisations themselves, sharing information on their offer to schools and giving them an easy communication route.

READ THE BRIEF...

Artsmark Update

Following changes to the educational landscape and as evidence of the impact of high quality cultural education grows, the Arts Council is working with school leaders and specialist art teachers to update and refresh Artsmark. From September 2015, Artsmark will encourage and support schools to celebrate the strengths in their arts and culture provision, and to celebrate the impact of their arts and culture activities on their community.

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