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2012 Newsletter - August 2010
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Bringing the Games to Life Update August 2010
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Cultural Olympiad Update June 2010
1. North West News
Six projects have been awarded the Inspire Mark, making
them part of the Cultural Olympiad. Three Lakes Alive
projects: We Built This City, Into the Woods and The
Mintfest International Summer School, and three projects
for Open Weekend, Mechanical Games from Abandon Normal
Devices, Water’s Edge from High Tide and Bicycle Ballet
from Urban Moves Festival.
The Cultural Olympiad programme in the North West is
being nominated for and winning prestigious national and
international awards. One of the centrepieces produced
by Abandon Normal Devices festival Primitive, provided
creator, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, with early research
into his resulting film, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His
Past Lives. The film went on to win the globally
prestigious Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival, a
testament to the bold programming risks taken by Abandon
Normal Devices. Lakes Alive has reached the semi finals of
the National Lottery Awards for the UK’s Best Art Project.
It is the only North West project and UK Street Arts
project to be nominated for this category. DaDa received a
V Inspired volunteering award as one of the UK’s inspire
projects to support engagement of deaf and disabled young
people in volunteering. This year’s festival will offer a
Bronze Arts Award accreditation to young Disabled/Deaf
volunteers aged 16-25 years old.
The third programme in WE PLAY which is now called Blaze
(formerly New Cultural Journeys) launched on 27th May 2010
in Preston. Led by the young producers from Lancashire and
engaging 275 people from across the region, Blaze
announced its 2010 programme of art/sport commissions.
Visit
www.blazeonline.org.uk for full details
London 2012 Mascots were launched to the rest of the world
on 19th May in Bolton and in Much Wenlock. The Olympic
mascot is Wenlock, and Paralympic mascot, Mandeville.
London may be the host city for the 2012 Olympic and
Paralympic Games but it turns out that the official
mascots were born further north. The Mascots were created
from the last drops of steel left over from the
construction of the final support beam for the Olympic
Stadium supplied by Bolton steel firm Watson Steel
Structures.
World leading British directors and producers appointed
to London 2012 Ceremonies Team. 3 Mills Studios, East
London centre for creative industries, is the London 2012
Ceremonies Production Centre. and a Consortium of event
professionals is formed to provide production services.
Four leading UK creatives will form a team of Executive
Producers who will oversee the Opening and Closing
Ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic
Games. The team will be Stephen Daldry, Executive
Producer, Creative, Mark Fisher, Executive Producer,
Design, Hamish Hamilton, Executive Producer, Broadcast and
Catherine Ugwu, Executive Producer, Production. Danny
Boyle, Oscar winning British filmmaker and producer, will
be the Artistic Director for the London 2012 Olympic Games
Opening Ceremony. An Artistic Director for the Olympic
Closing Ceremony and one for the Paralympic Opening and
Closing Ceremonies will be appointed later this year.
2. Current Opportunities
Commissions for the Olympic Park - The Olympic
Delivery Authority is inviting experienced arts
organisations or curator/producers to programme, manage
and deliver a number of exciting, innovative and high
quality, artist-led, temporary commissions and
participatory projects focused around the edges of the
Olympic Park site from August 2010 to December 2011. Only
organisations can apply for this position through
CompeteFor (www.london2012.com/business).
Deadline for registering on CompeteFor and completing the
first stage application is 10am, Monday 21st June.
Those already registered on CompeteFor can go straight to:
https://www.competefor.com/business/viewOpportunity.html?id=10544739
Film Nation: Shorts – goes live in June 2010 and
is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the next
generation of young film makers. The project gives 11-25
year olds the chance to make films celebrating the values
of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The best work will be
screened at the iconic venues during the London 2012 Games
to an audience of millions.
Submissions open in June when the project website goes
live. Full details will be available on the Film Nation:
Shorts website
London 2012 Open Weekend – 23rd – 25th July 2010
- Be part of Open Weekend and join hundreds of
organisations from across the UK celebrating the London
2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. To join in you need to
set a challenge that the public can participate in, that
encourages people to try something new or take an interest
to the next level, then register your event at
http://www.london2012.com/get-involved/open-weekend/information-for-event-organisers/submit-an-event
Discovering Places launch as part of Open Weekend -
You can be involved in the Discovering Places launch as
they start the campaign to inspire the UK to discover
their local environment – with all its hidden places,
extraordinary spaces and the stories they have to tell.
You can be part of Discovering Places if your activity or
event is free at the point of access; is actively engaged
in either natural, built or historic environments and
meets the Open Weekend “challenge” theme: To register your
activity and or event you will need to fill out the
Open Weekend registration form and tick the
Discovering Places box on the form.
Bandstand Marathon 2010 – 26th September 2010 - Following
on from its huge success last year, Bandstand Marathon is
taking place again in the South West. They have joined
forces with the Samaritans and are now taking bookings for
the Bandstand Marathon 2010 on 26th September at 2pm. For
2010 they are aiming for 200 concerts in 2010 across the
UK. There is a minimum cost of £400 per concert and
SuperAct organise and programme the event for you. If you
are a local authority and would like to get involved in
this event, please visit the how to get involved section
of their website at:
http://www.bandstandmarathon.org.uk/
Taking Part in the Cultural Olympiad: Are you planning to
deliver cultural events in 2012? Are these events inspired
by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games? Would you
like them to be part of the UK’s Cultural Olympiad? To
ensure your project is recognized as part of the London
2012 cultural programme, please contact me to discuss your
project and its eligibility for the Inspire Mark.
Debbi.Lander@London2012.com
V Inspired: London 2012 inspire mark projects were invited
to bid for a V Inspired volunteering award. DaDa in the
north west received an award to support engagement of deaf
and disabled young people in volunteering. This year’s
festival will offer a Bronze Arts Award accreditation to
young Disabled/Deaf volunteers aged 16-25 years old.
Approximately 65 newly created part-time opportunities
will be developed in response to young people’s interest
in volunteering. The majority of part time volunteer
opportunities will consist of Researchers, Advocates,
Decision makers, Leaders, flash mob participants, festival
promoters, ambassadors, exhibition invigilators,
information assistants, tour guides and Technicians.
This year’s festival will offer a Bronze Arts Award
accreditation to young Disabled/Deaf volunteers aged 16-25
years old.
Opportunities leading up to the festival will include:
- Attending and leading the first Volunteer Discussion
Forum group meeting.
- Participating in and leading on the recruitment and
interviews of volunteers. Volunteer Discussion Forum group
members will also participate in the recruitment of the
project Assistant/Volunteer Supervisor, and all other
personnel where appropriate.
- Designing posters, T-shirts and flyers for volunteer
recruitment.
- Developing the volunteer recruitment and festival
marketing strategies with DaDa’s Marketing Officer.
- Participating in the design and development of volunteer
opportunities as part of the festival’s marketing strategy
in relation to viral marketing campaigns, flash mob
activities and festival promotion.
Opportunities during the festival will include:
- Marketing Assistant(s) – to assist DaDa’s Marketing
Officer with website/blog maintenance and support for the
festival and V Inspired volunteering programme.
- Film documentary Team Assistant(s) – assisting with the
documentation of the festival and V Inspired volunteering
programme.
- DaDa Office Administration Assistant – assisting DaDa
staff team with general day-to-day office administration
support for the DaDa Office and festival enquiries.
- Young People’s Arts Officer Assistant – assisting DaDa’s
Young People’s Arts Officer with preparations for the
Young DaDaFest event on 1st December.
- DaDaLive Volunteering opportunities – volunteering for
the DaDaLive project during the festival, a skills
development programme for young Disabled/Deaf people in
progressive live art performance practice.
- DaDaFest Project Manager Assistant(s) – assisting the DaDaFest Project Manager with the delivery of the
festival.
- Volunteer Supervisor Assistants - assisting the
Volunteer Supervisor with the coordination of volunteers
at festival events.
- Technical Manager Assistants – assisting the technical
manager with the production side of the festival.
- DaDa Ambassadors - Ambassadors will function as
advocates for the festival, promoting various events to
their peers and community groups. They will also share
volunteer experiences with other volunteers from similar
projects, in particular peer mentoring with volunteers
from ‘Open City’, a volunteer project being developed by
Liverpool Arts Regeneration Consortium, (LARC).
- Exhibition Invigilators - Volunteers are the public face
of Dada and are expected to welcome visitors to the
exhibits and monitor security at sites of work
- Information Assistants - Volunteers will act as a point
of contact between Dada and visitors in exhibition venues
offering a knowledge and understanding of Dada and an
enthusiasm for contemporary art. Volunteers will be
expected to engage in conversation with visitors offering
interpretations of the work and answering questions.
- Event Support Assistants - Volunteers will provide
customer friendly assistance in the organisation of events
for V.I.P.s, funders and visitors.
- Artist Support Assistants - Volunteers may have the
opportunity to provide support and hospitality to artists
during their stay in the city, in return for mentoring by
artists where appropriate as part of the incentive/reward
scheme.
Opportunities after the festival will include:
Skilled professional activities such as project
leadership, management and fundraising, will play a key
role in enabling volunteers to lead and facilitate work
for a new intake of young Disabled/Deaf volunteers for
next years festival, ensuring the sustainability of the
programme beyond 2011.
To maintain the Volunteering programmes sustainability a
fund raising sub group will be developed and maintained to
raise funds to support future volunteer training,
volunteer supervisory staff, accreditations/awards
training and accreditation processing costs.
Alison Jones is the V Inspired Coordinator – for more
details contact her on
Alison@dadahello.com.
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