Category Archives: Events

Short Courses at Tonbridge

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Short courses at our Tonbridge Centre allows you to spend time exploring a subject purely for interest, among like-minded people, without formal assessment.

The University’s Tonbridge Centre is a small and friendly centre dedicated to part-time study, located just 5 minutes walk from Tonbridge railway station.

Details of upcoming courses can be found here.

Spring Short Courses – Intro to PG Study

Spring and Summer Short Courses and Personal Development

Full course info is available at www.kent.ac.uk/tonbridge

These courses are usually very popular and you are advised to apply as soon as possible.

London Physical Acting Taster Workshop Announced for Spring 2017

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The MA Physical Acting explores physical training for actors and performance practice. 

The programme, which is based on a sustained and sophisticated engagement with this specialist aspect of theatre practice, gives you the opportunity to work in solo practice and as part of  an ensemble, using the body and voice as entry-points to performance.

Saturday 25 February 2017, 11.30am -1.30pm

Location: Siobhan Davies Studios London (near Elephant & Castle)

Get a taste of the course and the most recent Physical Acting research undertaken at Kent with this workshop led by Professor Paul Allain and Dr Roanna Mitchell. There will be time for questions and discussion.

For further information and to book a place, please contact the course convenor Dr Roanna Mitchell: r.e.mitchell@kent.ac.uk

Ashford Undivided Creative Community Changemakers

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You are invited to a day of events on January 7th 2016 to be hosted at The Creative Collective (Bauhaus Cafe© UK) in Ashford, and open to all local people, communities, groups, organisations, businesses and more – Ashford Undivided Creative Community Changemakers.

There will be workshops, discussions, a community lunch, artists, and more, all culminating in an evening performance and event. There will be Urban Sketching, Badge Making with Natasha Boardman Steer, writing and poetry with Devon, create a t-shirt led by Caroline Bruce, a community meal featuring flavours from around the world, live music and more to be announced! Oh, and MP Damian Green will be coming for a special Q&A session.

For more info please see the Facebook Event.

Come down, have some fun, make something, meet new people share your ideas and expertise, and have a piece of cake, a coffee, and start the new year off with a smile!

Soft Formalities Private View

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You and a guest are warmly invited to the next Studio 3 Gallery exhibition:

Soft Formalities

Susie Green, Emmet Kierans, Kari Stewart, Christian Newby (with Ana Martinez Fernandez and Drew Liverman)

 

Private View: Wednesday 18 January 2017, 17:30 – 20:00

 

19 January – 24 March 2017

Monday – Friday, 11am-5pm, Admission Free

Studio 3 Gallery, School of Arts

Jarman Building, University of Kent

Canterbury CT2 7UG

 

Soft Formalities considers the place of formalism within the contemporary practices of Susie Green, Emmet Kierans, Kari Stewart and Christian Newby (in collaboration with Ana Martinez Fernandez and Drew Liverman), particularly in relation to the legacy of Modern Art. Formalism refers to the arrangements of form, colour, line, and composition in a work of art. While these elements are fundamental building blocks in the creation of any image or form, during modernity these traits often became the content of the work through experimentations with ‘pure’ abstraction. Decades later, in our contemporary moment, artists still contend with that additional historical weight; a legacy where whole shapes and colours and lines feel already claimed and colonised. The artists featured in this exhibition work through these layered complexities in a series of paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics and a hand-tufted rug.

For more information about the event, visit our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/174272263039494/

You can find out more about Studio 3 Gallery and our upcoming events by visiting:

Website: http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/studio3gallery/

Twitter: @Studio3Gallery

Instagram: @Studio_3_Gallery

Image: Emmet Kierans, Tangible Thoughts 3 (detail), 2016. Courtesy of the artist.

Justice and Persuasion Workshop

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Calling all arts students interested in the concept of persuasion in performances or project presentations…

Justice and Persuasion

A one-day workshop exploring the art of persuasion and the concept of justice. Participants learn about techniques from legal argument. You will watch, analyse and debate film excerpts demonstrating the art of persuasion and practice dramatic skills in interdisciplinary rehearsal groups. This is your opportunity to improve your effectiveness in public speaking and create dynamic and engaging performances as well as engage with other disciplines to enhance your understanding of persuasion in performance.

Justice and Persuasion workshops are multi-award-winning events (including awards in the University of Kent Postgraduate Experience Awards 2012-2013 and the University of Kent Teaching Awards 2014)

The workshops are open to University of Kent students from ALL disciplines and all stages of study.

ALL participants earn 15 Employability points and receive certificates of attendance.

No previous experience in either law, drama or public speaking is required.

The workshops have been acknowledged to have “an impact on students’ learning, developing their confidence and skills beyond the academic curriculum.” Dr. Janice Malcolm, Director of the Centre for the Study of Higher Education 2014.

Places are limited and will be given on a first-come-first-served basis. You can read more details about the workshop by visiting the Study Plus webpage and searching for KE013: Justice and Persuasion: an interdisciplinary workshop (Modern Context) on the Study Plus webage

Next year the workshop is taking place on 25th February 2017. The workshop will be widely publicised, so it is anticipated that places will be taken up very quickly. To reserve your place on the one-day event at the University of Kent or if you would like your name added to the waiting list, email S.R.Harris@kent.ac.uk

Canterbury University Film Festival

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Canterbury University Film Festival is running for its third year in 2017 and we are accepting student submissions from UCA, CCCU & UKC.

Deadline for submissions is the 3rd of February and students can submit for free with the code CUFF2017.

LINK FOR SUBMISSIONS: https://filmfreeway.com/festival/CanterburyUniFilmFestival

More information about the festival:

Thanks to the many film and art related institutions in Canterbury, the city is home to a vibrant community of young and talented filmmakers. Student film crews are constantly creating new and innovative works which often go unseen by the public. Canterbury University Film Festival (CUFF) aims to provide a platform for these works to be viewed and appreciated. The submissions are opened to students from University of Kent, Canterbury Christ Church University and University for the Creative Arts – as we see it as important that three Universities have a greater sense of unity in celebrating their students work.

The best short films will be selected and screened at the festival. This two day event will take place on the 18th & 19th of March 2017; the first day consisting of an opening ceremony and half of the films being screened and the second day consisting of a screening of the rest of the films, followed by an award ceremony where award winners will be announced. This will be followed by a after-party. As part of the festival, there will be ‘Off The CUFF’ events which will consist of debates, workshops and other activities.
The diverse talent in the three universities is always inspiring and we look forward to see more examples of that talent this year.

Musical Theatre Society Presents ‘Follow the Leader’

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Musical Theatre Society’s ‘Follow the Leader’ is an inspiring, ingenious and intoxicating piece looking at the deep human desire to follow the herd or break tradition and risk becoming an outcast.

Join us as we delve into the depths of the human psyche, with this mesmerising musical theatre showcase featuring numbers from well-known musicals like ‘Wicked’, ‘Rent’ and ‘HAMILTON’ (as well as many many more) and appearances from the MTS Showchoir and the cast of Urinetown.

Coming soon to the Colyer-Fergusson Hall on 3rd, 4th December 7:30 PM

Tickets:
https://uk.patronbase.com/_Gulbenkian/Productions/C5V/Performances

Concessions/Students: £5
Full price: £8

Call for Artists for ARENA Festival 2017

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27th International Week of young theatre – ARENA FESTIVAL of ART Germany are calling for submissions. They are looking forward to diverse applications in the International Week of young theatre – ARENA FESTIVAL of ART Germany are calling for submissions. They are looking forward to diverse applications in the field of drama, dance, experimental and performance art.

Applications can be sent via email or mail deadline 15 January 2017. Go to www.arena-festival.de

The festival is organized by students of the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen Nurnberg on a voluntary basis but they can offer artists’ travel expenses, accommodation and care allowance but no wages.

The theme for 2017 is PRISM: Shifting Perspectives

“Arena 2017 will enable an international exchange of performances, dance and theatre. Providing a platform to trigger this change in perspective. Intercultural artistic exchange is a prism, as a light refractor, as a perception shifter. Are you ready to see what is around the corner?”

Date of Festival  21 – 25 June 2017 in Erlangen Germany

Email kl@arena-festival.org