Opportunities with V22 – Volunteer Programme

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V22 is offering a volunteer programme during V22 Summer Club 2018 and V22 Young London 2018. This will be 1 to 3 days per week from July – August and August – October with the option to continue with us on other projects (London transport and lunch expenses paid).

V22 is an art organisation, with a shared ownership structure, which specialises in the collection of contemporary art, the production of exhibitions, events and educational initiatives, the provision of artists’ studios, workspace and artisans’ workshops and the running of community libraries.

The V22 Summer Club presents events, exhibitions, performances, screenings and happenings in collaboration with invited programming partners and artists, as well as new partners from local areas in which the Summer Club occurs.

Young London 2018 provides a platform for emerging artists to show their work alongside a wide group of their contemporaries in a large-scale exhibition. Previous Young London artists have gone on to produce exciting new commissions and presentations, have been offered representation by leading contemporary galleries, and many have become part of the V22 Collection.

A key element to the programme will be supporting the management team in delivering a successful events series. Volunteers will gain varied hands-on experience in aspects of organising and producing an events programme. In addition, the programme will be tailored to suit the participants’ individual strengths and ambitions, with scope for additional specialisation in areas which may include working alongside the management on research, education, marketing, audience and community development and on planning future projects. We would also welcome anyone interested in photography that would like to develop a portfolio and take photos of the events.

Skills desired:

  • Committed to the full period of the programme
  • Good timekeeping (reliable and punctual)
  • Attention to detail
  • The ability to finish tasks
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Good working knowledge of Social Media platforms

Candidates must have an interest in contemporary art, excellent organisational skills and a friendly and dedicated disposition.

To apply for the V22 Volunteer Programme please send a CV and covering letter to: katie@v22collection.com

Deadline: Sunday 24th June, 12 noon

(Application limit: 50 applications – apply early for the best chance of success)

Interviews will take place the week of 25th June

www.v22collection.com

Opportunities with V22 – Curatorial Assistant Internship

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V22 is offering a paid internship to assist during V22 Summer Club 2018 and V22 Young London 2018. This will be 3 days per week from July – August with the option to continue with us on other projects. The internship will be paid at the rate of the London Living Wage.

V22 is an art organisation, with a shared ownership structure, which specialises in the collection of contemporary art, the production of exhibitions, events and educational initiatives, the provision of artists’ studios, workspace and artisans’ workshops and the running of community libraries.

The V22 Summer Club presents events, exhibitions, performances, screenings and happenings in collaboration with invited programming partners and artists, as well as new partners from local areas in which the Summer Club occurs

Young London 2018 provides a platform for emerging artists to show their work alongside a wide group of their contemporaries in a large-scale exhibition. Previous Young London artists have gone on to produce exciting new commissions and presentations, have been offered representation by leading contemporary galleries, and many have become part of the V22 Collection.

A key element to the internship will be supporting the management team in delivering a successful events series. You will gain varied hands-on experience in aspects of organising and producing an events programme, working with artists in the production of their event and marketing. In addition, the internship will be tailored to suit the participant’s individual strengths and ambitions, with scope for additional specialisation in areas which may include working alongside the management on research, education, marketing, audience and community development and on planning future projects.

Skills desired:

  • Committed to the full period of the programme
  • Good timekeeping (reliable and punctual)
  • Attention to detail
  • The ability to finish tasks
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Good working knowledge of Social Media platforms
  • Good working knowledge of Marketing within an arts context
  • Excellent administrative skills and use of Microsoft Office Packages (Excel, Word)
  • Experience/training within a curatorial/programming setting

Candidates must have an interest in contemporary art, excellent organisational skills and a friendly and dedicated disposition.

To apply for this position please send a CV and covering letter to: katie@v22collection.com

Deadline: Sunday 24th June, 12 noon

(Application limit: 50 applications – apply early for the best chance of success)

Interviews will take place the week of 25th June

www.v22collection.com

PearShaped Ticket Offer

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A message from School of Arts alumnae, Rachael Smith (Drama and Theatre BA, 2013:

 

My name is Rachael and I’m getting in touch on behalf of my theatre company PearShaped with a ticket offer for our show Conquest, which is transferring to The Bunker later this month.

I am School of Arts alumni (I graduated in 2013), studied Drama and Theatre Studies, and am now producing with PearShaped, We are an emerging theatre company who make female-led theatre and twist conventional forms of storytelling.

Described as Fight Club meets Calendar Girls, Conquest is a funny and honest exploration of sexual consent and the minefield of today’s feminism. And involves a lot of cupcakes.

The show premiered at Vault festival where we got some great reviews. Here are some things people said about the show:

 

“A timely, humorous look at feminism, period-shaming and the glaring issues of a patriarchal society” (A Younger Theatre)

 

“This is a Conquest [people] should be boasting they have seen” (British Theatre Guide)

 

“a statement piece penned by Katie Caden… an exploration of the multidimensional female voice”  – Londontheatre1

 

The show is running from the 29th May to the 9th June (Tuesday – Saturday) starting at 8.30pm every night. We’re double billing with fab company on the button who are presenting their show ‘Don’t Panic! It’s Challenge Anneka’ at 7pm each night. Here’s the link for more information and tickets: https://www.bunkertheatre.com/whats-on/conquest/about

For each performance, there is a limited amount of Under 30s tickets for £10. Alternatively, if you book 5 tickets, the 6th will be free using the code DRAMASOC

Former MA student’s work at EIFF

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A film made by a former Film MA student, Ece Ger, has been selected to the Edinburgh International Film Festival official selection for 2018!​ Ece’s film is entitled Meeting Jim, and the press release about the programme is found here:

http://edfilmfest.org.uk/latest/scotland-celebrated-eiff-2018

“Ece Ger’s Meeting Jim about Jim Haynes, the man who co-founded the Traverse Theatre and was fundamental to the growth of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe will also have its World Premiere in Edinburgh in June.”

Calling all photographers and film makers!

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GOLKK Theatre are looking for a student to join them on their tour of local Kent Galleries.

6 Venues, live audiences and the inside scoop on how touring really works.

GOLKK want their journey documented through photos and videos which can help you build your portfolio.

 

GOLKK are currently visiting artists in resident at the University of Kent. GOLKK is a multinational ensemble who explores physical theatre as being present in the moment. Through their dynamic and vitally playful work they find what is universal in being human.

 

If interested, please contact: Golkktheatrecomany@gmail.com

Normal Festival: Imagining Autism Cafe

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School of Arts academics Professor Nicola Shaughnessy and Dr Melissa Trimingham will be bringing their Imagining Autism research project into view this Friday at the Festival of the Brain in Folkestone.

Schedule for the day in brief:

FOOD

Participate Pop-Up Café

11am–4.30pm, The Clearing, FREE

Participate community café will be popping up

in The Clearing, offering an autism-friendly menu

that includes gluten- and dairy-free food and

a relaxed space to hang out.

 

CONVERSATION

Living with Autism: Roundtable

Midday (60 mins), Brewery Tap, £2

This chaired discussion brings together different

perspectives on living with autism – from parents,

siblings, autistic self-advocates and members of the

autistic community.

 

CONVERSATION

Living with Autism: Problem Solving

1pm (60 mins), Brewery Tap, £2

A structured session.

 

WORKSHOP

Perceiving Differently

2.30pm (45 mins), Quarterhouse Auditorium, £2

A workshop that invites participants to see and

experience the world around them differently, using

some of the training techniques developed for

Imagining Autism.

 

FILM

Playing A/Part: Women & Autism

3.45pm (60 mins), Quarterhouse Auditorium, £2

 

Please take a look at the brochure for full listings – CF_normal18_A5booklet_DIGITAL

The Sean Morley Memorial Prize

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Sean Morley was a 20 year old History and Politics undergraduate, about to return for his final year at Aberystwyth University.  He was principled and intelligent, with a talent for rugby which saw him play for his university’s first XV, and for Nuneaton RFC. He was described by those who knew him as outstanding, with great wit, natural charm, and an exceptional future ahead of him.

Sean was killed on September 2nd 2012 when he was hit by a car as he made his way home on foot after a night out with friends.

The Sean Morley Memorial Prize is an initiative of the road safety charity AIRSO.  It is open to undergraduates of UK universities and rewards exceptional projects and dissertations which have a road safety theme.The Sean Morley Memorial Prize aims to promote research into road safety – and ultimately road safety itself – by attracting talented graduates to the field. In addition, it is hoped that the prize will provide a mechanism through which those just beginning their careers can bring their ideas to the wider road safety community. Most importantly, however, the Sean Morley Memorial Prize celebrates the life of a remarkable young man, whose needless loss reminds us why continued efforts to make our roads safer are so important.

 

Entry Criteria

Entry forms are available now, from L.rackliff@aston.ac.uk, or via the Airso secretary Gareth@airso.org.uk

Completed projects must be emailed to Gareth@airso.org.uk no later than midnight on Friday 15th June 2018. Short-listed authors will be notified on Monday 16th July 2018.

The prize is open to any undergraduate project or dissertation which was submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of an undergraduate degree at any UK university.

  • Entries should have been submitted as coursework to their universities no earlier than 2017, therefore eligibility is limited to 2016/17 and 2017/18 academic years.
  • The prize is open to all students regardless of degree subject, though it is anticipated that it may be of particular relevance to students on transport-related courses.
  • No definition of “road safety” is provided, as the organizers are keen to encourage a wide a range of entries. Students or tutors with queries about the suitability of projects should contact Lucy Rackliff using the contact details above.
  • Where the project is not in the form of a dissertation/thesis, (for example, is a proto­-type product or design scheme) supervisors or students should complete the application form now, & contact the organizers for guidance on what to submit when the project is completed
  • From submitted work, a short-list of at least three projects will be drawn up by a panel of judges.  Short-listed students will be invited to present their work to invited experts and VIP guests at a special event in October 2018. This event is normally at the Palace of Westminster.  Details will be confirmed in due course, but students are required to attend in order to be considered for the award, as presentations on the day form part of the judging process.
  • A certificate will be provided to the authors of all projects entered for the prize.
  • All entrants will receive one year’s free membership of Airso.
  • The winning entry will receive a £300 prize, with a further prize fund of at least £200 being distributed between the other short-listed entries.

An Entry Form for 2018 has been attached here:

Sean Morley Memorial Prize Entry Form 2018

Work Experience Bursary – Reflective Blog

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The B-KEW bursary is a great opportunity for students to claim back money on out-of-pocket travel expenses or for uniform, whilst undertaking unpaid work experience (for the first three weeks or 120 hours of work) or for a training event. If you do any unpaid work over the summer or have made an application but have not yet claimed, you can still apply / claim now.

Below is the reflective blog from of a School of Arts student who did some work experience with Banyak Film.

 

Today I am going to tell you the story of how I got offered my dream job.

But first a little introduction. My story starts two and a half years ago when I first came to the University of Kent. I was keen and passionate fresher that couldn’t wait to start learning about film, but I was clueless when it came to how I was going to get it and who was going to give it to me. It is basically the endless dilemma of the chicken and the egg; you need experience to get a job, but you get a job if you have experience, which you can only get if you have a job… You understand the problem, don’t you?
But that still doesn’t explain the dream job thing does it? Well, this is how I did it. A few years ago I watched a film, I enjoyed the film and googled the production company, I promptly found them on FaceBook and liked their page. (The seed was planted.) After a year I contacted the company for an internship, I called them up on the number on their website and got the email of a producer. I emailed them and told them who I was and asked if I could intern there. I was rejected. Obviously this seemed like the end of the world at the time, but as the world has a habit of doing, it kept going. My already budding love for documentary pushed me to go to a Documentary Film Festival, the largest in the UK; looking over the program I came to a realisation, one of the films being shown was from the production company I had contacted so many months ago.

So what did I do? I emailed the producer, because rejection number one should never make you loose hope. I asked them how they were and said that I was also at the festival. They happily set up a meeting; and I realised that employers are human after all. We had a great chat and they invited me to contact them after the summer to arrange work experience. I made sure to do just that.

We set dates and I went off to London and had one of the best experiences of my life; learning the ropes, researching, pitching ideas, editing in mandarin and drinking strong coffee. I worked on two inspiring projects and got the contacts that will help me out after I graduate. In fact, one week after I got back to ‘the real world’, one of the directors contacted me to offer me a place to work on their next film; It is still in very early stages, but this is how I got offered my dream job.

Who got me the job? Well, I need to thank my family and friends for always encouraging me. I need to thank the Careers and Employability Services for giving me the confidence, improving my CV, and giving me professional and caring help and advice, I need to thank BKEW, because travelling in London is expensive, and knowing that my experience was important enough for them to fund made me work all the harder. And finally I am the one that got myself the job.You are always the harshest judge of yourself, if you put in the work and demonstrate your passion, you can do anything.