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2010 Davy Portrait Awards Short-list announced - posted 05.2.2010  area: NI & RoI
dates: winners announced in Belfast on 25th February 2010
Davy, Ireland’s leading provider of stockbroking, wealth management and financial advisory services, has announced the shortlist for the 2010 Davy Portrait Awards. A total of 28 portraits were chosen from 300 submissions for the awards from Irish artists based locally and internationally.
The awards, in association with Arts & Business, were open to artists working in traditional and non-traditional media, with entries received from across the Island of Ireland as well as from Spain, France, Germany and Great Britain. The winning artist will be announced at a special ceremony in Belfast on Thursday 25th February 2010, with a prize of £10,000/€11,750 being awarded to the winner.
The judging panel comprising of Rosie Broadley, Associate Curator of Contemporary Collections at the National Portrait Gallery in London and Brenda McParland, a renowned International Curator and Arts Management Professional in Contemporary Visual Arts, selected the finest entries for the Davy Portrait Awards exhibition at the Naughton Gallery, Belfast commencing on 26th February 2010 and at Farmleigh House, Dublin in April 2010.
(Photo: shortlisted portrait 'Billy' Con Cremin)
For further information visit: www.davyportraitawards.com
mylocaltown.ie launched - posted 05.2.2010 area: RoI
Let people in your area know about your group with mylocaltown.ie .
This new community portal has been launched that provides an interactive community website for every village, town and community in Ireland. As well as local listings, there’s the ability for users such as local groups and organisations such as sports clubs, charities, churches, schools, libraries and special interest groups to add their own content and information – news, events and announcements etc.
http://www.activelink.ie/node/914
source: Activelink.ie Practdice.ie - online initiatives - posted 05.2.2010
Practice.ie, the online space for arts practice with children and young people, is starting two new online initiatives in February:
The Online Reading Room will be an event that will take place online every two weeks. The aim of the reading room is to read and discuss papers from leading professionals in this sector. The inaugural meeting will take place on February 11th from 1-2pm. In this first event we'll be discussing `We Did Stir Things Up` by Emily Pringle and the Practice.ie position paper (unpublished) `Defining and Negotiating the artists role in working with children and young people`. http://onlinereadingroom.eventbrite.com/
The online talk series - a range of professionals lined up to deliver talks about their work and practice. The first online talk will take place on 25th Feb 1-2pm. The first presentation will be by Director of Kids' Own and founder of Practice.ie, Orla Kenny. http://practicetalk.eventbrite.com
Further information from Orla Kenny at the Kids’ Own office: Carrigeens, Ballinful, Co. Sligo: info@kidsown.ie : 0719124945
Conference: Safeguarding Children and Young People in the Digital Playground - posted 05.2.2010 area: Armagh City Hotel
dates: 26 March 2010
Safeguarding Children and Young People in the Digital Playground: A Practical Response is a one day conference aims to provide organisations with an awareness of safeguarding issues in relation to technology and explore ways to help children and young people stay safe when they enter the virtual world.
The discussion will be led by experienced professionals from Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) and will give participants a deeper understanding of how sexual offenders behave and increase knowledge of current social media including mobile technology and how the online behavioural trends of young people are potentially putting them at risk.
The cost of this seminar is £60 or £35 for registered Keeping Safe trainers. Online booking for this seminar will be available from 8 February through the Volunteer Development Agency website www.volunteering-ni.org Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Please note: In order to be eligible for the accreditation to deliver CEOP's Thinkuknow programme you must be able to produce the following documentation at a training event:
- A copy of your AccessNI disclosure certificate (from within the last 3 years)
- A letter on headed note paper from your organisation stating your role, your duration at the organisation and the use of CEOP training in relation to your role and
- A form of photographic identification
Big Telly are looking for writers wanting to try their hand at Comedy - posted 05.2.2010 
BIG TELLY THEATRE COMPANY presents
COMEDY HIJACK - a unique opportunity for writers to work wtih John Wright (World renowned dramaturg, founder of Trestle Theatre Company and Told by an Idiot, author of Why is that so funny?)
Big Telly is looking for writers who are interested in trying their hand at writing comedy to take part in a ground-breaking project which gets short pieces professionally produced and performed in front of a range of audiences.
- Introductory Workshops in Portstewart, Armagh, Omagh, L’Derry and Belfast (15th – 20th March)
- Rehearsals in Portstewart (21st – 28th April)
- The Comedy Hijack (29th April, 30th April, 1st May)
Contact admin@big-telly.com for more information and how to get involved.
Keep it Clear with EGSA - posted 05.2.2010 area: Belfast
dates: 23 March 2010
Want to learn how to make your organisation’s written material clear and easy to understand? EGSA’s popular half day training session aims to raise awareness of plain English techniques and the importance of reaching as wide an audience as possible.
The next session will take place on Tuesday 23rd March, 10am-1pm, in EGSA’s Belfast office. The cost is £25 per person.
Visit http://tinyurl.com/yc7339e to find out more and complete a booking form.
No Limits Arts Festival: how young people can get involved - posted 29.1.2010  area: NI
deadline: 17th February (for submissions of films and artwork)
A key part of ADAPT NI’s Disability Equality Programme is the No Limits! Arts Festival – a series of youth driven activities and events providing young people with the opportunity to explore what equality means to them in an innovative and creative way.
If you are a School or youth organisation, your young people can get involved in the following ways:
- Arts Workshops: schools and youth groups can take part in arts workshops to explore concepts such as citizenship, inclusion and accessible environments through creative mediums. (further details below).
- Show off your talent! In March we will be hosting a film showcase event (MovieHouse Cityside Cinema – 25 March) and an art exhibition (Golden Thread Gallery 22-27 March) showcasing films and art pieces created by young people of all abilities. Please send us your films and art work today – contact us for a registration form! Closing date for submissions is 17th February.
The No Limits! participatory arts workshops explore concepts such as citizenship, inclusion and accessible environments. Under the guidance of experienced artists, youngsters can engage with these fundamental issues using drama, animation, film and media as creative tools of expression. The aim of the workshops is for young people both with and without disabilities to recognise that disability does not mean inability. They will encourage all young people to embrace positive attitudes towards diversity at an early age, carrying this into adulthood and playing a significant part in influencing changes in attitudes throughout society.
No Limits is developed in partnership with Fleming Fulton’s LILAC project. To find out more about workshops or sending us your work, please email info@adaptni.org or visit www.adaptni.org
No Limits is supported by the Lottery through the Northern Ireland Screens Commission, the UK Film Councils First Lights Initiative, Lloyds TSB Foundation, the Lilac Project, the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland and sponsored by MovieHouse Cinemas. ADAPT NI would like to acknowledge the support of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
source: Photo from Filmability 2009 Open Art - Free Contemporary Visual Arts Presentations - posted 29.1.2010 area: Cavan
Open Art is a program of free events presenting contemporary Visual Arts practice, taking place in the exhibition space at the Johnston Central Library, Cavan throughout Winter/Spring 2010. Contributing Arts professionals have been invited from the areas of Arts in Health, Arts in Education and Curatorship, from artist-led initiatives, studio practice and collaborative practice.
The events will run fortnightly on Saturday mornings, from 11.30am to 1.00pm, beginning February 6th, 2010. The events are designed not only for the Visual Arts community but also for the broader Arts community and for all members of the public with an interest in what the Visual Arts has to offer and how Visual Arts practice is developing in Ireland.
Schedule: February 6th - Andy Parsons, February 20th - Karen Downey, March 6th - Helene Hugel, March 20th - Aideen Barry, April 10th - Jole Bortoli and April 24th - Ben Geoghegan.
All welcome. Admission free. Booking advisable. For further information and booking contact Yvonne:
E: ycullivan@gmail.com
www.yvonnecullivan.com/projects_openart.htm
Txt2give - enabling charitable donations via text - posted 29.1.2010 area: NI
I met Mark of TXT 2 Give at the Grant Tracker Funders Fair this week. TXT 2 Give is mobile marketing and technology provider which supports charities to receive donations by text. Organisations are required to be registered as a charity.
It works as follows: TXT 2 Give allows your charity raise money through text message donations. Supporters of your Charity send a text message to your keyword and short code and donation is applied to their mobile phone bill.
Late 2009 has seen changes in the Mobile fundraising sector that have increased the percentage donation recieved by the charity.
You can get further details about the service at www.txt2give.co.uk
Guardian article on amateur classsical music in the UK - posted 22.1.2010 
Charlotte Higgins has written a wonderful account of amateur classical music making in the Guardian:
“Amateur music-making gets very little attention. Critics rarely review concerts by non-professionals, except in the case of those crack amateur choruses that perform with major orchestras, such as the CBSO Chorus. And yet the UK could be mapped out in a dense patchwork of amateur creativity.
“[A]mateur music-making is a treasured escape, rather than a job… The slow and patient acquisition of the skills needed to play an instrument; the almost inexpressible pleasure of doing, creating, playing: this is what makes amateur music-making so precious to the people who are lucky enough to be able do it. And the good news? It's never too late to start.”
Read Charlotte’s account at www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jan/18/amateur-classical-music-in-uk.
Join in the debate on her blog page at www.guardian.co.uk/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2010/jan/18/classical-amateur-music-group.
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