ebulletin : December 2004
 
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Contents   
01 : CCDNSW updates
02 : training
03 : opportunities + submissions + competitions
04 : workshops + forums + conferences
05 : funding + residencies
06 : exhibitions + performances + events
07 : resources + sites + publications
08 : employment opportunities

01 : CCDNSW updates
 Australia Council set to axe its Community Cultural Development Board
An article published today in the Australian (8/12/04) reveals that the Australia Council has agreed to recommendations arising out of a recent review of the Australia Council's operations. Following the recommendations, Council's decision means the likely axing of the Community Cultural Development Board, and the New Media Board, as part of a 'reprioritisation' of the Australia Council's expenditure.

Why should we all care about this?
As CCDNSW's Cate Furey outlines: "because these boards quite regularly fund the work of young artists, as well as arts projects that work to develop the skills and art of young communities. It is quite difficult for young practitioners to get funding through the Australian Council. Any of you who work in services and use art with your clients – this is community cultural development. Community cultural development, as a practice, is where people work with artists and artforms to express their own stories in their own way. Ccd outcomes include new skills, confidence, self esteem building and overcoming social isolation."

"While the press release says that the Australia Council will continue to fund community art through its more main stream arts funds and possibly its Audience Development dept, the absence of a separate board means the silencing of dedicated ccd practitioners within the bureaucracy. These are our advocates, who have worked tirelessly for years to continue funding community based activity. Another danger is that when it comes to arts, the mainstream see communities as a market, or an audience for art, rather than active cultural makers. This is just not case."

"Art is not for the elite. Culture is not for the elite. Everyone has a story, and everyone has the ability to tell it. The more varied and different stories we get from all levels of life, the more interesting and fair our society is – and hopefully we all learn a little from each other as well."

CCDNSW will be mounting a campaign to fight this decision. Any artists or community workers out there who are keen to be part of this campaign, please email CCDNSW.

Stay tuned for more details...

Read the article from the Australian here

Latest media release from the Australia Council here
Further Sustainability Forum Series for CCD
Forum 02: Professional Development Opportunities for Artsworkers

These Forums are free training opportunities for community cultural development workers. If you work within the health, aged, NESB, youth, women, or housing sectors; in local government; or a community organisation - and are using ccd processes with your communities - then be sure not to miss these remaining forums.

When: Thursday 24 February 2005
Where: Fairfield Arts Centre
Contact: Cultural Diversity Program at CCDNSW, 02 9821 2210 ext. 2 (Angela) or ext. 4 (Cinzia), or email Angela or Cinzia

Places are limited. Please book early.

The Triple Bill Sustainability Forums are brought to you by CCDNSW in partnership with Bankstown City Council, Fairfield City Council, the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, and Liverpool City Council.

The final instalment in the Triple Bill Forums series will be:
Forum 03: The Artsworker as Activist and Leader
When: Wednesday, 20 April 2005, 10am to 2pm
Where: Liverpool Regional Museum
Contact: as above
02 : training
[online] Diploma in CCD 2005
Thank you to everyone who has inquiried about CCDNSW's Diploma in CCD for 2005 (offered online). The Diploma is set to run again in 2005. We are currently putting together updated information for the 2005 round of the diploma, and will send out this updated information early in 2005.

In the meantime you can find out more by reading the details of the 2004 diploma from our website here
03 : opportunities + submissions + competitions
dLux media arts: call for applications to FutureScreen Mobile master class
dLux media arts is now calling for applications for its FutureScreen Mobile master classes.

If you are a video artist, filmmaker or animator, check out the 3-day MovingMovies master class conducted by the-phone-book Limited (UK).

For new media artists, designers and other creative researchers, dLux media arts presents the 3-day master class: Aware, shared mobile experience(s) conducted by Aware (Finland).

There are only 10 places available per master class! Participants will be selected based on applications received. Please fill out the online application form in the events section of the dlux website.

Go to: more info from here
Cost: participation fee is $100 +10% GST ($80 + 10% GST for current dLux media arts members). This fee is payable upon selection.
Closes: applications close 12 December 2004. Applicants will be notified of results by December 17.
Red Room Organisation: Poets wanted for Poetry Crimes
Poetry Crimes is looking to commission 12 Australian poets (9 based in Australia and 3 working overseas) of varying styles, to write one poem each, that is to be inspired by the theme of Crime & Justice.

Subjects explored in ‘Poetry Crimes’ can range from convict tales to contemporary satires on corporate greed, to ballads about love gone wrong.

Poets will be interviewed by Johanna Featherstone, about their work. These original poems and interviews will be broadcast within The Red Room radio network and distributed to other stations nationally through the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia, and internationally, via post and online in mp3 format.

Details
Final poems will be selected by a Poetry Crimes squad featuring joanne burns, Johanna Featherstone, John Tranter & James Stuart. Successful poets will be notified directly by phone by 20 December 2004. Poems can be any length and there is no age limit. All Poets are paid.

Conditions
Poems must be original works of the entrant. Poems must be created specifically for this project, not have been previously published and not to appear in any publication prior to June 2005.

Contact: Send poems to Po Box 1389 Darlinghurst NSW 1399, or email Johanna here
Go to: Red Room Organisation website here
Closes: Send no more than 4 poems by 13 December.
Reach Out! & General Pants Co. Photography Competition
We want to know 'what do you respect?'.

All you need to do is shoot 3 digital pics (or scans) that show what you respect. Then go to the Reach Out website to submit your photos, plus 25 words or less that explain your entries.

The top three entries will be published in the next issue of the General Pants Co. magazine Our People, as well as appearing on screens in stores nationally and on the Reach Out! website. There are also top prizes up for grabs.

Closes: entries close 17 December 2004
Go to: Reach Out website here
UTS Shopfront: call for new projects
UTS Shopfront acts as a gateway for community access to the University of Technology, Sydney. It links under-resourced community groups to university skills, resources, and professional expertise. This allows projects that would not otherwise proceed to be completed with multiple benefits for the community, students, and the University.

UTS Shopfront's first deadline for 2005 is coming up. Organisations are invited to submit a project idea online or by calling UTS Shopfront.

Contact: Pauline O'Loughlin or Lisa Andersen on 02 9514 2900
Go to: UTS Shopfront website here
Closes: projects need to be submitted by 30 January 2005
Time Place Space 4: call for submissions
Applications are being invited from Australian artists working across disciplines, cultures, and/or mediums to participate in Time_Place_Space 4.

This will be the fourth intensive laboratory as part of Time_Place_Space, a national initiative that aims to challenge, invigorate and strengthen the areas of hybrid arts practice in Australia, with an emphasis on performance.

The laboratory will be facilitated by national and international practitioners to be announced in January. There will be places in the laboratory for up to twenty artists from diverse cultural, geographic and artistic backgrounds. Participants from previous Time_Place_Space laboratories are encouraged to apply.

Eligibility: The laboratory is open to Australian artists working across media and disciplines.

Selection Criteria:
  • Demonstrated ability and interest in working collaboratively and sympathetically with artists from diverse backgrounds and practices
  • Demonstrated interest/experience in hybrid performance making
  • Ability to analyse your practice

    • Submissions to include:
  • A statement addressing why you are interested in participating
  • A description of current or previous work/s that articulates the central ideas in this work
  • A set of questions or an area of inquiry that you would like to investigate while at Time_Place_Space 4
  • Support material from previous work which includes either 10 slides or images OR up to 20 minutes of video OR 1 CD ROM
  • Two referees and their contact details

    • Contact: email TPS4 Project Manager here (do not email documents over 1 MB). Submissions can also be sent: c/- Performance Space PO Box 419 Strawberry Hills NSW 2012.
    Cost: registration: $900 (full), $500 (concession). Some travel assistance may be available to artists who can demonstrate financial need
    Closes: submission must be received by 30 January 2005

    Time_Place_Space 4 is a New Media Arts Board, Australia Council initiative, supported by the Theatre, Music and Dance Boards. It is produced by Performance Space with site partner AIT Arts, Adelaide, SA.
    cellBYTES : V.01 EXHIBITION + V.02
    //cellBYTES is the first exhibition of mobile motion capture + camera snaps by inter/national practitioners exploring the potential of creative digital media content for the next generation of mobile technology. //cellBYTES received 373 images from 182 contributers in 14 countries.

    //cellBYTES is now exhibiting online.

    From night lights in Sweden to brunch in Hong Kong, //cellBYTES is a snapshot of how image capable mobile technology is being used around the world. Recording data such as age + location //cellBYTES is a contemporary + archival reference of mobile phone imaging technology.

    //cellBYTES is a project created by Once Bitten - an intranational collective of digital practitioners + writers. Once Bitten launched cellBYTES on August 20 2004 with the intention to investigate, exhibit + promote the first creative byte sized steps being taken by creative practitioners with mobile phone technology.

    To continue supporting the //cellBYTES virtual community of digital artists interested in handheld technology + public works, //cellBYTES V.02 will maintain an open call + introduce 2 new categroies for investigation: STORY | LIGHT. We invite you to submit to //cellBYTES V.02.

    What thematic concerns are being captured on tiny screens around the world?

    Contact: email cellBYTES here
    Go to:: cellBYTES site here
    Commission for Children and Young People: Advisory Group
    The NSW Commission for Children and Young People is looking for young people under the age of 18 to join its advisory group. The advisory group helps the Commission stay focused on what young people from all over NSW really think.

    Contact: If you want more info or would like YAPA to nominate you email Jen at YAPA here
    Office of Industrial Relations: Youth + Work online survey
    The Office of Industrial Relations (OIR) is interested in your thoughts on their services.

    OIR is the NSW government agency responsible for making workplaces fairer for employees and employers. Their survey aims to measure how aware young people are of their services and which they use the most.

    Go to: Participate in the survey here
    04 : workshops + forums + conferences
    351 Music Camp
    Are you a young person interested in hip-hop and music generally?

    NSW 351 Music Camp specialises in hip-hop and in inspiring young people to find and live their dreams. Now in its third year, 351 is an intensive 3 day program of workshops, seminars and performances. 351 is a non-profit short course designed to encourage empower young people (between the ages of 14 and 28) with the confidence and appropriate attitudes necessary to discover themselves, their talents and their dreams fully.

    351 is for songwriters, poets, singers, rappers, dancers, djs, guitarists, drummers, event organisers, producers 351 camp Is in it’s 3rd massive year.

    351 will feature: Maya Jupiter : Brethren : Brett Murray : Flow : Sereck : DJ Kinetic : APRA Recording : Josie Styles : Urban Space Monkeys : Fresh FM and more.

    When: Friday 7 January 10am-12pm (Registration) to Monday 10 January 2pm (finish)
    Where: Merroo Conference Centre, 182 Mill Road, Kurrajong, Sydney, NSW
    Contact: Dominic Kelsall on 02 4739 8590 or 0425 241 614 or email here
    Go to: 351 website
    Cost: $245 (check the website for special offers and discounts). Cost includes all food, accommodation, workshops and concert entry for you and your family.
    05 : funding + residencies
    Australia Council: Write In Your Face
    Write In Your Face is an initiative of the Literature Board of the Australia Council, supporting emerging forms of writing practice by young writers.

    What’s Write in Your Face?
    Write in Your Face is a program of support to young writers, funded under the Australian government’s Young and Emerging Artists’ Initiative. We invite proposals from young writers who are using language in innovative ways. This may involve writing for zines, e-zines, comics, multimedia, multi-artforms, websites, live performance and spoken word.

    Our selection criteria are:
    • innovative excellence
    • potential to advance the artistic expression and development of young writers
    • clearly identified aims and outcomes
    • evidence the project is well-planned and achievable within timeframe and budget
    Further details
    • You must be aged 30 years or under to apply
    • You may apply for up to $5,000
    • Your application should be for the language aspect of the project, rather than for costs of equipment or other creative components such as music or graphics
    • Proposals involving self-publication of single author titles are not eligible
    • Individuals, groups or legally-constituted organisations may apply. Groups must nominate a legally constituted organisation or one of their members to act as the administrator for their grant.
    • If you have received money through a previous Write in Your Face grant, you cannot reapply any sooner than one year after the end of your previous grant period
    Closes: 15 December 2004. Projects for which funding is requested should not commence before 1 May 2005 and must be completed by 30 April 2006.
    Contact: for further information and an application form contact Jill Jones on 02 9215 9052; toll-free: 1800 226 912; or email Jill here
    Go to: Australia Counicl website here
    Foundation for Young Australians: Partnership Grants 2005
    Partnership Grants support groups of young people and organisations to develop youth led initiatives. The aim of the partnership is to work together to develop and implement an idea that results in meaningful change with young people aged 12-25 years.

    Partnership Grants are made in two stages. In the first stage, a small number of partners are selected and funded to undertake youth led community visioning and mapping, and research and create an initiative proposal for funding over a number of years. In the second stage, The Foundation will support successful proposals from Stage 1 with multi-year funding and non-financial assistance.

    Contact: information, guidelines, and forms are available by phoning 03 9670 5436; or
    Go to: the Foundation's website here
    Closes: expressions of interest forms will be accepted until Monday 20 December 2004.
    Country Arts Support Program 2005
    Is your community planning an arts project in 2005/06? Need some help to pay an artists or bring an artist to town to help you?

    The Country Arts Support Program is a vital program that delivers small grants to arts and community organisations, Regional Arts Boards, and local arts councils for short term, locally initiated projects in regional and rural areas of the State.

    A total pool of $200,000 is available through CASP for 2005, with funds to be directed towards artists' fees, travel and accommodation.

    CASP grants generally fall within the following ranges:
    $300 to $1,500 for workshops (higher for workshops combined with performances)
    $300 to $1,000 for performances
    $300 to $2,000 for artists-in-residence, public art projects & exhibitions
    $500 to $3,000 for arts activities as part of community festivals or events

    2005 Guidelines and Application Forms are now available online on the Regional Arts NSW website.

    Go to: Regional Arts NSW website here
    Contact: Regional Arts NSW, on 02 9247 8577 or email here
    Closes: 14 February 2005
    Quick Response Grants Now Open
    Regional artists, arts organisations and communities can apply for money for professional or skills development, or small project opportunities that present themselves at short notice.

    Contact: Regional Arts NSW on 02 9247 8577 ext. 8
    Go to: RANSW website here
    Closes: between now and 30 June 2005
    Australia Council: CCD Board closing dates for 2005 (pending)

    01 April
    Ros Bower Award, Young Leaders Award, Partner's Award

    15 April
    New Work, Skills & Arts Development, Camden Head Residency

    01 July
    Key Organisations

    1 August:
    Presentation & Promotion, Skills & Arts Development, Fellowships

    * It is highly recommended that intending applicants seek advice from CCDB staff prior to submitting their application.

    Contact: 02 9215 9029 or email here
    Go to: OZCO website here
    06 : exhibitions + performances + events
    [exhibition]: Reframing the Valley
    Photography by Therese Sweeney

    This exhibition presents a ten year photographic survey of the Green Valley community. Built as a working-class public housing estate in the 1960s in South-West Sydney, Sweeney's work provides us access to the contemporary cultural environment of Green Valley.

    Where: Leichhardt Library, Italian Forum, Norton Street, Leichhardt
    When: 03 December - 31 January. Hours: Mon-Fri 9.30am-8pm; Sat 9.30am-4pm; Sun 10am-4pm.
    Cost: Free!
    07 : resources + sites + publications
    Streetwize: Safe Sistas
    Streetwize has worked with young Indigenous women from across NSW, specifically Sydney, Dubbo, Bourke, and Narromine, to produce a set of four postcards and a poster on the subject of personal safety and reporting crimes of sexual violence.

    The postcards aim to define the term ‘sexual violence’, so that Indigenous young women are left with no doubt about what it means, as well as affirm their right to speak out about their ordeal. They also inform women about the services they can access for help.

    Funded by the NSW Department for Corrective Services through the Victims of Violent Crimes program and the NSW Attorney General’s Department through the Aboriginal Youth Grants Program.
    Streetwize: Family 2005 Calender now available
    Streetwize is pleased to announce its first ever calendar, completed in partnership with the ATSIC Sydney Regional Office, to promote the Our Family 2005 policy.

    The calendar features artwork and positive family scenarios to illustrate the underlying themes promoted in the Our Family 2005 policy, as well as information on support services available. It has been produced as a companion to the comic It's Not Our Way! which deals with family violence and its impact on Indigenous communities.

    Go to: the calendar and comic can be ordered from Streetwize here
    Accessible Arts: expressions of interest for Disability Arts Workers Network
    The initial concept is to help provide advocacy, professional development and promotional opportunities for arts and disability workers throughout NSW.

    The network would encompass the diversity of practices across the arts-disability community, including arts tutors, facilitators, community cultural development workers, arts therapists and disability/health workers.

    Accessible Arts are aiming to hold a meeting with interested individuals and organisations in early 2005 to identify areas of need and set some specific goals for the next eighteen months.

    At this stage Accessible Arts are proposing the following services:
    • Promote your services to arts, disability and educational organisations via a member's profile on Accessible Arts' website and telephone referral service.
    • hosting a series of forums to enable disability arts-workers to showcase and discuss their work and processes
    • Help promote and advocate an appreciation for the value of the arts in disability, health and education.
     Accessible Arts are presently collecting contact details and information about the activities, needs and interests of disability-arts workers and disability organisations involved with arts programs.

     Contact Stella Collier on 9251 6499 or email here
    Go to: add your contact details and work profile using our web based entry form here
    Go to: Accessible Arts website here
    Cultural Research Centre Launched
    Multicultural marketing firm Cultural Perspectives has announced the launch of the new Cultural and Indigenous Research Centre Australia (CIRCA).

    Cultural Perspectives' Pino Migliorino outlines that the aim of the Centre is "... about driving a vision for non-English and Indigenous research in Australia." Migliorino also sees CIRCA's role as "... filling a gap between academia and larger research organisations."

    Go to: Cultural Perspectives website here
    08 : employment opportunities
    Streetwize: Consultant needed
    Streetwize are looking for a consultant with experience of working with the Arabic Community in Sydney to develop a traditional Arabic games package, a culturally appropriate resource for the Arabic communities in NSW.

    The Consultant will be required to undertake a short literature review, consult with elders within the Arabic community, and develop and draft the resource.

    Contact: for further details email Jo Taylor here
    Administrator: Critical Path
    Critical Path is a Sydney based organisation dedicated to developing independent choreographic practice in NSW.

     Critical Path's Goals:
    • Create a sustainable program of projects which enhance research and development opportunities for choreographers in NSW
    • Facilitate a supportive critical environment for choreographers
    • Develop The Drill as a key space for new ideas and approaches to dance-making
    • Develop national and international networks for NSW based dance artists
     Administrator duties:
    • Liaise with and assist project personnel to facilitate the successful running of projects at The Drill, including arranging visas, travel and accommodation for international artists
    • Induct all users of The Drill in House Rules, Emergency and Risk Management Procedures
    • Prepare employment documentation for every project and capture data for reporting
    • Provide general administrative support to the Director at the office in Walsh Bay
    • Do the banking and keep financial records for liaison with the Finance Consultant
    • Maintain the organisationˇśs Risk Management Manual
    • Co-ordinate special events
     Selection Criteria
    Essential
    • Excellent organisational and prioritising skills
    • Demonstrated initiative and ability to work effectively in a team with minimal supervision
    • Ability to work under pressure with competing priorities and deadlines
    • Good knowledge of computer based office systems (word processing, spreadsheet, internet and database applications) especially Microsoft Office
    • Experience in filing systems, databases, office equipment/supplies and reconciling petty cash
    • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
    • Excellent attention to detail
    Desirable
    • Demonstrated experience of working in a performing arts venue
    • An understanding of Occupational Health & Safety and Risk Management
     Salary is $40k per annum + 9% super + 4 weeks holiday pay + 17.5% loading all pro rata.

    Where: This position is part-time (3 days per week) principally located within the Ausdance Office at Walsh Bay, with project supervision time also to be spent at The Drill in Rushcutters Bay.
    When: interviews to be held at the Critical Path office in Walsh Bay on 22 December 2004. Position available from 17 January 2005.
    Contact:: send CV and application addressing selection criteria to Sophie Travers c/o Ausdance, Pier 4, Hicksons Rd, Walsh Bay, Sydney 2000 or email here. Phone 02 9256 4804
    Closes: 17 December 2004