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Momentum Arts and Artists
Momentum Arts support and nurture the talent of artists by offering exciting and challenging training and continuing professional development opportunities.
Our current projects is this area are:
Exposure - Developing Creative Leaders
A quick summary.
Momentum Arts are committed to providing ongoing training and career enhancing activities to the socially engaged artists we work with, whether they are established or emerging, in their field of expertise.
A little more detail.
Our Exposure - Developing Creative Leaders programme has seen us work with a variety of socially engaged artists from an array of arts disciplines. Our commitment to professional development and skill sharing enables artists, working in social inclusion settings, to access valuable training opportunities and engage in high profile networking. Through encouraging artistic collaboration with their peers, artists may develop new arts projects which boost their own employability and stimulate the profile of creative arts in the community.
Some more information about our work with artists and what the artists say.
In March 2010 we took a group of British artists, enrolled on our Exposure Programme, to Durban, South Africa to run creative arts workshops with eight teams of street children from around the world. The artists worked together to devise and create an arts exhibition that was exhibited at the Durban Art Gallery. The exhibition featured work from the street children as well as a collaborative installation created by the artists. Following on from this two of the artists were invited back to Durban to take part in a film festival.
By connecting socially engaged artists from the East of England with those working internationally artists are provided with valuable opportunities to learn new skills and further develop their own ideas. These opportunities, both internationally and within the UK, help invigorate creative communities and promote audience participation in the arts.
“I have always been an artist involved with social and political issues but working with Momentum Arts has enabled a much wider vision beyond my expectations.” Beverley Carpenter, Artist.
“The funding skill-share was brilliant and I came out wanting more!” David Wood, Artist.
We are now looking to for the third year of this exciting programme (deadline for applications - November 30th). We would like to hear from emerging and mid career artists who are working in participatory settings in the East of England. Formal qualifications are not essential but an enthusiasm for participatory arts and artistic collaboration is. We are especially interested in hearing from artists from Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Fenland. By joining the Exposure programme you will get a chance to join our pool of socially engaged artists, network with other artists as well as access opportunities to develop and become involved in exciting arts projects.
The programme includes:
• 5 ‘skills share’ evenings over the course of the year to which we will invite guest speakers. The themes of the skills shares will be decided by the artists but could include for example advice on funding, curatorial skills or discussion on arts and social justice. The skills shares are also an excellent opportunity to network with other artists.
• 3 days of shadow experience which could involve visiting projects or working alongside other artists.
• Working with other artists on a digital collaboration.
We cannot pay artists to attend these activities but we would, of course, pay expenses and cover any materials needed or costs incurred. The total contact time over the year would be 12 sessions (day or evening).
If you are interested in finding out more about Exposure - Developing Creative Leaders, contact nancy@momentumarts.org.uk
Exposure - Developing Creative Leaders is funded by Arts Council East
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Nancy Hogg, 21/09/2011 |
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