From: ISIS Arts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 15:46:17 +0000 Subject: Neighbours
Please find an artist brief for the following opportunity.
Full details available at http://www.isisarts.org.uk/opportunities.html
ISIS Arts first floor 5 Charlotte Square Newcastle NE1 4XF
tel: 44 191 261 4407 http://www.isisarts.org.uk
Neighbours
Brief for a Creative Writer and a Visual Artist (with digital skills) to work with local people in Priority Wards in Newcastle
FEE (per artist): �6,000
TIMESCALE: January - July 2004
The Project
Neighbours is a project that seeks to address the issues of what makes a good community and good citizens and will take place in areas of Newcastle that have suffered most from prolonged decline and change.
Based around priority Wards in Newcastle including Newburn, Elswick, Benwell, Byker, Newbiggin Hall and Walker this project will address the difficult issues of social identity, cultural diversity and racism. This six-month project will look at layers of migrations and immigration and will celebrate and question the cultural, historical and geographical characteristics, which are the unique foundations of the communities.
The work will be based on a set of questions which individuals and groups will be asked to consider; What is 'community' and who are 'communities'? How is a 'community' developed? Whom does it include and whom does it exclude? How does a 'community' sense of ownership and pride develop? What is your history, where have you come from? What do you think makes a good place to live? What do you think makes a good community?
The project will be launched on Holocaust Memorial Day on 27th January 2004.
The Artists
The project will work with a creative writer and a visual artist. The visual artist may work in any medium including photography, video, digital media, printmaking, mixed-media; will have some knowledge of producing work digitally and experience of collaborating with other artists. The writer may work in any genre and preferably should have some experience of collaborating with visual artists.
Key community workers will support the artist and writer throughout the project but it is important that the artist and writer have experience of working with inner city communities and are aware of the issues to be addressed in this project.
They will run participatory workshops with a minimum of six groups across the designated wards, creating imagery and text inspired by the themes of the project. The groups will include young people from detached youth projects and adults from Tenants Associations.
The visual artist and writer will produce work for presentation. There may be the opportunity to run joint sessions to share work in progress. A materials budget and a small amount of technical support are available.
Possible outcomes could include an exhibition, a short film or multi-media piece for projection, writing for publication or a CD Rom. Other outcomes will be considered.
Local Community Development Workers and a Steering Group will support the artists on the project. ISIS Arts will manage the project in partnership with the Newcastle City Art Team.
The artists will work collaboratively and joint applications are welcome.
Full details available at http://www.isisarts.org.uk/opportunities.html
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