Posted by: Borrowind on: November 30, 2009
New! 30.11.09
The Creative Communities Unit at Staffordshire University is to run two new courses in the new year, for local people who want to make a difference in their community. “Speaking Up” will help residents to find out what is going on in your community and how to influences decisions. “Taking Part” will [...]
Posted by: Borrowind on: November 28, 2009
New! 28.11.09
The October 2009 report Growing the Ceramic Cluster in North Staffordshire, by Dr Stewart Brown of SQW Consulting, is now available online. The report gives an overview of the current ceramic industry in North Staffordshire, suggests critical measures for success in the immediate future, and suggests the required initiatives and structures for [...]
Posted by: Borrowind on: November 23, 2009
New! 23.11.09 Stage Productions are calling for people to audition for the musical The King & I at The Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent (March 2010). The King & I principal auditions took place on Sunday 22nd November 2009 for Dancers and Company (excluding Children). Sunday 29th November is the audition day for Children and Principal [...]
Posted by: Borrowind on: November 18, 2009
New! 18.11.09 Added to the Events listing: The National Association for Ceramics in Higher Education is hosting a Graduate Forum in Stoke-on-Trent, to co-incide with the graduate Fresh exhibition (see Creative Stoke’s photo gallery of the show) at Emma Bridgewater Pottery. The Forum will be at Emma Bridgewater Pottery and the Potteries Museum [...]
Posted by: Borrowind on: November 16, 2009
New! 16.11.09 Job: Stoke-on-Trent City Council is seeking a Ballroom Dancer to deliver dance workshops in the city as part of its People Dancing programme. Six x half-day workshops will happen at different venues before 31st March 2010. Deadline: 4th December 2009. The full brief and application details are available here.
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Posted by: Borrowind on: November 14, 2009
New! 13.11.09
Film students and amateur film makers are being invited by Staffordshire University to produce a short (3 minutes or less) widescreen film on “Cycling in Stoke on Trent”. There are currently 77 miles of new local and National Cycle Network (mostly off-road) bicycle paths throughout the city. Together with the adjacent [...]
Posted by: Borrowind on: November 11, 2009
New! 11.11.09
The Stoke-on-Trent British Ceramics Biennial is running free creative drop-in sessions, at the Wedgwood Institute (formerly Burslem public library), in Stoke-on-Trent. There is no need to book a place.
1) Denise O’Sullivan will run “The Way We Are” session on how to make a decorate beer mat tiles, by using photography, stamping, [...]
Posted by: Borrowind on: November 11, 2009
New! 11.11.09
Staffordshire Arts and Museum Service would like to hear from all visual artists and makers who wish to create new work for the summer 2010 “Sense of Place” exhibition at The Shire Hall Gallery, located in Stafford town centre. The show will focus on Staffordshire’s many different environments. Full information [...]
Posted by: Borrowind on: November 10, 2009
New! 10.11.09
Job: A Product Designer (Furniture) is required at the University of Wolverhampton. This is a forty-week funded post for someone who will embed a professional design capability in Spaceoasis Ltd — based in Telford, Shropshire — and review products, materials and markets to develop a new strategic design policy, innovative [...]
Posted by: Borrowind on: November 9, 2009
New! 09.11.09
Job: Stoke-on-Trent’s “People Dancing” programme requires a belly-dancer to deliver four workshops in the city. Four workshops, each two-hours long each and catering for up to 25 participants, will be devised as taster sessions in a number of community venues across the city. 30 “shimmy-belts” will be provided. Application deadline: [...]