Helix Arts Database
Helix Arts has built up a comprehensive database of artists and arts professionals who we routinely contact when we are recruiting for projects. If you would like to be added to our database please complete and return the Word document below, or contact us by telephone or email.
T: 0191 241 4931
F: 0191 241 4933
E: info@helixarts.com
Short Courses for Artists working in Participatory Arts
Core Skills Training: INTRODUCTORY OFFER
Are you an artist who wants to deliver participatory arts projects (projects where you’re working with a group of people to produce something together)? or Are you already working in this field but want to brush up your skills?
The University of Northumbria (UNN), working with a number of participatory arts organisations, has developed a programme of short courses for artists in any discipline (from film making and visual arts to creative writing to dance and drama) covering the core skills needed for participatory arts projects, including working with specific client groups. The course is in two parts:
Part 1: a three-day course covering:
a) Key Principles of participatory arts projects
- Preparation & research
- Project design, delivery & management
- Documentation & evaluation
b) Effective Project Management
- Planning & preparation
- Thinking entrepreneurially
- Practical project management toolkit
- Partnerships and the cultural sector
c) Arts Facilitation & Effective Group working
- Engaging groups and exploring needs
- Group dynamics
- Communicating with diverse audiences
- Responding to challenging behaviour and personal issues
- Facilitation skills
Part 2: one-day session on working with:
- People with learning disabilities
All sessions will be delivered by UNN lecturers and expert practitioners working in the field. Electronic course materials will be available and you will also receive a resource pack at the end of the course. These courses offer a unique combination of theoretical and practical expertise from artists and practitioners with exemplary track records, delivering a curriculum that has been developed by the organisations which employ artists directly and which can provide you with the relevant skills to secure work in this field.
As this is the pilot for this course, we are able to offer the following reductions:
Three-day core skills course for just £150
One-day session on Working with Adults with Learning Disabilities for just £50
The cost of this course will normally be: Three-day core skills course: £600 / One-day sessions: £200 per day
Course dates:
- Core Skills – Day 1 7th May 2008
- Core Skills – Day 2 14th May 2008
- Core Skills – Day 3 21st May 2008
- Working with People with Learning Disabilities - 28th May 2008
For more information and a booking form please follow the link below. Alternatively, contact Yvonne Dobson as Helix Arts by email: yvonne.dobson@helixarts.com or telephone: 0191 241 4931
