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DEDA DANCE PARTY!

Date:  01.07.23 - 01.07.23
BOOK FREE TICKETS

Celebrating 25 years at Déda on Chapel Street, join us as we spill out onto the street and celebrate all things dance with a huge dance party.
Whether you are new to dance or a current class member this day is for you, with a host of workshops and performances for children, adults, and families!
This is an Altered Streets event, right on Chapel Street.

*DISCLAIMER* - The performance will be filmed and photographed for future publicity purposes.

The Buxton International Festival is nearly here - some events have sold out so head over to their website and book tickets while they are still available for events from Opera to Jazz and Books to local guided walks.
Featured events at Buxton International Festival - Buxton International Festival (buxtonfestival.co.uk)

Applications for the Fantastic for Families Awards 2023 are now open!

The Fantastic for Families Awards celebrate the wealth of outstanding creative provision for families of all ages across the UK.

Each year, the Awards recognise and champion the achievements of family arts providers and the ways their work enriches the lives of families and older people. From artists and producers to venues and touring companies, they want to hear from everyone involved in creating and delivering family arts across the UK!

The Awards will be given across three categories:
- Best Family Arts Activity
- Best Age-Friendly Outreach
- Audience Impact and Innovation Award

Apply by 6pm on Thursday 27 July 2023 for your chance to win a Fantastic for Families Award.
Fantastic for Families Awards 2023: Applications now open! - Family Art

Spare Tyre are looking for committed Trustees and a Chair of Board who share their values to contribute to the bright future of the organisation.

They are particularly keen to recruit people with governance and/or financial experience, people committed to inclusive working practices, with lived experience or professional understanding of their participant groups and participatory arts practitioners.
More Information can be found here.

The successful candidate will have a strong track record in arts project delivery - an individual with excellent creative and problem-solving skills with a ‘self-starter’ attitude and a passion for equality in the arts and culture.
Live & Local is based in Warwick. This role is offered as a salaried , remote annualised hours position.
Live & Local is a Disability Confident: Committed employer. You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme here: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

Deadline: Midday on Tuesday 4^th July 2023
Interviews: In Warwick on Thursday 13^th July 2023
Application: Application Pack including the link to the online application form available via Jobs Page

Let's MAKE at Derby Museum

Derby Museum's favourite festive celebration of all things unique and handmade is back at the Museum and Art Gallery and the Museum of Making shops this year. They're looking for Midlands-based Artists and Makers to take part in Let’s MAKE Christmas 2023; a seasonal celebration of contemporary craft produced in the region. All types of work will be considered.

This year's Let's MAKE Christmas will take place from 10 November – Sunday 24 December.

An application form can be downloaded here.

The application deadline is Sunday 16 July. 

COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, KEDLESTON HALL.

Do you have a passion for looking after historic houses and their collections? The National Trust are looking for a Collections Assistant to join their team at Kedleston Hall to deliver high quality collections management and care and support their evolving visitor experience offer.
Collections Assistant | Arts Jobs

ARTIST CALL OUT - TAPTON LOCK FESTIVAL

Junction Arts are looking for an artist with experience of working with recycled materials or working with health & wellbeing themes, to deliver a community commission for this year’s Tapton Lock Festival.

The fee for the commission is £1500, to include materials, although depending on the outcome there may be some negotiation on material costs. The commission will involve roughly six days work, to cover the delivery of four x two hour weekly sessions with the young people, attending the Tapton Lock Festival on the 9^th & 10^th September and two planning days.

More details can be found on their website:
Junction Arts | Artist Call Out - Tapton Lock Festival