Important update on the ‘Tea & Technique’ Professional Development series:
The next two NYCI Professional Development workshops have now be confirmed for THURSDAY 24th NOVEMBER and THURSDAY 1st DECEMBER, with a third planned to take place before Christmas (date TBC). These sessions are free to join and open to anyone with an interest in Youth Arts.
They will be hosted by the Arts Programme using the ADOBE Connect online training forum, which allows participants to take part without leaving their home or office. To register please email Tom Donegan, specifying which session you are interested in: tom@nyci.ie. You will then be sent a unique web-link to the join the workshop in question (further details below).
The series will offer inspiration, practical ideas, and resources for developing arts projects with young people. Each session will be centered on a youth arts theme and will provide real-life experience from those who are already undertaking projects, as well as highlighting practical ways to implement the learning, resources to help you do it. There will also be opportunity for discussion, questions and trouble-shooting.
Whether you have been working with young people and the arts for some time and are looking for some fresh ideas or you are thinking about undertaking you first youth arts project, the professional development series will provide a wealth of ideas, encouragement and motivation. So put the kettle on, fire-up your laptop, and join us online to develop key skills and techniques, swap stories, and be inspired by the wealth of youth arts activities happening across the country.