Scheduled Trainings

Important update on the ‘Tea & Technique’ Professional Development series:

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.

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.

Youth Led Projects with Victoria Durrer: South Dublin County Council Arts Office - Thursday 24th November

In the second of this four-part professional development series, NYCI’s Arts Programme will facilitate a conversation between Victoria Durrer and Wayne Travers, a member of Tallaght Young Filmmakers. Tallaght Young Filmmakers is an award-winning youth-led filmmaking group that, with Victoria’s guidance, has been working towards a youth led practice approach for the last number of years. The presentation will centre on their experience of developing a sustainable youth-led approach to arts projects with young people, from the point of view of youth workers and arts managers, as well as the young people involved. This session will be an opportunity to hear about the potential successes and challenges of developing youth-led activities and will provide a forum for discussion about the methodologies for making youth-led arts projects a reality, after which participants will be invited to bring their own questions and experiences to the conversation.

Date: Thursday 24th November 2011, 10.55-12.30 (approx)

Outline of session:

10.55-11.00: Participants log-in to ADOBE Connect (pre registration required - tom@nyci.ie)

11.00-12.00: Main presentation from Victoria Durrer and Wayne Travers

12.00-12.30: Q&A facilitated by Tom Donegan, NYCI

Location: Online

To register to take part in this workshop please email: tom@nyci.ie. An ADOBE Connect weblink will then be circulated in advance for you to access on the day.

Working with an Artist in Youth Work Settings with Nichola Mooney: Rialto Youth Project - Thursday 1st December

In the third of this four-part professional development series, NYCI’s Arts Programme will facilitate a conversation between Nichola Mooney, youth worker and Fiona Whelan, artist, who have been working together with young people from Rialto Youth Project in Dublin for eight years. For the first hour of the session, Nichola and Fiona will discuss their most recent work as part of What's the Story? Collective focusing particularly on  the relationship between artists, youth workers and young people, the collaborative process and the issues that emerged when the art work was taken outside of a local context. They will also talk about issues of sustainability in an art project and will identify the key features of their long term collaboration. For more information, see www.section8.ie

Date: Thursday 1st December 2011, 10.55-12.30 (approx)

Outline of session:

10.55-11.00: Participants log-in to ADOBE Connect (pre registration required - tom@nyci.ie)

11.00-12.00: Main presentation from Nichola Mooney and Fiona Whelan

12.00-12.30: Q&A facilitated by Anne O’Gorman, NYCI

Location: Online                                       

To register to take part in this workshop please email: sile@nyci.ie. An ADOBE Connect weblink will then be circulated in advance for you to access on the day.

Celebrating Your Youth Arts Projects with Nick Mack, Creative Edge - Thursday 15th December

In the last in this four-part professional development series, Nick Mack will lead a session based around evaluating, documenting and celebrating youth arts activities with young people. The workshop will give participants an opportunity to explore how evaluation can be a valuable means to appreciate and communicate what has been achieved in youth arts activities and the difference that they make,  as well as helping in planning future projects and in sharing good practice. Nick will outline a new initiative NYCI is embarking upon to design and share some easy but powerful tools which could help projects as a whole ‘make the case’ for youth arts in a difficult funding environment. The session will offer an opportunity for dialogue around issues and ideas for evaluation, including the participation of young people in the evaluation as part of celebration, enabling participants to see real possibilities for including evaluation as a positive reflection and lobbying tool in their practice. 

Outline of session:

10.55-11.00: Participants log-in to ADOBE Connect (pre registration required – email: sile@nyci.ie)

11.00-12.00: Main presentation from Nick Mack

12.00-12.30: Q&A facilitated by Anne O’Gorman, NYCI

Date/ Time: Thursday 15th December 2011, 10.55-12.30 (approx)

To register to take part in this workshop please email: sile@nyci.ie. An ADOBE Connect weblink will then be circulated in advance for you to access on the day.