YouthArts News

The Junior Galway Film Fleadh (JGFF) creates annually a programme of screenings and workshops which are enlightening, educational and entertaining aimed at young people from ages 13 – 18 years. Young people are catered for as a distinctive cinema going audience encouraging them to become involved in film through screenings, workshops and other related activities (eg script competition).

Create National Networking Day for Collaborative Arts, Dublin
16 September, 10 – 6pm, axis Ballymun

Dublin Youth Dance Company will be hosting auditions for new members on Sunday, 26 September, 2010.  This will take place at Dance Theatre of Ireland’s Centre for Dance,Bloomfields Centre, Lower Georges Street, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.  The audition will consist of a company class, followed by a short interview.  

Belgium holds the Presidency of the European Union at the moment and they are holding anEU Youth Conference, which will bring together over 100 young people to discuss matters of Youth and Employment with each other and with policy makers / government representatives from the 27 EU Member States.  The National Youth Council of Ireland will be nominating 3 young people to attend this event.  For more information www.youth-eutrio.be

Where:  Leuven, Belgium

"Many Cultures One Home" Thomond Park, Limerick 9th September 2010 Hosted by Doras Luimni.

Ballymun Regional Youth Resource is a professional youth work organisation working for the welfare and development of all 10-21 year-old young people in the area. 

Applications now being accepted for 2010/11

The Certificate in Youth Arts is a part time, year long university accredited course of study in Irish Youth Arts Practice which  aims to introduce those working in the non-formal education sector to the concepts, principles and practice of youth arts using a context and practice approach. It is co-ordinated by the Arts Programme at the National Youth Council of Ireland and accreditted by The Department of Applied Social Studies, NUI Maynooth.

The Arts Council has announced the introduction of four new funding schemes on a pilot basis for 2010-2011, one in dance, and three in theatre.

The deadline for the new schemes is 5.30pm on Thursday, 12 August, 2010. Applications will be accepted through the Arts Council’s online services website.

The new schemes are:

The majority of people in Ireland go to an arts event at least once a year, with plays, art exhibitions and classical music concerts most popular in every part of the country, according to research to be published this week.

In addition, more than 1.2 million people report that they actually participate in artistic or creative activities, such as drawing, painting, performing or playing an instrument.

St. Kevin’s Integrated Youth Arts Group is looking for a dance artist to work on their latest film project. The group will be working on a project led by an animation artist to develop a new animation video. They would like a dance artist to explore the links between physical movement and movement created via animation.

 The project will require planning time with the animation artist and delivery of 7 – 9 sessions, in some cases alongside the animation artist leading the project.

Fee: €1,500

NUI CERTIFICATE IN YOUTH ARTS – CLOSING DATE EXTENDED TO 20th AUGUST 2010.

The Certificate in Youth Arts is a part time, year long university accredited course of study in Irish Youth Arts Practice.

(Accrediting body: NUI Maynooth, Dept of Applied Social Studies)

 The Certificate in Youth Arts is a part time, year long university accredited course of study in Irish Youth Arts Practice.

(Accrediting body: NUI Maynooth, Dept of Applied Social Studies)

The Certificate in Youth Arts aims to introduce those working in the non-formal education sector to the concepts, principles and practice of youth arts using a context and practice approach.

Four days of films and workshops for young people!

IFI Family Festival in association with Temple Bar Cultural Trust The Summer Sensational brings the best films from around the world to our young film fans.

We have stories of friendship, adventure and animals, in animation and live action.

And if you want to learn about filmmaking, there are plenty of workshops too.

If you like film, you’ll love IFI Family Festival!

Further details from: www.irishfilm.ie

This summer at The Ark it’s ART 360, where you get the chance to encounter a range of visual arts activities: making art, with all kinds of diverse materials, and exhibiting your work: a true multi-media experience! Get your senses involved in bringing out the artist in you in two fantastic visual arts programmes at The Ark this summer.

FEAST FOR THE SENSES

8–12 JULY / AGES 3–14

Want to make it to the Oscars? You've got to start somewhere!

Young Irish Film Makers is calling all budding film makers to join them at their summer camp with a difference! This summer you can take part in making your very own movie.

One week summer camps are running this July and August at their head quarters in St.Joseph's Studios, Waterford Rd, Kilkenny. Camps run from Monday to Friday, 9am until 5pm. With age groups ranging from 8-12 and 13-18 yrs.

July 12-16th (8 - 12yrs)

Smashing Times Theatre Company with support from Donegal CDB Peace and Reconciliation Partnership are delighted to announce an innovative new project called Acting for Change.

The project aims to use drama and theatre activities within Donegal to engage participants from a cross-border and cross community perspective; bringing people together to explore themes that are a consequence of the conflict in Northern Ireland and the Southern Border counties.

The Irish Youth Foundation and Starbucks have established a fund for young people in Dublin with BIG ideas – ideas that will make a difference in their local communities.

Applicants should be living in Dublin, aged between 15-19, and want to do something different.

There  are five awards of €2,000 (and each of the five winners will have a further opportunity to pitch for another €2,000 award). 

Important deadlines are:

SING OUT WITH STRINGS SCHOLARSHIP FUND AT THE IRISH WORLD ACADEMY, UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
 

The Arts as Cultural Diplomacy: A Forum for Young Leaders

Berlin 11th – 17th July 2010

“The role of the arts in shaping Europe’s future”.
 

The weeklong seminar is an international and interdisciplinary gathering of students, young professionals and future leaders from across the world who are looking to develop a career in the cultural sector.

What is the role of the cultural and creative industries and how can they contribute to the other sectors of society? The European Commission has asked for our opinions and Temple Bar Cultural Trust is coordinating the response from the Cultural and Creative sectors in Ireland.

We want to know what you think! Do you have any ideas, examples of best practice, or opinions you'd like to share?

Youth Arts: Explore Experiment Create - Call for participants

Kildare County Council Arts Service in association with CoisCéim Broadreach invites young artists and youth arts groups aged between 18 and 25 to take part in a 3 day arts exploration event.

Common Ground, founded in 1998 as an arts development agency in the Canal Communities area of Dublin, works with communities and artists to respond to local needs in the areas of arts and culture.

Last Monday 10 May, President Mary McAleese announced Siobhán Parkinson as Laureate na nÓg, Ireland’s first laureate for children’s literature.

A Youth Work Conference, hosted by the Department of Applied Social Studies of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth will take place Thursday 3 June.

A one day conference on 22 June to exchange ideas on current trends affecting young people in Ireland including unemployment, migration, and new media, amongst others issues.

A public lecture by Professor Nigel Thomas, to be hosted by the Children’s Research Centre, sponsored by the Structured PhD in Child and Youth Research.

The National College of Ireland has teamed up with Metro Herald and Ireland AM to offer a prize package including an educational fund.