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Click here to view this email in your browser As the cold weather settles in, welcome to Articulation's first newsletter of 2019. After the large gathering of people at Outdoor Arts UK’s ’The Power of the Possible’ in Glasgow last November, Articulation is excited to be hosting an Open Space meeting in Edinburgh for Artists, Makers and all those interested in Circus, Street Arts and Physical Theatre in Scotland.  Save the date:  25th February 2019. Here’s to an inspiring and productive 2019! Best wishes SJ Couzens  Articulation Coordinator. Articulation is an organisation for the support and development of Physical Performance: Circus, Street Arts and Physical Theatre in Scotland. Share Tweet Forward News Funding Performances Touring Training Festivals Opportunities Networking What can we do to make great physical performance in Scotland? An Open Space Event hosted by Articulation 25th February, 9:30am – 6pm Summerhall TechCube 1 Summerhall Pl, Edinburgh EH9 1QE There are loads of us in Scotland making physical performance. We make outdoor performance and circus and physical theatre and dance and live art and theatre and things in the gaps between all of these disciplines. This event is a space for us to get together to think collectively about where we’re going, find out what we have in common and what we don’t, to meet each other, to talk about our challenges and triumphs, to do some hard thinking about what we can do, individually and collectively, to make great physical performance in Scotland. Whether you are involved in physical performance as a performer, director, designer, producer, writer, administrator, performing arts student or audience member (or any other interested person not on this list) you are welcome. Basically, if you think you’d like to come, you’re invited. For one day we’ll gather together, name the things we want to work on and get to work. To imagine the future, to connect to each other, to find out what the next step is, for each of us, for all of us. Cost: £8, including lunch and refreshments Registration: 9:30am with the event beginning at 10am Access: There is a limited budget to support access including travel (for those not from Edinburgh) and childcare, this will be allocated on a first come-first-served basis. To find our more about access support, or for any other questions please contact Ewan at openspace@articulationarts.org Book Tickets CircusFutures: European Study Deadline: 28th February This census is aimed at professionals who in 2018 were in any capacity working in the field of circus in a European Member State. If you worked in the circus industry in Europe in 2018, in contemporary circus arts, traditional/classical or commercial circus or any combination of these, and in any type of employed or self-employed role you are invited to please participate.  This Study will make a significant difference to the overall funding and status of circus in Europe if it is able to capture the breadth and magnitude of the industry. To do this it requires a high number of people working at a professional level in the industry to participate.     For Professionals For Organisations News Funding Performances Touring Training Festivals Opportunities Networking Clown Cabaret Special Edition 9th February Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh A fantasia of becoming an action hero? Can the show always go on; no matter how full one’s hands get? Perhaps a champion will emerge if the fates allow? Or will dark temptations vampirishly vacuum the dreams of a clown? And scatter them sheepishly before an ominous telephonic tone? What does it all mean…!?! A mischievous melange of contemporary clowning and physical comedy with a dark delicious dash of bouffon to round of manipulate, a delightfully daft evening with some of Scotland’s finest clowns. These hand-picked Clown Cabaret favourites are all looking for the place a clown loves best, to be in front of an audience. Allow them to test their funny upon your frown and unleash their wild and wonderful dreams and fantasies on you! Little Angel Theatre: The Singing Mermaid 6th – 10th February The Studio at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Potterrow, Edinburgh One day, the singing mermaid is tempted away from all of her sea creature friends and her peaceful home at Silversands to join a travelling circus. The audiences love to hear her sing, but the poor mermaid was tricked! Instead of the swimming pool she was promised, she is kept in a small tank by the wicked circus master Sam Sly, and she soon longs to return to the freedom of the sea.  Will she ever escape? And who will help her along the way? Through beautiful puppetry and performance, and with music by Barb Jungr (We’re Going On A Bear Hunt), Little Angel Theatre collaborate once again with Royal & Derngate to bring Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks’ enormously popular story, The Singing Mermaid, to life. Book Tickets Extremely Pedestrian Chorales by Karl Jay-Lewin & Matteo Fargion 4th February Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh A quartet of dancers, a beguiling mix of high and low art exploring the multifarious roles and movement language of the pedestrian, a prosaic and commonplace experience of the everyday as an act of beauty, meaning and gently comedy. Inspired in form and structure by the sublime harmonies of JS Bach’s famous chorales and pitched into our present-day lives with just a dash of punk-ish irreverence, subtle snatches of dance and movement combine with loud titles, live music, big shoes, 18th century powder wigs, and general joyful misbehaviour. Choreographer, performer and presenter Karl Jay-Lewin and composer, musical director and performer Matteo Fargion have collaborated regularly since first working together in the 1990s. Their working relationship is built in part on drinking too much coffee around the kitchen table and 25 years of comparing parenting worries. Book Tickets Fooligan - Developed from Al Seed’s Herald Angel Award winning solo show, The Fooligan (2008). 8th February Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh A modular, musical cabaret act presented by grotesque 18th century characters who form a merry band, The Bridges of Madness. Through songs, poems, soundscape, movement, dance (in the broadest sense), and storytelling the audience is taken on a hilarious theatrical journey, playfully exploring themes of mortality, the supernatural and the nature of evil. Book Tickets News Funding Performances Touring Training Festivals Opportunities Networking Manipulate Festival 2nd - 12th February Edinburgh Produced by Puppet Animation Scotland, manipulate celebrates and promotes puppetry, visual theatre and animated films to its audiences. This year leading theatre artists and film-makers from Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Russia, Scotland, Spain and the USA present: . 23 performances 21 works in progress 21 films 3 workshops 1 industry-focused seminar Through manipulate’s works-in-progress platforms and its workshops programmes we provide development opportunities for Scottish-based artists to develop their creative and technical working practices and ambition. Manipulate’s success over the last decade has helped Scottish-based theatre-makers to create and tour their work to leading international festivals throughout Europe and North America. More Info News Funding Performances Touring Training Festivals Opportunities Networking Invisible Lands by Livsmedlet Theatre When war knocked on our door we left our home behind. We looked ahead and started walking, tiny TV screen figures wandering a large and unforgiving world… Our bodies are our homes, the landscape of our lives. Private vulnerable places, to be protected and cherished. By using bodies as visceral, organic performance platforms, geography and politics are physically extended and emotionally transformed. The familiar becomes unknown, the intimate an open space. In a unique meeting between puppetry, physicality, choreography and video projections, lines of people struggle up the hill of a bent back, a make-shift boat and people in the water drift on a sea-blue painted belly. We look through binoculars across a border zone. In a military helicopter we track the homeless. We witness the chaos-filled journeys into exile of displaced people all trying to save their skins. It reminds us powerfully that our opinion of refugees is largely a matter of choosing our point of view. These people – anyone, anywhere, anytime – are not other. Under different circumstances they are us. Tour Dates Testroom Since the beginning of November last year four groups of selected Scottish-based theatre artists have been meeting on Monday evenings. Using the knowledge and insights of the other practitioners in the room as a sounding board, they have nurtured and developed their initial creative ideas, presenting short excerpts of their work at manipulate.  Facilitated by leading puppeteer Gavin Glover (A Christmas Carol & The Tin Forest, National Theatre of Scotland) each group’s aim has been to develop those puppet-making and performing skills and expertise most appropriate for their project, with the aspiration that after Testroom they will bring their ideas to full production. More Info 5 Soldiers by Rosie Kay Dance Company 5 Soldiers is a moving, dramatic and unique work that looks at how the human body remains essential to war, even in the 21st century. A visceral ‘tour de force’ of the senses, 5 Soldiers provides an intimate view of the training that prepares our soldiers for the sheer physicality of combat, for the possibility of injury, and the impact conflict has on the bodies and minds of everyone it reaches. The piece has a powerful physicality, moments of humour and is full of honesty, all inspired by input from serving and former soldiers, and has been endorsed as ‘getting it’ by its military audiences. In movement, the performance weaves a story of physical transformation, helping us to understand what makes a soldier and how the experience of warfare affects those that choose to put their life on the line. View Tour Dates Gandeys Circus: The Greatest Show Tour! After a sensational tour across the UK in 2018 with the Greatest Showmen, Gandeys return with The Greatest Show Tour! Staged in the fully-heated 1,000-seat Big Top and equipped with theatre-standard lighting, this is the greatest show for all the family.  Even bigger! Even more spectacular! Thrills a-plenty as the world class Havana Troupe return with 2 new acts; with the sensational 5 handed springboard act and astounding Russian bar Act. Las Chicas Morales set hearts pounding on the rolling globes, Jacqui and Brendan dazzle and amaze on the aerial silks, and Gina displays mystical artistry and poise on the low wire … acrobats balancing, tumbling and achieving the impossible … the electrifying adrenaline-fuelled excitement of the African Warriors… laughter as Europe’s favourite clown Chico Rico creates mayhem and mirth … and not forgetting the West End musical, glittering productions, that Gandey’s have become famous for.  Gandeys Circus is raising the bar sky-high. It is thrills and laughter all the way as you’re elevated to new heights of entertainment for the entire family – from the youngest member to the oldest. View Tour Dates News Funding Performances Touring Training Festivals Opportunities Networking Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Physical Theatre Intensive 10th February The Wallace Studios at Speirs Locks, Glasgow This intensive one-day course is ideal for people age 16+ who are interested in developing the skills required for creating and performing theatre using movement, dance, mime and the human body. Physical theatre is a fascinating field that is increasingly popular in the professional theatre world. This engaging course is an opportunity to learn more about how it is created and work on developing the skills required for physical performance and non-vocal story-telling. Practical exercises will be used to get participants thinking about how to use their body to communicate meaning, story and relationships in new and exciting ways. By the end of this course you will have: Learned to warm up the body and work physically within your own abilities Focused on the physical and creative skills required for performance Explored practical methods of creating new physical theatre material Developed your own unique style of physical performance Book Tickets Arts Catalyst Residency Opportunity: Undisciplinary Deadline: 3rd February at 11:59pm Arts Catalyst and The Otolith Collective are launching Undisciplinary, a new residency supporting three UK-based artists, curators and cultural practitioners. Emerging artists, artist collectives, curators, cultural practitioners and writers whose research focuses on critical issues in global perspectives of the 21st century are invited to apply.  We are particularly interested in hearing from practitioners whose research addresses the politics of ecology, gender and race, contemporary activist struggles and from those engaged with rethinking genres of the human in relation to the Black radical tradition. Piloting from April 2019, this month-long residency will provide learning, networking and mentoring opportunities as well as a critical framework for challenging existing structures that underlie artistic and cultural production.  The three residents will have the opportunity to Participate in and nurture a supportive network of artists, curators and organisations Receive 1:1 mentoring and support around specific projects and/or their broad practice Access Arts Catalyst and The Otolith Collective’s network of artists, curators, institutions, academic and scientists Present and share elements of their individual and/or collective inquiry process by co-curating a resource room at Arts Catalyst in April 2019 Be supported in testing out different forms of presentation including writing, broadcasting, public programme, performance Applicants should be UK-based and have been out of formal education for at least one year.  More Info The Amateurs, The Conscious Body The Conscious Body is a research project that addresses the means to achieve an intense and powerful embodied performance onstage. It has been developed by Ivan Andrade since 2013 through experimental workshops and classes in Barcelona and other countries of Europe and abroad. The Conscious Body is the raison d'être of all our productions. We consider truth, intensity, embodiment, and creativity the fundamental and uncanny issues of performance, which we explore through this methodology in all of our shows. The Conscious Body is a structured methodology that aims at teaching actors, dancers, and singers how to engage an embodied performance. It provides insights into how to deliver an intense, truthful, and creative performance by means of achieving a high level of presence and perception onstage. In order to access a state of embodiment in which the mind is hardly in control of the situation. Thus, the performer’s actions and movements emerge as a spontaneous response to external stimuli or the body’s expressive needs. More Info Carnival Academy – Weekly Workshops St Brides Centre, Orwell Terrace, Edinburgh *Calling all Carnival Lovers*  Presenting The Carnival Academy- a weekly academy where people of all ages and abilities can come together to learn and develop new Carnival skills. The activities range from West African Drumming and costume making to Capoeira and contemporary dance!  The Academy will take place at the St Bride’s Centre on Sunday afternoons starting on January the 27th and throughout the programme we will be working towards participating in the Edinburgh Festival Carnival 2019! Get involved and #jointhecarnival Book Tickets Exploring Physical Theatre Techniques- A Practical Workshop with Vicky Heath 9th March, 10am – 1pm Dundee Rep Theatre, Dundee The workshop will introduce the importance of working with stimulus (a theme, word, image, text, picture, music) and offer suggestions for a stimulus to create a short piece on. Participants will explore how to create a story using various physical theatre techniques, and will have the opportunity to add some text to help formulate structure. The objective of the workshop is for participants to create a toolkit for devising their own physical storytelling. Vicky Heath has worked professionally as a performer, director and deviser for many years, nationally and internationally, (USA, Ireland, Africa, UK). She is currently the Associate Theatre Artist at The Space in Dundee, Scotland. She is also the Artistic Director of Nunah Theatre Company, based in Dundee. Nunah is an exciting physical theatre company who creates original, visually stunning, emotionally resonant productions, sometimes inside theatres, but more recently in other public spaces. Vicky is also an experienced workshop facilitator and lecturer in performing arts, with a specialism in physical theatre. Book Tickets Aberdeen Performing Arts: Young Company 31st January – 21st February His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen APA Young Company aims to give aspiring theatre makers aged 18-25 an opportunity to develop their skills, share practice, gain industry experience and take control of the artistic process. This is a brand new project for 2019 and we are looking for experienced, reflective and adventurous young artists to help shape the company. You will have the opportunity to work alongside a small group of likeminded young theatre-makers on projects designed and directed by you. You will be supported by one of APA’s experienced drama facilitators, have the opportunity to take part in professional training and development and have access to bespoke work experience and shadowing opportunities across the organisation. We are looking for Young People, aged 18-25 with an interest in working as an ensemble to create interesting, vibrant high quality performances, taking responsibility for all aspects of the production process. While performance skills are essential, we would be particularly interested in those wishing to develop further skills, for example in directing, writing, technical or design.  Experience is preferred however commitment, a willingness to learn and experiment and an ability to work as part of an ensemble is essential. To celebrate the launch of the Young Company, we are hosting four weeks of intensive theatre making workshops led by industry experts covering a range of performance styles and skills. These will take place weekly from Thursday 24th January to Thursday 14th February. You are welcome to join us for all four sessions or to drop in for one or two.  More information about this programme of workshops can be found below. This will be followed by a workshop audition on Thursday 21st February from which we will select 12 participants to take part in the first project. You will not need to prepare anything for this, just bring along your enthusiasm and good ideas! More Info News Funding Performances Touring Training Festivals Opportunities Networking Community Learning Exchange Fund Deadline: March 2019 Up to £750 to enable your group/organisation to visit another group or project anywhere in Scotland to aid peer-to-peer learning and knowledge exchange. The Community Learning Exchange is a fantastic opportunity for communities to learn through the exchange of ideas and the sharing of common solutions.  When community groups make visits to other communities, the most valuable part is often meeting new people with similar interests and gaining new insights and perspectives on common challenges.  Visiting groups come away armed with new ideas and approaches, and host organisations have the opportunity to explain their project to a new and interested audience, often seeing their own projects afresh through new eyes.   The Exchange will fund up to 100% of the costs of a visit by members of one community to another community project up to a limit of £750, including a host fee.  In exceptional circumstances (where travel distances are greater or certain aspects of the visit are particularly expensive) this limit can be increased.  Similarly visits out with Scotland, but within the UK will be considered where a similar project does not exist in Scotland. The Exchange will also fund follow up support between organisations.  This might be as a result of a learning visit when it is recognised that more specific and on-going help, support, or advice is required.  Apply Now Without Walls Open Call: Support for Research and Development of New Outdoor Work Deadline: 28th January at 10am Without Walls invites artists and companies to apply for funds through the Blueprint R&D programme. This is designed to support the Research and Development costs of new outdoor touring work for final presentation in 2020 or beyond.   Blueprint support is available to enable artists to undertake development for new shows for presentation in 2020, 2021 or later. Without Walls recognises that ambitious new work takes time to bring to fruition and that artists can benefit from the opportunity to explore new ideas as part of the development process, before committing to a production. This approach can also assist with fundraising for new work, and can be a useful way of engaging commissioners, supporters and partners in new work. Eligibility and guidance: Without Walls is looking for work from all disciplines and genres, that is innovative and ambitious and challenges the idea of what outdoor arts can be. The planned work must be suitable for outdoor touring and artists should be committed to exploring touring opportunities for the works beyond the Without Walls festivals. Proposals for work could be adaptable in scale, suitable for daytime and / or evening presentation and may also include promenade or processional based elements. Without Walls exists to support the development of new and ambitious work by UK artists; projects can be developed in association with international artists, but the lead partner on the project must be based in the UK. More Info Tasgadh – Small Grants for Traditional Arts Deadline: 1st February Tasgadh is a fund devolved from Creative Scotland, managed by Fèisean nan Gàidheal and open to organisations and individuals. Tasgadh is designed to provide support for traditional artists and organisations to create, perform, tour and showcase work. The fund can also support professional development and learning projects. Tasgadh cannot support the purchase of equipment nor can the fund be used to match other Creative Scotland funds. Apply Now Nurturing Talent - Time to Shine Fund  Deadline: 22nd February Creative Scotland’s Nurturing Talent – Time to Shine Fund aims to support the artistic and creative ideas of young people aged 11 to 25. We want to award funding to young people that show ambition, enthusiasm or talent in their chosen art form and require some financial support to develop or promote this further. Funding may also be awarded to those who face significant barriers to access, such as rural isolation or additional support requirements. Who is eligible for funding? You must be aged 11 to 25 years old and live in Scotland to be eligible for funding. The fund is open to both groups and individuals who can apply for a minimum of £50 and maximum of £1000. Details of all group members should be included on the application form and the majority of the group should be aged 11 to 25. Your application, and the ideas behind your application must be led by young people and therefore should be written by young people, unless there is a specific reason this is not possible (e.g. dyslexia, learning difficulty etc.) We will not accept applications that are not directly from young people. Apply Now The Awesome Foundation Started in Boston in 2009, The Awesome Foundation is an ever-growing global community devoted to helping local projects and ideas come to fruition. So far there are two Chapters in the UK – Glasgow and Liverpool. Here’s what the Glasgow Chapter has to say: “The Awesome Foundation is a fun way of giving a no-strings-attached mini-grant to cool projects that will make the world - and Glasgow - more Awesome! We give £500 away every two months, so you can apply any time. Projects must be local (Glasgow), you need to have a budget, your project has to benefit the local community – and most of all, it has to be awesome!” Apply Now News Funding Performances Touring Training Festivals Opportunities Networking Modo – Circus with Purpose Job Opportunity Aberdeenshire Deadline: 28th January Modo is seeking a dynamic and motivated fundraiser to join our small but ambitious team based in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. You will be responsible for raising funds from all sources including trusts and grants, corporate giving and individual donations, managing the research, application and reporting process, while building effective working relationships with potential and existing funders. We are looking for a self-motivated individual with proven experience of fundraising and excellent interpersonal skills. You will be performance driven whilst being personable and engaging. Accuracy and attention to detail are important, as is the ability to manage competing priorities. Job Title: Fundraiser Contract: 12 months (subject to review) Hours: Minimum 21 hours per week (equivalent to 3 days). Opportunity to work extra hours as negotiated Salary: £22,000 - £28,000 pro rata dependent on experience Holidays: 28 days including Bank Holidays Reports to: Creative Director and Board Place of Work: Modo Office, Peterhead (some home working possible Interview Dates: tbc w/c 11/2/19 or 18/2/19 Start Date: tbc To request an application pack or to discuss the position please contact Martin Danziger or call 01779 600 020 LADA Job Opportunity: Studio Manager (Operations and Events) Deadline: 28th January at 12pm LADA is looking for a dynamic individual to run and develop our organisation, operations, and events at our new space at The Garrett Centre in Bethnal Green London and help us set artists and ideas in motion and create the conditions in which innovation can flourish.   The Studio Manager (Operations and Events) has a broad range of responsibilities - we do not anticipate applicants will necessarily have experience in all aspects of the job, but we are looking for a smart, culturally engaged person to take on this new role and are happy to take a flexible approach as to how this post and its responsibilities might be best filled. This is an unprecedented opportunity to join LADA and significantly contribute to shaping its future. More Info Louise Orwin & co Job Opportunity: Producer Deadline: 31st January Louise Orwin & Co is looking for a strategic and imaginative Producer to support the company’s practice as they develop and tour work. Louise is at a pivotal point in her practice, as she prepares for her third UK tour (Oh Yes Oh No) and begins to scale up from solo work with her latest project, CRY CRY KILL KILL. She is now looking for an experienced Producer who can help her take the next steps in her practice, and help the company think strategically as it grows and begins to make work of a bigger scale. In 2019, Louise will tour Oh Yes Oh No¬ (14 UK dates and Edinburgh); and develop her latest work Cry Cry Kill Kill. Alongside this, the company will be undergoing a period of strategic, organisational development which will include contracting a Production Assistant, Participation Officer, and setting up an Advisory Board.  The company is particularly interested in hearing from candidates who have experience with participation and community work, as Louise is keen to develop her outreach practice. More Info Magic Circus - The Dutch Urban Circus Job Opportunity We are not your standard classical circus, we are not your standard modern circus. We are a unique mix. Cheeky, bold and blunt.  We like to change acts and music, create acts with artists that have never met before and above all we like to have fun and show our family audiences that we are having fun Magic Circus, the Dutch Urban Circus is looking for multitalented artists from the EU with three non-aerial acts.  NOT INTERESTED IN: Aerial acts (Booked those already) Motor globes (They always get us fuming); Clowning (That position has been filled); Contortion (Not even if your contortion act has a funny twist); Hoola hoop (Already have that); Wheel of Death (We cannot rig it); Artists with American Trailers (we play many small grounds that cannot accommodate big living trailers); We have a small team of hard workers. We tour from the beginning of March until mid-November 2019. In between we take a break from the start of July until the first week of August. To find out more or to apply email: info@magic-circus.nl  Artists Council: a-n seeks new advisory members Deadline: 11th February at 12pm a-n is seeking artists from across the UK with a variety of skills and a wide range of experiences to join Artists Council for the next three-year term. Artists Council is an advisory group to a-n’s Board and Executive that plays a key role in advocacy, lobbying and developing programmes. In the past two years, Artists Council members have been involved in the Paying Artists campaign, attended international conferences such as the International Artists Association in Brussels, developed an arts activism project, taken part in research, and attended key art events such as Venice Biennale and Documenta. Artists Council meets four times each year and alongside its key role to provide intelligence about issues affecting artists around the UK, members also act as ambassadors for a-n by supporting the distribution of information through their own networks. a-n The Artists Information Company is the largest artists’ membership organisation in the UK. In the last three years, it has achieved its highest ever membership and income, reaching over 23,000 members and a £1m turnover. More Info Eastgate Theatre Job Opportunity: Technical Manager Peebles, Scotland Deadline: 1st February at 5pm The Eastgate Theatre is looking for a capable and experienced Technical Manager to join the small professional team of this busy multi-arts venue in Peebles. The role will involve responsibility for all technical aspects of live events; hands-on management of lighting, sound, AV and other technical facilities; effective support for visiting companies and other clients to ensure delivery of high quality events; and responsibility for ensuring safe working practices at all times.  Candidates should have at least two years’ experience of technical work in a live events environment; good all round technical skills; and thorough knowledge of health and safety requirements and fire regulations.  Apply Now Toonspeak Job Opportunity: Chief Executive Glasgow, Scotland Deadline: 4th February at 5pm We are currently undergoing an organisational review and the Chief Executive will play a major part working with the Board, shaping the new structure as it evolves.   We work with professional artists who challenge and inspire young people to create their own performances and manage their own projects – all of our work is young people led and we have 6 places for young people on our voluntary Board of Directors. We aim to expand young people’s imaginations to help them reach their full potential and to inspire positive change within communities of disadvantage across the city. We ensure that anyone, regardless of experience, ability or personal circumstances can take part. The new role of Chief Executive has been created to lead the organisation at a pivotal time in its history and to help the company realise its potential and ambitions. We are currently undergoing an organisational review and the Chief Executive will play a major part working with the Board, shaping the new structure as it evolves. Toonspeak is primarily a learning organisation that uses involvement in arts activities as a catalyst for growth and connection. We want an exceptional leader who is passionate about the benefits that involvement in creative activities can bring and who will help to create the environment in which our participants and staff can thrive and flourish. To receive an information pack, including details as to how to apply, please contact our HR and Recruitment Partner Tony Carruthers at Guardian People Solutions  News Funding Performances Touring Training Festivals Opportunities Networking Family Arts Conference 2019 12th February Everyman Theatre, Liverpool The UK’s largest family arts and culture conference will explore the value of family engagement and how we can communicate that value to families, funders and the wider cultural sector. Join us for a full day of lively discussion, practical workshops, informative key-notes and ample opportunities to network with fellow creative professionals. This event is aimed at leaders, creators, marketers, practitioners, programmers and anyone working with audiences young and old. Content across the day will be relevant to representatives from across the cultural sector, including museums and libraries. More Info Chris Grady: CGO Surgeries 31st January Edinburgh One-hour CGO surgeries offer a focussed one-on-one coaching session that lets you stop and reflect on your personal and professional direction. We will work with you to target aspects of your current job, creativity, or personal position and determine small actions that you can undertake to make significant changes in your life. CGO surgeries are open to people working in any field, we will reflect on your current position and build plans to move you in the direction you want to take   To find out more and to book a place email Chris Grady Leading in Scotland: A Seminar Enhancing our puppetry, visual and physical theatre communities  5th February Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Free but ticketed What are the current trends and challenges specific to the visual/physical/puppetry sectors in Scotland? What does it mean to be Scottish-based theatre-maker working with ambitions to present work internationally? What more can sector organisations do together to support Scottish-based artists? As a community, what do we need to nurture and support the emergence of marginalised creative voices? A one-day industry-focused seminar of discussions, interrogations and visioning of practical initiatives, for all theatre-arts practitioners passionate about the future of their sector. Book Tickets Surge Pitch Event 7th February Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Pitch is an innovative physical theatre showcase featuring an impressive line-up of established and emerging performers presenting physical theatre, comedy, dance and high drama in development. Artists perform new or in-development performance pieces using physicality, circus skills, comedy, clowning, drama and music. Pitch is a great opportunity for anyone interested in the physical performance community to explore and discuss new work. The pieces presented are not finished and need the audience eye and responses to help the artists involved to develop their work and craft, as creators and performers. Surge is a leading developer of physical theatre, circus and street arts in Scotland. Book Tickets News Funding Performances Touring Training Festivals Opportunities Networking Articulation Website   We are updating the Articulation Website and would like to feature as many individuals and organisations working in the sector in Scotland as possible.   :Your entry should contain Around 200 words about you or your company Up to date contact details Current location for the map A jpeg of your logo (if you have one) 1-3 images of your work Please send this to info@articulationarts.org   News Funding Performances Touring Training Festivals Opportunities Networking If you would like to add a contribution to the newsletter please send information of the event along with a picture or logo to articulationews@gmail.com. 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