promoting and developing the Arts in Swale
Creativity Pays A handsome reward awaits performing artists living or working in the Borough of Swale if they apply for the forthcoming Swale Arts Forum Bursary Award for 2009. Raised to £700, the Award is intended to support the work of an individual performing artist or group, including amateur companies, who seek to raise the level or extend the scope of their work in the year ahead. Launched at the Swale Celebration of Cultures event on Saturday, 18 October at Borden Grammar School, Swale Arts Forum Chairperson Chris Jewell, stated: ‘This is a remarkable opportunity to support home grown talent and demonstrate, once again, the commitment that the Swale Arts Forum is determined to make in acknowledging and promoting the Art in this area.” The winner of Swale Arts Forum’s first Bursary Award was announced in February this year. Talented Sheppey based visual artist James Allchin carried away the prize for his remarkable student degree level work at the Slade School in Oxford. Since then, interest in the Arts Bursary has grown enormously with recognition quickly emerging that for the first time it has been possible to put the work of local artists firmly in the public eye. Further information on how to apply is now available with the closing date for this year’s Award being Wednesday, 31 December 2008. The 2009 Award Winner will be announced on Monday, 26 January 2009 with the Award Ceremony scheduled to take place at the Avenue Theatre, Sittingbourne at 7.00pm on Saturday, 7 February. Full details regarding entry to the Swale Arts Forum Bursary Award are: Open to all performance artists including: actors, dancers, singers and musicians over the age of 14 by Saturday, 11th October 2008. Swale Arts Forum is a local, community based organisation founded in 2005 to encourage the growth and vitality of the Arts in the area. The foundation of an annual bursary award is intended to stimulate interest in the work of local artists and provide funding for original and lively projects. Future awards will cover written and visual arts on a three year cycle. To apply for the bursary award submissions must be made to Swale Arts Forum by Wednesday, 31st December 2008. Send your entry to: Sioux Peto,10 Burley Road, Sittingbourne, KentME10 1JJ or email to sioux@lbgraphics.co.uk (subject Swale Arts Forum). Applicants are required to provide the following information about their current work practice and plans to develop it in future with the aid of the bursary award. Submissions must include the following: your name, address, telephone numbers and email details plus:
A panel of two independent judges appointed by the Swale Arts Forum will assess submissions made and communicate the results of the 2009 bursary award to all applicants within a week of the judgement being made. The announcement of the recipient of the Swale Arts Forum Bursary award will be made on Monday, January 26th 2009. Presentation of the Swale Arts Forum Bursary Award will be at a public event to be held at the Avenue Theatre, Sittingbourne at 7:00 pm on Saturday 7 th February 2009. The winner of the Swale Arts Forum Bursary award agrees to communicate with the Swale Arts Forum about the use(s) made of the award with proof of major expenditures. This will be via a feedback and review procedure. To be completed by September, 30th 2009. The winner for the Swale Arts Forum Bursary Award agrees to participate in press and digital media publicity generated to publicise and raise public awareness of the initiative. For further information on the story please contact Chris Jewell at The Sittingbourne Community College on 01795 472449 or email jewell@sittingbourne.kent.sch.uk |