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 NOVEMBER
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Call out for local artists and makers: Wandsworth Festive Art Markets, Workshops and Trails
In partnership with Citizen's Art London, we are delighted to announce a new opportunity for Wandsworth-based artists and makers to take part in a series of festive art markets on Sat 3 - Sun 4 December.
Wandsworth Art Markets and workshops will pop-up in Tooting, Putney and Nine Elms, displaying the work and talents of artists from across the borough. Book-ending the markets will be a series of art trails, bringing artists and local businesses together.
Application deadline: Thu 3 November.
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Work with us! We’re looking for an Arts and Culture Programme and Partnership Manager
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic arts professional to join the team on a full time, 24-month, fixed term basis to lead on the Economic Growth and the Climate Emergency and Sustainability goals outlined in Wandsworth’s Arts and Culture Strategy 2021-31.
The successful candidate will join a proactive and award-winning Arts and Culture Service, within a borough that prides itself on delivering a wide range of creative opportunities for everyone living, working and visiting the borough.
Deadline: Sun 13 November
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Four brilliant organisations have been selected for the first round of Arts for Health & Wellbeing Fund awards
In September 2022, Wandsworth Council called out for arts and cultural organisations to apply for a new funding opportunity, designed to support creative activity focused on health and well-being in the borough. The Arts for Health and Well-Being Fund is part of Wandsworth’s Social Prescribing initiative, bringing together the social and medical models of health and wellness in a holistic approach to healthcare.
Four brilliant organisations were selected in our first round of awards to deliver creative well-being projects in Falconbrook, Shaftesbury & Queenstown, Roehampton and Nine Elms.
Nine Elms Arts Ministry will use the award to build on their successful 2022 pilot project: Creative Soul Dance sessions for adults of all ages. These are a series of gentle movement sessions led by professional dancers, aimed at nurturing physical, mental and emotional wellbeing, and accessible to all abilities.
Mental Health charity Sound Minds are supported to continue providing a weekly afternoon session of visual art workshops for people with mental health conditions, and extend their programme to engage with new participants.
Katherine Low Settlement have been awarded the funding to maintain and grow their Elders Sewing Group project, a weekly guided programme of sewing activities for frail and isolated over-60 year olds in Wandsworth.
And Bounce Theatre’s Speech Bubbles project is a year-long creative intervention for children aged 5-7, who have a communication need that affects their well-being.
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That's a wrap! 5 temporary sculptures over 5 months have filled the space of Barbara Hepworth’s Single Form (Memorial) sculpture in Battersea Park.
100 years on from Barbara Hepworth’s time as a student at the Royal College of Art, a new generation of Royal College of Art students had the opportunity to follow in her footsteps. Wandsworth Council invited the RCA students to respond to the historical, conceptual or formal context of the park as a public, open, green space in Wandsworth - and we're thrilled with their response!
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Putney Library: Meet Andrew Lownie, author of Traitor King.
Bestselling historian Andrew Lownie reveals the dramatic lives of the Windsors post-abdication. They were, in their day, the most glamorous exiles in the world.
Talk lasts 40 minutes, followed by questions and the opportunity to buy your own signed copy! Free event but booking essential:
call: 020 8780 3085 Or email: Charlene.coleman@gll.org
Wed 30 November, 6.30pm - 7.45pm
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Sound Minds: Gig to celebrate the charities 30th year!
Celebrating the amazing achievement of 30 years of channelling the power of creativity and peer support as a mental health charity.
Come hear Sound Minds choir, solo artists and the bands that are at the heart of the organisation.
Admission free, tickets via Eventbrite or on the door.
The Bedford, Wed 2 November, 7.30pm - 10.30pm
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Blackburn Hall, National Opera Studio: Tales of the Baroque Young Artists of the National Opera Studio perform this very special production weaving together some of the most celebrated scenes from Baroque opera. Wed 30 November, 7.30pm Tickets £25 (£10 concessions)
Theatre 503: Zombiegate a witty and empathetic debut play which attempts to get behind the headlines of internet trolls, scrutinising mob mentality, myths around cancel culture and asks us to empathise with people we find it hard to agree with. Tue 1 - Sat 19 November
Omnibus Theatre: Richard the Second Omnibus Theatre welcomes Tangle who are bringing their distinctive Southern African Township theatre into a radical remix of Shakespeare’s Richard The Second Wed 9 - Sun 27 November
Liliya Art Gallery, a new development in the heart of Putney, has an innovative exhibition programme of talented, emerging artists working in the fields of painting, sculpture, and ceramics. For invites to the gallery's monthly opening events, send an email to info@liliya.uk, or visit Liliya.uk.
Sprout Arts: Painted Love - Sprout Arts have a mix of pre-loved furniture and soft furnishings on show - with a love of colour, there are bright accents and geometrical patterns throughout the exhibition. Until Sat 29 October
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Providence House: PH Media Creatives Group
PH Media a weekly digital creative arts workshops including videography, photography, graphic design, social media content creation. No previous experience required.
Supported by Wandsworth Grant Fund for local young people in Wandsworth and wider areas.
Ages 13 - 25
Tuesdays, 6.30pm - 8pm
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Balham Library: Free CathARTism – Mental Wellbeing through Art
Balham Library are hosting monthly workshops to provide free, accessible support to anyone experiencing feelings associated with stress, anxiety, loneliness and depression through artistic workshops.
You don’t have to be the next Van Gogh to take part. The sessions have a different theme every month, mainly using paint with basic materials provided.
Next session: Mon 7 November, 6pm - 8pm
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Battersea Arts Centre: Young Producers
Are you aged 18 - 29 and interested in making exciting events happen in your community? BAC are looking for individuals from a range of different backgrounds and experiences, to join BAC Young Producers.
Starting Jan 2023, Young Producers is a 15 week programme where you'll develop practical skills in event producing, as well as put on events at BAC.
More info contact: Nextgen@bac.org.uk
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ROSE Community Clubroom: Free Social Meetup
Start your week with a free social meet-up at the ROSE community clubroom!
New this autumn, Mondays At The ROSE will run through the colder months providing an open-all-day community space for local residents living in the Savona Estate, Patmore Co-operative and Carey Gardens.
Drop in for a complimentary coffee, spend some quiet time making something arty, doing some work, or you could catch a film with a cup of tea.
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Opportunities, Training and Useful Resources |
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Arts for Health & Wellbeing Fund
Wandsworth’s Arts & Culture Service is launching a new Arts for Health & Wellbeing programme, to add a cultural offer to the existing Social Prescribing programme in the borough. Apply for awards between £500 and £10,000 to commission a new activity or support the capacity of an existing activity. Applications are open to organisations, partnerships and individuals that demonstrate how they meet the criteria of the fund, provided the proposed activity takes place between November 2022 and April 2024 and is fully budgeted.
Stage 2: projects that take place in the following wards: Tooting Broadway, Tooting Bec, Furzedown, Wandle, South Balham and Trinity
Deadline: Mon 28 November
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Cultural Capacity Grant
Wandsworth’s Cultural Capacity Grant recognises that small cultural organisations and collectives need to build management systems as well as programmes to thrive.
This grant is designed to support the strategic development of a small cultural organisation or artist collective who are based and work in the borough to help ensure their future sustainability. The grant of £10,000 is made only once a year and only single annual award is made.
Deadline: midnight Mon 21 November
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Wandsworth Arts Fringe is coming back for 2023! Expressions of interest, applications for WAF Grant funding, and applications to be a WAF venue are open
WAF is back from 9 - 25 June 2023. Since 2009, WAF has brought together hundreds of creatives in a boundary-pushing annual line-up, taking place in every nook and cranny of Wandsworth borough. We pride ourselves on being a testing ground for bold, experimental work, and we’re looking for professional and emerging artists who want to present their work to new audiences. If you’re involved in theatre, comedy, visual art, dance, carnival, poetry, music, circus, or anything in between, we want to hear from you!
Express your interest
Express your interest online before midnight Wed 14 December 2022, or find out more about taking part here.
Apply for a WAF grant
Need support? We're offering funding of up to £2,000 per project via WAF Grants to help you make your WAF project happen. Plus the Wandsworth Grant Fund supports arts and culture projects in the borough with awards of up to £10,000.
WAF Grants Closing Date: Mon 14 November 2022,10am
Become a WAF Venue
If you are a venue in Wandsworth and are interested in hosting events and activities as part of WAF or are keen to find out more about being a hub venue, then get in touch with Cath Mattos.
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Funky Moves: Kids Street Dance Teachers wanted!
Funky Moves are seeking fun, energetic, confident and passionate kids street dance teachers for well paid weekday and weekend work in and around London. Must have 1 year+ teaching experience, formal dance training and Saturday availability.
Drop Funky Moves an email including a short cover message about yourself and your teaching experience (styles, ages, etc) and cv/showreel.
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Royal Academy of Dance: A Level Open Day RAD is welcoming prospective students to their A Level Dance Open Day, which offers prospective students the chance to get a feel for what it is like to attend the course by offering the opportunity to meet the tutors and watch class. Sat 19 November
Bach Club: Support a new concert A beautiful new concert is in the making, contemporary composers are rediscovering the harpsichord with sometimes unconventional approaches, help Bach Club raise the funds to bring the concert to life.
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Are you a compassionate, caring an open-minded individual aged over 18 years? If so could you commit 1-2 hours a fortnight to volunteer as a befriender for at least a year? You do not need prior experience, personal qualities and values such as empathy, mutual respect and trust, acceptance of self and others, are more important.
Our aim is to offer befriending relationships to adults with experience of mental ill-health, promoting confidence in those we befriend to access opportunities and services within the community.
Training course dates:
Fri 2 September, 7.30pm-9.30pm
Sat 3 September, 10am-3.30pm
Sat 17 September, 10am-3.30pm
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