Join Creative Scene, Leeds Arts University and renowned outdoor artists and producers Periplum for this hands-on course to develop your skills in making outdoor arts events and community co-creation.
Creative Scene is looking for 10 creatives who live in the Yorkshire region, to take part in this paid training course. You will be paid a bursary of £500 for your participation.
Course Dates: 10am – 2pm, 4-6 Jul, 11-13 Jul, 18-19 Jul
Application Deadline: 17 Jun, 12 noon
Periplum creates ground-breaking site-responsive and outdoor theatre events. The course is led
by founders and artistic directors Claire Raftery and Damian Wright. They have vast experience
of working in unconventional locations as well as creatively transforming everyday places.
Through a live hands-on process, you will learn how to respond to a commission brief, develop
skills in creative community engagement, research your idea and develop stories, narratives
and designs, and plan your project – considering all the practical things you need to make it a
success, from risk assessments to production.
Make it Happen will give you the opportunity to learn from professional arts organisations and
producers to develop your skills and experience of working with other creatives and
communities. As a group of 10 creatives, you will collaborate across disciplines and art forms
and expand your network.
Who can apply?
You must be over 18 to apply and must not be in full time education. You must live in the
Yorkshire region and be able to travel to our base in Dewsbury where the course will take place.
You will be interested in working in Dewsbury and with communities across Kirklees.
This opportunity is open to all creatives, we welcome applications from any artform or creative
practice, for example you may be a fine art painter, performer, dancer, performer, musician,
stilt walker, puppet maker, lighting designer or producer, digital artist, designer…
You don’t have to have any experience of community engaged arts or creating work for outdoor
sites – just enthusiasm and a willingness to learn with a group of other creatives.
