Education and Arts Ministers' Awards celebrate the valuable contribution made by South Australian arts educators and support a unique professional development opportunity for each of the award winners.

One award is given in each of the following categories:

* Primary Arts Education
* Secondary Arts Education
* Artist Working in Schools

Each recipient is awarded $5,000 to be utilised for a PD program of their choice. This can consist of one large opportunity, several small ones or be developed through consultation with Carclew's Arts and Education Program Manager.

Nomination forms, guidelines and examples of PD opportunities can be downloaded on the Carclew Youth Arts Website. If you have any queries with your application, please contact Carclew's Arts and Education Program Manager, Leigh Mangin, on 8267 5111 or info@carclew.org.au

Photograph of The Hon Minister Hill MP, recipients of the 2010 Education and Arts Ministers' Awards and recipients of the Carclew Youth Arts Board Scholarships.

The Carclew Youth Arts Board Scholarships provide an amazing once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for young artists who are demonstrating outstanding talent and potential as future leaders in their artform or practice.

Each scholarship has a one-off allocation of funds to be used for professional development as determined entirely by the recipient. Scholarships on offer are:

• Dame Ruby Litchfield Scholarship for Performing Arts $12,500
• Ruth Tuck Scholarship for Visual Arts $12,500
• Colin Thiele Scholarship for Creative Writing $12,500
• BHP Billiton Scholarship for Film and New Media $12,500

Scholarship applications are called for once a year and close in August for professional development opportunities to be taken up in the following year.
Applicants are to be aged 26 years or under at the closing date.
Key Dates


Note: Where a closing date falls on a weekend or a public holiday, applications must be received by close of business the next working day.

Artist Heidi Kenyon – Winner 2010 Ruth Tuck Scholarship

Carclew Youth Arts has been successful in securing further funding to extend the EnCompass Program into 2011. Carclew is giving up to 13 young South Australians the opportunity to break into the arts industry through a new training initiative, EnCompass: a training program for working in arts administration.

Program participants, will gain a Certificate III in Arts Administration, achieved through TAFE studies, and will have the opportunity to undertake a unique on-the-job volunteer work experience placement in arts organisations between June – December 2011.

This program feeds into and strongly supports the South Australian State Plan – specifically Fostering Creativity, Building Communities and Expanding Opportunity.

EnCompass will ‘skill-up’ job seekers/volunteers interested in a career working in arts and cultural contexts.

for more information visit Carclew Youth Arts website
www.carclew.com.au

Carclew Youth Arts offers three opportunities for a solo artist or group of artists aged 18 – 26 to become artists in residence at Carclew for a year. The residency opportunities are:

• Artist’s Studio Residency
• Darkroom Residency
• Exhibition Program Curator

These will be available through an application process which will take place at the end of each calendar year.

Carclew Youth Arts is dedicated to bringing high quality arts experiences to all young South Australians and its remote outreach projects are unique and highly successful examples of arts and cultural practice interweaving to build a positive future for young people living in remote areas.

Carclew is committed to ensuring that its programs are responsive and accessible to those least likely to participate due to geographic location, socio-economic circumstances or disability. Carclew also aims to create tangible improvements in the quality of life of young South Australians by developing artistic projects which consider social need.

Delivered by teams of highly skilled and experienced arts practitioners, Carclew’s remote outreach projects are designed around cultural appropriateness and incorporate realistic and relevant goals.

Carclew Youth Arts’ Public Art Program involves artists aged 26 and under in a series of workshops, forums and masterclasses where they engage in public and street art experiments.

With support from Carclew’s Breeding Ground program of masterclasses, national and international artists who create work for the public arena are regularly invited to Adelaide to inspire and provoke local practitioners, stimulate critical debate and support the exploration of art-forms in relation to working in the public realm.

Cargo is a Carclew Youth Arts Artists In Schools residency program specifically for schools and communities in Roxby Downs, Whyalla, Pt Augusta and Pt Pirie. Cargo is generously supported by BHP Billiton.

Since its inception in 2007, Cargo has delivered one-week workshops, annually in each of the four communities. In the past four years, Cargo workshops have reached over 25 schools and offered workshop experiences to over 2,000 primary and secondary students.
Through Cargo Carclew aims to broaden the arts experiences of Middle Years students through engagement with professional artists, across a range of quality art forms. Priority is given to disadvantaged schools.

Cargo utilizes experienced and emerging artists who aim to achieve fresh approaches to the arts while building on existing arts experiences available in schools and local communities.

Carclew welcomes input from teachers and school communities in program planning.

For more information visit Carclew Youth Arts website                                                                 www.carclew.com.au

Carclew Youth Arts supports work experience placements for students aged 15-18 as part of their school program. Carclew can provide a week-long placement that consists of a combination of observation and hands-on experiences.

If the student has chosen a specific area they would like to gain work experience in, they will be given their tasks by the program manager of that area and work closely with that team. Otherwise they will experience a range of activities and projects across the organisation. Each student’s experience at Carclew will be different depending on programming at that time. Each placement is arranged through discussion and negotiation and we welcome enquiries.

Students will be required to work normal business hours between 9.00am and 5.00pm, however working hours will depend on program area schedules and attendance outside of those times may be part of the opportunity available.

Off The Couch (OTC) is a music program created especially to provide industry exposure and experience for bands, musicians and budding event managers.

Bands have the opportunity to play in professional gigs in some of Adelaide’s hottest venues. Many well-known SA bands played their first public gigs at an OTC show. This is an invaluable opportunity for young bands to gain the exposure to propel them forward in the music industry.

The Off The Couch team will learn the tricks of the trade from music and events industry professionals in weekly training sessions. Here they will learn to program, promote and produce gigs and will assist with the event management of six Off The Couch live music shows.

OTC engages music lovers on many levels – as event coordinators, promoters, stage managers, musicians and audiences.

Email Carlcew Youth Arts for more information

An exiting range of programs run every school holiday break for two weeks. For the full programs and enquiry details contact the Carclew Youth Arts website.

The School Holiday Program is one of Carclew Youth Arts’ longest running and most loved workshop programs. Each School break, Carclew programs an exciting series of creative experiences for young people ages 5-16 led by vibrant professional artists and supported by emerging artists.

Every School Holiday Program is different, offering diversity in its artistic and cultural programming in areas such as circus, dance, visual arts, digital media, photography and much, much more!

Carclew’s School Holiday Program provides experiences that stimulate creativity and dare to encourage new ideas, with the aim to empower children and young people as artists and audiences and show them a world of possibilities.

Carclew Youth Arts is a multi art-form organisation and we open up our doors to young artists needing space and equipment to explore their arts practice.

Carclew is housed in a beautiful building in North Adelaide with stunning rooms, a band rehearsal room, art room, ballroom, board room and black and white dark room all available to you.

The grand Ballroom is perfect for launches, exhibitions, weddings and workshops.

The boardroom is a great central location for meetings.

Our beautiful Grounds are a great spot for events and summer workshops.

Our Art Room is a brilliant space for visual arts workshops and related activities.

Special rates are available for young people aged 26 and under, and also for those putting on activities specifically designed for this demographic.

Email Carclew Youth Arts for more information

The Carclew Youth Arts Project and Development Grant program encourages exciting youth arts activity of a high standard in the areas of dance, film/video, music, new writing, theatre, visual arts and cross arts.

If you are aged 26 and under, or if you work for an organisation delivering arts opportunities for young people, you may be interested in a Carclew Youth Arts Project and Development grant!

Purpose

• This financial assistance exists to encourage, develop and promote the artistic practice of people who are 26 and under by supporting opportunities for:
• Skills development in creative practices;
• Professional development in artistic career building;
• Exploration of new artforms;
• Access to cultural heritage;
• Creation of original new work
• Participation in workshops, master-classes, summer schools etc;
• Exposure to emerging methods;
• Bridging the gap from ‘developing artist’ to ‘artist of significance’.

Aims

Project & Development funding will provide financial assistance towards projects by and/or for children and/or young people or non-profit organisations that will:

• Support the creative skills development of young artists.
• Provide a professional ‘entry point’ for young artists.
• Support young creators who are making brave, exciting new art.
• Empower young artists with the means to secure mentorships.
• Assist established artists to work alongside emerging artists, sharing influences, inspirations, methods and core practice.
• Boost the active participation and exhibition of children’s and young people’s art & culture in community focused events.
• Promote excellence in youth arts activity and delivery.
• Make the arts more accessible to children and young people.
• Enable organisations to create artistic skills development programs and mentor schemes that offer unique opportunities to young people.

Art forms funded include theatre, music, dance, new writing, visual arts, film and new media.

For more information visit www.carclew.org.au and follow the link on the Project & Development page.

Above Artwork by Laura Wills.