Artsnet e-newsletter: Issue 23 - Oct 2008

This newsletter is available as an email, in large print, audio or Braille. Call 0161 234 2985 or email artsnet@can. uk. com Issue 23 - October 2008 Creative Arts Network Part of the Community Network for Manchester inside this issue: Artsnet update 1 News & events 2 About Artsnet members 6 Training 11 Jobs & opportunities 12 Page 1 I don’t know about Community Networks but I know what I like Tea, buns and TVs - What have they got in common? You’ll find out in January in a city centre venue. Don’t miss out, make sure your details are logged with Artsnet. Over the next few months, we’ll start leaking info, but only to those linked to our Facebook & Google groups. Seven diverse artists have been crawling over Manchester, observing council meetings, getting to grips with strategies, partnerships, networks, flowcharts, maps and the complex world of regeneration. As well as bus routes, the third sector and the work of Community Network for Manchester as their subject. A big ask. . . So what did they discover? The results will be presented in an exhibition in January involving a trail between a wide range of venues across the city. We’ll even give you public transport info on how to get to each of them. Alison Kershaw, project curator says:‘This is a really exciting project. It’s about artists being able to produce work as a personal response to a complex subject when so often artists have to work to external agendas. Being given the open brief in itself at first caused confusion for some artists used to criteria and outcomes being required. ’ The 7 artists: Simon Grennan & Christopher Sperandio, William Titley, Hafsah Naib, Andrew Wilson, Jo Lewington, Jil Moore and Joe Richardson represent a wide range of professional experiences, approaches, concerns & techniques that reflect the varied practice of artists today. The project aims to raise more questions than it answers and the audience is expected to be broad, from those working directly in the arts in the city, to workers in voluntary & statutory agencies and local people interested in what’s happening to the city and what it means to their lives. So, watch this space for more news. To find out more contact Alison on 07767 356302 or email alison. sl-arts@good. co. uk I don’t know about community networks, but I know what I like. . . is a project managed by Artsnet, keep and eye on www. artsnetmanchester. co. uk for updates and make sure you subscribe to the Google group. The project is supported by Artsnet, CN4M, Arts Council England ‘Grants for the Arts’ and Voluntary Action Manchester.