LOV Festival 2013

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The LOV Young People’s Programme have organised a four-day festival at Stamford Arts Centre and Guildhall Arts Centre in Grantham. LOV Festival is taking place in Stamford on the 2&3 April and on the 4&5 April in Grantham.

Over 150 young people between the ages of 12 and 25 have been involved as Festival Makers, inspiring and organising the festival and some will also be running it, acting as Stewards, performing and acting as Festival Maker reporters!

There are 17 workshops and three evening events over the 4 days! Some are FREE and otherwise, no event or activity is above £5. There is something for everyone, whether you enjoy music, dance, theatre, gaming or art! Come and try something different…

We have artists such as nationally acclaimed Box Clever Theatre Company from London , an International Collaborative Drawing Project by Ivan Liotchev and East Midlands based artists Blueprint Film, Zest Theatre, Imageskool, Jem’s Hip Hop, Emma Fay, Projector Games and Recycled Beats.

Book workshops and event tickets here:

Stamford Arts Centre: http://www.stamfordartscentre.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1766&catid=30&Itemid=33 or ring 01780 763203

Guildhall Arts Centre: http://www.guildhallartscentre.com/shows/lov-festival or ring 01476 406158

For more information visit www.facebook.com/LOVfestival

Brochure Listings

LOV Looking for Web Designer

Lincolnshire One Venues (LOV) Young People’s Programme are looking for a design company to develop their new website.

The website needs to reflect the ten venues that form the LOV network, as well as act as a central point of information for their new and ground-breaking young people’s programme, targeting young people aged 12-25 and providing opportunities for them to get involved in the venues as audiences, participants, producers and decision makers.

An essential part of the brief is for the appointed company, with the support of LOV, to engage a small group of young people in the design process, to ensure that the functionality and design of the website will appeal to this, our main target audience.

A fee of around £3000 is available. Deadline for Proposals in response to the LOV Website Brief (below) is Monday 15 April 2013. Shortlisted Individuals/Organisations may be invited to present their proposal at interview on 22 April 2013.

For further information download the LOV WEBSITE BRIEF 2013 or contact Chloe Brown, Project Manager via phone 077664 22682 or email chloe.brown@leisureconnection.co.uk

Job Vacancy – LOV Project Worker

THIS POSITION IS NOW FILLED / CLOSED TO APPLICATIONS

LOV Project Worker, Young People’s Programme, Lincolnshire

 £18,500 – £19,500

Full time, fixed term post, April 2013 – 31 March 2015

Lincolnshire One Venues (LOV) is a network of 10 visual and performing arts centres, established to create a more coherent arts offer across a large and predominately rural county.

With support from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, we are seeking a creative Project Worker to join the LOV Young People’s Programme team.

If you have the experience and enthusiasm to work with young people, artists and venues then we want to hear from you.

Download the Project Worker Info Pack and complete the Application Form and Equal Opps Monitoring Form.

Applications, which will only be accepted as email attachments, should be sent to: chloe.brown@leisureconnection.co.uk

Closing date for applications: 12 noon on Thursday 21 February 2013

Short-list by Friday 22 February 2013

Selection day (interview): Wednesday 27 February 2013

Calling emerging artists, performers and workshop leaders!

Be part of a new and exciting festival organised for and by 12 to 25s!

This January will see groups of Festival Makers across the South Kesteven district and surrounding areas, all aged between 12 and 25, begin to choose the events and activities that they want to see happen as part of LOV Festival in April. LOV Festival will be a four day cross art-form festival of theatre, music, film, art, design, craft, dance and comedy across Stamford Arts Centre and Guildhall Arts Centre in Grantham.

LOV Festival wants to support new and emerging artists. Are you a solo musician or in a band? Are you a young theatre or dance company? Are you a filmmaker, a workshop leader, an artist or a photographer? Are you a young artist or maker?

We are looking for expressions of interest from artists and workshop leaders based in the East Midlands who would like to be considered by the young ‘Festival Makers’. We are looking for people who are passionate about working with young people and helping to develop their skills at a professional level and artists who can bring something new and exciting that the young people may not have experienced before.

Get in touch with us for more information and send your CV, pictures, facebook page and your youtube videos to Ellie Rudd; Eleanor.Rudd@leisureconnection.co.uk or post them on the LOV Festival Facebook www.facebook.com/LOVFestival. Deadline is the 16th January 2013.

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LOV Festival

Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford 2nd-3rd April 2013

Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham 4th-5th April 2013

A Day of Wonderful Things

Tomorrow (Saturday 17 November) see’s a host of wonderful things happening at the Terry O’Toole Theatre, North Hykeham It’s the last day of Raisin and Willow’s residency with LOV…so make sure you come and see what’s been happening before it’s too late!

We have a ‘Magical Mystery’ Vintage Bus Tour!

Join us for a nostalgic bus tour around and about North Hykeham, taking in some of the delightful places and sights Raisin & Willow have discovered during their visits to the town and listen to some of the memories local people. Vintage Bus tours depart from the theatre carpark at 11am and 12noon.

Or join us for cake at our Something Wonderful High Tea

Featuring our incredible, edible map of North Hykeham, with some of the town’s landmarks created in cake by local people! Tea, cakes and traditional high tea will be served! Tickets £2.50

and as if that’s not enough come there wll be the final performance of The Penny Readings by Raisin and Willow

The Penny Readings Saturday 17th November  7.30pm ~ Raisin & Willow

Two strangers from the west exploring a brave new world…’The Penny Readings is a small [and perfectly formed] performance created by artists Raisin & Willow as part of their Something Wonderful residency at the theatre.

Tickets £6 (Consessions £5)

Something Wonderful in North Hykeham

This week Raisin and Willow are in North Hykeham at the Terry O’Toole Theatre!

The week has started with a busy morning in the Theatre Foyer with the Lincolnshire Young Journalist Academy (LYJA) from NK School interviewing Jonathan and Elizabeth about the wonderful week to come as well as talking to artists, Adrian and Charlotte from Electric Angel who are installing some wonderful text based pieces around the theatre and school site, all written by local young people and Raisin and Willow.

And there’s lots more planned…