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smARTarts 2009
Youth Arts & Cultural Festival
National Youth Week: 28 March - 5 April 2009
Are you interested in being a volunteer festival coordinator? If the answer is YES, smARTarts Festival is for you!
smARTarts is an annual youth arts & cultural festival showcasing creative talent and initiatives. smARTarts is held as part of National Youth Week (5 - 13 April 200) to showcase youth creative talents in the areas of visual arts, performance arts and music.
We are calling for 16 - 26 yr olds wanting to hit the ground running and become volunteer event coordinators. smARTarts is an arts event held for young people by young people, with up 40 volunteers involved in organising the festival. We want you to be part of smARTarts!
This is a genuine opportunity to get real hands on experience in coordinating an amazing & fun event for young people. You can also receive TAFE accreditation for your work! Concerned about not having enough experience? Don’t Worry! There will be mentors & qualified staff to guide & assist you along the way. If you are interested in PR, advertising, events planning & management, stage management, web design, art, music, photography or film, then smARTarts is for you!
To jump on board or find out more phone: 02 9245 1503, or contact:
Christie Torrington: ctorrington@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au or go to
www.pinestreet.com.au/youthprogram/smartArts.html
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SPACE EXHIBITION - - - - - - -
smARTarts: SPACE
Youth Art Exhibition for 15 - 26 yr olds
smARTarts: SPACE is a unique art exhibition dedicated to showcasing the next wave of artistic talent in the City of Sydney. smARTarts festival showcases talent in the visual & performing arts, encompassing a wide range of mediums & initiatives. smARTarts space will feature photography, painting & film aswell as a range of other 2D & 3D works. Come along and support your young local artists at this great youth event!
Image: Stephenie Kanhukamwe
sQuareOne
We would like to announce a new and exciting partnership with sQuareOne, the next-generation arts and media hub for young people aged 16 to 30.
One artist will be chosen from the smARTarts 2008 Festival to be the first artist to launch sQuareOne's ArtCycle, a monthly rotating art exhibition. This includes a one month exhibition space in the sQuareOne office in Ultimo and an opening night for your solo exhibition.
for more info go to www.s1.org.au
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smARTarts is an annual youth arts & cultural festival showcasing creative talent and initiatives in the City Of Sydney.
smARTarts is held as part of National Youth Week to showcase youth creative talents in the area of visual arts, performance arts and music. The festival will bring together an eclectic mix of live music, dance & roaming performances, a design-art market, art exhibition, free creative & environmental workshops and our ‘Start the Spark’ artists forum.
smARTarts is an arts event held for young people by young people, with up 40 volunteers involved in organising the festival. We want YOU to be part of smARTarts! Dealing with life means young people have few chances to ignite their creative fires. We are calling for 16 - 26 yr olds wanting to hit the ground running and become volunteer event coordinators and help other young people like your self.
This is a genuine opportunity to get real hands on experience in coordinating an amazing & fun event for young people. Concerned about not having enough experience? Don’t Worry! There will be mentors & qualified staff to guide & assist you along the way. If you are interested in PR, advertising, events planning & management, stage management, web design, art, music, photography or film, then smARTarts is for you!
What is smARTarts all about?
The aims & objectives of smARTarts are:
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To showcase the diverse creative talents of young people in Sydney
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To provide a forum for young people to express themselves and inspire each other through creative mediums.
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To provide an opportunity for young creative people to collaborate on artistic projects
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To celebrate the nature, diversity and vibrancy of 'youth'.
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To assist young people to form networks & industry contacts in the arts, entertainment, and events industries.
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To provide a culturally enriching youth festival that engages young people and provides them with creative opportunities & exposure to new artistic pursuits
smARTarts is a quality youth arts experience, the event aims to provide exposure for young & emerging artists, performers and events coordinators. smARTarts provides a truly unique festival experience for:
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Volunteer festival coordinators who learn about events management, administration, sponsorship, funding and staging.
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Emerging Artists who gain exhibition experience as well as art, design, web design, promotion & marketing skills. They gain valuable exposure through exhibition of artwork, live performances, & workshops. smARTarts also receives impressive of media coverage, with over 30 newspaper articles and a channel 7 weather cross showcasing smARTarts talent in 2007.
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Young people with a great creative idea – this is your chance to get it out there!
Underlying this is a commitment to develop arts practices amongst young people and encourage them to address issues important to young people via these practices in a positive, constructive way. Core to the event are concepts of 'arts & youth, diversity & community'.
Importantly, smARTarts is not just a one day event:
Planning begins in November/December and continues right up until the event day. Over 50 young people work on the event management component of the festival, as well as being involved in different arts programs to produce works specifically for the festival day. Arts programs run in conjunction with the festival will differ each year – these have included workshops in banner production, t -shirt production, stencilling, silver jewellery, giant puppet making, photography, video production, graphic design, printmaking and more!
This group of volunteers forms the smARTarts Collective, which is at the core of youth involvement at Pine Street Creative Arts Centre. This core group of young people coordinate, promote and implement the development and execution of the festival, making it a dynamic youth event! These young coordinators and creative folk are also responsible for scouting, managing & producing a variety of artworks and performances for the event.
smARTarts aims to provide a framework for professional development in event and arts management across a variety of practices, making it a unique and diverse youth arts phenomenon.
To jump on board or find out more, contact Christie on: 02 9245 1503 or
ctorrington@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au or go to www.pinestreet.com.au/youthprogram
smARTarts festival categories:
SmARTarts needs you!
- Bands, Musicians & Performers
We welcome performers of all kinds to come and play to an amazingly supportive crowd. This year, we plug you, your myspace and your CDs or other band regalia through the smARTarts website & the band merchandise stall.
We have never performed so well as a 3 piece band until smARTarts festival” said Daniel from Bright Light Trio (smARTarts 2006), “the festival had such a great vibe and got us focused.”
Hosted by hot female MC, Phreaze of Urban Prophetz, the 2007 line up included Sydney rockers RUN! HIDE!, Dead Kitten Parade of Maroubra & The Jam Rolls. Talented young folk rocked the crowd all day, with great original music from superFORENCEjam, Indie punk from The Experiment & soothing summer girl rock from Caroline.
Bands and Musicians - Performers Application Form (MS Word 93Kb)
- smARTarts: On Show – Youth Art Exhibition
smARTarts: On Show is a unique art exhibition dedicated to showcasing the next wave of artistic talent in the City of Sydney. Fine art submissions in the mediums of Painting, Printmaking, Drawing, Sculpture & photography are welcome. Once accepted your work will be featured in the Fuel I-catalogue which will be distributed to inner Sydney Galleries and retailers that support young artists.
“Over the next 2 months the smARTarts crew are compiling a network of affiliated galleries and retail stockists interested in young artists works and designer creations” said Sharon from the smARTarts event crew, “making industry contacts can be a laborious process, so the I-catalogue will make things a bit easier for emerging artists and designers participating in the exhibition."
Gallery Exhibition - Gallery Exhibition Application Form (MS Word 85Kb)
- smARTarts Design-Art Market
This is an unique opportunity to set up a stall and sell your creations at the smARTarts Design-Art Market. If you love getting your handmade work seen, then apply now!
Design-Art Market stall holder - Design-Art Market Application Form (MS Word 95Kb)
Calling for Sydney’s most quirky and fun roaming-performers and street entertainers! If you simply love entertaining strangers, then let our crowd ‘FUEL your fire’ for the day
Roaming Performers - Performers Application Form (MS Word 93Kb)
Got a great workshop idea? Special skills you would like to share with others? Here is your opportunity to run an interactive workshop! All creative and sustainable workshop ideas welcomed! What a great way to promote your unique skills
Workshop Facilitator - Workshops Application Form (MS Word 93Kb)
- Start the Spark - Creative Careers Forums
The smARTarts Start the Spark forums bring together leading industry professionals in an interactive and casual setting. Start the Spark provides an insight into different creative industries that is invaluable to young creative hopefuls. 2007’s smARTarts Festival featured lectures from industry leaders in the fields of fashion, film & photography, as well as inspirational speakers. 2007 featuredgreat industry tips from amazing speakers including fashion icon Marnie Skillings.For expressions of interest, contact Christie on the number below.
For more information on how to become involved in 2008 contact Christie Torrington, on 02 9245 1503 or Email: ctorrington@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
www.pinestreet.com.au/YouthProgram/smartArts.html
www.smartarts.org.au
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