Youth For Youth Program — Call Out
Looking for Performers, Musicians, Theatre Makers, Visual Artists, and Writers, to participate in the Vancouver International Children’s Festival, Youth For Youth Mentorship Program.
INVITATION:
The Vancouver International Children’s Festival offers a community arts training programme for young artists interested in making work for children. Youth For Youth develops the skills and professional development of young creatives with an opportunity to showcase their work at the 2017 festival.
This year the festival celebrates 40 years. Our Youth For Youth Program will devise work around the theme of how children and cultures from around the world celebrate birthdays.
Together we will:
- Work collaboratively.
- Use all your creative skills and discover new ones.
- Explore your curiosity and edges.
- Take risks.
- Investigate the power and politics of culture.
- Become something of an expert on birthday party traditions around the world.
- Devise original participatory performances and activities that will make children laugh, dance, sing, think, and feel amazing.
The training is free, inspired and supportive.
Artists will also receive an honorarium for their participation in the festival. Learn and Earn!
All genders, cultural backgrounds and diverse abilities are warmly welcome.
TIME COMMITTMENT:
The team will meet twice a week to devise and rehearse their presentation.
REHEARSAL DATES: April – May 2017. Ten workshops 2.5 hours each
PERFORMANCE DATES: May 29 – June 04. Two 45min sets per day x 7 days. Onsite commitment 3–4 hours per day
APPLICATION DUE: Monday April 3rd, 12 noon.
PARTICIPANTS ANNOUNCED: Friday April 7th
WHO:
Vanessa Richards is the mentoring artist for this project. She is an artist, with a foundation in performance, poetry, music and community engagement. Collaborating with groups and supporting individuals to create inventive, meaningful and beautiful projects is her favorite thing to do. As a performer she has worked in music, film, television, and theatre. As an artistic director she’s produced public celebrations and arts education. While in the UK she co-produced some of the first hiphop theatre productions. Her poetry and critical works are anthologized in the UK, Holland, United States and Canada. She is the founder and song leader of Woodward’s Community Singers and Creative Together, a song based facilitation process.
Find out more about the The Vancouver International Children’s Festival https://www.childrensfestival.ca/about/
HOW:
Please send us an email that describes (in 175 words or less) why you would like to participate in the Youth For Youth Program. Also list any talents, insights, experience you can bring to the project. If you have a resume or CV to include that would be appreciated.
FAO: Katharine Carol, Artistic & Executive Director, Vancouver International Children’s Festival