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wave arts education agency, DepARTure, and Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts, present the first...
Creative Careers Festival – Bournemouth, Dorset & Poole
Friday 3rd February 2012 @ Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts
Thank you to everyone that came to the festival, and that helped organise and run it - it was a fantastic buzzy day with over 130 young people from 14 local schools attending! Photos and a film of the day will be added here soon, along with the festival booklet giving advice and links on progression routes into the creative industries in Bournemouth, Dorset, Poole, and beyond. We'll also be asking everyone for feedback to help plan a bigger and better event in the future.
What was it about?
The Creative Careers Festival aimed to engage, inspire and raise the aspirations and participation of young people aged 13-18 across Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole. It promoted the rich arts and cultural offer locally, for young people and emerging artists. As well as highlighting progression routes for training and employment in the creative industries, the festival promoted local participation opportunities, and was also a fantastic chance for young people to network with and meet key arts organisation staff, artists, and colleagues from HE/FE.
What happened?
Young people took part in a creative workshop in either performing arts, music, or visual arts; heard a talk and took part in a Q&A with industry professionals; and visited a marketplace area of stalls and activities presented by some of our key local arts and cultural organisations, FE/HE colleges, companies and practitioners.
Who was there?
Presenting in the Marketplace was:
Academy of Contemporary Music
Activate Performing Arts
Aim Higher (Bournemouth University)
Arts Award
Arts University College Bournemouth (AUCB)
Bmth & Poole Arts Development
Bournemouth & Poole College
Bournemouth University & the Media School
Connexions & 14-19 team
DepARTure Arts
Dorset School of Acting
Filmsteps Poole
Hazel Evans, Visual Artist-in-Residence at Lighthouse
Lighthouse, Poole's Centre for the Arts
Listed Magazine (Tanya March, Arts Editor)
LitUp! (see details)
Music Architecture Poole (see details)
My Pockets (Peter Snelling, filmmaker)
Pavilion Dance
Poole & Bmth Arts teams
Poole & Bmth Libraries
SoundStorm
wave arts education agency
White Lantern Film
The workshops and talks were run by:
Tamsin Fessey, Angel Exit Theatre Company
Dan Baker, professional Musician and 'Baker Brothers' band member
Interim Digital Design Studio
Doug Cockle, Actor and Lecturer
Chris Jenkins, Music promoter & Entrepreneur
Carol Maund, Arts Development & previous Gallery Director
The festival was a very enjoyable day and hopefully the young people attending got a lot from it - please do get in touch if you have any queries about the event or progression routes in the arts.
Many thanks to all the Marketplace organisations, workshop leaders, and industry speakers. Plus thanks to: Spark Dorset for help in the planning stages, Hannah, Claire and Jules for co-organising and helping to run the day, AUCB students for stewarding, Rosie for chairing the industry talks, Peter and Josh for documenting the day, and of course Lighthouse for hosting the event!
The Creative Careers Festival was organised by wave arts education agency, as a part of the Bournemouth and Poole Arts & Learning Strategy, helping children and young people achieve their full potential. It is a partnership project with Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts, and DepARTure - Dorset’s Arts Education agency, and was supported by Arts Council England, Bournemouth Borough Council, Borough of Poole, and Dorset County Council.
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