[cma-l] Graduate Certificate in Participatory Arts and Media Professional Practice

[Shawn Sobers]

Here are details of a Graduate Certificate course at the University of the West of England, which is aimed at people working in community arts & media who want to learn more about the sector.

There are three modules, with a wide range of tutors each module;

- Participatory Arts: Practice & Context
Looks at the history of community arts & media, influential theories (e.g. Paulo Freire's dialogic pedagogy), informal education theories, government influence and evaluation models.

- Participatory Arts: Methods & Approaches 
Explores the practice, techniques and experiences of facilitating sessions, the tensions between process and product in varying contexts, the principles of participant authorship and ownership, and policies when working with young people and vulnerable adults.  This module is also being run separately for artists dedicated to working in the field of Health & Social Care.

- Participatory Arts: Project Management 
This module explores current funding landscapes, methods of fundraising, writing applications, project planning, marketing, and the need for freelancers to be business savvy (even) when working in a community context.

To find out more information please click the link below.

http://www.uwe.ac.uk/sca/courses/community_cpd.shtml

Financial support is available.  If you are:

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	an individual practitioner who is finding it hard to get work in the sector due to the downturn 
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	an individual who has been made redundant, or had contracts finished/reduced due to the downturn 
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	an arts organisation who has had to make cutbacks due to the economic downturn 

then you will be eligible to apply for up to £400 per person towards this training course.
 
CLICK ON THE LINK TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE FUNDING AVAILABLE
http://rbi.uwe.ac.uk/solutions/  
 
If you would like to apply for the Participatory Arts course and think you may fit the criteria for funding, you need to make an application to the ESIF fund on the application form on the website link above, and then tell us (CPD course team sca.cpd at uwe.ac.uk <mailto:sca.cpd at uwe.ac.uk> )  you have made that application, when you submit your application for a module to us, so we can keep track of students applying for this funding.

Many thanks,
Shawn Sobers
- Firstborn Creatives
- University of the West of England
- CMA Council Member
 


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