Teenage careers in creative arts

10/15/2009

On Wednesday 28 October at the Granville Plus Youth Arts Centre, Kilburn, NW6 5RA from 2pm to 7pm we will be hosting a unique careers event called Cre8_Urself for teenagers across Brent, focusing specifically on realistic routes into the creative arts industries and how social disadvantage should not be a barrier to sustainable creativity.

 

Entry to this event is free and the sectors represented at the event are:

 

  • Theatre
  • Dance
  • Digital media
  • Print media
  • Film
  • Recorded and live music
  • Performance art
  • Design
  • Fashion
  • Literature
  • Visual arts
  • Journalism
  • Television
  • Comedy
  • Audio engineering.

 

There will be expert question and answer panels, workshops and seminars throughout the day.

 

Guest speakers and exhibitors already expected to attend include:

 

  • David Quantick (writer, author, comedian and broadcaster for BBC
  • Radio and TV/ITV/NME/The Guardian)
  • Skillset (sector skills council for TV/film/media)
  • Beverley Hills (presenter and actor on CBeebies)
  • Gavin Inskip (presenter of MTV/Galaxy FM/Five)
  • The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
  • Emma Dobinson (TV/film producer)
  • The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance
  • Mark Fleischmann (actor)
  • Alex Martin (TV producer for Big Brother/Paul O'Grady Show)
  • Jimi Famurewa (journalist for Zoo/The Guardian/Maxim)
  • The Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn
  • BANG! Edutainment / Bigga Fish
  • Lorenzo Belenguer (Director, The Gallery at Willesden Green / Brent Artists Resource)
  • Rachel Escott (arts marketing guru)
  • The School of Audio Engineering, London
  • Katie Moritz (Community Arts Facilitator, Watermans)
  • Rambert Dance Company
  • Camden Arts Centre
  • Mary Bowers (journalist for The Times/The Guardian)
  • Hedva Eltanani (digital performance specialist)
  • Comedy Character Creations


Goody bags for first 50.

Raffle prizes include a day assisting a fashion shoot, two weeks works experience with The Circus Space, tickets to BBC 6Music gigs at Riverside Studios, playtexts from Tamasha Theatre and a goody bag from EMI music.

 

About Granville Plus Youth Arts Centre

Granville Plus Youth Arts Centre is the London borough of Brent's flagship creative training centre for 11-25 year olds. Managed by Brent's statutory youth service, a team of arts and youth work specialists deliver free, structured courses and masterclasses for hundreds of the borough's young people each year. The centre has received acclaim for marrying structured youth work with excellence in creative training.

Updated 15/10/2009 11:29:26 GMT