Swansea Print Workshop

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	INTERNSHIP PROJECT This project has been made possible by a Russell Commission Youth Volunteering Grant: “Opportunities” with funding made available from the Welsh Assembly Are you interested in Art ? Are you looking for work experience with a difference? Are you aged between 16 and 25 ? Are you considering a career in the Art and Design field? Do you have some free time to gain new skills?	HOME ABOUT US CONTACT US EXHIBITIONS FACILITIES GALLERY OPPORTUNITIES PRINTMAKING PROCESSES PROJECTS (A-Z) all about me project artes mundi project casw editioning project changing swansea contemporary welsh printmakers contemporary pakistani printmakers dylan thomas print project equal project ever changing swansea project festival of muslim cultures group print day information & resources project invited artists project mobile press outreach project photo screenprint project print auctions printworks outreach project internship project workshop development STUDIO ACTIVITIES
	We are offering free training in an artists’ studio working with professional artists and arts administrators Swansea Print Workshop is a small, friendly artists’ studio specialising in Printmaking. It is an Open Access facility which means that it is available to all sections of the community. Our Internship program offers a closer look inside our organisation and gives you the opportunity to become involved in a wide variety of our activities: Arts Practice Gain an understanding of what is required to set up specific workshops. Join printmaking workshops in cyanotype, collagraph, or photo screenprinting and produce your own work. No previous experience is necessary Arts Administration. Or you may be more interested in gaining arts administration experience in events management such as exhibitions and artist’s talks, marketing and publicity, website development and any other tasks that contribute to the running of our organisation. This is a remarkable opportunity to take advantage of some free training and find out how useful experience and training as an intern can be to your career and future employers. We are especially interested in working with young people who are considering a career in an Art and Design related area. We particularly welcome young people to join us as interns as this provides you with varied work experience as well as giving you an excellent way of putting a comprehensive portfolio of work together. We will offer you experience of working within a business context an understanding of the application of art and printmaking as a profession the opportunity to learn printmaking skills the opportunity to create your own artwork free membership of the workshop for a year a record of your activity to take away with you training and materials at no charge How do you get involved? Contact Swansea Print Workshop for an Internship application form or download from the website. Once we receive your completed form, we will arrange an informal interview with you. There are a limited number of places available and these will be filled on a first come first serve basis. If you are successful, we will help you select a programme that will suit you. The programme of opportunities is printed on the back of this leaflet. Don’t worry if it looks rather daunting, we will help you make the choices. You will need to choose a minimum of six sessions including the two compulsory sessions. You can do up to 10 sessions of training and in addition you have access to studio to open access time as a member of the workshop. There is no charge for the training and your working materials will be supplied. The whole programme will run twice, The first one starts in November on daytime schedule and the dates are listed below. The second one starts in February 2009 and will run on evenings and weekends. Arts Administration Workshops: Tuesday 4^th November 2008 Tuesday 11^th November 2008 Tuesday 18^th November 2008 Tuesday 25^th November 2008 Tuesday 2^nd December 2008 Tuesday 9^th December 2008 Arts Practice: Thursday 6^th November 2008, Intro Thursday 13^th November 2008, Cyanotype Thursday 20^th November 2008, Photoscreenprinting Saturday 22^nd November 2008, Supervised Open Access Thursday 27^th November 2008, Collagraph Saturday 29^th November 2008, Supervised Open Access Thursday 4^th December 2008, Supervised Open Access Thursday 11^th December 2008, Final Workshop Additionally we can offer successful applicants expenses towards their travel costs. Programme These are the areas of training and activity we can offer you. We will help you make the choice of a minimum of six sessions, each of which will take half a day or three hours. Please see the website for current dates and times. Documents available here in downloadable form: brochure (pdf 1021Kb) programme (pdf 59Kb) application form (MS word doc 40Kb) We acknowledge our support by the Welsh Assembly, the Arts Council of Wales, and Wales Council for Voluntary Action. See also funding WCVS
	Swansea Print Workshop is a not for profit company limited by guarantee Companies House No 4078671: 19a Clarence Street Swansea SA1 3QR © swansea print workshop 2006