EmmS Bulletin 17 November 2009
EmmS Bulletin
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Contacting EmmS – 0115 848 3562/3987, emms@emms.org.uk EmmS Dates for Your Diary Good Housekeeping & Preventative Conservation - Northampton Museum Wednesday 25 November, 10:00am-4:00pm There are still a couple of places available. Please contact the EmmS office as soon as possible if you are interested. Practitioners Panel – Nottingham Castle Museum & Nottingham Contemporary Wednesday 2 December, 10:30am-12.30pm Meeting and buffet lunch at the Castle, followed by a guided tour of the new Nottingham Contemporary, with its acclaimed David Hockney exhibition. Please contact EmmS for further details, and/or to book a place Care of Photographic Collections – Snibston Discovery Park, Coalville Thursday 3 December, 10:00am-4:00pm This course is fully booked, and we have a substantial reserve list. Please let us know if you would be interested in a repeat of this course in 2010. Identification and Care of Furniture Collections – Kelmarsh Hall, Northants Wednesday 20 January, 10:00am-4:00pm Places available. Further details and booking forms from the EmmS office. Renaissance East Midlands (REM) Workforce Development Places are available, free of charge on the following courses. For further information on any of these courses, or if you would like to book a place, please either contact a member of the Workforce Development Team, 01522 526905, WorkforceDevelopment@lincolnshire.gov.uk, by post to Workforce Development, Lincolnshire Archives, St Rumbold St, Lincoln LN2 5AB. IOSH Working Safely Tuesday 1 December. Catalis Training Centre, Derby This course is designed to train workers to ensure that their actions contribute to Health and Safety in the workplace and that individual responsibilities are clearly understood. PRINCE2 Overview Thursday 10 December. Grantham Museum Tuesday 15 December. National Space Centre, Leicester This course is designed to introduce delegates to the value and general content of the components and processes of Prince 2. New Work Placement Opportunities As part of the REM Business Plan 2009/2011, the more traditional routes of entry into the sector will be challenged by offering time limited work placement opportunities for new and emerging graduates within host museums. REM is inviting interest from museums that may be interested in applying to become a host. In order to apply to become a host, museums need to have a specific piece of work or project in mind that can be completed within a six-month period. This could include projects on collections, education, museum development, digitisation, interpretation etc. Each host will receive £15,555 for each work placement. This funding needs to cover any specific requirements of the project itself, plus cover the ‘expenses’ of the work placement applicant. As a consequence these placements offer hosts the opportunity to have additional capacity within their organisation to help develop their project. This valuable work experience is aimed at developing skills and networking opportunities in order to facilitate future employment prospects and contacts. In addition, it will also give applicants invaluable experience to set themselves up as freelancers in the sector. The new graduates will be employed by host museums on a freelance basis. If you are interested in becoming a host museum, please complete the attached application form. If successful, details of your project will be advertised in local universities with your contact details. Each host museum will be responsible for its own recruitment and contracts with the applicant. If you require further information, or would like to discuss further, please contact Wendy Moore, REM Regional Workforce Development Officer, 01522 526905, wendy.moore@lincolnshire.gov.uk. Other Workshops, events and seminars See how community cohesion works in practice – a one day Study Tour Tuesday 1 December, 9:30am-4:45pm. African Caribbean Centre, Leicester This one day study tour is intended to take delegates to the heart of Leicester - the leading local authority for community cohesion with Grade 1 from Ofsted for Community development work (Adult Learning and Skills service). Delegates will see how community cohesion works in practice through a local strategic approach and how learning links into the strategy to work with local communities. Fee: £99 (includes lunch, tea/coffee). Further details: Gurjit Kaur, NIACE Events Team, 0116 204 2833, gurjit.kaur@niace.org.uk. 'Living Places' Partnership seminar Thursday 3 December, 9:00am-1:00pm (inc lunch). Newark Town Hall This autumn, in every region in England, culture and sports policy professionals and local and regional planners will come together for the first time to learn together how to ensure that leisure, arts and heritage provision can be built into regeneration and development plans. Each seminar will be chaired by a regional expert in culture and sports planning, and will feature a high-profile keynote speaker with a track record in implementing strategies for improving local areas. The seminar aims to: raise awareness of the ‘Living Places’ Toolkit; and to provide an opportunity for dialogue between cultural officers and planners. The Living Places Culture and Sport Planning Toolkit (CSPT) is an essential source of information and advice for all practitioners involved in culture and planning. It provides practical guidance to incorporate planning for culture and sport into new and existing developments. This free Continuing Professional Development event will provide the opportunity to share ideas and experiences and encourage the development of local and regional networks to sustain improved practice across regions. Further details: www.living-places.org.uk/living-places-news/ MA Collections Review Training Thursday 14 December, 2:00pm–4:30pm. Silk Mill, Derby Following on from the Disposal Toolkit Training and Sustainability Workshops held in 2008, the Museums Association is running a series of training sessions in undertaking collections reviews, as part of the Effective Collections programme and in partnership with UCL. The half-day training session will help you plan a collections review at your museum, considering the time, expertise and resources that will be needed. It will also help you to design an assessment framework for understanding and prioritising items in the collection. Please note that spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. If you would like to book a place on this training session, please contact: Phoebe Kallin at phoebe@museumsassociation.org or 020 7426 6954 by Monday 7 December 2009. For more information, please visit www.museumsassociation.org Funding News The Art Fund Prize 2010, deadline - Monday 30 November 2009 A single award of £100,000 will be presented to the museum or gallery whose entry, in the opinion of the judges: demonstrates excellence, originality and imagination; has the capacity to promote wider public appreciation of museums and galleries and their collections; has clearly won the support and enthusiasm of its visitors and users; extends public understanding of works of art and objects of aesthetic interest, or demonstrates imaginative use of artists and designers to interpret collections; is likely to provide a lasting legacy. Entries are welcomed from across the whole range of activities. More information: www.artfundprize.org.uk/ Job Vacancies & Tender Opportunities The Campaign for Drawing Website Editor & Content Manager Freelance fee of £7,000 for a part-time 9-month contract: 41 days@ £170 per day The Campaign for Drawing is a small arts educational charity with a big ambition – to get everyone drawing. The Campaign raises the profile of drawing and promotes its value as a tool for thought, creativity and social and cultural engagement for all. Its long-term aim is to change the way drawing is perceived and used by educational and cultural professionals and the public. The Campaign is seeking an experienced web content manager to edit and publish material from a range of sources for the new Drawing in Action microsite, www.campaignfordrawing.net and to rationalise its relationship to the main Campaign site. The successful candidate will have advanced IT skills, including experience of website administration tools. S/he will also have excellent copy editing and written communication skills. Further details are available on the Campaign website at www.campaignfordrawing.org/. Deadline: 12 noon on 27 November 2009; interviews on 4 December.
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