Artsnet e-newsletter: Issue 12 - Apr 2005

themes. Over the next year, Artsnet will be running a series of workshops exploring these themes and how arts links into them. Covering health, community safety, economy, young people, transport and sustainable neighbourhoods, there’s plenty to talk about! They will be informal events aimed at helping artists interested in work in this field to explore ideas with other agencies; and if you’re a community trying got get your message across, maybe we can help. If you are an agency or group interested in hosting one of these events please call Artsnet. If you are an artist or arts organisation who would like to contribute, give us a bell too. Artsnet Update 1 News 2 Events 3 Artsnet Members 5 Training News 7 Opportunities 8 inside this issue: Don’t forget about our website www. artsnetmanchester. co. uk! If you are a member, we can advertise your services, and add links to your site if you have one. Finally, welcome to Adelle Robinson. She’s the new Toolkit Information Worker at CAN and will be doing Artsnet’s website and newsletter from now on, so do talk to her about any activities you want to promote. This means I get to run events and find out the meaning of words like leakage. * Sue Robinson Coordinator * “The extent to which the activity proposed benefits people outside the target area or group. ” So now you know. Warm Welcome to New CAN Staff Members issue 10 April 2005 Part of the Community Network for Manchester Creative Arts Network Update www. can. uk. com PAGE 1 This newsletter can be emailed to you, sent in large print, tape or braille. . call 0161 234 2985 or email: artnet@can. uk. com Jay Farquharson and Calita Jawando joined CAN on the full-time Workshop Leader Apprenticeship Training Programme. Jay, from Manchester, is training to be a music production workshop leader, working in and around the city doing music workshops with young people. He has dj-ing experience and is a CD re-mixer with his brother Dread I & Steppa Productions. His ambition is to Artsnet makes it easy Three new members of staff joined CAN in March. Adelle Robinson is the new Tookit Information Worker. Her responsibilities will include the Toolkit training programme, producing the Artsnet newsletter and maintaining the CAN, Artsnet and Toolkit websites. She can be contacted on info@can. uk. com or 0161 234 2985. set up his own independent record label. Calita Jawando, also from Manchester, is training to be a dj and musician workshop leader. She currently djs in and around Manchester at M Two, K2, Baby Grande, Revolution, Selfridges and Bar b@se Bolton. Keen to become a music producer, she is also currently training in Music Production and hopes to start her own record label later in the year. So what has regeneration, outputs, leakage and deadweight got to do with arts and culture? Why would anyone trying to improve their health, or community’s safety want to be interested in arts events, or taking part in anything creative? Artsnet’s role is to help artists get to grips with the current neighbourhood renewal process and how it affects you. If you’re worried about your local environment, think your housing can be better, want to feel safer at night then the Community Network for Manchester can link you into networks just like Artsnet to help you out and put you in touch. Neighbourhood renewal activity is directed by the Manchester Strategic Partnership and delivers across 7