Art and conflict

Monday 15 October 2007

Monday 17 December 2007

TBC

Crescent Arts Centre- Belfast

No charge

Training

The Border Arts Centre in partnership with Theatre Lab is offering an innovative and unique ten week course devised to equip people involved in community-based activity with a range of skills for engaging innovative approaches to arts practice in community contexts, community development and the identification of barriers preventing community growth and well-being.

- No tuition fees
- Course starts 15 October 2007 and runs every Monday until 17 December 2007
- Applications are invited immediately

Content

- Group Facilitation Skills
- Theatre of the Oppressed
- Forum Theatre
- Introduction to the concepts of violence, power, strength and authority
- Project planning, design, monitoring and evaluating
- Principles of fundraising
- Introduction to forms of government
- Art and Politic
- The Aesthetics of the Oppressed

Where?

The course is based for 10 weeks at Crescent Arts Centre, 2-4 University Road, BT7 1NN in partnership with the Theatre Lab.

Who can apply?

Ideal candidates for this course should be highly motivated with a desire to develop an understanding of issues adversely affecting community and acquire skills that enable them to be more affective in project development and delivery. Enrolment is limited to twenty-five places. Preferably, candidates will be:
- Arts practitioners
- Arts workers
- Community development workers
- Youth workers
- Social workers
- Counsellors
- Volunteer Activists
- Anyone interested in working in the area

Accreditation

This community arts course is a module carrying ten credits taken from the HETAC B.A. in Community Development and students who successfully complete the module will be eligible for single subject certification. Some candidates from the B.A. in Borderlands may take one of the community modules instead. It is waiting for HETAC Minor Award recognition.