Photo courtesy of Urban Ink Productions

“The BOLDSKOOL Collective is a group of artists from diverse cultural backgrounds and artistic practices dedicated to improving their craft as performing artists. They will receive ongoing training from professional artists that focuses on varied aspects of performance work. Instruction will focus on an interdisciplinary approach to live performance creation. The program is open to artists of any and all disciplines. These disciplines include but are not limited to: actors, spoken word artists, poets, playwrights, directors, designers, musicians/vocalists, visual artists, street artists, and traditional/contemporary indigenous arts practitioners. We aim to implement a progressive, inclusive model of training that celebrates the diverse voices of our community. The collective is at the heart of everything Urban Ink creates as a company, and supports us in building bridges with broader cultural and artistic communities. The collective provides a home for artists to grow their own artistic work, and a chance to collaborate and have an ongoing, meaningful relationship to the next generation of live performance artists and creators.

PURPOSE

• To build bridges between artistic and cultural communities.
• To facilitate access to training, knowledge and professional resources.
• To build a community of informed, empowered collaborators.
• To promote diversity so that Vancouver stages more accurately reflect the city’s demographics.
• To encourage self-determination by providing the tools, skills and knowledge to self produce and/or partner with relevant organizations.
• To expose collective members to a variety of local performances in multiple disciplines and engage in collective member led feedback sessions where work is given context, analyzed, and constructively criticized. The collective will engage in post-performance talk-backs with artists where possible.

TIMELINE
From February – June 2015 the collective will meet on a monthly basis and participate in workshops on voice, movement, music, and writing as well as work collaboratively towards creating original individual and/or interdisciplinary work.

COMPENSATION
Selected artists will receive an honorarium for their participation as well as free tickets to live local performances in the Vancouver area.

APPLICATION DEADLINE
13 February 2015
Download Info and Application Form HERE

For more info contact kate@urbanink.ca“

Posted with permission from Kate Declerck, Urban Ink Productions
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