🌟 Join Us! Associate Artist Role - Building Brave Spaces 🌟

🚀 Project: Building Brave Spaces - Head over to The Spark website for more information.

🗓️ Key Dates:

Apply by 4 Jan, 2024, 9 am
Interviews on Jan 12, 2024, in Leicester

What a month! Leicester's school children enjoyed three diverse, inclusive, and inspiring shows. 7 Artists had a residency week with workshops, networking, and go-sees, a CPD training session with @darylanco and finally, there was Spark Saturday at St Barnabas Library. Phew 😮‍💨

Heading to AvenuePrimarySchool with the #VitalSpark artists to say Hello to Luna and the gang! 😍

🎵 Here's a sneak peak of the first session for the Early Years Music Champions. It's a fantastic project that helps to promote the role that music plays in the development of children aged 0-4 years. (They said it was a training session but it sounded more like a party 😜)

Huge week! The Vital Spark artists have arrived from Babaro for their residency, so stay tuned for updates. At Your School will also be starting, bringing three incredible shows to school halls across the city. It's going to be a fantastic week!

Excited that @trnewton will be stepping up into the role of Executive Producer The Spark Arts for Children - Its been a pleasure working with him over the last 16 months- his understanding of the org, will really ensure that we can continue to make positive impact in Leicester and beyond! 🤩

🤩So excited for Tara on her next chapter! It’s been short- but oh so VERY sweet, and her impact will live on… Not just an outstanding colleague, but a dear friend, who will continue to drive amazing work for CYP in her new role Nottingham Playhouse 🥰 Congrats from all The Spark Arts for Children

We've got two fantastic sector events coming your way in the next few months...

#VitalSpark #VitalSpark Way #CPD #Training #Artists #Producers #Programmers #PYA #Access #Inclusion #Symposium #PerformanceForYoungAudiences #Artists #Development

Volunteer with The Spark to learn about the Performance for Young Audiences sector. Gain experience and insights regardless of your background or skills. Expand your knowledge, meet like-minded individuals, and make a difference. Sign up here buff.ly/3ScJu1y

Rain of biblical proportions whilst installing REFRESH MANSFIELD today ☔️ Opens across Mansfield tomorrow, bringing colour and conversation regardless of the weather.

🙏 Mansfield District Council MansfieldPalace Mansfield Museum ACE Midlands

The Spark is bringing participants from this year's Vital Spark Relationship Programme to the festival, as part of its commitment to inclusivity and relevance in the Performances for Young Audiences sector. Check out Christopher Gorry's update here: buff.ly/3PUYQ7O

We’ve arrived team #VitalSpark The Spark Arts for Children have landed Baboró International Arts Festival for Children 🤩

Over the moon to be sharing this today! Zest’s Arts Council England NPO funding creating 2 new arts jobs in Lincoln! 👏

Off to #Galway for Baboró International Arts Festival for Children with this years The Spark Arts for Children Vital Spark Relationship Programme artists. 4 artists from England and 4 from Ireland, seeing work, connecting with international delegates and critically reflecting on our shared understanding of the PYA sector! 🤩

Don’t miss this tomorrow folks!

Cannot wait to get Sparky with this lovely lot over the next few months.

Outstanding number of applications through a very competitive process, and we’re excited to be working with such ambitious artists The Spark Arts for Children ! 😍

📢 Are you a producer, programmer or project manager who works with artists? Interested in making your practise more inclusive? The Vital Spark Way will give you those tools 📢

✨ Join us Wednesday 8th November. Head to the website to book your place NOW buff.ly/3qOoPoR

Back to it, after a lovely two weeks in Spain. Where’s the sunshine?! 😬

🎶🎉 Let's make learning an adventure! Join us for The Spark Arts for Children's 'At Your School' programme, starting 6th November. Get ready for shows that combine learning and laughter. 🎶🎉 Head to The Spark website to book NOW! buff.ly/44kRBwe

🎸🥁🪘Big Little Music Jam is go! 🎸🥁🪘The Spark Arts for Children Early Years Gig 1 at #PorkPieLibrary in #Leicester funded by Arts Council England ACE Midlands and Youth Music 😍😍😍