Welcome to the 24 February 2008 edition of the Bristol Creatives E-bulletin. If you have any comments, or suggestions for future editions please email sally@bristolcreatives.co.uk.

Call to artists, makers and performers from Bristol's Arts Trails and Open Studios

The Southbank Arts Trail, Easton Arts Trail, St Werburghs Art Trail and
West Bristol Arts Trail have announced the dates of their 2008 events and are open to artists, makers and performers living in the respective areas to take part. For full details visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/1102

Shambala Art Trail 08 - Call to Artists & Makers

The Shambala Festival is looking for ten artists/makers to create sculptures or installations. These installations will form an Art Trail that will be sited around the Shambala Festival, which takes place on August Bank Holiday Weekend, 22-25 August 08, for more information visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/1101

Practice and Reflection VI - An Alias and Devon Guild Crafts Seminar

This seminar is aimed at craft practitioners from the South West.
Self curation has become an established practice for artists, a
process which requires negotiation between gallery, artist and professional curator. For more information visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/1100

Handmade in Britain: 20 - 22 June 2008

The sophisticated ambience of the Bath Assembly Rooms will showcase the very best of contemporary British Craft & Design. If you are a designer/maker and would like to exhibit at Assembly Rooms, Bath please visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/1099

Snap Studio Screenprinting Workshops

The screenprinting workshops are six hours in length and provide participants with an opportunity to come away with something they have created on the premises. For more information visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/1098

Interested in Working in Educational and Participatory Settings?

This is an ideal opportunity for artists wanting to work in schools, youth clubs, community centres, play groups, after schools clubs or any other participatory, community or educational youth setting. This practical, hands-on training can help you gain an overview of participatory work - decide whether it's for you, where to find work, learn more about employers' priorities and agendas and what's guiding participatory work at the moment. For more information visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/1097

Access to Media Finance

A one-day conference presented by South West Screen. Digital Media is laden with potential but how do you transform an idea into a phenomenal success? This event will present the commercial strengths of the digital media sector to investors and inspire and inform companies on how to access investment finance. For further information visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/1096

Small Wonders Open Submission

Picture This is inviting proposals for the Small Wonders professional development scheme aimed at artists who are interested in working with moving image for the first time, exploring new areas of film and video within their existing practice and making new small-scale moving image projects. For more information visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/1095

Flock Fashion Show 08

An ethical fashion show aiming to promote emerging designers from around the UK that are producing, high quality ethical fashion. To find out more visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/1084

Upstaged: Vote For Barry The Badger!

Upstaged is an interactive show where two performers compete daily inside two glass boxes in Bristol. To find out more visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/1094

Latest News & Event Calendar

Don't forget to visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/ regularly for up-to-date news, opportunities and details of exhibitions, courses and arts trails.

We have just added a new category - workshop facilitator - to the Bristol Creatives online Creative Directory. So if you run creative workshops of any kind and are looking for ways to promote what you do then log in at www.bristolcreatives.co.uk and follow the instructions below to list yourself for free.

Bristol Creatives Members Privileges

Don't forget that your free membership of Bristol Creatives entitles you to post your own articles and announcements in News, details of forthcoming events, courses, gigs and exhibitions in the Event Calendar and list your business in the new Creative Directory. Just visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk and log in and select 'create content' under your name on the right hand side of the screen, then choose from one of the following options:

forum topic - to create a new topic for discussion in the Forum
local event - to create an event to appear on the Event Calendar
member directory listing - to list your business in the Creative Directory
story - to create an article for News

Email sally@bristolcreatives.co.uk if you have any problems logging in.

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Best Wishes

Sally Reay
Bristol Creatives Project Manager