Welcome to the 14 November edition of the Bristol Creatives E-bulletin. If you have any comments, or suggestions for future editions please email sally@bristolcreatives.co.uk

New York Artist's Studio Awards 2008

The deadline for applications is 5pm Friday 30 November 2007.

Spike Island has formed an exciting partnership with Bristol International Airport to initiate a transatlantic residency programme. To find out more visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/886

Gaining Ground Conference 2007

The conference of the National Federation of Artists' Studio Providers on the 29 & 30 November & 1 December 2007 at Spike Island, Bristol. To find out more visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/845

Picture This: Call to artists

Picture This is currently seeking three motivated interns to work on eight week placements with the small staff team. For more information visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/877

Textile Identities: Textile Forum South West Conference

Textile Identities: The Textile Forum South West Conference, being held in Somerset on Saturday 17 November, explores the impact of cultural and personal experiences on textile practice. For more information visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/878

St Ives Society of Artists Life Open Exhibition - Call to Artists

Artists in the South West are invited to enter work for the St Ives Society of Artists Life Open Exhibition. For more information visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/882

Free Booklet on Protecting Intellectual Property

The UK Intellectual Property Office has published a free information booklet for small businesses and individuals to help protect their ideas. For more information visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/881

Barton Hill Animation Festival: Call to artists

Call for Work for the 3rd Barton Hill Animation Festival in Bristol on Sunday 16th March 2008. For more information visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/876

An invitation to help shape the future of your local hospital

This is an important role, which offers exciting opportunities to help shape, develop and deliver an arts programme for Frenchay and Southmead Hospitals. For more information visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/846

Win £100: Design a Logo for Greater Bedminster Community Partnership

Greater Bedminster Community Partnership are looking for someone to design a logo that will go onto their new website and also on letterheads etc. For more information visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/867

What's Happening in Bristol?

For information about other exhibitions, courses and events in Bristol visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/114

Artspace Lifespace at the Old Pro Cathedral

Read all about how arts collective Artspace Lifespace have taken over the Old Pro Cathedral and Steiner School to create Bristol's most exciting new arts venue by visiting www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/873

Front Room: Totterdown Art Trail, 16 - 18 November 2007

Those arty people on the hill have been tapping into their collective creative consciousness to work on more fabulous ideas to entertain young and old over the weekend of FRONT ROOM 2007. To find out more visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/874

North Bristol Arts Trail, 24 & 25 November 2007

Now in its sixth year, the North Bristol Art Trail provides a great opportunity to enjoy and buy work from the dynamic collection of artists. To find out more visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/849

News from the Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft

The mission is to help Stokes Croft to recognise its special qualities by improving the streetscape through direct action, by creating a sense of identity and a sense of belonging and of self-worth. For more information visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/885

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 Bristol Creatives 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

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Best Wishes

Sally Reay
Bristol Creatives Project Manager