MYAN E-Bulletin: Issue 16: Apr - May 2008

1. MYAN News / Other News

MYAN NEWS ITEMS

New web profiles required / update your news & activities / e-bulletin feedback

Please give us your feedback on your MYA e-bulletin. What do you think about the format and content? Has it helped you find jobs, funding, events or contacts? What changes would you like to see?

If you are a MYAN web registered organisation, please update your Autumn / Winter activities and news by logging on at:

http://www.manchesteryoutharts.org/providers_admin/login.asp

If you've forgotten your login email info@manchesteryoutharts.org for a reminder.

If you're not already a member please register as an organisation
http://www.manchesteryoutharts.org/register.asp

or as an artist
http://www.manchesteryoutharts.org/artists_register.asp

We're currently looking for more Young People to showcase on the MYA website. Are there any that you work with that would like to have a short interview and have their photo taken and put up on the website? Have a look at our current profiles for a flavour of what to expect: http://www.manchesteryoutharts.org/interviews.asp Please email a.robinson@manchester.gov.uk with any suggestions.

Portrait of a Nation

Young people across the UK, working with the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Liverpool, European Capital of Culture 2008, laid down a challenge for their generation to explore and celebrate the impact that their cultural roots have had on their values and sense of identity.

Portrait of a Nation is a year-long programme of events and online activity that marks the first time that teenagers and young people in 18 cities across the UK, from Inverness to Brighton have been asked to discuss and share where they come from, who they are, and what it means for their future.

From local dialects to fashion, the places they like to hang out or the music they listen to, young people's lives are shaped by the cultures, places and people in their home town as much as what's going on in the rest of the country. Portrait of a Nation will ask the teens and young people living in our cities what makes their hometown different and special. What is it about their town that Liverpool youngsters value compared with those in Bristol or Belfast? And what do they all have in common?

Throughout the year teenagers will be staging celebratory events to show what makes their city unique through a range of art, performance and heritage projects. They will also be kick-starting the conversation online at www.portraitofanation.net, posting blogs, pictures and films, and inviting MPs, celebrities and members of the public to get involved by adding favourite cultural 'hot spots' in their hometown.

The activity will culminate in December with a finale event at St George's Hall, Liverpool, where young representatives from each city will come together to put on performances and exhibitions to celebrate what makes their own city special. This showcase will be one of the final events of Liverpool's European Capital of Culture 2008 celebrations.

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Free Membership at ENYAN

ENYAN (the English National Youth Arts Network) is a membership service aiming to create connections between the diverse youth and arts sectors within England, as well as further a field. A 'network within networks' and a 'network of networks'.

ENYAN's aims are:

• to raise the profile and support for youth arts within England, and by doing so create more opportunities for the creative and personal development of young people, especially young people at risk
• to support the quality, growth and sustainability of youth arts provision within England for both professionals and volunteers, via a national programme of professional development, and an enhanced range of networking and skills sharing opportunities
• to support and encourage the delivery and development of youth arts provision at both regional and local levels within England, to benefit the whole community
• to develop a platform to support, encourage and promote opportunities for international and cultural exchange and development within the youth arts sector

To join up go to www.enyan.co.uk

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