Category Archives: 20150130

30 January 2015 17:00 ~ Open Call for Artists for February Exhibition on FGM – Forward – submission deadline

Artists Against FGM is calling for submissions of works to be included in the exhibition ‘Traditions Run Deeper Than Law’.

This will be part of a larger exhibition organised in London by FORWARD for our International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM activities in February 2015. Applications are accepted from artists working in any medium. Artists Against FGM are mostly interested in 2D and 3D work but are open to sound art, performance and live art pieces depending on their relevance to the theme.

We kindly invite the artists to donate their work. If you are interested in donating your artwork, please state so. All proceeds from the sales will be used by FORWARD for art related activities aiming at ending FGM.

Submission Guidelines:

Please compile the information below into one MSWord format (.docx or .doc) document (MAX 10 pages), preferably in the following order:
• Personal contact information (email, phone, postal address)
• Title of project
• An artist’s or maker’s statement of project (up to 250 words)
• A technical proposal for installation of your piece with measurements (dimensions in metrical system, technical requirements). Please be as specific as possible about any technologies that you will require or provide.
• A short biographical statement (100 words)
• A current CV (no more than 2 pages)
• Is this work a donation? If yes, please, add ‘I am donating the piece ‘…’ to FORWARD.’

Submission should also include:
• Up to 3 digital images of the proposed piece (sized 300 dpi 10x15cm/4”x6”)
• A link somewhere in your document to a website for video works, if applicable

Send submission and queries directly to artistsagainstfgm@gmail.com before 5pm on Friday, 30th January 2015.

Artists Against FGM is an artist led project focused on raising awareness and putting an end to female genital mutilation through art.

http://www.forwarduk.org.uk/open-call-artists-february-exhibition-fgm/

Also download Open Call_deadline 30th Jan 2015 from http://www.forwarduk.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Open-Call_deadline-30th-Jan-2015.pdf

And see https://www.facebook.com/events/1380265135604457/

January 16, 2015

30 January 2015 10:30 ~ Women’s Budget Group Training Day – London

The WBG Training Day will take place on Friday 30th January, 10.30am – 5.15pm in Room 2 of The Open University offices in London – 1-11 Hawley Crescent, Camden Town, London, NW1 8NP

The training is both for those who have a general interest in finding out more about our work and for those who would like to make more use of WBG analysis and/or feel confident in speaking about WBG policy and research to new audiences. A draft programme for the day can be found below.

Please do bring along any non-members who are interested!

REGISTRATION: Please confirm your attendance by emailing WBG Coordinator Rosalind: admin@wbg.org.uk

Please confirm attendance ASAP to that we can confirm catering arrangements.

Draft programme for the day (timings subject to revisions):

10.30 – 11.00am
Coffee available and registration

11.00 – 11.50am
Principles of feminist economics and their application in the work of the Women’s Budget Group (Sue Himmelweit)

11.50 – 12.45pm
What is gender budgeting? Its use in analysing macroeconomics and public services in the UK (Diane Elson)

12.45 – 1.45pm
Lunch

1.45 – 3.00pm
The UK social security system and its gender effects (Fran Bennett)

3.00 – 4.00pm
Taxes and their gender effects (tbc)

4.00 – 4.15pm
Tea

4.15 – 4.45pm
Using the media (Polly Trenow)

4.45 – 5.15pm
The feminist  alternative: Plan F (Ruth Pearson)

See http://wbg.org.uk/events/

January 16, 2015