Soft Touch Arts

Jobs - Vacancies - Situations Vacant - Soft Touch Arts Jobs

2009-07-22T10:41:00.002+01:00

Soft Touch have three new posts vacant in addition to recruiting for our sessional arts worker pool. Full details and job packs are available from our main web site at www.soft-touch.org.uk

2009-07-13T16:56:00.002+01:00

SESSIONAL ARTS WORKERS NEEDED

to help us deliver an exciting two-year programme of creative positive activities for disadvantaged young people in Leicester

Soft Touch Arts is seeking applications to join our pool of sessional arts workers.

You should have experience of engaging a range of ‘hard to reach’ young people and be available to deliver sessions on Friday and/or Saturday evening in Leicester.

We are particularly seeking workers with skills in the following areas: Fashion/textile crafts; hair/beauty/nail art; dance/street dance; DJ, MC and decks skills; digital music production and audio recording using Logic or Reason software; live music-making; lyric writing; graffiti and surface decoration for outdoor art and sculpture projects.

For more information and an application pack contact: Chris Wigmore, Soft Touch Arts, 120a Hartopp Road, Leicester LE2 1WF. 0116 270 2706.

chris@soft-touch.org.uk

The application pack can also be downloaded from our website –

www.soft-touch.org.uk

Closing date for applications: Friday 7 August 2009. Selection sessions 12 & 13 August 2009.

SOFT TOUCH AT SUMMER SUNDAE FESTIVAL

2009-07-06T16:44:00.001+01:00

Soft Touch will be running the family area at the festival over the weekend of 14-16 August.

Drumming workshops and building giant sculptures will be on offer for familiies to get involved.

Contact Joe or Jennie on 0116 270 2706

joe@soft-touch.org.uk or jen@soft-touch.org.uk

SPECIAL OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY

2009-07-06T16:42:00.001+01:00

Three days of workshops with the FUZED summer school at Sir Jonathan North Community College will culminate with performances at the Special Olympics Opening Ceremony at the Walkers Stadium on July 25th. For more information, contact Joe on 0116 270 2706

joe@soft-touch.org.uk

URBANXPRESS3

2009-07-06T15:58:00.001+01:00

URBANXPRESS3

2009-07-06T15:44:00.002+01:00

July 27th - 31st '09 - 10 - 5pm at Soft Touch workshop

A week of urban arts and music for young people aged 13-19 who are in care, living in supported housing or not in education, employment or training. Work with professional artists and producers at Soft Touch studios and get the opportunity to perform and showcase what you've achieved at a club night at the Victoria Park Pavillion on Friday 31st July

No experience needed. If you're interested in graffiti art, digital photography and design, music production, djing and mcing and can attend this free project every day during the week of July 27th - 31st, we want you to get involved, meet new people and have fun being creative.

WANT TO KNOW MORE?

Call Joe, Jennie or Chris at Soft Touch on 0116 270 2706

or email joe@soft-touch.org.uk

Events

2009-07-03T12:09:00.001+01:00

Urban Express and Summer Sundae are happening soon. Details will be published here next week...

Website

2009-07-03T12:00:00.000+01:00

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