Community outreach
UHArts and Galleries plays an active role in the community and runs many different cultural initiatives which help enrich the local community including the Young Film Critics’ Award, Arts Award and the Adders Young Film Festival and Awards. We also take part in various community festivals such as Kaleidoscope Festival and Rhythms of the World Festival.
Kaleidoscope Festival 2009
UHArts and Galleries took part in this year’s Kaleidoscope Festival on Saturday 18 July at Stanborough Park, Welwyn Garden City. The festival was organised by the Welwyn Hatfield Ethnic Minority Group with the support of members of the local community. It was a multicultural event highlighting and celebrating the cultural diversity found in Welwyn Hatfield.
This year’s UH activity involved an element of dressing up in clothes from other cultures and posing for photographs taken by Erika Oi; a professional photographer. Participants are able to view the photographs by clicking on the link below.
Kaleidoscope Festival 2009 Photographs
Artist Erika Oi was born in Tokyo Japan. She studied Play writing at Nihon University College of Art from 1997 to 2001 and Fine Art at University of Hertfordshire from 2004 to 2007. Currently she lives and works in London.
Hertfordshire Young Film Critics’ Award
Do you love analysing films?
Fancy writing about them?
Could you be the next big film critic? The Young Film Critics’ Award is an initiative designed to give young people the chance to write creative film reviews as part of a Hertfordshire-wide film critics competition, alongside others in three particular age groups: 7 – 11 years old, 12 – 15 years old and 16 – 19 years old.
• Win a range of prizes, from DVD and Waterstones book vouchers to Love Film
subscriptions
• See your review published on the Hertfordshire Young Film Critics’ Awards website
• Be put forward, as a winner, to represent the region in the 2009 National Young Film
Critics’ Award
Find out more about timings and how to submit a review on www.hertfordshirefilmconsortium.co.uk/critics
To speak to someone directly about this initiative contact: Darren Elliott (Film Education Coordinator) on 01707 28 5949 or email filmconsortium@herts.ac.uk
The Adders Young Film Festival and Awards
Supported by the University of Hertfordshire, Film Education Consortium for Hertfordshire and Hertfordshire County Council, The Adders Youth Film Festival and Awards is the only youth film festival and awards ceremony run entirely by young people, for young people. It provides an opportunity for young student film makers, from the ages of eleven to nineteen, to present their films - created, directed and produced by young people – to a panel of judges, with the chance to showcase these to a live audience at the end of the year and potentially be awarded for outstanding achievement.
The 2009 Adders Young Film Festival and Awards launched on 6 May, and is now open to receive submissions until 12 September 2009.
Film submissions will be judged by a panel of industry experts which last year included Neil Fox from Film Stock, Veronica Peat (University of Hertfordshire), Mita Lad (FDMX) and Sarah Shearman-Chase (CineClub). The Awards weekend will be held in October this year, featuring a day of film screenings at the University of Hertfordshire’s venue, The Weston Auditorium, and an Awards presentation ceremony at the St Alban’s Arena.
So, if you’re interested in making film, or know of someone who is, check out The Adders by going to www.adderfilms.co.uk/theadders and start filming!
Volunteering
Curious about what goes on behind the scenes?
Tempted by a career in the arts?
Looking to meet a great bunch of new people in a creative atmosphere?
Our team of volunteers make a valuable contribution to the success of the arts programme. We offer volunteering opportunities as theatre ushers to people of all ages, backgrounds and experience. You set your own level of commitment and, with regular get-togethers, free shows and First-Aid courses on offer, you’ll find it an enjoyable and enlightening experience.
Contact the UHArts and Galleries team for more information.
