AV Festival

Charlemagne Palestine Tour

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Become a board member of AVANE

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Audio Visual Arts North East is recruiting new Trustee Directors for its Boa rd.

Thank you

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Video Exclusive: Kenneth Anger in Person

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: KENNETH ANGER AT AV FESTIVAL 10

Video Interview with Sound Seam artists

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Exclusive Video: Kaffe Matthews on Rivers

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

AV Festival 10 Launch

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

VIDEO INTERVIEWS AT AV FESTIVAL 10 LAUNCH: THURSDAY 4 MARCH

Exclusive Video: Charlemagne Palestine in Newcastle

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: CHARLEMAGNE PALESTINE IN NEWCASTLE

Early Bird Offer: Recycled Film Symposium

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Special EARLY BIRD OFFER available if you book for Recycled Film Symposium before Monday 15 February at the discount price of £20.00 (full price £25.00).

AV Festival 10 & Northern Lights Film Festival call for tenders: Documentation

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

AV Festival 10 and Northern Lights Film Festival (NLFF) are looking for a freelance contractor, or company, to document both festivals happening during the month of March 2010. This contract is available as a combined contract for both festivals; however, it is also possible to tender separately for each.

Call for Volunteers

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic volunteers from across the whole region to get involved with all aspects of the festival. The success of the festival depends on the astounding support of the volunteer team, we're looking for volunteers with a wide range of skills and experience from a range of backgrounds.

AV Festival 10 Announces Dates and Highlights

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

AV Festival 10: Open Call for Moving Image

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This is an open call for moving image and short film works that relate to the festival theme of energy. The chosen works will be screened to members of the public on the Live Sites BBC Big Screen in Centre Square Middlesbrough opposite mima (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art) during the festival. The designated screening times will be during three days of the festival: 5, 10 and 12 March. This project is a partnership between AV Festival, Middlesbrough Council and the Live Sites Big Screen team at th Read More

Something Old, Something New

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Archive material plays a central role within the work of artists Vicki Bennett and susan pui san lok, who both present film installations as part of the group exhibition Hit The Ground exhibition at the Hatton Gallery.

AV Festival 10 Announcement and Call for Artists

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

AV Festival, in partnership with Inspire Northumberland, seek to appoint an artist in residence at NaREC, the centre of excellence for new and renewable energy technologies in North East England, based in Blyth, Northumberland.

Call for tenders: AV Festival 10 Marketing Manager

Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

We are looking for an experienced Marketing Manager to develop and deliver a Marketing & Communications Strategy for AV Festival 10, which takes place from 5 - 14 March 2010 in Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland and Middlesbrough. AV Festival is an international festival of electronic arts, featuring visual art, music and moving image. This is a fixed-term contract for services, from June 2009 to the end of March 2010. The indicative fee is £9,000. You will work closely with the Manager of AV Fes Read More

Recruitment Announcement: AV Festival 10 Producer

Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

We are looking for an experienced arts producer to take the leading role in the production and delivery of AV Festival 10, which takes place from 5 - 14 March 2010 in Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland and Middlesbrough.

Job Opportunity: Manager, AV Festival / AVANE

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This is an exceptional opportunity to take a leading role in the operational management and strategic planning of AVANE and its main activity AV Festival 2010. You will work closely with the Director of AVANE on company policy and business planning, and your main responsibilities will be for financial and operational management, ensuring that the company's resources are managed efficiently for the long term sustainability and success of AV Festival. You will lead on financial management, HR, personnel, s Read More

Call for Tenders: AV Festival Fundraiser

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

AV Festival would like to contract an experienced consultant to fundraise for the next AV Festival in March 2010, and to assist the organisation in developing its future fundraising strategy for the following festival in 2012. We are looking for someone to help AV Festival realise its full potential as the UK?s largest international festival of electronic arts and to diversify its existing income to include corporate sponsorship, trusts, foundations, public sector project funds and other sources as ident Read More

Awards Success!

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

On Tuesday night AV Festival 08 picked up the prestigious Arts Council Award at the Journal Culture Awards. We were shortlisted with the Great North Run Cultural Programme and Durham Enlightenment. The award is described as being for:

"An artist or organization based or working in the North East who has produced a truly excellent piece of work in the last year. A piece of work that continues to inspire, influencing other artists and audiences and spurring them on to unleash the creativity in them Read More

Avison Live

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Avison Live will be a major public event celebrating the tercentenary of 18th Century North East composer Charles Avison and his musical heritage, bringing together classical music and contemporary electronic art. At the heart of the project will be the premiere of a new audio visual artwork commissioned by a leading contemporary artist and a series of live concerts by the world famous Avison Ensemble, culminating in a high profile city centre event.

The new commission will respond to Avison's mu Read More

Call for Tenders: AVISON Live Communication Manager

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Avison Ensemble and AV Festival, in partnership with culture10, seek to contract a Communications Manager who will oversee all aspects of Marketing, Media and Public Relations management and delivery for Avison Live, a major new audio visual commission and series of live concerts, which form part of the tercentenary celebrations of the North East composer Charles Avison.

A composer, conductor, organist and writer of music, Avison was born in Newcastle in 1709, and is considered to be the most im Read More

Commissions on Tour

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Two AV Festival commissions, produced and toured by Forma, are presented at Perth International Arts Festival in Australia.

AVANE New Director

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Audio Visual Arts North East, organisers of the AV Festival - now established as one of the leading electronic art festivals in Europe, and secured as one of Arts Council England's regularly funded organisations - are delighted to announce that they have recruited a new Artistic Director to lead the festival to the next level.

Rebecca Shatwell is a curator and founder of alt.gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne, a space focusing on the links between visual art, sound and music culture. She previously w Read More

AV Festival 08 Overview

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

AV Festival 08: Broadcast - the largest and most ambitious AV Festival to date - has come to a close, and:

It took place across the three urban areas of NewcastleGateshead, Sunderland & Middlesbrough, 28 February - 8 March 2008 and nearly 40 different venues.

AV on Tour

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Audio Visual Arts North East is pleased to announce the opening of Broadcast Yourself at Cornerhouse, Manchester - a major touring exhibition which premiered at Hatton Gallery, Newcastle as part of AV Festival 08: Broadcast. The exhibition, which explores artists' interventions into television and strategies for self broadcasting from the 1970's to the present day, will be on display at Cornerhouse from 13 June to 10 August 2008. An opening reception will be held from 18:00 - 21:00 on Thu 12 June and a Read More

AV Festival Director Bows out on a High

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

After almost four exciting and rewarding years, Honor Harger, Director of the AV Festival and Audio Visual Arts North East, has decided to stand down.

Having established AV as one of the leading electronic festivals in Europe, and secured it as one of Arts Council England's regularly funded organisations thereby providing financial stability and longevity - she feels that it is time for a full time Director to lead the festival into a bold new era.