International Youth Arts Festival
1-18 July 2011
Welcome to the International Youth Arts Festival
The third International Youth Arts Festival (IYAF) will be lighting up the whole of Kingston in a blaze of brilliant colour, talent and activity – from all over the world – from 1-18 July 2011. The festival represents performance of the highest calibre selected from Kingston, the UK and abroad.
Music, art, drama and dance events take place all over the borough: indoors in Kingston’s galleries, theatres (including the wonderful Rose Theatre) and the museum; whilst outside, the atmosphere is pure carnival with circus performers, processions, big tops, live theatre, and music, dance and poetry performers all making good use of the wonderful open spaces of the Market Place and Kingston’s parks.
The festival is created and produced by young people, giving young people opportunities not only as performers, but as event managers, producers, creators and innovators ensuring young people have the best possible opportunity to have successful arts careers. IYAF actively encourages applications that are led by young people.
Volunteers needed
For IYAF 2011 we are looking for volunteers to help both promote the charity and take part in the run up to and participate during the Festival in 2011.
We are looking for people who can offer any of the following skills/experience :
Web Designers:
Currently we have a need for an indivual or group of individuals, to review, design, implement and maintain the IYAF website. The website is key to the sucess of IYAF and we need experienced innovative individuals with a good knowledge of website design to help ensure ours is one of the most current and exciting available.
IYAF Ambassadors :
Throughout the year we require individuals with good interpersonal skills who can promote the vision and fun of both the Festival and being a Volunteer. The individuals will help at fundraisers, visit potential volunteer sites and community events in order to help raise funds and create awareness of the charity and festival.
Festival and Event Photographers:-
We require individuals with experience in Photography to help document and capture the spirit of the International Youth Art Festival. To volunteer as a technical volunteer ideally you would have experience of photographing events.
Front of House and Meet and Greet : –
Throughout the Festival companies will be coming to Kingston from a variety of locations. We require individuals with good interpersonal skills to welcome visiting companies to the festival, looking after them through the day and assisting in the management of the box office and front of house duties during performances.
Marketing and Publicity :
With over 100 Events across 9 Venues in 10 Days we require personable and adaptable. individuals with the ability to assist in raising the profile of the IYAF, both in advance and during the festival. Key activities would be selling tickets by distributing flyers and posters, assisting in mail outs, helping with press and media, assisting with the management of facebook/twitter accounts and coming up with your own ideas as to how we can market the festival.
Event Technical Support :-
We require individuals with experience in sound, lighting and stage management services. Plus be able to carry out turnarounds between performances for various venues and events throughout the festival. To volunteer as a technical volunteer you must have some previous experience.
- Dowload Volunteer Form
- Fill it in
- Email it to volunteer@iyafestival.org.uk
Other Information
Ovid’s Metamorphoses that played at the Arthur Cotterell Theatre received rave reviews five star at the Edinburgh Festival and went on to win the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award and will now go to New York in January to perform there.
In addition Little Sister Blue, who performed in front of the IYAF President HRH the Earl of Wessex has made it through to the Regional Finals of Open Mic UK, the biggest music competition in the UK for singers and solo artists. She will be playing on Sunday 17 October at the Princes Hall, Princes Way, Aldershot near Guildford. Over 8,000 acts from across the country audition for the competition and Open Mic UK gives the opportunity to perform live in front of some of the country's top producers, label executives, promoters and DJs.