Sounding Out: Make it Happen is a symposium on the theme of fundraising.
Capsule’s Creative Director, Lisa Meyer will be joining a panel hosted by Sound and Music on Sat 8th Nov at the Custard Factory.

Ranging from practical tips for the writing of successful funding applications, to hearing from artists, producers and programmers about the changing landscape of arts funding and their own stories and thoughts about what works and what doesn’t.

Panel discussions will take place on the following themes:

• DIY approaches to fundraising/financing work (speakers include: Lisa Meyer – Capsule; Andy Abbott – musician/artist/writer, and Sam Underwood – sound artist and musicial instrument maker)
• Trust and Foundations (speakers include: Sarah Gee – Indigo Ltd and Adam Cooper – Head of Development at Sound and Music)

Chaired by Rich Whitelaw, Director of Programmes at Sound and Music

Tickets are available here
More info about the event see here

Capsule welcome to the team Sean O’Keeffe. After time spent in commercial graphics, fine art printmaking and production management Sean spent twenty years infecting the minds of young people while teaching art and design at Birmingham City University. Particularly interested in the places and spaces where creative disciplines intersect he has been making art and music throughout, most recently returning from Ritual Cvlt Festival in Barcelona where he performed with audio-visual project Giant Axe Field, a collaboration with drummer Simon Bailey. Sean joins the Capsule family as our Project Manager, to support us in delivering the 2014-15 programme which will include an integral role in shaping Supersonic Festival. In addition Sean will manage our intern and volunteer programme so do get in touch if you’re interested in volunteering. He is also part of a group of artists and architects working to develop the Birmingham Production Space, an exciting new proposal for a national centre for the production of art and design. He still dreams of being a stuntman.

Capsule’s Director Lisa Meyer will be taking part in a conference hosted by Tate Britain for New Music Plus on the 3rd of October. The panel explores Creative producers as catalysts for new inter-disciplinary practice and also includes Dr Daniel Glaser, Science Gallery London, King’s College London and Sarah Martin, Turner Contemporary.
Tickets are available from HERE

We’d like to recommend this great festival which takes place this weekend:

LIVERPOOL INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PSYCHEDELIA 2014
26th + 27th September @ Camp & Furnace, Liverpool.

Amongst a canopy of stellar delights in this year’s congregation of the psych-minded – which includes Swedish voodooist GOAT, sun-kissed San Fran dreamweavers ALLAH-LAS, and the psych-folk freakouts of WOODS.

Weekend tickets on sale now, priced just £50 **
** Friday 26th Sept (£25) & Saturday 27th Sept (£30) Day Tickets also available now**
Weekend tickets available from www.LiverpoolPsychFest.com

Supersonic Festival have been invited to curate and host a stage at the RITUAL CVLT FEST  in Barcelona on October 2nd/3rd. The artists we’ve selected include Nicholas Bullen co-founder of Napalm Death, a highlight of Supersonic 2014 Sly and the Family Drone , a brand new AV act Giant Axe Field and Robert Curgenven. In addition there will be a number of awesome Spanish artists performing as part of our stage.
To buy tickets and find out more details about the line up check ritualcvlt.com

We’re delighted to be partnering with the amazing Supernormal Festival in Oxfordshire this weekend to present one of our Supersonic Kids Gigs. Performing at the Kids Gig are FLAMINGODS –

This Bahrain-born, Brixton-based troupe take African rhythms, repetitive grooves and a hedonistic sensibility to form a riot of sound and fury that’s both sonically adventurous and feverishly compelling. With po-faced muso tactics at a minimum and dancefloor frenzy to the fore, they bring a welcome and vibrant splash of day-glo to all or any proceedings.

Ever since Schoenberg and Kandinsky became pen pals back in 1907, avant-garde art and experimental music has been attempting to find some common ground. But, it’s not been easy. Here’s Capsule’s contribution towards a solution: Supersonic Kids Gigs ‘Big Sounds for Little People’. If you couldn’t guess from the snappy title, it’s a gig for kids and their families, which aims to introduce children to experimental music at an early age. Kids Gigs provide a fantastic opportunity to show children the beauty of live music.

Listen to Flamingods here http://flamingods.bandcamp.com/

Capsule have been invited to curate a festival of new music and performance as part of Appetite in Stoke-on-Trent. Appetite’s mission is to get more people in Stoke-on-Trent to experience and be inspired by the arts, working with a range of local and national artists and communities to deliver an expanding menu of artistic projects to develop the appetite for the arts.

The Grand Cross Fayre will be taking place on Saturday 6 September in Hanford Park and will include live performances from James Blackshaw, White Manna from California and Rattle to name but a few as well as workshops led by artist duo Juneau Projects and the costumed Swoomptheeng .
An array of Street food, vintage stalls and more to entertain!

The event is free and will be open from 12 – 7.30pm
More confirmed artists coming soon…

James Blackshaw – We Who Stole The Dream from esther may campbell on Vimeo.

General Manager
Capsule are seeking a highly organised and systematic individual with excellent communication skills and a successful track record in project management to join one of the UK’s most dynamic arts organisations.

Capsule is a Birmingham based arts organisation, we craft extraordinary cultural events for adventurous audiences. Capsule is a cultural alchemist: an innovative arts producer initiating, commissioning and producing multi disciplinary work, which includes festivals, events, artist development and partnerships with a range of organisations. Audiences are at the heart of our thinking. We champion extraordinary artists, working across artforms including digital culture and sound, ensuring many can enjoy them. Our work is of the highest quality, authentic and inclusive, our role as cultural developer – spotting as-yet unmet potential and building on it.

Capsule have a successful history of creating and producing projects including the groundbreaking heritage project Home Of Metal and one of the UK’s leading experimental arts festivals, Supersonic. In addition we deliver high profile work for clients which has included curating the cultural programme for the opening of Europe’s largest public library, exhibitions for the Royal Shakespeare Company and international work for UKTI.

You’ll work with the Director to deliver our flagship project Supersonic Festival, now in its 11th year, and  shape the year round programme.

You’ll have a successful track record in project management and fundraising, with hands-on experience of delivering complex arts events, a proven ability to manage budgets and cashflow, and the ability to lead small teams of staff.

Key areas of responsibility:
–       Running the Capsule office, including:
–       Team management / recruitment
–       Finance management
–      Servicing Board meetings
–       Project management, including:
–       Project logistics
–       Liaising with and managing project stakeholders
–       Report writing and project evaluation
–       Fundraising

Contract: Freelance for 12 months beginning in Oct 2014
Hours: Part time
Salary: £25 – £28k depending on experience
Deadline for applications is 22nd August 5pm.
To apply, please email info[at]capsule.org.uk to request an application pack, with General Manager in the subject line.

See https://www.capsule.org.uk/about/#recruitment for more details