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www.arnolfini.org.uk
One of Europe’s leading centres for the contemporary arts.
www.thebrewhouse.ne
Theatre and gallery space in Taunton.
www.bristol-old-vic.co.uk
Award-winning theatre in the south west.
www.chisenhale.org.uk
An internationally renowned centre of excellence for contemporary visual art.
www.kuumba.org.uk
Arts and community resource centre in St Paul’s, Bristol.
www.picture-this.org.uk/
A moving image projects agency that commissions contemporary visual arts works and produces exhibitions, publications and tours.
www.poetrycan.demon.co.uk
Charity aiming to encourage as many people as possible within the Bristol and Bath areas to get involved in poetry activity.
www.redweather.co.uk/
Creative television production based in Bristol.
www.roaring-girl.com/
A creative media projects company based in Bristol.
www.tate.org.uk/liverpool
International modern art.
www.watershed.co.uk
Britain’s first media centre.
www.bris.ac.uk/drama/theatre
The department of Drama’s Theatre, University of Bristol.
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Education and community projects and high-profile concerts in Bradford-on-Avon.
disability and social inclusion
webxact.watchfire.com/
Free service which will allow you to test web pages and help expose and repair barriers to accessibility and encourage compliance with existing accessibility guidelines.
www.drc-gb.org
An independent body, established by Act of Parliament to eliminate discrimination against disabled people and promote equality and opportunity.
www.disability.gov.uk
UK government website with information on disability rights and benefits.
www.equata.co.uk
Disability arts development agency for the south west region.
www.ldaf.org
Seeks to promote and strengthen the growth of disability arts and culture.
nadc.ucla.edu
National information dissemination, technical assistance and referral center specializing in the field of arts and disability.
www.ndaf.org
Aims to create equality of opportunity for disabled people in all aspects of the arts.
www.nwdaf.co.uk
Disabled and Deaf People’s arts organisation run by and for Disabled and Deaf people, based in Liverpool.
www.rnid.org.uk
Charity representing deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK.
www.rnib.org.uk
UK’s leading charity offering information, support and advice to over two million people with sight problems.
disabilityarts.biz
An organisation selling original artwork, CDs, prints etc. by disabled artists.
www.bristolvolunteers.org.uk
Voluntary opportunities in the Bristol area.
www.voscur.org
A development agency for the voluntary, community and social economy sector in Bristol.
www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT
How to make web content accessible to people with disabilities.
funders and supporting organisations
www.aandb.org.uk
The world’s leading ‘not for profit’ organisation helping business people support the arts and the arts inspire business people.
www.artscouncil.org.uk
England’s funding agency for artistic and cultural events.
www.bristol-city-gov.uk
Main website for Bristol City Council.
www.creative-partnerships.com
A government-funded national initiative, established to develop schoolchildren’s potential, ambition, creativity and imagination.
www.ioppublishing.com
Publishing arm of the Institute of Physics, the leading international professional body for the advancement and dissemination of, and education in, physics.
www.socialeconomybristol.org.uk
Website devoted to the organisations in Bristol run on a ‘not for personal profit’ basis.
www.cs.brandeis.edu/~jamesf/goodwoman/brecht_bio.html
A good basic biography.
www.butoh.net
Articles and events listings about butoh dance. Interesting images of current performers.
german.lss.wisc.edu/brecht
The homepage of the International Brecht Society - aimed towards academics and students.
www.northern.edu/wild/scdes/sdanaly.htm
A scene from Faustus used as an example for how to analyse scripts.
www.marlowe-society.org
A look at attitudes to magic and the forms of magic used by Faustus. Written by students of the Unviersity of Georgia.
www.marlowe-society.org
Homepage of the Marlowe Society. Useful site with good scholarship.
www2.prestel.co.uk
Includes modern language versions of the plays.
classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/cmarlowe/bl-cmarlowe-faust.htm
The complete script of the play.
www.perseus.tufts.edu/Texts/Marlowe.html
Site giving electronic versions of all Marlowe’s plays, including variant editions. Highly recommended site.
other arts companies - colleagues and contacts
www.candoco.co.uk
Dance company featured disabled performers.
www.equity.org.uk
Trade Union representing artists from across the entire spectrum of arts and entertainment.
www.graeae.org
Britain’s foremost theatre company of people with physical and sensory impairments.
www.hijinx.org.uk
High quality, innovative theatre which is accessible, entertaining and challenging. Based in Cardiff.
www.itc-arts.org
Representative body for performing arts organisations.
www.mind-the-gap.org.uk
Largest disability related theatre company outside London.
www.npg.org.uk
Founded in 1856, the National Portrait Gallery houses the most comprehensive collection of pictures of famous British men and women in the world, much of which is searchable online. NPG hosts a picture library, touring exhibitions, events, talks and films, and publishes learning resources and an e-newsletter.
www.reachinclusivearts.ik.com
Arts and disability in Swindon and Wiltshire.
www.spit.org.uk
The leading national body for promoting BSL interpreted performances of mainstream theatre.
www.gwenttheatre.com/
Disabled theatre company based in Raglan, Wales.
www.travlight.co.uk
One of the UK’s leading creators of new and stimulating theatre for young audiences. Based in Bristol.
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These links to online resources have been selected to provide teachers with ideas and materials for further study of film in the classroom. These resources are free if not otherwise indicated.
www.bfi.org.uk/education
The British Film Institute Education Department supports teachers through conferences, in-service training courses, learning resources and educational events. In consultation with teachers they have developed a range of materials which support teaching about the short film:
www.bfi.org.uk/education/contacts/external/officers.php
Support for teachers from UK cinema and venue education staff. There are moving image education staff in cinemas throughout the country who run learning programmes and develop links with their local schools. They are listed in this section with email addresses.
www.bfi.org.uk/education/teaching/primary.html
Videos and DVD resources to buy together with learning packs.
www.bfi.org.uk/education/teaching/lookagain/
An Early Years and Primary teachers' guide to using film and TV, outlining basic techniques and practical activities for the close study of film and TV in the classroom. Download this in pdf format for easy printing.
www.cbbfc.co.uk
A fun interactive web site for older primary school children, teachers and their parents which will enable them to find out how and why films, videos and DVDs are classified.
www.englishandmedia.co.uk
The English and Media Centre, based in London, serves the needs of secondary and FE teachers and students of English and Media Studies in the UK through a variety of in-service training courses, quarterly magazines, and over 70 publications for the classroom. Free sample materials can be downloaded to accompany existing print and video publications.
www.firstlightmovies.com
Funds and inspires the making of short films by young people, reflecting the diversity of their lives. Within this site see:
www.firstlightmovies.com/filmmakinghome.php
This link provides really useful information about each aspect of the production process.
www.firstlightmovies.com/TheFilmandCitizenshipbook.php
This publication, which can be ordered free from the web site documents a project about four groups of young people making a short film on the subject of citizenship. It links this work to the citizenship curriculum.
firstlightmovies.com/assets/ScreenwritingKit.pdf
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) screenwriting kit.
www.filmeducation.org
Film Education organise film screenings for school groups in cinemas throughout the UK. It provides free downloadable and online study guides, as well as learning packs and films to buy, and now offers a range of new primary resources, see:
www.filmeducation.org/resources.html
Here is a selection:
www.filmeducation.org/primary/FirstOutings/index.html
First Outings are KS1 activities which can be used with all films. They provide straightforward ways into reading a film with your class.
www.filmeducation.org/primary/FavBooks/index.html
Approaches to teaching about adaptations from literature to film. This resource includes a glossary of film terminology and book to film activity sheets.
www.filmeducation.org/primary/PeterPan/index.html
Downloadable ideas for working with the film version of this classic novel in the classroom.
www.media-educ.org
Ideas resources and information for teachers, students and anyone else who’s interested in media and moving image education in primary, secondary, further and informal education.
www.ruralmedia.co.uk
A production, education and development resource based in Hereford working with young people in the rural areas of the West Midlands. This site shows an impressive archive of moving image and new media material created at the cutting edge of current youth and social policy.
