{"id":5400,"date":"2016-10-19T08:20:04","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T07:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hangar.com.pt\/en\/?p=5400"},"modified":"2016-10-19T08:21:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T07:21:40","slug":"c-is-inviting-young-journalists-to-attend-a-critical-writing-workshop-in-nairobi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hangar.com.pt\/en\/c-is-inviting-young-journalists-to-attend-a-critical-writing-workshop-in-nairobi\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Journalists to attend a Critical Writing Workshop in Nairobi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5401\" src=\"http:\/\/hangar.com.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CA-281x300.png\" alt=\"ca\" width=\"281\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hangar.com.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CA-281x300.png 281w, https:\/\/hangar.com.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CA-600x642.png 600w, https:\/\/hangar.com.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CA-561x600.png 561w, https:\/\/hangar.com.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CA-140x150.png 140w, https:\/\/hangar.com.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CA-47x50.png 47w, https:\/\/hangar.com.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CA.png 691w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>With the support of the FORD FOUNDATION Contemporary And (C&amp;) facilitates a three-day Critical Writing Workshop for young art critics based in Nairobi from 6th to 8th December 2016.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Interested candidates should submit a CV and a one-page letter of motivation and\/or a writing sample (1000 words max.) to<a href=\"mailto:adiallo@contemporayand.com\" target=\"_blank\">adiallo@contemporayand.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>Deadline for submission: Monday, 31 October 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Download the call as pdf\u00a0:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.contemporaryand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Call-for-applications_Critical-Writing-Workshop_Nairobi.pdf\">Call for applications_Critical Writing Workshop_Nairobi<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">A maximum number of 20 applicants will be accepted. There is a limited number of spots available to young writers based in neighbouring countries such as Uganda, Tanzania or Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>The invitation is open to young art writers in the very early stages of their career.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>With this workshop C&amp; aims to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\">Facilitate the circulation of knowledge and experience among participants<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Discuss arts reporting and critical writing practice particularly to attract a younger audience<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Provide the tools of how to write reviews, comments and essays within a given timeframe<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Mediate how to pitch topics to different media platforms<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Give insights into the processes of editing<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Broaden the network of East African journalists<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Link participants to a network of arts journalists contributing to C&amp; with the possibility of publishing on C&amp;<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Supporting young arts writers in finding various publishing outlets beyond C&amp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\">A selected group of workshop participants will be invited to benefit from a yearlong online C&amp; Mentoring Program, during which senior arts writers will review their writing. More information on the C&amp; Mentoring Program will be given during the workshop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>Tutors of the Workshop:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zihankassam.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Zihan Kassam,<\/strong> <\/a>based in Nairobi,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>is a contemporary artist and an arts correspondent, who currently writes for Africanah and CFA and has published texts in various types of\u00a0 art catalogues focused on East African Art.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thealternativewriter.blogspot.de\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Thom Ogonga,<\/strong><\/a> based in Nairobi, is an established visual artist and popular writer about Kenyan contemporary art.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hannahpool.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Hannah Azieb Pool<\/strong>,<\/a> Eritrean born, UK based journalist. She has written for the\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/profile\/hannahpool\" target=\"_blank\">Guardian<\/a><\/span>\u00a0 for over a decade as well as for The Times, The\u00a0 Sunday\u00a0 Times, Vogue. Grazia, The Independent, and others. Hannah is also Senior Programmer, Contemporary Culture at London\u2019s Southbank Centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Sean O\u2019Toole<\/strong>, South African, Cape Town based writer and co-editor of CityScapes, a critical journal for urban enquiry. Sean regularly writes for Frieze Magazine, as well as Wallpaper and has contributed to numerous arts catalogues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The participants should:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">Have first journalistic\/writing experiences in the cultural field. Senior writers with long-term experiences will not be accepted.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Be interested in a focus on visual arts.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Be fluent in\u00a0 spoken and written\u00a0 English.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadline: 31 Oct 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hangar.com.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hangar.com.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hangar.com.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hangar.com.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hangar.com.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hangar.com.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hangar.com.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hangar.com.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hangar.com.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hangar.com.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}