Animation Station

STATEMENT OF MISSION

The Animation Station aims to develop a leading artistic practice in relation to new technology and multimedia with a youth and educational focus. We create high quality, creative projects that concentrate on production, exhibition, and education, involving young people throughout the District. We target those sections of the community limited in access through disability, cultural difference and rural location.

The Animation Station is a unique multimedia art resource for young people in North Oxfordshire, targeting provision at young people aged between 9 – 25, encouraging them to engage in:

· 2D Hand Drawn Cell Animation
· 3D Computer Modelled Animation
· 3D Plasticine Model Making
· Digital Photography/ Image Manipulation/ Exhibition
· Desktop Digital Video and DVD Production
· Digital Video Filming and Scripting
· Interactive Game Design with CD output
· WWW Design
· Sound Technology in relation to filmmaking and training

The Animation Station has for the past six years provided young people with some of the most creative education in animation and digital media helping to create a body of new and exciting artworks which have featured in festivals and television.
Six years later, it is no less committed to providing the best opportunities for all of its participants regardless of background, gender or abilities, and with this belief in mind, it intends to grow, evolve and flourish well into the future.

Management

a) Cherwell District Council

The Multimedia Arts Development Officer and the Animation Station Co-ordinator are part of the Arts and Tourism Service Unit. The Service is managed by the Arts and Tourism Manager and forms part of the Leisure Services Department. Cherwell District Council has through its Cultural Strategy developed a general policy framework for Leisure Services provision. The work of the Animation Station relates directly to five out of eight of these main policy statements as follows:

· To provide Thriving Rural Communities.
· To promote Community Involvement
· Develop Further Young Peoples Technological skill base, via multimedia
· To develop and strengthen community safety initiatives
· To develop projects to support Health and Healthy lifestyles

The Animation Station also identifies with a number of the Council’s leisure priority areas and corporate strategies as follows:

· Young People. Provide more opportunities and access to multimedia facilities for beginners.
· Participation
· Rural Strategy
· Quality Skills Development

b) Arts Council England, South East

The work of the Animation Station identifies directly with the five main priorities of Arts Council England, South East these are to support:

Artists
Arts Organisations
Cultural Diversity
Young people and Creative Artnerships
Growth

c) National Film Bodies

The Film Council's over-riding objective is to develop a coherent strategy for film culture, the development of the film industry and the encouragement of inward investment. The Animation Station identifies directly with the Film Council's aim to:

· Develop film culture in the UK by improving access to, and education about, the moving image
· Develop a sustainable UK film industry

The Animation Station identifies with the British Film Institute's Corporate Plan to:

· Support the development of a diverse and accessible national film and television and multimedia culture.

d) Screensouth

The Animation Station identifies with the three regional priorities of Screensouth, the new regional film and media agency for the South which allow it to act as a key route for the flow of information between the Film Council, regional organisations and film makers. Priorities:

· To develop viable film and media businesses
· To develop audiences and cultural partnerships
· To develop and discover regional talent

The Animation Station

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES POLICY STATMENT

The Animation Station recognises the existence of discrimination on the basis of gender, class, race, colour, nationality, age, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, disability, social, economic and educational background. The following policy highlights areas which are actively supported.

· The Animation Station recognises the existence of discrimination against a wide variety of groups and individuals and is committed to combating such discrimination through an equal opportunity policy

· The Animation Station is committed to implementing a policy of equal opportunities in its employment practice, management structure and provision of services.

· The Animation Station will deliver a programme of services and opportunities that are designed and implemented in line with the policy of equal opportunities.

· The Animation Station recognises that equality of opportunity cannot be achieved without positive action to redress the effects of discrimination.

· The Animation Station undertakes to monitor all aspects of implementation of its Equal Opportunity Policy.

Contacts

Clinton Osborne: Multimedia Arts Development Officer.
Tel: 01295 221730
Fax: 01295 270797
e.mail: animation.station@cherwell-dc.gov.uk

Suzanne Kennedy: Animation Station Co-ordinator
Tel: 01295 221730
Fax: 01295 270797
e.mail: animation.station@cherwell-dc.gov.uk

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