Request for Proposals
YABS is delighted to announce that the Suncor Wordpower program will take a team of Albertan children’s literary artists to the Fort McMurray area for the third time on May 4-8, 2009. Would you like to spend a week engaging and inspiring the children in Fort McMurray and its surrounding communities with tales of your craft? Your chance has arrived.
A core team of eight artists will travel to Fort McMurray on May 3, conduct 4 hour-long sessions in local schools each day, participate in one or two evening presentation events during the week, and fly out on May 8. Renumeration for the week will be $3125 (+ GST if charged). Meals, accommodation, airfare and travel costs to and from the airports will be covered. Artists visit schools in teams of two and are driven by a volunteer from Suncor.
Applications to tour with the program must be received at info@yabs.ab.ca by January 1, 2009.
Please include the following information in your package:
1) What would your participation add to the tour?
2) What significance would your work (stories, artwork, books) have to the students in this region?
3) Please provide a presentation outline for each age group: Grade 1-3, Grade 4-6, Junior High, High School. Please also indicate how your presentations would change if you were given a group of diverse audience age range (ie. Gr. 1-6 or 7-12).
4) Your bibliography.
5) Your resume as a touring literary artist.
The jury’s decision will be announced before the end of January. Questions should be directed to Stephanie Gregorwich at 780-422-8232 or info@yabs.ab.ca
Photo: 2008 tour participants, some of the drivers and YABS staff.
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