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The Grand Ball of the BA Design students

The final year BA Design students have an invitation for us:

“It’s that time once more, ‘The Grand Ball’ is upon us. Goldsmiths BA Design will be running a Ball to raise funds for our degree show on the 11th December at the Grade II listed Rivioli Ballroom in Brockley (350 Brockley Rd, London SE4 2BY)

‘A wonderland of plush red velvet gold-framed walls, Austrian crystal chandeliers and oversized Chinese lanterns, the Rivoli Ballroom is the only intact 1950s ballroom in London and remains one of its best kept secrets.’ The evening will feature live music, decadence and free entry to Club Sandwich in case you want to carry on dancing until the early hours.

Tickets are on sale in the Design Office, Student Union shop and from any of the 3rd Year Design Students in the Lockwood Annexe 5 studios. Priced at £12 before the 4th December and £15 afterwards (including Club Sandwich entry), get yours now to avoid disappointment.”

The Coffee Art Project competition

If you like coffee and creative contests, this is the right brief for you: The Coffee Art Project, one of the initiatives of UK Coffee Week, is holding an art competition open to up and coming artists from any medium, whether it’s a painting, a drawing, a film, a sculpture etc. The only requirement is a thematic connection to coffee or coffee shop experience.

The main objective of the project is to raise funds for Project Waterfall, an initiative supporting clean water and sanitation for the Mbulu District in Tanzania, in partnership with Water Aid Charity. Submitted artwork will be auctioned at The London Coffee Festival to this purpose.

The artists will also have the chance to win a cash prize of £1,500 (or £250 for five other shortlisted finalists). The entry form and more details about the competition are here.

Call for applications to a new creative marketplace in Camden

A new creative marketplace is getting ready to open in Camden: after being transformed by architectural design agency Build is Everything, 159 Camden High Street will welcome creative retailers in an open plan layout. The organizers of the new marketplace are looking for individual creators or businesses to run 10 market stalls from February to October 2014, so if you have work to display and sell, you may be interested in applying- you can find out more details about the terms of this opportunity here. The deadline for aplications is January 20th. In addition, there will also be pop-up shop opportunities throughout December and January, in partnership with We Are Pop Up (find out more about it and how to apply from their website).

More information on Social Enterprise funding at Goldsmiths

Since we brought you the good news about Goldsmiths’ UnLtd/HEFCE funding partnership for Social Enterprises, The Careers Service are back with more information on the matter. They will be running a series of workshops to help students and recent grads develop their applications for the funding program, as follows:

Wednesday, 13 November- Pitch Your Idea. Venue: Teach First, More London

Tuesday, 19 November-Fund Your Idea. Venue: Islington Hub, Angel

Wednesday, 27 November- Pitch Your Idea. Venue: 02 Workspace, Tottenham Court Road

All of them are free to attend, all you have to do is register with the Careers Service. The deadline for the applications to the award is Friday, December 13th 2013. Innovative enterprise ideas that address a social problem in the UK have the chance to win a Try it (£500) or a Do it (£1,500) award. More information on the funding program can be found here and here.