Category Archives: Art and Design

Art and Design, Competition, Creativity, News, Opportunities, Secondary schools

BP Portrait Award: Next Generation – NGS free workshops for 14–19 year olds

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The BP Portrait Award showcases the very best in contemporary portrait painting from around the world. BP Portrait Award: Next Generation opens up free opportunities for 14–19 year olds to creatively engage with portraiture.

The National Galleries of Scotland are hosting the BP Portrait Award: Next Generation at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery this winter. They are offering four, short taster sessions where young people can experiment with drawing techniques and two, two-day Winter Schools where young people can experience a more intense approach to drawing and painting, coached by past BP Portrait Award-winning artists.

These are free and open to young people from all over Scotland. A small number of travel bursaries are available to young people on application.

For more information or to book a place, please email Joanna Mawdsley, Schools Education Officer.

Art, Art and Design, Competition, Education Scotland

Ready for 2013? Art competition with theme of preparing for emergencies

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http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/readyforemergencies/about/artcompetition.asp?dm_t=0,0,0,0,0

Schools can take part in this competition to create pictures for a 14-month calendar. The calendar aims to communicate the importance of preparing for emergencies at home, in the community and in the car, and the easy steps that can be taken to do so.

Learners in primary and secondary schools are invited to design a picture that relates to one of the main themes, which have been categorised into topics.

For more information visit the Ready for Emergencies competition page and register today.

Art, Art and Design, Competition

Road Safety design competition

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Sustrans are asking young people to design a postcard on how 20 mph could improve their street – it could be a picture, a message, a poem or even a slogan. Can you be a two-zero hero and tell us how slower speed limits might change your life? Get creative and win a holiday, bike or even a BMX stunt display!

http://www.sustrans.org.uk/freerangekids/get-involved/be-a-two-zero-hero-competition?dm_i=6EB,UKYQ,MPEOL,2IIEZ,1

Art and Design, CPD, Creative Learning, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Opportunities

CPD: Curriculum for Excellence and the GI Festival – An NSEAD Conference for Teachers

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Artist Teacher Programme, School of Education, University of the West of Scotland

Location: Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, Gasgow G41 2PE

10.30am – 6pm

In partnership with The National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD) and University of the West of Scotland (UWS) Artist Teacher Programme, this event is designed for primary and secondary teachers of art, craft and design.  Presentations during the event will focus upon the experiences and outcomes of Curriculum for Excellence and will include presentations from Sheila Page HMIe\Education Scotland on Creativity in the art and design curriculum, the staff and young artists of Room 13 from two Fort William primary schools will look at contemporary art and how it helps raise contemporary issues in the classroom and others in the field of arts education in Scotland and beyond including Paul Dash, Goldsmiths, Graham Jeffery, Diarmuid McAuliffe and Katarzyna Kosmala from UWS. The GI artist Graham Fagen will also contribute to the event.

Follow this link for a booking form
£45 to include refreshments and a bus tour of the GI Festival.

Art and Design, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Learning, Opportunities, Secondary schools, Young Scot

Art Session

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Art Session is The Fruitmarket Gallery’s space for 13-25 year olds to discuss and share ideas about contemporary art. The group meets on the first Sunday of every month to find out about the Gallery’s exhibitions and help plan programmes for other young people. Meetings are social, informal and free.

Art Session provides the opportunity to get involved in the Gallery’s creative programme, work with artists and Gallery staff, gain professional experience, meet friends and develop confidence and creative skills

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Art and Design, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Free exhibition of children’s artwork

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A free exhibition is being held in Cupar’s Corn Exchange on Friday 27 April to showcase a series of photographs taken by the town’s schoolchildren. Pupils from the four primary and secondary schools in Cupar have been working with a professional photographer on the project to inspire their community to be more active.  During the two-month ‘Be Active – Art in the Windows’ project the children were taught many different ways to be active, and were then encouraged to photograph their efforts around the town.

Art and Design, Challenge, Creative Learning, Curriculum for Excellence, Education Scotland, Global Citizenship, Marks on a Landscape, RME, Science, Social Studies, Sustainability, Technologies

Enter the national billboard design challenge

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Education Scotland has launched a national challenge for learners to design a double-sided billboard to be seen by people entering and leaving Scotland.

The design challenge is being run through the Marks on the Landscape website  , an interdisciplinary learning resource focussed on creativity skills, within the learning context of the land regeneration project Fife Earth.

The challenge is aimed at those working within second, third and fourth curriculum levels. It could be incorporated into planning for a number of curriculum areas including art and design, social studies, religious and moral education, technologies and sciences, and the themes of sustainability and global citizenship.

Art and Design, Creativity, Dance, Drama, Literacy and English, Music, Opportunities, Outdoor learning, Primary schools, Secondary schools

On The Rocks Youth Theatre – St Andrews

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On The Rocks Youth Theatre has become firmly entrenched in the arts calendar in St Andrews. In the past three years there have been memorable performances by local schoolchildren creating Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and fairytales in the magnificent setting of St Andrews Castle. This year it’s happening again with a few changes – we’ve moved to the stunningly picturesque setting of the Botanic Gardens and we’re taking on Roald Dahl’s classic comedy masterpiece, Revolting Rhymes.
Over the 2 week Easter holiday children aged 9+ get to work with professional Scottish theatre company, Sunlight Productions to devise the script, learn new drama techniques and create a wonderful performance, leading their audience on a magical journey all over the Botanic Gardens. We’ve been supported by the St Andrews Community Trust which means that it is once again FREE to take part.
The performances take place on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th April. There are still places available so to take part and find out more details please contact Julie at otr.youththeatre@gmail.com. Anyone aged 9 years and older can come and join in.
Art and Design, Creative Learning, Creative practitioners, Creativity, Dance, Drama, Expressive Arts, Music, Opportunities

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

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Short Courses is the access to excellence programme at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland that runs performing and production arts classes and courses for children, young people, adults and arts professionals.
Within these web pages you will find all you need to know about the Weekly Classes, Specialist Study, Summer Schools and Professional Development programmes that we run throughout the year. 

There are three unique things about taking part in Short Courses at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland:  
  
– experienced tutors 
– professional rehearsal spaces and venues 
– excellent learning and teaching   
   
We provide learning and training opportunities in the same five disciplines as our undergraduate and postgraduate degrees:  dance, drama, music, production and screen. 
  
The ethos of our work is built upon the belief that the arts can contribute to the development of the whole person. We value inter-disciplinary working, use traditional and contemporary practices to inform our teaching, and support the principle of access to excellence for all. 
  
For the majority of our courses we have an open access policy. We welcome learners at all levels of experience and are committed to reducing barriers to participation in the arts.  
   
At the Royal Conservatoire we value diversity and strive to create opportunities for people to grow and develop through the performing and production arts regardless of background, age, ability or culture. 
  
We look forward to welcoming you to our Short Course programme. If you would like to speak to a member of our team you can contact us on 0141 270 8213 /shortcourses@rcs.ac.uk