Category Archives: Expressive Arts

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.

Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Dance, Early Years, Health and Wellbeing, Learning, Opportunities, Primary schools, Social Studies

Learning Opportunities:Dance performances and workshops for schools

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LaNua

 enso by LaNua

– Movement and Improvisation

 
site specific installation and dance performance and workshops for schools Suitable for ages 7+, Learning levels 1-3 (as outlined in Curriculum for Excellence)
Suitable for ages 7+, Learning levels 1-3 (as outlined in Curriculum for Excellence)
Available to book between 1 October and 12 October, or 23-26 October 2012

 

Available to book between 1 October and 12 October, or 23-26 October 2012

  • physical activity, dance and expression through movement
  • creativity
  • self awareness and expression
  • working alone and in groups
  • developing ideas collaboratively
  • learning about another culture – its art and philosophy
  • relating to the environment – natural and man made
  • respecting themselves, others and the environment
  • learning about and participating in different art forms – dance, poetry, landscaping, calligraphy, minimalism
  • cultural history
  • experiencial fun learning
  • making connections between cultures, people, different art forms, their own experience and others, the workshop and the performance experience
  • making choices through creative expression
  • learning through a multi sensory experience
  • being stimulated physically, aesthetically, spiritually, cognitively and emotionally
  • developing skills
  • sharing their creativity and learning

 Enso- school pack

For booking the company, please contact Susan Hay

M: 07872 006836

The Enso performance and workshops offer a variety of stimulating experiences and contexts explored through active engagement and multi disciplinary activities. It is suitable for Level1-3 learners. The project will allow children to be physically active, increase their knowledge and understanding, be inspired and explore:

Curriculum for Excellence, Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Literacy and English, Opportunities, Outdoor learning, Primary schools, Secondary schools, Technologies

Learning Opportunity: Historic Scotland – DUNFERMLINE ABBEY

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What’s available?
• Free visits for educational groups
• Medieval Pilgrims activity – supports topics such as Medieval Scotland, Malcolm & Margaret, local studies/Fife. Contact HS learning Services direct on 0131 668 8793 or hslearning@scotland.gsi.gov.uk 
• Downloadable resources
• Project participation

A visit / activity at this site will support Experiences and Outcomes in the following areas: Social Studies, Health & Wellbeing, Expressive Arts, Literacy, RME.

Contact Dunfermline Abbey direct on 01383 739 026

Travel subsidy available for visits to all of these sites – 75% of your transport costs covered!
For information on Learning Services, free resources and our Travel Subsidy scheme please go to
www.historic-scotland.gov.uk or give us a call.

See our Glow Group http://glo.li/fklhhh, and/or find us on the Creativity Portal www.creativityportal.org.uk

In Dunfermline, Fife, off the M90 (KY12 7PE)

Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Literacy and English, Opportunities, Outdoor learning, Primary schools, Secondary schools, Social Subjects, Technologies

Learning Opportunity: Historic Scotland – Aberdour Castle

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What’s available?
• Free visits for educational groups
• Steward-led tours
• Medieval Castle Life handling box of objects for group leaders
• Discovery Sessions (choose from 16th century dance or handling sessions)
• Downloadable resources
• Project participation

A visit / activity at this site will support Experiences and Outcomes in the following
areas: Social Studies, Health & Wellbeing, Expressive Arts, Literacy, Technologies.

Contact Aberdour Castle direct on 01383 860519

Travel subsidy available for visits to all of these sites – 75% of your transport costs covered!
For information on Learning Services, free resources and our Travel Subsidy scheme please go to
www.historic-scotland.gov.uk or give us a call.

See our Glow Group http://glo.li/fklhhh, and/or find us on the Creativity Portal www.creativityportal.org.uk

Creativity, Events, Expressive Arts, Parents, Primary schools, Secondary schools, Young Scot

Imaginate Festival 2012

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There’s only 1 week to go until booking opens for this year’s Bank of Scotland Imaginate Festival!


As always, the Festival offers you, your family and friends the opportunity to see some of the best theatre in the world for children and young people, at venues in and around Edinburgh.

 Click here for copy of Festival Programme

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.
Creativity, Expressive Arts, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Face Britain

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Face Britain is the UK’s largest mass collaborative art project, and involves children and young people aged 4-16 in creating self portraits. The project has been designed with schools in mind and all self portraits will celebrated in a number of exiting ways including screenings on BBC Big Screens in 21 cities around the UK which will become the official Olympic Live Sites this summer.  So far over 1000 schools have signed up and submitted over 13,000 portraits.
To view the gallery visit: http://www.facebritain.org.uk/  
Click here for full details- Face Britain
For further information on Children and the Arts programmes and resources visit www.childrenandarts.org.uk
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