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Africa In Motion

Find out what’s going on now here!

The main aims of the festival have been, since its inception, to introduce Scottish audiences to the brilliance of African cinema and to overcome the under-representation and marginalisation of African film in British film-going culture. We believe that the best way to learn about Africa is to listen to African voices and to view representations created by African themselves, as these often counter the stereotypical representations we see from Africa in mainstream media in the West. But our main reason for screening the films is because we believe they are great films which should be seen the world over. Over the past six years we have screened over 200 African films to audiences totalling around 15,000 people!

Travelling Gallery’s Spring exhibition


We are now taking bookings for the Travelling Gallery’s Spring exhibition, which will tour from 25th February to 7th June 2013.

The exhibition ‘Was that a Smile?’ (working title) will be a group show of 8 – 10 established and emerging artists from both home and abroad, who work in a broad range of media including drawing, animation, film, sculpture, photography, painting and digital media. The exhibition will include artists who use a playful, feel good essence in their work, sometimes hiding darker depths but more often making us smile.
 
A 5 day tour is £700 + VAT and the Travelling Gallery can visit a different venue each day. Hirers need to supply a draft itinerary and the Travelling Gallery team will do the rest.
 
We hope you find this of interest and look forward to hearing from you. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you require any further information. Our tours often book up very quickly so please get in touch soon to secure your preferred dates.

 Vicky Konieczny I Travelling Gallery Assistant I Travelling Gallery I Culture and Sport I Corporate Governance I City of Edinburgh Council I City Art Centre I 2 Market Street I Edinburgh I EH1 1DE I T 0131 529 3930 I F 0131 529 3977 

Tackling Sectarianism: Sharing Good Practice (national good practice conference)

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27 November,

9.30 am,

Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow

Education Scotland is taking forward capacity building activities to support Scottish Government’s objective in tackling sectarianism. This conference offers the chance to draw upon good practice in schools and communities in dealing with prejudice. The conference will include information and display from key organisations across Scotland, workshops of best practice in minimising the impact of sectarian attitudes and behaviours and the opportunity to hear from Scottish Government of their commitment and support for practitioners seeking to eradicate sectarianism in Scotland.

 Education Scotland is working to identify and share good practice, to review and improve resources and engage in professional dialogue through its specific work on combating sectarianism. Education Scotland promotes and ensures diversity and equality across its improvement activities. For further information please contact Lindsay Jane Murray (LindsayJane.Murray@EducationScotland.gov.uk).

National Library of Scotland

Hansel and Gretel competitions

Writers and schools in Scotland are invited to take part in competitions centered around ‘Hansel and Gretel’. The Grimms’ fairy tale is the focus of a revolutionary creative project by Scottish Ballet, ‘Hansel & Gretel & me’.

If you are a competition winner, your story will help inspire the development of a new ‘Hansel and Gretel’ ballet production, to be premiered in 2013/2014. The competitions are a collaborative venture between Scotland’s national ballet company and the National Library of Scotland. Find out more on the National Library of Scotland website.

Primary Schools Competition

Adults Competition

TESS features Creativity

 

Creativity is the central theme running through September’s edition of TESS.

‘Creative sparks can fire up the curriculum’
Editor Gillian MacDonald highlights projects which are stimulating the imagination and encouraging new thinking in schools and local authorities.

Creative Scotland’s Joan Parr
Joan Parr, portfolio manager for education, learning and young people, Creative Scotland is featured, talking about the national drive for creativity across learning.

‘Step Forth into the Creativity Portal’
The new-look Creativity Portal is reviewed, including an overview of its new features and feedback from teachers using the site.

‘Away with the Fairies’
Project Dream, is a collaboration between City of Edinburgh’s Arts and Learning Team, the Lyceum Theatre and Edinburgh schools in which teachers and pupils are coming off timetable to immerse themselves in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

New Creative Conversations Edinburgh

The first of the 2012/13 Creative Conversations will be on Monday 29th October at 4 for 4.30 till 5.30 with wine and canapes afterwards (venue to follow with confirmation of attendance). Our first Creative Catalyst this session is Frank Crawford.

Frank is a former Chief Inspector (HMIe), forward thinker, innovator and enthusiastic biker. He has been centrally involved in the development of Scottish education and remains at the forefront of thinking. Frank will take a creative approach, sketching out ideas about meeting the demands of external evaluation, handling inspections, what self evaluation should really be and how we need to think about change and innovation. Frank is in great demand internationally so this is a great chance to catch up with him here in Edinburgh.

As with all previous Creative Conversations, David Cameron will facilitate the discussion and you are invited to continue the conversations afterwards with Frank, David and colleagues over wine and canapes!

This will be a popular Creative Conversation – please get back to me directly if you would like to attend and I’ll send full venue details and confirmation of your place next week.

I look forward to seeing you on the 29th.

Linda

Linda Lees

Arts and Learning Manager

City of Edinburgh Council, Children and Families

Waverley Court Business Centre 1/2

4 East Market Street

Edinburgh

EH8 8BG

Tel: 0131 469 3956

Fax: 0131 529 6212

Email: linda.lees@edinburgh.gov.uk

Professional Recognition Certificate in Creativity

Professional Recognition in ‘Creativity’.   Deadline for submissions Monday 3rd December 2012 to be eligible for the national award ceremony in this new category in the Scottish Parliament on the evening of January 29th 2013.

Hundreds of teachers have had their knowledge and skills recognised and been awarded with a certificate in Professional Recognition. We want you to join the group now being awarded the new category of ‘Creativity’. This will include dance, music, visual art, creativity in science, drama. In fact creativity covers a huge range of subjects.

Professional recognition allows registered teachers to focus their CPD in particular areas of interest, and gain recognition for enhancing their knowledge and experience.

How to apply for Professional Recognition ( Further details on our website www.gtcs.org.uk under ‘Professional Development’)

 

To discuss any aspect of Professional Recognition contact:

Professional Learning and Development Department

T: +44(0)131 314 6086

E: pld@gtcs.org.uk

Glenrothes People’s Mosaic – volunteers needed

A small group has been working on finishing this project but help is now desperately needed from the community to finish it before the winter arrives. Volunteers are needed to put on their rubber gloves,bring some warm water and old towels/dusters and help clean and polish the tiles. 

Saturday 20th October from 12 noon to 4pm

Wednesday 24th October from 10am to 12 noon

Saturday 27th October from 12 noon to 4pm

Wednesday 31st October from 10am to 12 noon

No need to let us know just come along and help out for as much time as you can spare –  it really will be appreciated.

You can follow the progress of the Mosiac by here at “Our Glenrothes” facebook page http://goo.gl/YWt2Z which has lots of photos of the work on the mosaic throughout this year .