GaelMeet 10, Part 1: – Media Literacy, Monday 21 November, 4.30 pm
Language: English
Contributor: Hilary Bombart
Aims: Moving image is an integral part of the Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy (SSLN). This series of sessions on media literacy will introduce the concept of analysing a moving image text and developing the confidence to incorporate moving image into their practice. The sessions assume no prior knowledge of moving image.
To take part, click on http://bit.ly/dachaigh <http://bit.ly/dachaigh> or here <https://portal.glowscotland.org.uk/establishments/nationalsite/GlowTV/tvchannels/Literacy%20and%20Gaidhlig.aspx>
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BBC L.A.B. Radio Workshop: Make a Sport Podcast
Glow event: BBC L.A.B. Radio Workshop: Make a Sport Podcast – The Interview, Monday 21 November, 10.15 am
http://glo.li/twPYg6
Over two Mondays in November and December, we want you to work with us to make your own radio programme or podcast – on a sporting theme. We’ll be hosting two workshops in the L.A.B at BBC Scotland, and you can join in from your classroom. Click here <http://newsletters-ltscotland.org.uk/LQE-LTS3-3GU5HR-8EH7B-1/c.aspx> to sign up.
Forest Pitch – Meet the Artist – Glow Meet
Glowing Thursday 10th November 2011
Forest Pitch – football strip design competition!
Meet the artist!
Join us on 10th November at 11am on Glow TV!
An opportunity to meet Scottish artist Craig Coulthard, creator of the highly innovative art project Forest Pitch. Funded by Creative Scotland and part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, Forest Pitch will culminate in two football matches between amateur players who have recently taken up British citizenship. At the Scottish Learning Festival in September this year Craig launched a football strip design competition for primary age children to come up with exciting and innovative designs for the football strips that the players will wear.
As an arts project, Forest Pitch encourages debate about national identity, citizenship, the natural world, sustainability and participation in sport.
If you have already signed up for the competition or are thinking about doing so, then join us for this exciting Glowing Thursday to find out more and get some artist’s tips and advice.
Find out more about the competition, sign up and download the design brief and support materials here
And don’t forget – taking part in this competition is a great way of demonstrating a commitment to the Olympic and Paralympic values and joining the London 2012 Get Set Network. Do this before 16th December and qualify for FREE tickets for the Olympics! Find out more >>
THE PUSHKIN PRIZES IN SCOTLAND – creative writing
Multi-award-winning author for young people, Catherine Macphail is confirmed as one of two professional writers tutoring Pushkin Prizewinners in 2012.
Pushkin Prizewinners’ Week is a unique creative writing experience awarded to ten young writers. Held at Moniack Mhor, the Arvon Foundation Writers’ Centre near Inverness, every May, the course offers the ten selected writers – together with two from a parallel competition in St Petersburg – to work on their writing with professional writers.
This year’s tutors are the poet and writer Gerry Cambridge, and Catherine MacPhail, the best-selling author of such prizewinning books as Run, Zan, Run, Roxy’s Baby and Grass
The Pushkin Prizes are open to every child in their
1st and 2nd year of secondary school in Scotland.
Folios – comprising three pieces of writing on a subject of the pupil’s choice, and in a genre of the pupil’s choice – should be submitted by December 16th 2011.
Information about The Pushkin Prizes in Scotland, now in their 24th year, was sent to every secondary school in the country in early September.
For further details of previous Pushkin Prizewinners’ Weeks and information about how to enter the Prizes, please visit The Pushkin Prizes website – www.pushkinprizes.net
Or contact the Director, Lindsey Fraser at lindsey.fraser@tiscali.co.uk
Improvising for String Educators
Ever wished you had the knowledge and confidence to move away from notated music in your lessons? Wondering how to develop all round musicianship in your pupils but without the experience in improvisation to use it whilst teaching? Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra and Renee’ Baker host this workshop in improvisation and creative music making which is specifically designed for teachers of string instruments.
Part of GIO Festival IV, Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra welcome Renee’ Baker of the AACM in Chicago to lead a workshop to inspire, inform and instil confidence. Renee’ works as a violinist in many settings from classical orchestras to experimental new music groups, and brings decades of experience in string teaching. She is a passionate educator and this workshop offers the opportunity to gain insight into her creative processes, try out improvising, and discuss ways of using improvisation in a teaching context.
No experience of improvising is necessary; just bring your instrument and a willingness to try.
Tickets cost £10 and booking is essential as numbers are limited. Please email us at giocontact@gmail.com to make a booking or for more information.
This workshop will be at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow, G2 3JD.
1on1 with music industry professionals for young people in Glasgow, Fife and The Highlands
Music Plus is a mentoring scheme run by the Scottish Music Centre and supported by the Youth Music Initiative.
The aim of the project is to link young people 1:1 with music industry professionals who’ll offer guidance, encouragement, skills and knowledge across a range of industry roles from performance to event promotion.
Online registration is now open for those who are:
– age 14-19
– living in Glasgow, Fife and The Highlands
– involved in making any kind of music
– interested in working in the music industry
This opportunity is available in: Fife, Glasgow City, Highland
For further information, please contact musicplus@scottishmusiccentre.com (Keith Beattie), or call 0141 552 5222, or visit http://www.musicplus.org.uk.
Creative Writing competition from National Galleries
Insprired? Get writing! Creative Writing Competition 2011/12
http://www.nationalgalleries.org/education/competitions-3740/inspired-get-writing-creative-writing-competition-2011-2012
If you have been inspired by any of the artworks in the NGS amazing collection, why not put pen to paper and enter this year’s competition? There are thousands of works to choose from with categories for both school children and adults, plus free workshops, public readings and the chance of publication for winners. Entries can be in the form of prose or poetry.
The closing date for entries is Friday 20 January 2012. For full details visit the NGS website <http://www.nationalgalleries.org/education/competitions-3740/inspired-get-writing-creative-writing-competition-2011-2012>
New Child Protection Guide for creative partners
New child protection guide allows arts workers to create safety http://www.childreninscotland.org.uk/html/med_prs.htm
A new child protection guide for the creative community in Scotland has been launched to reflect important developments in legislation and policy.
Creating Safety (2011), produced as a joint venture by Children in Scotland and Creative Scotland, reflects new national guidance on child protection, the introduction of the Protecting of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme, and changing attitudes towards risk assessment.
Creating Safety is useful for anyone working with children and young people in creative activities, from large arts or heritage organisations developing policy and procedures for child protection to volunteers or freelance professional artists working with children and young people. The guide is aimed at for example, a dancer or film-maker setting up a programme of sessions with a youth group, or a storyteller or musician working in an early years setting.
Working in the Theatre – Glow Meet
World of Work Wednesdays is Back <http://ltsblogs.org.uk/glowscotland/2011/10/28/world-of-work-wednesdays-is-back/> http://ltsblogs.org.uk/glowscotland/
Yes it is back. The popular fortnightly event that focuses on career opportunities for young people across Scotland returns to Glow TV after a break.
This WoWW event focuses on Working in the Theatre. Have you ever wondered what it is like being part of the magic of the theatre? How does a production begin and who is involved in bringing it to life on the stage?
Sports and Creative arts – Stirling
Stirling Community Planning Partnership along with Scottish Sports Futures is offering young people across Stirling the opportunity to come together and take part in a range of sport and creative arts activities this Saturday (29th October) at Raploch Community Campus. This event is aimed at young people in P6 upwards (maximum age is 21). For more information please contact Scottish Sports Futures on 0141 218 4640, visit their website <http://www.ssf.org.uk> or contact Stirling Council, Youth Services on 01786 442719.
