Category Archives: Expressive Arts

Colleges, Community Learning and Development, Dance, Secondary

FREE DANCE COURSE FOR AGES 12 – 18

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YDance has a really exciting and completely FREE opportunity for young people aged 12 to 18.

 

From Monday 4 – Saturday 9 July a YDance tutor will spend a week in the dance studio with participants.  Everyone will get the chance to work on lot’s of different styles of dance, research and review a dance or arts activity and take part in a small performance at the end of the week.

 

The best part about this course, is participants gain a Level 1 Bronze Arts Award just for taking part.

 

Glasgow Information

Monday 4 July – Saturday 9 July 2016

9.30am – 4.30pm

Deaf Connections, 100 Norfolk Street, Glasgow, G5 9EJ

 

 

Interested?  It only takes 5 minutes to sign-up online and a member of the YDance team will be in touch to confirm.  The deadline is Friday 17 June 2016.

 

Questions?  Email Katrina@ydance.org or call the YDance office on 0141 552 7712 if you would like more information.

 

Colleges, Community Learning and Development, Dance, Secondary

YDance Newsletter

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Opportunities for young people aged 12 to 18

Arts Award in Glasgow & Orkney

YDance is running two FREE opportunities for young people aged 12 to 18 to achieve a Level 1 Bronze Arts Award.

This FREE week-long course will allow participants to gain new skills to add to their CV.  Everyone will have the chance to take part in dance activity, research and review an arts activity and share their findings with one another to build and complete their arts portfolio to achieve the Award.

Glasgow Information

Monday 4 July – Saturday 9 July 2016

9.30am – 4.30pm

Deaf Connections, 100 Norfolk Street, Glasgow, G5 9EJ

Orkney Information

Dates and venue TBC

Sign-up >>

Project Y Foundation Course – Aberdeen

YDance has an excellent week-long dance training and performance opportunity in Aberdeen this summer for young people aged 12 to 18.

In this dance course participants get the chance to develop their choreographic ideas, work with a YDance choreographer and perform as part of the annual national tour – Project Y – when it visits Aberdeen in August 2016.

Participants are provided a costume and gain excellent experience of what it is like to work together to create a dance piece and perform on a professional stage.

Foundation Course Information

Monday 25 – Friday 29 July 2016

10am – 4pm

Citymoves Dance Agency, 1JR, Schoolhill, Aberdeen, AB10

Performance Date

Friday 5 August

7.00pm

The Lemon Tree, 5 N W St, Aberdeen, AB24 5AT

Book your place now>>
Art and Design, Colleges, Primary, Secondary

Travelling Gallery – last chance to visit at Balloch and Edinburgh

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We are in the last few weeks of our Spring 2016 exhibition. If you have not been able to catch us yet, now is your chance.

Here Comes Everybody

by kennardphillipps and Scott Lang

Friday 20 May – Loch Lomond Shores, Ben Lomond Way, Balloch G83 8QL 11am – 5pm

Edinburgh Wednesday 25 May – Portobello, Portobello Town Hall, 147-149 Portobello High Street, EH15 1AF 11am – 5pm Thursday 26 May – Grassmarket, opposite Thomson’s Court, EH1 2LJ 11am – 5pm Friday 27 May – Parliament Square, beside St Giles Cathedral, High Street EH1 1RE 11am – 5pm

Here Comes Everybody explores the concept of creating art as a critical tool; connecting its audience to local and international movements for social and political change. The artists have made use of photo-montage, stencilling, newspapers and other found materials to create a powerful installation that delves into the world of image consumption, challenging our relationship with corporations and the media. Integral to the installation are artworks made in response to War on War Room community workshops taking place throughout the Travelling Gallery tour. War on War Room, Boghall Community Wing, Photo: Philip Solovjov The Travelling Gallery City Art Centre 2 Market Street Edinburgh EH1 1DE Tel: 0131 529 3930/3682 travellinggallery@edinburgh.gov.uk www.travellinggallery.com

Art and Design, Attention All, Colleges, Community Learning and Development, Early Learning, Primary, Secondary

Edinburgh Art Festival joins the Creativity Portal

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edinburgh art festivalAlong with over 100 quality assured creative partners, all offering subsidised and free learning experiences and CLPL across the sectors, Edinburgh Art Festival is now searchable on the Creativity Portal.

http://creativityportal.org.uk/?q=edinburgh+art

Edinburgh Art Festival is the UK’s largest annual festival of visual art offering an unrivalled programme of exhibitions, commissions and special events.

Their creative learning programme works directly with children and young people offering a range of free creative workshops focused around our festivals commissions programme, which in the past has explored themes such as the Improbable City, Art in Unusual Places and Monuments.

Their Explorers programme has been running for 4 years working with children and young people to develop content for a free activity booklet and map for the festival.

 

Drama, Primary, Religious and Moral Education, Secondary, Social Studies

Free Screenings with the GFT for Primary and Secondary

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GFT REDEVELOPMENT

GFT is currently undergoing an exciting new redevelopment.

Unfortunately, that means that there will be no dedicated school screenings at GFT for the remainder of this academic year.

 

However, over the summer term our wonderful partners at Platform are hosting screenings to celebrate REFUGEE WEEK.

REFUGEE WEEK SCREENINGS FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS HOSTED BY  PLATFORM, THE BRIDGE, 1000 WESTERHOUSE ROAD, GLASGOW

Please see below for information on how to book your visit to PLATFORM for your FREE screening of TOY STORY for primary schools and PERSEPOLIS for secondary schools. We look forward to welcoming you to our newly refurbished building once we’re fully up and running again in the autumn. In the meantime, if you have any questions for our Children and Young People Coordinator, Annie McCourt, please contact her on 0141 332 8128 extn 237 or e-mail her at annie.mccourt@glasgowfilm.org

 
FREE PRIMARY  SCHOOL SCREENING TOY STORY

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY  15th JUNE 2016

Venue: Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Rd, Glasgow G34 9JW Time: 10:00 am Running Time: 1h 21m Cert: PG  (Mild violence, scary scenes, dangerous behaviour)

Woody, a good-hearted cowboy doll, belongs to a young boy named Andy.

Woody sees his position as favourite toy jeopardised when Andy’s parents buy him a Buzz Lightyear action figure.

When Andy’s family moves to a new house, Woody and Buzz must work together to escape the clutches of maladjusted neighbour Sid and reunite with their boy. Make a booking here For more information please contact: Annie McCourt on 0141 3328128 or e-mail her at annie.mccourt@glasgowfilm.org
FREE SECONDARY  SCHOOL SCREENING PERSEPOLIS

AND LEST WE FORGET

 

 

THURSDAY 16th JUNE 2016

Venue: Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Rd, Glasgow G34 9JW Time: 10:00 am Running Time: 1h 56m Cert: 12  (Moderate violence, drugs and one use of strong language)

Persepolis is an emotionally powerful, dramatically enthralling autobiographical animated film about a precocious and outspoken Iranian girl who grows up during the Islamic Revolution.

Optimistic about her future, yet shaped indelibly by her past, Marjane finally has to make the heartbreaking decision as to where it is she truly belongs.

Persepolis will be preceded by a screening of Lest We Forget: World War One – Refugees Then and Now

Scottish Refugee Council’s new arts and heritage project ‘Lest We Forget: World War One – Refugees Then and Now’ brings together refugees and local Scots to discover and document the heritage of the arrival and experiences of Belgian refugees in Scotland during the First World War.

Discover parallel stories of refugees living in Scotland today through this empowering and insightful documentary film and exhibition.

Make a booking here For more information please contact: Annie McCourt on 0141 3328128 or e-mail her at annie.mccourt@glasgowfilm.org
Art and Design, Colleges, Community Learning and Development, Primary, Secondary, Social Studies

CLPL – Teacher’s Introduction to Dazzle Ship in Edinburgh

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Wed 1st June 16.30-18.30, Leith Community Education Centre (Kinnaird Hall)

Fri 3rd June 13.30-15.30, Leith Community Education Centre (Shore Room

Refreshments provided

 

On May 25th Dazzle Ship Scotland, a co-commission between the Edinburgh Art festival and 14-18 NOW, launches down in the Port of Leith marking the centenary of the WW1 Battle of Jutland. Dazzle was a form of WW1 ship camouflage invented by the artist Norman Wilkinson, in which bright bold geometric patterned designs adorned battle ships to confuse the enemy. This summer Turner-Prize nominated artist Ciara Phillips has designed her own dazzle for the MV Fingal berthed in the Port of Leith.

 

The Dazzle Ship presents interdisciplinary learning opportunities across Social Studies, Mathematics, Technologies and the Expressive Arts. Helena Barrett, Edinburgh Art Festival’s Learning and Engagement Coordinator will run an introductory session to the Dazzle Ship project presenting how you can use the ship and its themes with your learners in your classroom. The session will include a tour of the ship, a presentation on dazzle and an introduction to the EAF Dazzle Teaching Resource. Suitable for all teachers and educational practitioners.

 

To book a place please go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/teachers-introduction-to-dazzle-ship-scotland-tickets-25167396360 or email Helena at helena@edinburghartfestival.com

Attention All, Drama, Health and Wellbeing, Primary, Secondary

Free In-School Transition Workshops For Primary 7 Pupils Available May / June 2016

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Moving Up Project

Moving from Primary to Secondary school can be one of the most testing times for our learners.

From being a big fish in a little pond to a minnow in a new, much larger, sea can be a daunting challenge for some.

The Moving Up Transition Project utilises the themes and characters from the film Inside Out to support learners transitioning from P7 – S1.

The Moving Up Transition Project creative sessions engage learners through using clips from the film Inside Out. Inside Out explores the impact of moving from a familiar place to a new home and a new school in a new city, on the central character, Riley.

During the workshop a range of playful, creative strategies help learners to examine what the upcoming change will mean for them. Learners then develop an emotional intelligent understanding of how a little anxiety during times of change is normal and that there is support available to help them with any concerns they may have. Experienced facilitation within the session will mean that learners create a toolkit that helps them to:

  • develop coping strategies relating to change
  • effectively assess some of the things that could go wrong
  • identify strategies for minimising risk that things will go wrong
  • identify what to do when things do go wrong

·      find help and support from a range of places Each in-school session is suitable for a maximum of 1 class (30 young people) at a time and lasts 2 hours. All that’s needed is a blank wall to project onto / smart-board and room to move around. For more information and to make a booking please contact: Annie McCourt on 0141 3328128 (EXT 237) or e-mail her at annie.mccourt@glasgowfilm.org

Art and Design, Secondary

Art Teachers – (almost free) 2 day outdoor residential course

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Dumfries and Galloway are offering five places for Art Teachers from other local authorities for a forthcoming outdoor residential course. Here are the details:

Art teachers have been using  the outdoors as a stimulus is for a very long time.  However, following a number of discussions I had with secondary art staff last year, it was apparent that they would welcome an opportunity to get together to exchange ideas as regards the use of outdoor spaces as well as a chance to work with professional artists in such environments.

I am delighted to be able to tell you that some funding to support such an event has been secured and will take place next term.

 

The course will begin on the afternoon of Thursday 5th May when we will meet up at Stronord Outdoor Centre near Kirroughtree.  There will be a minibus running from Dumfries and attendees can be picked up en route.  There will be sessions on the Thursday evening and Friday, with a workshop on textiles run by Jo Gallant on the Saturday, when I hope that we will be joined by Primary Art specialists.  The course will finish at about 3pm on Saturday 7th May when the mini-bus will return to Dumfries.

 

The cost for the 2 day residential  including mini-bus transport (where possible), all meals and workshops will be £10.

 

If interested, I’d be grateful if you could discuss this with your line manager and send me an email indicating your interest as soon as you can. Places on the residential are limited to a maximum of 20 and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

 

(If you are the Principal Teacher, I’d be grateful if you could forward this to members of your department who might be interested.)

 

Many thanks

Keith Walker

Keith.Walker@dumgal.gov.uk

Drama, Primary, Religious and Moral Education, Sciences, Social Studies

Primary 5-7: Lost at Sea touring production now taking bookings

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Booking is open for February /March 2017 for in-school performances in Scotland.

Primary 5-7: Lost at Sea (in schools)

Catherine Wheels premiered a new production at the Edinburgh International Science Festival in April 2016. Lost at Sea was commissioned as part of EISF ‘Science in the Spotlight’ project which aims to bring together the wonder of theatre with science communication.

 

The journey begins with a boy and a girl, fascinated by the story of 28,800 bath toys that accidentally ended up flung into the unrelenting currents of the Pacific Ocean.

Their investigation sees them uncover the mysteries of the sea and discovering its importance to every one of us on earth.

 

This production is now available for touring into school halls in Scotland in February and March 2017.

Full details are on the attached. I have also attached one of the recent reviews, from The List.

 

Booking are made direct with schools or through local authorities. Please let me know if you are interested in booking a block of dates or would like to work with us to get Catherine Wheels into more schools in your area.

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Anna

 

 

 

Anna Derricourt

Touring & Schools Development Manager

 

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Catherine Wheels Theatre Company

Tel: +44 (0)131 653 5255

www.catherinewheels.co.uk