Check out this inspiring talk by one of the creators of Kickstarter – an online tool for crowdsourcing funds for creative projects of all sizes and shapes. It feels like the kind of process that young people could engage with and copy when engaging creatively with CfE projects:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2011/jul/04/activate-crowdsourced-funding-arts-video
See the winning entries in the eighth year of this annual competition featuring work by nursery, primary, secondary and special education school pupils.
A record-breaking 5,895 entries were received this year with winners coming from across Scotland including Irvine, the Isle of Lewis and Buckhaven. Young artists were inspired by a variety of themes centering on key artworks from the National Galleries’ collection.
http://www.nationalgalleries.org/whatson/seasons/5:19207/date/2011-07-19/21106/21253<http://www.nationalgalleries.org/whatson/seasons/5:19207/date/2011-07-19/21106/21253>
The year of Scotland’s Islands is a programme of events and activities to showcase the islands’ vibrant cultures and creativity, is now linked through the Articles and Links on the Creativity Portal. Find out about the many creative activities available as part of this year long festival.
Discover devious plots and murderous intentions with Mary Queen of Scots and the Lords of Misrule at Aberdour Castle!
http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/news/news_article.htm?articleid=32480
On Sunday 24th July, from 12:00 until 4:00 you can see the colourful Royal Arrival of Mary, Queen of Scots and her ladies-in-waiting as they are welcomed to the Castle by James Douglas, Earl of Morton. Join the Queen as she meets her duplicitous Chancellor and hear of his dark plans to deal with David Rizzio, the Queen’s Secretary. Alison Stalker, Events Assistant at Historic Scotland said: “This year marks the 450th anniversary of Mary Queen of Scots’ return to Scotland, a tempestuous time in history.
Local school pupils have teamed up with a professional artist to give unwelcoming underpasses in their village a makeover.
Primary seven pupils from both Houston Primary and St Fillan’s Primary in Houston worked with artist Meredith Crone to design and paint the murals.
The project came about through the school travel planning process which highlighted that the underpasses were considered undesirable places to walk through. Pupils suggested painting them with bright murals to freshen them up.
http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/ilwwcm/publishing.nsf/Content/ce-news-underpassesmakeover
http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/press/110714a.asp
The prize-winning biscuits created by Pupils at Sgoil a’ Bhac and produced by Stag Bakeries were shown on Tuesday at the Food and Drink Federation’s Annual Parliamentary reception in the House of Commons.
The Strawberry and White Chocolate biscuits won a school competition set by Stag Bakeries to create a biscuit for their product range as part of the Scottish Food and Drink Federation’s innovative national schools programme ‘A Future in Food’.
http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6099543
A retired science teacher is igniting a passion for the subject in his grandchildren and their classmates with some explosive demonstrations.
Education Scotland has extended the deadline for responses to its online survey. Take part before 09 September and you could win £200 worth of books for your school.
Education Scotland has teamed up with Scottish Book Trust to commission this research with explores the impact of different kinds of author events on young peoples’ confidence and enjoyment of reading and writing. The survey will take no more than 10-15 minutes to complete and all responses are anonymous.
http://www.snapsurveys.com/swh/surveypreview.asp?k=130468635906
http://ltsblogs.org.uk/glowscotland/2011/07/13/education-blog-awards/
The Education Blog Awards celebrate blogging in schools across the UK. Blogging can be incredibly inspirational learning resource to both pupils and teachers. Two of the winners from the 2011 awards have blogs set up on Glow.
Joint 3rd place in the Class Blog of the Year was PS3 Superstars, the blog of primary 3 at Warddykes Primary School in Arbroath. The judges commented that the blog was “A lovely and powerful view into the world of the P3 Superstars documenting their learning journey from toothpaste advertising to cliff rescue!”
ArtWorks Scotland
ArtWorks: Developing Practice in Participatory Settings’ is a UK wide programme of investment by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) with support and funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, Creativity Culture & Education (supported by Arts Council England) and the Cultural Leadership Programme. As part of this UK wide programme the Scottish Pathfinder, ArtWorks Scotland which is match funded and led by Creative Scotland will provide opportunities for artists across all artforms to refresh their skills, network with other practitioners and tap into central information about events and courses available to them.
ArtWorks Scotland is now inviting groups of artists who currently work in or aspire to work in participatory settings (such as communities, prisons or schools) to take a lead on networking and sharing practice between Sept 2011 and Dec 2013. The groups of artists will be directly connected to the ArtWorks Scotland programme and will create a consultation base for project developments. New or existing networks of artists can apply for a total of between £1,000 and £9,000 to support activities related to sharing next practice in participatory settings through a peer to peer learning approach. Artists can either gather in a geographical area to discuss practice or come together around a topic they wish to explore and will be given basic training in peer to peer learning techniques. Both cross artform groups and groups from a specific artform are welcome to come forward for support.
If you would like further information about this opportunity and an application form please make an email request to Chrissie Ruckley at Creative Scotland putting AS peer learning networks in the title. The deadline for applications is 5pm, August 12th 2011: Chrissie.Ruckley@creativescotland.com
Tel: 0131 523 0070
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