Ardross art student takes on board game designing role

Ardross art student, Lewis Mardon has been busy during his summer holidays designing artwork for two eco-themed board games.
Pupils from Lochardil Primary School in Inverness were approached by the Council’s TEC Service’s Education & Enforcement Officer James Sanderson to see if they could come up with a board game to promote recycling and draw attention to what we do with our waste. The school’s Eco Committee took on the challenge with great enthusiasm and came up with not one but two boards games – “Park Panic” and “Bin It To Win It”.


http://www.highland.gov.uk/yourcouncil/news/newsreleases/2012/July/2012-07-19-01.htm

Edinburgh International Book Festival and Glow TV

This year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival RBS School Programme is bigger than ever before. It runs from 20th – 28th August in Charlotte Square Edinburgh and many events are live in Glow TV! It’s also truly international with writers from Australia, Canada, the USA, France and Poland as well as from all parts of the UK.

http://ltsblogs.org.uk/glowscotland/2012/07/02/edinburgh-international-book-festival-and-glow-tv/

High – Tech design studio will help turn ideas into reality – educators welcome

Scotland’s first public Digital Fabrication Laboratory has been launched at The Lighthouse <http://www.thelighthouse.co.uk/>  in Glasgow which will encourage invention and innovation among the city’s entrepreneurs, businesses, teachers and students.

Creating the studio has been a collaboration between The Lighthouse, Scotland’s Centre for Design and Architecture, Glasgow City Council and Creative Scotland.

The MAKLab, while based at The Lighthouse, MAKLab is part of a global network, based on a concept started at M.I.T (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and is about giving people the opportunity, through open access, to make things for themselves.

http://www.creativescotland.com/news/high-tech-design-studio-will-help-turn-ideas-into-reality-17072012

Creative outdoor learning in East Ayrshire – all art forms and subjects!

Download the latest newsletter from East Ayrshire’s Culture and Countryside Education services which includes many creative opportunities from drama and sound workshops to composing and poetry. All of the expressive arts are represented here with the work relating to the natural world, exhibitions and heritage.

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Cashback for Creativity – the Zombie Project

During 2012, the Year of Creative Scotland, over 8,000 budding young film-makers, dancers and musicians across Scotland will be offered opportunities to get involved in filmmaking, dance and music making activities.

The Zombie Project

Local youngsters in the Ferguslie area of Paisley have been busy writing, directing and starring in a zombie shocker thanks to the CashBack for Creativity programme, which re-invests the monies seized from criminals back into cultural activities for young people across Scotland.

The Zombie Project has had an impact on the whole community with parents and grandparents also being drafted in to help with the costume design and make-up workshops. Over 250 people turned out for the premiere of the completed film ‘Dawn of the Fegs’ in June.

More About CashBack for Creativity

The Programme has been supported by the Scottish Government’s CashBack for Communities intiative, which has seen over £45 million recovered through the Proceeds of Crime Act, reinvested back into communities to benefit Scotland’s young people. £2.25 million will be invested over three years into arts, music and dance activities.

For details of how to access this investment visit our Creative Identities investment page.

Key Elements to the Project

Graphic Novel Workshops – six young people met weekly to develop their own graphic novel using the themes of a zombie attack on Ferguslie and how the community fights back. The group has had additional development workshops with a professional illustrator and script writer.

Filming Workshops – 18 young people met weekly at St. Mirren Park to create and film their own movie using themes from the graphic novel group with adult volunteers playing the zombies and other minor roles.

Dance workshops – Right2dance worked with the Allsorts youth group (8-12) to develop a dance performance for the final film.

Make-up / costume workshops – Renfrewshire Council employees worked with a professional make-up artist to deliver four training sessions for parents, grandparents and carers who helped out on the film set as make-up assistants

Community group filming – Council employees also worked with several community groups based at the Tannahill Centre to create a positive image of the local community, highlighting the strong community spirit and the variety of activities available to residents.

Professional Tutorials – professionals from the film and graphic novel industries met with the young people to discuss career options within the creative industries.

Pupils’ artwork goes on permanent display as schools consider “our place in time”

Artwork created by school children for the John Gray Centre’s opening exhibition has been returned to the three schools involved for permanent display.
Our Place in Time was an exhibition of visual art. John Gray Centre development staff worked with schools, young people and community groups to explore the archive and local history collections and then create pieces that brought together what they had learned with the children’s own memories and personal experiences. The project highlighted how the past and present can be brought together in a creative and fun way.

East Lothian Council
http://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/news/article/1158/schools_consider_our_place_in_time

Make I.T. Happen Fund now open for applications

AmbITion Scotland launches Make:IT:Happen Fund today!

Over £400,000 is available through AmbITion Scotland’s new Make:IT:Happen Fund which goes live today 4th July, 2012. AmbITion Scotland is inviting Scotland’s arts, culture and heritage organisations to apply for investment to capitalise on opportunities presented by digital technologies.

Make:IT:Happen funds – ranging from £500 to £10,000 could make a real difference to your organisation by supporting it to embrace and adapt to the social, cultural and economic changes that the digital technology revolution is driving. Funds can be used to support a project in its entirety or augment a bigger digital ambition.

This is Lesley Anne Rose, Creative Producer of Stellar Quines who, following their AmbITion Scotland experience have really made IT happen for their theatre company by grasping the opportunities afforded by digital technologies. Photo: Drew Farrell

Make:IT:Happen funding offers support through four digital funds:

AmbITion Approach (up to £5,000) supports organisations during the early stages of their digital development by providing an external specialist to help them assess and develop a wide-reaching strategy for organisational change.

Digital Content Development (£500-£10,000) gives organisations the opportunity to enhance their digital development activity through the creation, or better use, of digital content.

Organisational Development (£500-£10,000) supports organisations to advantage of digital technologies to grow their businesses, develop ideas and improve operational capacity.

Sustainable AmbITion (£500-£5,000) supports organisations to be carbon-aware and improve their green credentials through funding new digital technologies or approaches.

So go to www.getambition.com now to find out everything you need to know about this fantastic new opportunity!

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