The Making of Katie Morag with Mairi Hedderwick
28 November 11.00
Mairi Hedderwick is bringing her most famous character, Katie Morag to Authors Live. Evoking the spirits of island life, Mairi will be telling her favourite Katie Morag stories, giving you an exclusive insight into what it is like to see Katie Morag being brought to life for CBeebies and telling you how the landscape and your surroundings can inspire what to write and draw. Suitable for Nursery – Primary 3 or 4-7 years.
Friday 8th November 1.30-3.30pm, Linlithgow Burgh Halls, Linlithgow
Download the event flyer here: West Lothian Creative Conversation 1
West Lothian Creative Learning Network will hold it’s first Creative Conversation event on Friday 8th November at the Linlithgow Burgh Halls
Our idea is to offer a platform for anyone interested in the future of learning in West Lothian to discuss, debate and create. The structure of the conversation will include specialist input, updates from the residency project we doing this year and space to explore practical implementation in classrooms. We are aware of some inspiring creative teaching in West Lothian and we want to bring these voices together.
Our first conversation…
• …will establish a shared language and vision.
• …will start the debate by identifying the people curious about continuing the conversation.
Although we will be discussing West Lothian, this event is open to all as we know that similar conversations and challenges are happening nationally and we want you to be part of the conversation. Please see the linked PDF for more information, to book your place please contact Fiona Macfarlane, Arts Officer (Learning) on 01506 773873 or email fiona.macfarlane2@westlothian.gov.uk
Please book by Wednesday 6th November.
I wanted to share with you a piece of work that Electric Theatre in D&G (who developed the Big Burns Supper Festival) are currently taking forward in our region. Its called ‘Make’ and its an incubator project that seeks to develop and promote the work of emerging performance makers from the region (most of which are young emerging artists).
Make is a residential laboratory for six performance makers who are about to start a year long journey to make six new pieces of original work in Dumfries & Galloway. Guest specialists will help to inspire and cultivate the performance making process by providing mentoring to each performance project through an intensive period of creative development. Each performance maker has created an idea for a new piece of work – and that work will begin it’s journey somewhere in Dumfries & Galloway.
I have attached information that tells you more about the project, but the incubation period also allows the makers to be mentored to understand and develop funding routes for their own projects.
I will let you know when performances finally hit the theatres!
One of the six makers is a former Transform Dumfries participant, and great to see that learning coming full circle! (he is second year student at the Royal Conservatoire – Directing). Electric Theatre is a key CLN partner in D&G and some of the other makers have worked directly on educational projects with us through CREATE and recent CLN activity.
We have other exciting work with Electric Theatre that I hope to share with you soon.
Lesley
Four young people in Edinburgh were celebrated for their artistic achievements at a ceremony at the National Gallery of Scotland this week when the Paolozzi Prize for Art was awarded.
27 pupils were nominated from 13 High Schools and Edinburgh Secure Services, who attended the award ceremony along with their art teachers, families and friends.
Artist and judge Duncan Robertson said:
“Eduardo Paolozzi was a great encourager of young talent, and would have been very supportive of this award in his name”.
This annual prize was organised by the City of Edinburgh Council’s Arts and Learning team in partnership with the National Gallery of Scotland.
Read more by clicking this link
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