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Highlands and Islands Arts Sector News archive from January 2007
Volunteers Needed for FALCON Film Project (Art, Music & Drama)

FALCON Movie Making is a cause to Celebrate!! - The FALCON Project in Inverness (for adults with Learning and other Disabilities) has recently succeeded in finding over £22,000 enabling its Art, Music and Drama Groups to create a short film and are looking for Volunteers to assist.

26 January 2007


Templar Poetry Pamphlet and Collection Competition 2007

Submissions are invited for the 2007 Templar Poetry Pamphlet and Collection Competition.
26 January 2007


The Vital Spark Conference 2007

An International heritage interpretation conference will be held in Aviemore from 30th September to 3rd October this year as part of the Year of Highland culture. Subsidised places for community groups are available.
26 January 2007


2007 Scottish Rural Services Conference

The 2007 Scottish Rural Services Conference 06-07 March in An Lanntair, Stornoway offers a free bus and ferry from Inverness return with subsidised accommodation for two nights for a maximum of 50 people. For Western Isles delegates who have to travel, the subsidised accommodation deal is still available. And if it costs you more than £50 to get to Inverness, you can apply for a further travel bursary.
25 January 2007


New Website Helps Amateur Theatre Companies

A new website has been launched that should prove very useful for all amateur performing societies.
24 January 2007


SCBWI Edinburgh Events

Calling all budding or published children’s book writers and illustrators from anywhere in Scotland – the Scottish branch of an international organisation is offering the chance talk to some of the greats in the business at two events in Edinburgh this Spring.
24 January 2007


Crafting the Arts: A’ dealbhadh nan ealan - Voluntary Arts Scotland's 1st National Conference

The arts and crafts landscape in Scotland is undergoing a period of change such as the new Culture Bill, cultural entitlements becoming part of government legislation, community planning and the new Creative Scotland body. This is your chance to find out more, and share your thoughts on how the arts in Scotland should develop.
22 January 2007


Youth Music Initiative: Training and Continuing Professional Development Fund

The new Youth Music Initiative’s Training and CPD fund is aimed at supporting individual musicians, music facilitators and organisations.
19 January 2007


Natural Life on Luing Weekend

Writers, artists and others interested in learning more about natural life on the Isle of Luing and the west coast of Argyll and responding creatively to it are invited to come to the Natural Life on Luing Weekend from Friday 4 to Monday 7 May 2007.
19 January 2007


An Tuireann Open 2007

Due to popular demand The An Tuireann Open is back
17 January 2007


Aite Seachnaidh Art Project Launch Click for full size imagePassing Places/Aite Seachnaidh launched

The launch of the Macphail Centre’s community art project Passing Places/Aite Seachnaidh will be celebrated in Ullapool on Thursday 25 January 2007, as part of Highland 2007, the year Scotland celebrates Highland culture.

17 January 2007


Invitation to Audience Development Roadshow Training Event

You are invited to attend a free Audience Development Roadshow Training Event, organised by HI~Arts.
15 January 2007


Highland Promise workshops

Artsplay Highland are looking for drama practitioners interested in delivering workshops to schools primarily in the Inverness area.
15 January 2007


Golden Opportunity For Local Writers

HI~Arts, in association with Jenny Brown Associates, Literary Agents, Edinburgh, are inviting authors of general non-fiction living and working in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, to submit new proposals for non-fiction books for consideration by literary agents, Jenny Brown Associates.
15 January 2007


Scottish Arts Council announce shortlist for seventh Creative Scotland Awards

Twenty of Scotland’s leading writers, musicians, visual artists, film makers, dance artists and digital media artists have been shortlisted for the Scottish Arts Council’s Creative Scotland Awards.

11 January 2007


Argyll Artists launch Argyll & Bute Highland 2007 Programme

The Argyll Boxed Collection, first shown in Gallery 1, An Tobar on the Isle of Mull is set to provide the centre piece for Civic Reception to launch of the Argyll & Bute Highland 2007 Programme on Thursday 16th January at the Caledonian MacBrayne Terminal in Oban.


11 January 2007


Filmmaker wanted to document Environmental Project

An exciting opportunity is available for a filmmaker to document the Avoch Environmental Project between February and August 2007.
05 January 2007


Voluntary Arts Scotland's first national conference

The conference is aimed at anyone who gives up their time to organise arts, crafts or heritage activities;any paid staff who help run such activities;local authority arts officers; arts and crafts practitioners - and anyone else who feels they would benefit from discussing issues which arise in the world of 'cultural volunteering.'
05 January 2007


 

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