MAKE 2012 YOUR
Spotlighting, celebrating and promoting Scotland’s cultural and creative strengths on a world stage.
Scotland has played host to some fantastic, international cultural events this year - some well known and others celebrating 2012 as their inaugural year. Likewise, the Year of Creative Scotland has been working to tell some great local stories that increase participation in the arts and bring a rich, cultural life to the community. Find out all about the Year of Creative Scotland at visitscotland.com/creative
KATHA Dance Project by Dance Ihayami
The Year of Creative Scotland First rst in a Lifetime funding programme touches the lives of the young and old across the country. In Aberdeen, Dance-a-maz’in, an interactive dance maze, will afford young people and their families an exciting, fi rst arts experience. In the Highlands, the Promoter’s Arts Network will work with young people aged 16-26 to train them as volunteer promoters culminating in the programming of a tour. Meanwhile, in the central belt Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket Gallery will work with young people not in education or employment leading to participation in the Gallery’s Youth Forum; and in the West, young carers in West, young carers in eight communities will benefi t from Creative Sparks, a new cross-art form Storytelling programme that m Creati S will culminate in a collaborative piece. In Stirling, adults with learning disabilities are working on a live arts programme that will feature in public spaces including Stirling Castle as part of Abrupt Encounters; while older people and people with dementia are preparing for their KATHA Indian dance project performance at Luminate Festival, the result of a project led by Dance Ihayami to build connections between cultures. In Glasgow, Art in Hospital connects frail, older people in care homes to their communities through the visual arts. The fund also encourages communities to work together. Through a series of artistic collaborations Tramway and Glas(s) Performance will work with residents living on and near Albert Drive, the street in which Tramway is located, to create a large-scale intergenerational arts event next summer exploring the central question ‘who is my neighbour?’. Also look out for information on The Beacon project working with communities in Port Glasgow, East Greenock and Larkfi eld/Braeside; Born to Write, a playwriting project in the east of Glasgow; and Here We Stay at Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre (15-17 Nov), an original and compelling music and theatre performance involving refugees, asylum seekers and the wider Gorbals community.
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O C T & N O V EVENTS
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ENCHANTED FOREST 5-27 October, Faskally Wood, Pitlochry Enjoy the magic of this outdoor sound and light show in the enchanted surroundings of the Explorer’s Garden. CREATIVE MACKINTOSH FESTIVAL 15-28 October, Glasgow Connecting Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s credentials with contemporary art through a a series of events, activities, performances and and guided tours.
DANCELIVE 16-31 October, Aberdeen A programme of contemporary dance that includes bringing together twelve of Scotland’s leading male dancers for the i rst st time to premiere 12 Dancers/Deliberance. SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL 19-28 October, Edinburgh This year pays homage to Grimms’ Fairy Tales and is guaranteed to light your literary l ame through live performance and d storytelling, thought-provoking discussion storytelling, thought provoking discussion and more. and more.
DanceLive, Aberdeen