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The Art of Conversation - Membership or Bust? - posted 08.9.2010 
Voluntary Arts Scotland presents a one-day event looking at membership in the voluntary cultural sector.
When? - Friday 8 October 2010, 9.30am-4.30pm
Where? - Albany Learning & Conference Centre, 44 Ashley Street, Glasgow G3 6DS
Who should attend? - Umbrella bodies, arts and crafts groups seeking to increase participation in their activities, local authority arts officers and anybody with a vested interest in the voluntary cultural sector.
What's on the agenda? - A stimulating debate about membership. Is it still the most effective way to run an organisation? If so, how could you increase yours? Just as importantly, how can you keep your existing members? Would better marketing and communication help?
We'll also talk about increasing participation in the arts and crafts in general, including a talk on 'Up For Arts', a fantastic programme run by our sister organisations in England and Northern Ireland, which has inspired Voluntary Arts Scotland's Make a Splash! project. We'd like to take it further (e.g. a celebration week across Scotland showcasing the voluntary arts and crafts) - how could you and your group get involved? We'll be discussing all this, and more.
There will also be a smattering of entertainment, a tasty lunch and the chance to do some invaluable networking with like-minded people.
How much will it cost me? - Depending on your circumstances/size of your group the event costs between £15 - £65.
How do I book? - By visiting www.vascotland.org.uk/artofconversation
Please pass this information on to anybody you feel would benefit from attending. We look forward to seeing you there!
Make a Splash! visits Cumbernauld and Glasgow - posted 08.9.2010 
Voluntary Arts Scotland's free training and information event, Make a Splash! is designed to help arts and crafts groups attract new people and help you think about different ways to market your activities. Make a Splash! also has a small grants programme (see the Funding section), so you can apply for between £250 - £2,000 to take a risk and try something new.
We're travelling across Scotland with these events, to make sure everybody has a chance to get involved, and our next ports of call are Cornerstone House, Cumbernauld on Friday 17th September and The Teacher Building in Glasgow on Wednesday 22nd September.
For more information and to book your free place go to www.peoplemakingwaves.org.uk/makeasplash or tel: 0131 225 7355 or email: makeasplash@vascotland.org.uk
EXTREME team calling out for arts participants - posted 03.9.2010 area: Aberdeen
EXTREME is a series of exhilarating events taking place in Aberdeen from August 2010 to March 2011. This adrenaline-fuelled mix will involve sports, theatre, dance, music and art, and the project will culminate in a major theatre production in Aberdeen city in March 2011.
The EXTREME team is calling out to people of all ages who are interested in sport, theatre, dance, music or art, to become involved with the project. For further information and how to get involved with the project, please email: artseducation@aberdeencity.gov.uk
Football Clubs looking for arts and crafts input on match days - posted 03.9.2010 
A number of football clubs in the Scottish Premier League are looking to improve their match day activities to include entertainment beyond just what happens on the pitch. They are particularly targeting families and children this season, and as part of this they are looking for community groups to get in touch if they feel they could offer their services.
Whilst this would be on a volunteer basis, it would give any interested parties valuable experience and exposure. Clubs are particularly interested in groups involved in art and design, music and dance, but would be open to speaking to any interested group to discuss how they might get involved in the club’s match day activities. Please contact your nearest club or clubs to register your interest. There is no set deadline as clubs will be looking for volunteers throughout the season, so even if you are unable to get involved now, please keep these details in mind for later. The following clubs are currently interested:
Aberdeen FC – contact Lisa Sheran and David Gordon:
Lisa.sheran@afc.co.uk
David.gordon@afc.co.uk
Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC – contact Darren MacKintosh
Darren.mackintosh@ictfc.co.uk
Motherwell FC – contact Leeann Dempster
Leeann.dempster@motherwellfc.co.uk
St Johnstone FC (Perth area) – contact Paul Smith
paul@perthsaints.co.uk
St Mirren (Paisley area) – contact Richard Atkinson
RichardAtkinson@maxigroup.co.uk
Journal of Arts and Communities - Call for Contributions - posted 03.9.2010  deadline: Monday 15 November 2010
A special edition of the Journal of Arts and Communities dedicated to Arts and Human Rights is due to be published in September 2011. This is in partnership with Amnesty International, as part of its 50th Anniversary. The Journal of Arts and Communities seeks to provide a critical examination of the practices known as community or participatory arts, encompassing work which incorporates active creative collaboration between artists and people in a range of communities of place and interest.
The Journal will take a cross-artform and interdisciplinary approach, seeking to include work originating in performance, visual arts and media, writing, multimedia and collaboration involving digital technology and associated forms.
The Journal seeks original researched articles, case studies, reports of projects in progress, particularly from practitioners and research students as well as book reviews, conference reviews and reports. Articles submitted should generally be 5-6000 words long. Case studies and project reports from practitioners should be no more than 4000 words long and do not have to be extensively referenced. Conference proceedings and other reports should be up to 1,000 words long and include both a description and a critical analysis.
For more information, go to www.intellectbooks.co.uk/weblog/view-Post,id=43024 or for general enquiries contact Stephanie Knight, Associate Editor, Journal of Arts & Communities on email: stephaniejaneknight@googlemail.com
Pay it Forward Poetry Competition - posted 03.9.2010  deadline: 1 October 2010
Writer and performer Viv Gee has developed the concept of the Pay if Forward Poetry Competition. ‘Pay it forward’ is a term used to describe the concept of asking that a good turn be repaid by having it done to others instead of returning it to the person who originated the good deed. Keeping in the spirit of paying it forward the poetry competition will contribute all proceeds made from the competition to a local charity.
Each year the competition will have a theme that is open to interpretation. To launch the competition, this year’s theme is Community. Short listed poets will be asked to perform their work at a high profile event, and the winners will be announced in December 2010. First prize is £500.00 plus your poem published in a leading national newspaper such as The Herald, runners up receive £50 plus the chance to perform at the award event.
All proceeds, after costs, will go to a local not for profit group/charity. The beneficiaries will be selected from a different region in Scotland each year and will be informed of the donation at the award event. Poets must be resident in Scotland or have Scottish origins, and each poem must be a maximum of 60 lines. Poems will be judged on interpretation of theme, originality and voice. It costs £5 to enter one poem, £10 for three. For more information on how to enter, go to http://confab.org.uk/html/pif.htm
Classic FM Arts & Kids Week - add your event to the mix - posted 03.9.2010  dates: 23 – 30 October 2010
Don’t miss your chance to be part of Classic FM Arts & Kids Week, promoting arts events for children and young people across the UK. Arts & Kids Week encourages children and families to visit their local cultural venue, be it a theatre, gallery or museum. You can promote your events for free and have the chance to be one of Classic FM’s flagship events which means even more free publicity. Visit www.childrenandarts.org.uk/events/edit.php to upload your event.
Professional development in the creative industries – your thoughts please - posted 03.9.2010
Professional musician Louise Rutkowski will shortly launch a new service for those working in the creative industries, offering one-to-one sessions in professional development. The focus will be on making the right decisions for you in your creative career and enjoying a healthy balance between creativity and the other areas of your life. In order to provide the best possible service, Louise is asking people to complete a short questionnaire. Your response will be strictly confidential and it should only take around 20 minutes to complete, either by phone, email or face-to-face. To take part please contact Louise on tel: 07759 472970 or email: info@louiserutkowski.co.uk
Theatre company seeks input for ambitious new project - posted 03.9.2010 area: Govan, Glasgow
In 2008 CRAN Theatre Company staged the hugely successful ‘Sparr’ at The Big Shed in association with Fablevision. It featured 150 contributors, mainly from the Govan area, and attracted 600+ audience members over two nights. This year CRAN is launching a project, again in association with Fablevision, to examine the history of Govan’s spiritual heritage.
The first stages of the process will include meeting with the people of Govan to gather their knowledge and opinions of the topic. There will follow a series of workshops to devise a performance piece and then the staging of a presentation at Govan Old Parish Church in the coming winter with as many performers as possible. If you would like to participate in this ambitious project then please contact Mandy Sykes on email: ajsykes6@btinternet.com / tel: 07891 609628 or Alex Harvey on email: aharvey321@gmail.com / tel: 07779 499674 or Frank Miller on email: crantheatre@gmail.com or tel: 07930 965109.
Doors Open Days 2010 - posted 03.9.2010 
Each year, the Doors Open Days give you free access to hundreds of fascinating buildings across Scotland. Every weekend in September you can have a behind-the-scenes peek at places that are normally closed to the public, including arts centres, theatres, schools, fire stations, churches, offices and lots more. Doors will be open in the following areas on these weekends:
• 4th & 5th September - Ayrshire, Clackmannanshire, East Renfrewshire (Saturday only), Fife – West & Dunfermline (Sunday only) and Highland – Inverness and Nairn (Saturday only)
• 11th & 12th September - Aberdeen City (Saturday only), Angus, East Dunbartonshire (Saturday only), East Lothian (Sunday only), Falkirk, Fife – Central & Kirkcaldy (Sunday only), Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, Midlothian (Saturday only), Renfrewshire, Western Isles / Eilean Siar (Saturday only)
• 18th & 19th September - Aberdeenshire (Saturday only), Argyll and Bute (Saturday only), Dundee (Saturday only), Fife – East & St Andrews (Sunday only), Glasgow, Highland – Caithness & Sutherland (Saturday only), Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park, Scottish Borders (Saturday only), Shetland, Stirling
• 25th & 26th September - Dumfries & Galloway, Edinburgh, Moray (Saturday only), Perth & Kinross
To find out where you could look inside, go to www.doorsopendays.org.uk/opendays
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