The story goes that milkmaids would wash their faces in the morning dew on 1st May, to make themselves beautiful and attract a handsome mate.
Forget the mythology! Welcome to 2017.
Nowadays, we get up early to look for grant funding opportunities and chances to develop our careers in new and innovative ways. In Scotland, Open Project Funding from Creative Scotland is an attractive continuous programme for people in the creative sector. Obviously, there are terms and conditions, and the waiting time is longer if you're seeking larger amounts of funding.
So, if you got up early this May morning, why not put your time to good use and take a look at the Creative Scotland website? The early bird catches the worm. (Some sayings never go out of fashion!) From the website:-
"Open Project Funding is a continuous programme, meaning that you can
make an application at any time throughout the year and there are no
deadlines. You will however need to allow enough time between when you
apply and when you plan to start your project to allow Creative Scotland
to undertake the assessment of your proposal." Visit the website:- http://tinyurl.com/CreativeScotlandFundingProgs
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If you're still a student, you may feel that arts funding is a step ahead of where you're currently at. But in this modern age, we all need to know how and where to access funding, in the future if not today. So this is really worth reading.
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Creative Scotland's February Newsletter might provide you with food for thought, sparking off ideas for similar or even radically different projects that might attract funding. There is truly so much going on that you may not even be aware of. Exciting times.
Read it here.
Meanwhile, one of the news items is directly relevant to our students:- 'Volunteers aged 14-23 sought to join the National Youth Arts Advisory Group.' Click the link above, to see what that's about. Wouldn't it be great to have some of our creative community involved?
A series of concerts this very week looks very exciting indeed. Quoting from Creative Scotland, we learn ...
Echoes and Traces is a world premiere of eight new choral works written
by eight Scottish composers, developed in response to Nobilis Humilis a 900 year old plain song fragment from Orkney that
celebrates St Magnus.World-renowned choral group Cappella Nova will perform the compositions
across seven concerts from Wednesday 31 August to Thursday 8 September in some
of Scotland’s most stunning historic venues and sites ... read the whole posting here.
Creative Scotland has released an Update on Regular Funding. This will be for funding 2018-2021. It's a question of waiting for further announcements, but do bookmark this link!
The update begins:-
"We are currently still aiming to open the next round of our Regular Funding Programme for applications in Autumn 2016, with a submission deadline in late Spring 2017 and funding decisions in Autumn 2017 ..." more ...
There is also a page with Current Opportunities, which is worth a look, too.
There's so much happening at Creative Scotland! They've got loads of great events on their website, so why wait? Take a look now.
Write then tell a story - on the Glasgow streets.
The Creative Scotland website tells you all you need to know. If you're interested in street theatre, all the better!
"As part
of SURGE 2013, Ferran Orobitg of Catalan street theatre company
Fadunito, will be presenting Externet, a new, playful interactive
outdoor installation looking at intimacy in public spaces and
communication between strangers. Externet involves performers reciting
stories they’ve written themselves, each to a single audience member.
"For
the Glasgow performances of Externet, Ferran is seeking to run a
workshop with a group of first-time - or non-established - writers from
as broad a range of backgrounds as possible. The workshops will involve
an exploration of a variety of approaches to writing for performance..." (Read more)
http://www.emusicscotland.co.uk/
"Enterprise Music Scotland is the body funded by Creative Scotland to support top quality live chamber music concerts. By providing centralised services and ongoing funding and support, EMS enables over 450 concerts per year to take place." Find out more.
Why not save it to your Diigo list? I'm saving it to mine!
Andrew Dixon's latest blogpost from Creative Scotland.
The Happy Lands is a community film project in Fife. Read the blogpost here.
Young Scots traditional musician?
Unmissable opportunity!
Blogged by Creative Scotland Opportunities. I hope they won't mind if I quote their words here:-
The 13th BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award has opened for entries. We’re looking for talented young traditional musicians from all over Scotland who can play an instrument or sing to enter this prestigious competition. All you have to do is download and fill in the application form, send in a 10-minute recording on CD, a short biography and paragraph explaining your commitment to a career in traditional music.
This opportunity is available in: All Scotland
For further information, please contact info@handsupfortrad.co.uk (Simon Thoumire), or call 07775 854 572, or visit http://www.scottishcultureonline.com/bbc-radio-scotland-young-traditional-musician-2013-open-for-entries/. The deadline is Friday 06 July 2012 at 00:00."
The London 2012 Festival programme - the culmination of the Cultural Olympiad - has just been launched and despite being the furthest away from London, Scotland’s programme is probably the most comprehensive outside of the Olympic host city.
Read the rest of Andrew's blogpost here.
Interesting new blogpost on audience participation, by Andrew Dixon - here.
