Addressing difficult topics in art

*Booking now open*
A workshop exploring how to develop and use the visual arts and gallery collections more effectively and safely both within formal and informal learning environments including the Curriculum for Excellence

engage Scotland and Stirling Council
Saturday 26 May 2012
The Tolbooth, Stirling

The aim of this workshop is to allow artists, creative practitioners and teaching staff to develop their confidence and skills in addressing difficult topics in art and discuss its possible uses. We will also be looking at the safe use of photography in both formal and informal learning environments. Participants will develop a stronger sense of what ...

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All Being Equal - engage Scotland Conference 2012

engage
20 March 2012

Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh
#allbeingequal

engage Scotland's 2012 conference offered participants the opportunity to hear about recent projects, share learning and take away ideas, knowledge and inspiration.

The conference reflected on engage Scotland's Everyone programme to improve access to galleries for disabled people, as well as bringing in a range of other voices and experience. Using the Everyone projects as a springboard we explored about how focusing on improving access for a specific group of people can have an impact across the way the whole gallery works - from the boardroom to the front door and beyond.

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Visual Arts and Curriculum for Excellence

Curriculum for Excellence has opened the door more formally to artists and cultural organisations to engage creatively in learning and projects with schools. This seminar was designed to support visual artists, gallery educators and others working within schools and with pupils.
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Everyone - improving access to galleries

Four clusters of galleries have been selected to to work with us on the Everyone project. Click here for more information.
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The Creativity Portal

The Creativity Portal developed by Creative Scotland in partnership with Learning and Teaching Scotland will bring Scotland's cultural resources and education closer together and support the delivery of Curriculum for Excellence.
http://www.creativityportal.org.uk/
 

Contact

engage Scotland Co-ordinator, Sarah Yearsley, works all day Monday and Tuesday and half days on Wednesday and Thursday during school term time; and two days a week during school holidays.

T: 01738 787137
E: scotland@engage.org