Past events
Visual Arts and Curriculum for Excellence
Thursday 31 March 2011
DCA, Dundee
The Learning outcomes of Curriculum for Excellence state that "My learning will be enhanced by working with creative individuals,
professional companies, cultural organisations…"
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 Seminar
13th July 2010, CCA, Glasgow
Where are we? Where are we going?
Disability Equality in Gallery Education, Scotland
The Everyone seminar was an opportunity to find out more about engage Scotland's project to explore
access and disability equality in galleries and visual arts in Scotland. Participants took part in conversation
and consultation with gallery education peers, disabled artists and other stakeholders to inform the support
offered in the second phase of the project.
Click here for information and notes from
the first Everyone Seminar, in July 2010, with video documentation of presentations and outcomes of open space questions.
Working with Schools seminar
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 25th March 2010
This seminar was designed to support gallery educators, project workers, artists and others working within
schools and with pupils – in classrooms, galleries or the community; with particular reference to the Curriculum for Excellence.
The day was facilitated by Tracy Morgan, formerly Education Manager at the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh.
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Engaging Audiences in Interpretation
Museums Association Conference, London, October 2009
Concurrent seminar session organised by engage Scotland
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2009 Climate Change & the Visual Arts
27 August 2009, Edinburgh, seminar in partnership with VAGA Scotland.
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2009 Artists Working with Galleries and Their Audiences Seminar
DCA, Dundee, 26 March 2009
This seminar was an opportunity to hear from people involved in several recent projects in the visual arts in Scotland with the aim of looking
at how galleries and other arts organisations have been working with artists to deliver projects for their audiences.
Speakers explored what motivates galleries and artists to work in this way and discussed whether these motivations are always the same - and whether
that matters.
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2008 Supporting Young People's Participation in Galleries & the Arts
Wednesday 26 November 2008, The Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, Stirling
Since 2003 engage's envision project has supported galleries in England to engage with young people: sharing ideas, expertise, and resources,
and creating opportunities for young people to have a genuine role in shaping gallery practice, policy, and environment.
This seminar was an opportunity to discuss the findings of envision and look at supporting young people's participation in galleries and the arts in Scotland.
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2008 Galleries, Artists and Regeneration, Networking meeting
GOMA, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Thursday 30 October
Chair - David Harding
Panel:
Gallery perspective - Synthia Griffin, curator: Regeneration and Community Partnerships, Tate Modern, London
Artist perspective - Peter McCaughey, Artist
Regeneration Agency perspective - David Fletcher, Glasgow Housing Association
Community perspective - Eamonn Campbell, Penilee Public Art Group
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2008 Learning Styles in Gallery Education, engage Scotland seminar
Scottish Youth Theatre, Glasgow, Thursday 21 February
What are the most useful frameworks to describe and evaluate how audiences
engage with contemporary art and learning in a gallery context?
This collaborative seminar provided an opportunity for delegates to review
several different frameworks including Inspiring Learning For All, using
Generic Learning Outcomes, (GLOs) and the usefulness of their application
within contemporary gallery education.
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information, including resources and speakers' biographies.
2007 Working With Audiences, engage Scotland Conference
National Gallery of Scotland, 31 October/1 November
Working With Audiences aimed to widen the discussion about involving young
people in art galleries and look more broadly at involving audience groups in
general and the impact that this can have on programming, gallery education
activities, audience development and the development of institutions
themselves.
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including material and presentations.
2007 Successful methods of evaluating arts education projects
Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow, Tuesday 13 March
This afternoon workshop was led by Fiona Pilgrim from the Cultural Enterprise
Office and offered delegates practical advice on developing their approach to
evaluating arts education projects.
Aimed at those who were relatively new to evaluation and monitoring and those
who would like a refresher, delegates had the opportunity to assess their
current evaluation tools and take part in practical exercises. Chris Kelly,
Manager, Tayside Arts Health Trust presented a case study of his experiences of
using evaluation in arts projects.
Download a list of resources for more
information about evaluation techniques (Word document) and
Chris Kelly's PowerPoint presentation. (8.4 MB - large download for slow
connections.)
2007 Engaging and equipping front-line gallery staff in interpretation methods
and care of audiences
Dundee Contemporary Arts, Thursday 22 February
This seminar drew on the issues highlighted in the recently commissioned
research 'Mapping Interpretation Practices in Contemporary Art in Scotland'. It
examined some of the ways in which art galleries and arts organisations are
working with their front of house staff and volunteers to engage with
audiences.
Using case studies from venues that already undertake training for their front
of house staff to enhance visitor experience and enjoyment of their programme,
delegates assessed the current situation in their own venues, identified good
practice and suggested further training needs within the sector.
For more information, click on the links below:
Seminar
Programme (Word document)
Full Seminar Report (Word
document)
Catherine
Cartmell presentation (PowerPoint, 2.5MB - large download for slow
connections)
Judy Thomas
presentation (PowerPoint, 44.6MB - very large download for slow
connections
Further
sources of information (Word document)
2006 engage Scotland Conference: New engagements
Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery, Monday 18 September; Centre for
Contemporary Arts, Tuesday 19 September
Glasgow
The 2006 engage Scotland conference examined some
of the new and innovative ways in which art galleries and arts organisations
are engaging with their audiences.
Download the conference report here
2005 engage Scotland Visual Arts Education Awards
engage Scotland celebrated the rich and vibrant
visual arts education work happening across Scotland through the Awards. This
was the only Scottish scheme to recognise the gallery education and visual arts
outreach profession, and Awards of 1,000 were available to galleries, museums
and arts organisations for memorable projects that offered individuals a
quality engagement in the visual arts. The Awards were sponsored by the
Scottish Executive's National Programme for Improving Mental Health and
Well-being and supported by the Scottish Arts Council. The eleven winning
projects were profiled in the suitably colourful and engaging publication-
Creativity and Well-being Copies are available from
scotland@engage.org
For information on the 2005 engage Scotland Visual
Arts Education Awards, including a full list of winners
click here and to download a pdf of Creativity and Well-being
click here.
The publication '..If I wrote down all the things I enjoyed I would run out of
paper..' celebrated 2004 winning projects.
click here to download the PDF.
The 2003 publication Creative Collaborations, commissioned by The
Scottish Arts Council showcased current practice in gallery education in
Scotland through case studies and offered those interested in working with the
sector a useful resource of guidelines and contacts. Please contact Sarah at
scotland@engage.org to request a copy. A PDF of the publication
available
here (6 MB download) or for more details go to
read more.
2003, the European Year of Disabled People, saw the publication of the report Addressing
disability in galleries in Scotland produced by engage,
commissioned by The Scottish Arts Council, looking at physical and attitudinal
issues of disability and access in visual arts and crafts exhibition venues in
Scotland. engage Scotland hope to work with the
Scottish Arts Council to address some of the training needs highlighted in the
findings. PDF of the publication available
here or for more details go to publications
section.
engage Scotland seminars have included Community
Projects, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen; Books and art: in conversation
with Marc Lambert, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh; Marketing
& Sponsorship in Gallery Education, The Lighthouse, Glasgow; Contemporary
Art Practice, Dundee Contemporary Arts; Gallery Education for Early
Years, The Tollbooth, Stirling; Wider Access means more than doors:
Addressing disability in galleries in Scotland, Stills Gallery,
Edinburgh; Engaging older people in gallery education, The Vennel
Gallery, Irvine; Child Protection and the Arts: a training day, Dundee
Contemporary Arts, Dundee.
See the events database for details of
the upcoming programme.