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Deadlines for Grants & Funding
Submissions for D&G arts commissions
Dumfries and Galloway Council, working closely with the Dumfries and Galloway's new Chamber of Arts and Creative Scotland is delighted to request submissions from the arts sector within Dumfries and Galloway to undertake the following operational arts commissions:
• Environmental Art Festival
• Youth Theatre Festival
• Youth Theatre Residency (Wigtownshire)
To receive further information please contact Fiona McCallie, Business Support Assistant Fiona.McCallie@dumgal.gov.uk
Marchmount House
Marchmount Avenue
Dumfries
DG1 1PY
tel: 01387 273876 x 62876
Local Opportunity for Musical Director
Stranraer Ladies Choir are looking for a new Musical Director and Accompanist.
If anybody is interested, please contact Julie McGlashan on jands.mcg@clara.co.uk
Fringe tech/stage manager for the play Serve Cold
Mark Nicol, novelist & playright, is looking for someone who is interested in a Fringe tech/stage manager role on his production of his play 'Serve Cold' (for their CV, finance wouldn't be an incentive).
ACE qualification for arts practitioners for children & young people
Claire Pencak, Creative Business Advocate Performing Arts in Scottish Borders draws to your attention that the Foundation for Community Dance (www.communitydance.org.uk) have written this about the ACE proposal for a qualification for artists working with children and young people.
Workshop & Gallery Sharing
Photographer Roger Lever is considering sharing his workshop and gallery with another artist in return for helping to keep the gallery open a few days each week.
Part of the gallery could be made available to show the artists work and for exhibitions.
This is currently only an idea and would have to be discussed in more detail with a suitable candidate.
Initial contact by email with artist details and any other relevant information.
01556612546
07730302239
www.rogerleverphotography.co.uk
www.gallowayphotocollective.co.uk
J D Fergusson Exhibition Award (£4,000)
Deadline: Wednesday 31 October 2012 at 17:00
The J D Fergusson Arts Award provides an exhibition opportunity consisting of:
Funding for research and development of a body of new work.
- Exhibition opportunity at The Fergusson Gallery.
- Funding for an illustrated catalogue to accompany the show.
- Acquisition of work into Perth & Kinross Council's Permanent Collection.
Open to artists working in an visual arts discipline:
Who were born in Scotland or have lived more than half their life there.
Who graduated more than three years ago.
Whose previous awards/support was not over the value of £1,000 on any one occasion, and not received within the last two years.
This opportunity is available in: All Scotland
For further information, please contact museum@pkc.gov.uk (Jenny Kinnear), or call 01738 783 425, or visit http://www.pkc.gov.uk/jdfaat. The deadline is Wednesday 31 October 2012 at 17:00.
Project Art
currently running
Project Art is a co-operative of local artists based in Dumfries and Galloway, who exhibit paintings, drawings and other artworks in "The Gallery" on High Street, Lockerbie.
The Gallery is open from Monday - Friday 10am - 4pm, and on Saturday 10am -1pm, and also hosts the photographs of George Porteous.
Project Art currently has 18 exhibiting members, and would welcome applications from interested visual artists. We welcome visitors and browsers and expressions of interest to 07767034240.
