‘The First Noel the angels did sing….’ Well Shetland Arts cannot always supply singing angels but ‘Noel’ is the title for the Christmas exhibition at Bonhoga Gallery, Weisdale, which runs from 21 November – 23 December 2009. The preview is on Friday 20 November at 7.30 pm and a warm welcome is extended to all…
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Mareel is officially off the ground
Posted by Gwilym Gibbons on November 18th, 2009 1 CommentIt has been a good day on the Mareel site. After 6 months of work under the ground it’s now all go above. A significant milestone in any construction project is the point that the first blocks are laid. That milestone was reached today.
The underground work has gone well and apart from some minor…
Read the rest...Angus seeks a Creative facilitator
Posted by Gwilym Gibbons on November 17th, 2009 No CommentsProject Blueprint: Angus Council, with Gingko Projects, wish to commission an artist/designer/creative thinker to work with the project team to deliver a working process that will facilitate the engagement of pupils, staff and design practitioners in the design and modification of the school environment, so as to create a dynamic model for embedding creativity and…
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Posted by Emily Sharp on November 17th, 2009 No CommentsShetland Arts is exhibiting ‘Peerie Picters’ by Da Gaer Box artists as part of the Bonhoga Gallery …Touring Programme. ‘Peerie Picters’ is a series of illustrations by artists from Shetland for Da Gaer Box, a Shetland Dialect resource for primary 1 – 3. The artists kindly donated their illustrations for this project.
The illustrations are
Culture Delivers – presentation
Posted by John Haswell on November 10th, 2009 No CommentsTranscript of a presentation made by John Haswell (Drama Development Officer for Shetland Arts) at CULTURE DELIVERS, Shetland Community Planning Summit held on 6th November 2009 at Shetland Museum and Archives
Good Afternoon
I would like to start off with a bit of history.
25 years ago I was associate Artistic Director of 7:84 Theatre…