http://arts.caithness.org/ Art news stories for the county of Caithness, Scotland en-gb http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss PHP Art Index by Niall Fernie Copyright 1998-2012 Caithness.Org Niall Fernie 720 http://arts.caithness.org/article.php?id=912 YOUNG NORTH COAST MUSICIANS AND SINGERS TUNE UP FOR PRACTICE-A-THON FUNDRAISER IN AID OF YOUNG CANCER PATIENTS. Young performers from The Carol-Anne Mackay School of Music in Caithness and North Sutherland will be improving their music skills with a special 'Fortnight of Sponsored Practice' as part of CLIC Sargent's Practice-a-thon fundraising campaign. ... http://arts.caithness.org/article.php?id=912 http://arts.caithness.org/rss.php Mon, 9 Jan 2012 0:0:0 GMT http://arts.caithness.org/article.php?id=911 Following a public meeting on the future artistic shape of John O'Groats, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is offering professional artists an early opportunity to transform the coast around the village. Award-winning artists Dalziel + Scullion, who are the concept artists putting together a broader plan for the iconic site, held an open workshop with the local community earlier this month. ... http://arts.caithness.org/article.php?id=911 http://arts.caithness.org/rss.php Sat, 24 Dec 2011 0:0:0 GMT http://arts.caithness.org/article.php?id=909 Crafts Council celebrates 40 years with online exhibition 40:40. The Crafts Council celebrates 40 years of the Crafts Council Collection with a major online exhibition '40:40 - forty objects for forty years' was launched on 8 December 2011. ... http://arts.caithness.org/article.php?id=909 http://arts.caithness.org/rss.php Sat, 17 Dec 2011 0:0:0 GMT http://arts.caithness.org/article.php?id=910 Lead Artist required for social engagement project in Ellon, Aberdeenshire This is an exciting opportunity to work with the communities of Formartine, Aberdeenshire, to explore and describe local barriers to social inclusion through photography and image making. The Lead Artist will • Facilitate an arts-based community consultation outlining barriers experienced when engaging with the wider community • Support and advise participants in the use of their own cameras • Work with volunteers who will assist with the delivery of learning in photography skills to participants. ... http://arts.caithness.org/article.php?id=910 http://arts.caithness.org/rss.php Sat, 17 Dec 2011 0:0:0 GMT http://arts.caithness.org/article.php?id=906 A Memorandum of Understanding on Culture between China and Scotland has been signed today, committing the governments in Beijing and Edinburgh to supporting greater exchange and collaboration across the arts, creative industries, heritage and national collections - one of three major cultural agreements sealing links between the two nations. First Minister Alex Salmond signed the MoU along with China's Minister of Culture Mr Cai Wu at a ceremony in Beijing. ... http://arts.caithness.org/article.php?id=906 http://arts.caithness.org/rss.php Mon, 5 Dec 2011 0:0:0 GMT http://arts.caithness.org/article.php?id=907 First Minister Alex Salmond has declared Scotland's cultural treasures as a magnificent bounty on the eve of the re-opening of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh. In a year when Stirling Castle Palace, the Burns Museum, the National Museum of Scotland and now the Portrait Gallery have all undergone considerable renovation, the FM has reflected on the renaissance in the nation's cultural wealth and the pride Scottish people are rediscovering in their heritage. ... http://arts.caithness.org/article.php?id=907 http://arts.caithness.org/rss.php Mon, 5 Dec 2011 0:0:0 GMT http://arts.caithness.org/article.php?id=908 People around the world will collaborate this winter to produce a social media movie and celebrate Scotland's global reach. Launched by Cabinet Secretary for Education Michael Russell, 'Scotland The World Over' invites everyone to take part and photograph a Saltire wherever they may be. ... http://arts.caithness.org/article.php?id=908 http://arts.caithness.org/rss.php Mon, 5 Dec 2011 0:0:0 GMT http://arts.caithness.org/article.php?id=905 Mention 'glass,' and most folk think first of window panes, drinking vessels, or dinky ornaments - things to be handled gingerly. For many, the word 'sculpture' still brings to mind half-clad alabaster statues staring into infinity. ... http://arts.caithness.org/article.php?id=905 http://arts.caithness.org/rss.php Tue, 15 Nov 2011 0:0:0 GMT http://arts.caithness.org/article.php?id=904 Animated film and exhibition by Will Anderson and Tobias Feltus Inverness Museum & Art Gallery 19th November 2011- 4th February 2012 The Making of Longbird is apparently a documentary, unveiling archive footage of a Russian animated film from 1911 about a master animator, a work of art and a terrible fire... Award-winning Highland film-maker Will Anderson takes up the challenge of reclaiming the lost legacy of the Longbird, blurring the boundaries between fact and fiction and making us believe the unbelievable. ... http://arts.caithness.org/article.php?id=904 http://arts.caithness.org/rss.php Mon, 14 Nov 2011 0:0:0 GMT http://arts.caithness.org/article.php?id=903 A group of northern artists had a successful opening night on 5th November 2011 Axolotl Gallery in Dundas Street, Edinburgh. The exhibition display works by 25 Caithness artists in oil, watercolour, acrylic, and mixed media paintings, etchings, 3Dim sculptures in glass, wood, slate, felt and cane and also photographic images of the county. ... http://arts.caithness.org/article.php?id=903 http://arts.caithness.org/rss.php Fri, 11 Nov 2011 0:0:0 GMT