craftscotland: Opportunities and Training from www.craftscotland.org for next 12 weeks

Crafts Council Conference: Can the High Street benefit craft retailing?

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

In the current financial climate there is increased competition by retailers to attract the interest and spending of consumers.

This day offers retailers the opportunity to explore how high street trends can impact on craft retailing, with a series of talks and practical sessions from specialists in the field. This will provide you with the opportunity to review your approach and ensure you are pulling out all the stops to communicate to your customers effectively.

A short walk from the museum is the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair where we round up our day with an exclusive preview of the event. Your opportunity to seek out new contemporary work for your venue and utilize your day in Manchester to the full.

The day will commence at 10.30am with coffee and conclude at 4pm with the option of visiting the preview to the fair at 5pm.

When: 21 October 2010, 10:30 to 16:00

Location: People's History Museum, Left Bank, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3ER

Day delegate rate £30

http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/whats-on/view/can-the-high-street-benefit-craft

Causing Chaos

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

To coincide with Fife Contemporary Art & Craft’s exhibition Causing Chaos at St Andrews Museum, a free one day symposium will be held in St Andrews to explore some of the themes in the exhibition.

Curated by artist Claire Barclay (who also takes part in the show) is a selection of national and international artists and makers.

Featured work will include: ceramics by Johannes Nagel, Susanne Petzold, Richard Slee, jewellery and metalwork by Shari Pierce, Estela Saez Vilanova, Hans Stofer, small scale sculpture by Claire Barclay, Siobhan Hapaska and Jane Simpson.

The symposium combines a unique opportunity to hear talks by Jane Simpson and Richard Slee, take part in a panel discussion with various participating artists, take part in an optional pewter casting workshop with Roddy Mathieson and his Alchemy mobile foundry, as well as general networking opportunities.

The day will start at St Andrews Museum then move to the Gateway Building (North Haugh, St Andrews).

Those booking for the symposium can also book for a lunch at the Gateway costing £5, or make their own arrangements.

The booking form can be downloaded from FCA&C’s website. For further details please contact FCA&C.

Time: Saturday 2nd October, 1000-1600

Location: St Andrews Museum Kinburn Park, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, KY16 9DP

Take part in the craftscotland MOSAIC feature

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

For our November 2010 newsletter we want to focus on registered craftscotland mosaic makers.

In particular, we would love to hear:

    * How you got involved with your craft,
    * Where/how you were trained,
    * What you make, and why,
    * What particular challenges you face,
    * What you like most about your craft,
    * What you have coming up for the year

There is no specific word count for this - the more information you can provide, the richer our features will be. We normally take a few paragraphs of information from each maker contributing which best showcase their craft. Please write your answers in the first person (i.e. "I attended...").

We’d also like to build up a gallery of craft, so would love to receive a few images of your work. Images can be any size, but no less than 500px wide is preferred, and good quality. If you do send an image, please include the title and copyright information where appropriate.

Please send your contribution by email to laura@craftscotland.org. Images and any word documents can be attached to the email.

If you are taking part in any events or exhibitions, please let us know the details of these for the website too.

Where appropriate, we want to use the information you provide (in full or in part):

    * on the newsletter,
    * on the 'explore craft' section of the website (including news and events), to further understanding of craft and encourage the public to find out more,
    * on the 'sector support' section of the website, to provide guidance to people looking to make a career in craft.

For more information, or to take part, please send an email to me at laura@craftscotland.org or call 0131 524 9424 to discuss.

Laura Anderson, craftscotland

Preferred deadline for contributions: Monday 1st November 2010

Drawing Together at Cove Park

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Cove Park is now taking bookings for the third in its series of residential weekend drawing courses.

‘Drawing Together’ is devised and led by artists Kate Davis and Frances Priest. The course will examine the possibilities for drawing as action, as conversation, as looking and as a means to invent, to think and to be.

Participants will be provided with their own accommodation and the use of large, bright professional studios on Cove Park's 50-acre site on the west coast of Scotland.

The course fee of £300 includes two nights accommodation, studio, dinner on the first evening, drinks on Saturday evening and introductory talks by both tutors.

For further information please visit www.covepark.org or contact Alexia Holt on 01436 850 123 and alexia.holt@covepark.org

Starting Out - CEO

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

in partnership with The Glasgow School of Art

Tuesday 28 September 2010, 13:00-16:45

Still trying to get to grips with becoming self-employed? Or do you have a few years under your belt but want to check you are on the right track.

The Starting Out workshop is specifically tailored for practising creative professionals and offers an ideal opportunity to share the experiences and realities of operating, financing and making a living from your creative practice or business.

In partnership with The Glasgow School of Art we are running an event specifically for postgraduate students, recent and previous graduates interested in working in the creative industries and wanting to establish a business in the sector. Starting Out workshops have attracted over 1200 artists, designers, musicians, filmmakers, performers, writers, photographers and community artists.

What to Expect
This session is a mix of both practical exercises and discussion to help you:

Define your work – clarify what you are creating and identify your target audience. Establish what you have achieved to date and what you wish to achieve in the future.
Value your work – share experiences of costing, pricing and financing your work and time. Explore how work is valued, by using formulae to determine whether your ideas are lucrative and how they can achieve their true worth.
Take stock – reflect on your profile, skills, relationships and rewards to date. Use a tool to identify circumstances that motivate you and maintain your business.
Make a plan – how to take your work and financials forward, alongside planning your time more effectively. Covers simple tools to help you establish the actions, resources and time required to help you move to where exactly you want to be.
Make legal sense – examine structures to pay your tax and protect your working relationships, finances and intellectual property. This section homes in on helping you to decide whether self-employment or running a company is the best route for you.
Start marketing – map who you work with and want to work with to help initiate and maintain communication with current and future contacts.

What You'll Get Out of It
Reassurance, clarity, confidence and greater understanding of how to move forward as a business. You will also be signposted to further sources of support and action to ensure your continued successful development.

Who'll Be Delivering the Session
Carol Sinclair, Sinclair Wilson Ltd. Carol has been working within the creative industries for the last 20 years, combining running her own ceramics practice with delivering business support and training for a range of cultural enterprises. She is a ceramics graduate of Grays School of Art in Aberdeen and had 14 years experience of running her own studio and gallery in Edinburgh. Working as a business adviser and trainer for the last 10 years, Carol joined the CEO team in 2005. She was a founder member of artists collective design-ED, is a former director of Applied Arts Scotland, has been a specialist adviser for the Scottish Arts Council and is currently a member of two of the Creative & Cultural Skills Council's employers groups, Scottish and Crafts. Carol is also involved in a variety of projects with organisations which support creative practitioners and most recently include Ideasmart, craftscotland and Glasgow School of Art. She is currently working with Edinburgh College of Art on a 4 year employability project supporting the development and delivery of professional practice for students. Carol is Cultural Enterprise Office’s Edinburgh & East Central Adviser.

How to Book
You'll be pleased to hear this event is free but we request a £10 deposit to secure your place. To reserve a place, please email events@culturalenterpriseoffice.co.uk or call 0844 544 9990.

Location: Mac Room, Mackintosh Building, The Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6RQ

About the Cultural Enterprise Office
Cultural Enterprise Office (CEO) is Scotland's specialist business support and development service for creative and cultural businesses and individuals. The service currently operates across Scotland with satelitte offices in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh delivering a free service encompassing: Information, Advice and Professional Development Events.

By providing information, advice sessions and training in business skills, CEO aims to ensure that practitioners gain a full understanding of how to operate as a business encouraging them to see the commercial opportunities for their skills and work. We enable clients to identify opportunities to make an income from their practice and develop the skills necessary to sustain a successful business.

Starting Out - CEO

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Monday 27 September 2010, 13:00-17:15

Still trying to get to grips with becoming self-employed? Or do you have a few years under your belt but want to check you are on the right track?

Aimed at anyone with an interest in working in the creative industries and wanting to establish a business in the sector. Starting Out workshops have attracted over 1200 artists, designers, musicians, filmmakers, performers, writers, photographers and community artists.

What to Expect
This session is a mix of both practical exercises and discussion to help you:

Define your work – clarify what you are creating and identify your target audience. Establish what you have achieved to date and what you wish to achieve in the future.
Value your work – share experiences of costing, pricing and financing your work and time. Explore how work is valued, by using formulae to determine whether your ideas are lucrative and how they can achieve their true worth.
Take stock – reflect on your profile, skills, relationships and rewards to date. Use a tool to identify circumstances that motivate you and maintain your business.
Make a plan – how to take your work and financials forward, alongside planning your time more effectively. Covers simple tools to help you establish the actions, resources and time required to help you move to where exactly you want to be.
Make legal sense – examine structures to pay your tax and protect your working relationships, finances and intellectual property. This section homes in on helping you to decide whether self-employment or running a company is the best route for you.
Start marketing – map who you work with and want to work with to help initiate and maintain communication with current and future contacts.

Who'll Be Delivering the Session
Carol Sinclair, Sinclair Wilson Ltd. Carol has been working within the creative industries for the last 20 years, combining running her own ceramics practice with delivering business support and training for a range of cultural enterprises. She is a ceramics graduate of Grays School of Art in Aberdeen and had 14 years experience of running her own studio and gallery in Edinburgh. Working as a business adviser and trainer for the last 10 years, Carol joined the CEO team in 2005. She was a founder member of artists collective design-ED, is a former director of Applied Arts Scotland, has been a specialist adviser for the Scottish Arts Council and is currently a member of two of the Creative and Cultural Skills Council's employers groups, Scottish and Crafts. Carol is also involved in a variety of projects with organisations which support creative practitioners and most recently include Ideasmart, craftscotland and Glasgow School of Art. She is currently working with Edinburgh College of Art on a 4 year employability project supporting the development and delivery of professional practice for students. Carol is Cultural Enterprise Office's Edinburgh & East Central Adviser.

Location: Meeting Room, Dovecot Studios, 10 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh EH1 1LT

Planning Your Time & Project - CEO

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Monday 27 September 2010, 9:00-13:00

Are you struggling to fit everything in and always working up to the deadline? Do you never have enough time to devote to you and the things you want to do?

This workshop will help you explore your use of time and provide tools to assist you. It is aimed at anyone working in the creative industries and interested in getting the most out of their time.

What to Expect
This workshop will help you set a goal, plan a project and identify the resources you need to make it happen. There will also be the opportunity to share your plans and ideas and look at different formats of presentation. Practical exercises will look at:

Attitudes to time – exploring your preferred ways of working and using.
Organising and prioritising – simple time management tools to help you put everything in order.
Setting goals – identify what you are trying to achieve.
Planning techniques – learn ways of plotting the steps to your goal and the resources you will need to achieve it.
Different ways to present your plans – discover recognised formats for presenting ideas and plans.
Sharing your plans & ideas – time to develop and share your ideas with other participants.

What You'll Get Out of It
A plan to work to and the tools to help you stay on track.

Who'll Be Delivering the Session
Lynne O’Neil, Professional Coach and Trainer. Lynne has been working for the past decade in the creative and cultural sectors at directorate, small company and solo entrepreneur level brokering change for all as a coach, trainer, facilitator and business adviser. Prior to founding her coaching practice, La Bella Vita, Lynne spent 15 years in education and design management and was a partner for 10 years in a successful retail design business. She loves working as thinking partner with individuals and teams facilitating change and watching clients step into their true self. She is a member of the Association of Coaching, and Certified Co-Active Coach and International Coaching Federation member. Lynne is Cultural Enterprise Office’s Glasgow & West Central Lead Adviser.

Location: Scottish Book Trust, Sandeman House, Trunk's Close, 55 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1S

Starting Out for Makers in Highlands & Islands - CEO

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

commissioned by HI Arts

Thursday 23 September 2010, 13:15-16:45

Still trying to get to grips with becoming self-employed? Or do you have a few years under your belt but want to check you are on the right track?

Commissioned by HI Arts, the Starting Out workshop is aimed at makers based in the Highlands & Islands wanting to establish a business in the sector and offers an ideal opportunity to share the experiences and realities of operating, financing and making a living from your creative practice or business.

What to Expect
This session is a mix of both practical exercises and discussion to help you:

Define your work – clarify what you are creating and identify your target audience. Establish what you have achieved to date and what you wish to achieve in the future.
Value your work – share experiences of costing, pricing and financing your work and time. Explore how work is valued, by using formulae to determine whether your ideas are lucrative and how they can achieve their true worth.
Take stock – reflect on your profile, skills, relationships and rewards to date. Use a tool to identify circumstances that motivate you and maintain your business.
Make a plan – how to take your work and financials forward, alongside planning your time more effectively. Covers simple tools to help you establish the actions, resources and time required to help you move to where exactly you want to be.
Make legal sense – examine structures to pay your tax and protect your working relationships, finances and intellectual property. This section homes in on helping you to decide whether self-employment or running a company is the best route for you.
Start marketing – map who you work with and want to work with to help initiate and maintain communication with current and future contacts.

Who'll Be Delivering the Session
Fiona Pilgrim, Professional Development Manager, Cultural Enterprise Office. Originally trained at Edinburgh College of Art, Fiona has worked as a lecturer; an administrator and project manager for arts organisations, and a designer and maker for ceramic and textile businesses.

How to Book
The event is free and places are limited. To book your place please send your details to Avril@hi-arts.co.uk or call 01463 720886. Closing date for bookings is Thursday 16 September.
Location: Inverness Palace Hotel, 8 Ness Walk, Inverness IV3 5NG

Craft Curators’ Forum 2010 - Crafts Council

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

This year’s Craft Curators’ event is a two-day programme featuring presentations and a studio visit. The theme is Craft & New Technologies, exploring issues around how to collect, curate, conserve, display and interpret this burgeoning aspect of contemporary craft practice.

We are seeing exciting and innovative new work being created as an increased number of makers, designers and artists explore digital and new technologies in their practice. New technologies are also permeating the museum environment and influencing the way objects are displayed and interpreted, forming new relationships between object and viewer.

For the curator these new developments present a number of challenges; such as how do we collect these works? How do we approach issues of display and interpretation? And how are such works stored, documented, and cared for?

The programme for Day 1 is a series of talks that explore some of the contemporary curatorial issues around the collecting, curating, conserving, displaying and interpreting of digital and digitally produced works. Held at the Whitechapel Gallery, speakers include Max Fraser – design author, curator and editor and publisher of LONDON DESIGN GUIDE; Ele Carpenter – curator, artist and researcher in visual arts and new media culture; Janis Jefferies – Professor of Visual Arts in the Department of Computing, Goldsmiths University of London and Louise Shannon – curator and Deputy Head of Contemporary Programmes, V&A.

Day 2 features a tour of Metropolitan Works, one of the UK’s largest Digital Manufacturing Centres. Two makers will accompany the tour, introducing how they use the facilities, and how this is shaping studio practice today.

23-24 September 2010, 9:30 to 17:00

Location: Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX

Find out more and download a booking form at: http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/whats-on/view/craft-curators-forum-2010

CEO Craft Makers Award: Glasgow Information Event

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

CEO, commissioned by Glasgow Life

Monday 20 September 2010, 13:00-16:00

Glasgow Life is delighted to announce the introduction of the Craft Makers Award: Glasgow in partnership with Creative Scotland. The awards scheme offers grants of up to £1,500 to Glasgow-based craft makers for creative development. Priority will be given to applications for grants that support the process of research, development and creation of new work and clearly demonstrate how funding would be used to develop new work. Applicants must live and work within the Glasgow City Council boundary. Applicants can be any age and at any stage in their career but must be out with full-time education.

If you would like to find out more about the Craft Makers Award: Glasgow, support from Cultural Enterprise Office in developing and strengthening your application and hear from a practitioner about their Craft Makers Award funded project then come along to the information event. It will also be a great opportunity to meet up with other Glasgow based makers whether familiar or new faces.

What to Expect
Lesley Hepburn, Visual Arts Officer, Glasgow Life will introduce the Craft Makers Award: Glasgow, taking you through key details, the guidelines and application form that will be available at the event.

Making Applications & Proposals for Craft Makers is Cultural Enterprise Office’s practical workshop on making applications and proposals for funding. It will assist you with planning and structuring your application to the Craft Makers Award: Glasgow, the key information you need to convey and the materials needed to support your proposal.

Designer Johanna Basford received a Craft Makers Award: Dundee in 2009 for her project, TwitterPicture: Analogue Artwork for a Digital World. Over a 24 hour period Johanna invited tweeters to tweet image suggestions to be incorporated into a large hand drawn image available as a limited edition print and digitally printed textile. Johanna will share experiences of her funded project and the impact this has had on her continuing creative and professional development and future plans.

What You'll Get Out of It
Clarity and greater understanding of the Craft Makers Award: Glasgow and how to plan and present your ideas. An opportunity to meet with fellow makers and ask Lesley Hepburn and Fiona Pilgrim questions relating to your Craft Makers Award: Glasgow application.

You'll be pleased to hear this event is free but places are limited. To reserve a place, please email events@culturalenterpriseoffice.co.uk or call 0844 544 9990.

Location: St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, 3 Castle Street, Glasgow, G4 0RH

Scottish Autumn Trade Fair

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Scotland’s Autumn Trade Fair has moved to Glasgow with a doubling of the number of exhibitors. Taking place from Sunday 19th-Monday 20th Sept 2010 at the SECC the show gives retailers an opportunity in Scotland to source final stock for Christmas.

With a good range of large and small gifts, jewellery and clothing exhibitors it provides the ideal platform for exhibitors, targeting their goods specifically for the Christmas market and for retailers to make last minute orders.

Mark Saunders, MD of Springboard says: “Following last year’s highly successful autumn fair in Stirling we have had to move to a larger venue due to the demand for stands. We are hoping for 120 stands across the gift, jewellery, accessory, home and clothing sectors.

“Given the uncertainty of the marketplace and the economy many retailers are not keen to purchase stock too far in advance and this type of show will be perfect for late orders.”

The show will have a mix of Scottish and international suppliers and will include the following exhibitors: Lomond Books, Pewtermill, On a String, Snapdragon, Giftelope, Button Bothy, Alicia MacInness, All Fired Up, Saffron Winds, Ladycrow Silks, Highland Stoneware, Ness, Sprint Clothing, Arran Aromatics, Belltrees Forge, Scott Inness, Best Kept Secrets, Hansson, Smith & Canova, Sheila Fleet, Dekassa, Angela Learoyd, Heritage Playing Card, Pigment Productions and many more.

There are many new exhibitors such as: Gillian Kyle, Hearts & Crosses, Rosa Red, Slimbridge Soaps, My Baboo, The Just Slate Co, Lazy Daisy Glass, Taurus Leather, Star Glass, Kapre Scarves, For Every Body, dcuk, Urban Outline, Cosy, Hinnigan, Lionite Mele and Tattimole.

Find out more at www.scotlandstradefairs.co.uk

Amb:IT:ion Scotland: So many friends, so little time

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

With the wider online presence social networking channels have given cultural organisations, there's so many discussions to start, respond to and keep going! How should time, policies and digital tools be managed to help us get the most most out of the opportunities of online social networking?

Speaking at this webcast/live event will be Damien Smith, a founding partner of digital designers ISO, producers of the creative social network Central Station. ISO have produced leading edge digital projects in television, online and experience design for over 10 years. Winners of the Royal Television Society Award for graphics, they designed the visual interface for the BBC iPlayer and are presently developing large scale interactive installations for cultural clients across the UK and Europe. Central Station was funded by Scottish Screen and Channel 4's 4iP fund for online innovation. Winner of a Scottish Arts Council Inspire Award it is the country's leading social network for new talent across film, design and contemporary art.

Location: Go Group, George House, 36 North Hanover St, Glasgow, G1 2AD

Date: Thursday 16th September, 2010
Webcasting: 2:30pm - 4:15pm
Live event: 2:15pm - 4:45pm

Book a place at getambitionweb-5gla.eventbrite.com/

Each Amb:IT:ion Scotland webinar is UNIQUE and shouldn’t be missed by anyone with ambitions to enhance their digital offering!

The webinars have been designed with Scottish cultural organisations and individual artists in mind, and the content and style of the webinars will appeal to those working in the cultural sector.

Louise Rutowski Professional Development for Creatives

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Musician Louise Rutkowski will shortly launch a unique new service for those working in the creative industries and is looking for volunteers to answer questionnaires to help her develop the business, which will offer one-to-one sessions in professional development.

Sessions can focus on:

• Defining your model of success
• Finding a daily routine that supports your work
• Understanding your creative type and drivers
• Exploring your ‘worldly’ needs and how that impacts on your creativity
• Brainstorming ideas and helping to prioritise multiple creative goals
• Project planning in a creative context
• Identifying and dealing with personal and professional barriers

Benefits:

• Be more productive
• Understand what drives you and avoid wasting precious creative time
• Learn how to plan projects and achieve goals more quickly
• Understand how best you create and what situations to avoid
• Have a clear vision of who you are creatively and what you need to do to support that (day jobs, creative process, working routine)
• The opportunity to have an objective viewpoint on your career choices
• The facility to brainstorm ideas in a supportive environment

In order to provide the best possible service to you, Louise is hoping to find volunteers to complete a short questionnaire. Your response and feedback will be strictly confidential and should only take 20 minutes to complete at the most.

You can complete the questionnaire by telephone, by meeting face to face, or by sending your response via email.

To take part please contact Louise Rutkowski.

Take part in the craftscotland CERAMICS feature

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

For our October 2010 newsletter we want to focus on registered craftscotland ceramicists.

In particular, we would love to hear:

Where appropriate, we want to use the information you provide (in full or in part):

For more information, or to take part, please send an email to me at laura@craftscotland.org or call 0131 524 9424 to discuss.

Laura Anderson, craftscotland

Preferred deadline for contributions: Friday 1st October 2010

Visual Artist/Craft Maker Awards: Forth Valley

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling Councils work in partnership with Creative Scotland to bring this unique scheme of grants to visual artists and craft makers in the Forth Valley area. This year the deadline for both awards schemes is 5pm on Monday 27 September 2010.

Forth Valley Awards Scheme makes grants of £250 - £1500 to individuals to support their creative and professional development. The Awards are intended to provide artists and makers living and working in the Falkirk, Stirling and Clackmannan area with the opportunity to develop their work in new ways, take risks and explore new ideas.

To receive an application form and guidelines please contact Lesley MacArthur at the address below, stating which award scheme you are applying to - Visual Artist or Craft Maker.

Lesley MacArthur, External Funding Officer, Corporate and Commercial Services, Falkirk Council, Municipal Buildings, West Bridge Street, Falkirk, FK1 5RS
t: 01324 506260 e: lesley.macarthur@falkirk.gov.uk

New Art Studios for Rent - Beaverhall House/Coburg House

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Due to the popularity and success of Coburg House, a sister property has been developed. This property is Beaverhall House, situated on Beaverhall Road just off Broughton Road.

Entry to the building is by a sliding electric keypad- controlled door. Inside the entry foyer is a lockable cage for the storage of bicycles. There is a 6 person lift or stairway to take you to the first floor studios. As well as the 10 studios on this floor there are ladies and gents toilets and a large communal kitchen. There is also a large lockable storage room. The whole floor is fitted with gas central heating.

As the studios will be an extension of Coburg House all artists will have the use of the Gallery at Coburg House. Artists in Coburg House will have priority if they would like to move to Beaverhall House. Also artists in Beaverhall House will be given priority if a studio becomes free at Coburg House.

To begin with the first floor of Beaverhall House will be available. This floor is made up of 10 studios as listed below.

Studio 1 6mx4m with 4m x 1.5m window. Rental per month is £275 and would suit 2 people. This studio is taken but the artist is looking for someone to share (£137 each/month)
Studio 2 3.6m x 2.6m with 2.6m x 1.5m window. Rental per month is £220
Studios 3 - 6 Now taken
Studio 7 4.6m x 6.9m with 4.6m x 1.5m window. There is an office attached to this studio (1.6m x 4.3m office). Rental per month is £325 and would suit 4 people.
Studio 8 5m x 4.1m with 0.5m x4.5m window. Rental is £250 and would suit 3 people.
Studio 9 3.2m x 2.7m “L” shaped studio no windows. Rental is £180 per month.
Studio 10 3.3m x 2.5m with no windows. Rental is £180 per month.

A refundable deposit equal to 1 months rent is required. The rent is payable 1 month in advance. The rent includes electricity, central heating.

The studios will be ready for entry in September 2010

Contact John Gibson for more information and a look around.

Take part in the Dundee Craft Market for Muscular Dystrophy

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

On the 2nd October 2010, from 10am to 4pm, the Steeple Church in the centre of the City will host a Craft Market to raise funds for Muscular Dystrophy.

There will be approximately 20-25 stalls selling a variety of craft goods, along with refreshments. The charge for a table at the market is £20 plus 10% of the takings on the day.

If successful, this market is intended to become a regular event.

Makers interested in participating should contact Katherine Robson on kjlrobson@yahoo.co.uk for more information.

Calling all craft makers - take part in the Swish

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Glasgow’s fashionistas will be flocking to The Hub at Pacific Quay on Thursday 30 September 2010 for The Swish, a fabulous evening of clothes swapping and shopping.

The latest fashion craze to hit the city, ‘Swishing’ is cool, ethical, environmentally friendly – and on this occasion it’s all for charity.

All proceeds from the event - which will feature a massive clothes swap, craft market, live auction of celebrity outfits, style advice, pampering treatments and live music - will go to Scottish Huntington’s Association, a registered charity helping people throughout Scotland affected by Huntington’s disease.

Running from 6.30pm – 10pm on Thursday 30 September 2010, The Swish will also feature a craft market of unique, handmade products such as jewellery, homewares, fashion and interior accessories; a live auction of outfits and items donated by some special guests; personal style advice and mini-pampering treatments; and some fabulous live music. Tickets are just £10 in advance (or £12 on the door) and include fizz and cupcakes - and The Hub bar will be open throughout the evening.

We’re looking for lovely crafty businesses selling unique, high quality handmade products to be part of our craft market at The Swish.

If it’s creative and crafty - and handmade of course - we want to hear from you!

Give us a description of what you do, attach some low resolution jpegs of your work and include your name and contact details - and details of your website if you have one.

Stalls cost just £50 (includes table, chair, tablecloth and electricity supply) and stallholders keep 100% of the income from sales on the night.

Please contact Valerie Ross on Valerie.ross@hdscotland.org or on 0141 848 0308 for more details and a booking form.

David Canter Memorial Fund 2010 Craft Awards – call for applications

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The David Canter Memorial Fund offers awards to give financial assistance to those working in the crafts. The fund is open to those who have finished their formal training and are working full-time or part-time in the UK but need money for specific projects, e.g. setting up a workshop, buying equipment, educational work or for research and travel.

Awards, which usually range between £500 and £1,000, are made every other year, each time focusing on specific craft disciplines. For 2010 these will be Paper, Calligraphy and Lettercutting and the submission deadline is 17 September 2010.

To request further information and an application form, please send a SAE to the address below or email rachel.mackie@crafts.org.uk

Rachel Mackie, The David Canter Memorial Fund, c/o The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, Devon, TQ13 9AF
01626 832 223

Girl Geek Residential Workshops

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Creativity in Business: September 17th - 19th 2010

Funding Strategies: October 15th - 17th 2010

Negotiation: November 19th - 21st 2010

Girl Geek Scotland is hosting a series of workshops to complement our Speaker Series 2010 on ‘Creativity, Computing and Entrepreneurialism’. The workshops, which are aimed at women who are thinking about starting, or have recently started, a Scottish business, will work around themes that will target what we believe are existing weaknesses in female business culture, namely: Negotiation, Funding Strategies, and Creativity in Business.

These workshops are aimed at women with an interest in technology- your background is less important than your enthusiasm and desire to follow a tech/creative project through. A diverse range of people is expected to attend with backgrounds in design, art, computer science, engineering, nursing, photography- the list is endless.You will be required to bring a project with you- at the end of each workshop you should have developed a workable strategy that will allow you to complete this project using new skills and resources gained during the weekend.

The workshops run from Friday through till Sunday and will be held at the Barcelo Hotel in Stirling. The hotel, dinner and workshop tuition is fully funded if you meet our criteria.

They will start on Friday evenings with dinner, drinks and networking and a few activities. On Saturday and Sundays the workshop runs all day and you can work as late as you need. On Sunday there will be more supported project work and will finish around 4pm.

If you have a prospective business partner (male or female) you can apply for two places in one application. However, funding only covers eligible participants, so please check our eligibility criteria which are detailed on the call for participation at http://www.girlgeekscotland.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41&Itemid=3

Deadlines for Application

Creativity into Business : Monday the 9th of August 2010

Funding Strategies: Monday, September 20th 2010

Negotiation: Monday, October 18th 2010