Scottish Screen have launched a new £300,000 Digital Projection Equipment Fund to help fit-out cinemas, multi-art spaces and other venues in rural and remote areas of Scotland with equipment to enable them to project films digitally.

Beatback (YMI) Project Trainee
Part Time 16 hours per week (flexible)
Salary: £7.40 per hour (SCP 10)
Fixed-term post (initially to 31 March 2009)

Anima, the international animation festival, will take place February 20-29, 2009 at Flagey, Brussels in Belgium. Anima, Brussels Cartoon and Animated Film Festival, seeks to promote cartoons and animated films from all over the world.

Catagories for inclusion are Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Print, Photography, Craft, Other.

Opportunity: Lighthouse is seeking proposals for an artists’ moving image commission, to support a UK-based emerging artist to develop a new piece of work or to complete a work in development (that has not been previously exhibited).

VIVID is delighted to announce the second phase of its participation in an exciting project to support cutting edge artist research residencies throughout Europe from 2008 - 2009.

INTRODUCTION TO FUNDRAISING (half day/evening) 19th August 10.00-1.00 Previously provided April 2008, this explores the Fundraising Cycle and the Fundraising Pyramid and provides an introduction to 3 kinds of income generation.

The Skinny, Scotland's cutting-edge culture magazine is  putting down roots in Aberdeen over the next few month's and is looking for people on the ground to contribute. The magazine's reputation has been built on the words and pictures of contributors who know what they are talking about and are engrossed in the scenes they cover, so if you love going to gigs in the toon, know your Aberdeen DJs, or want to cover events in the shire please get in touch. Our main man in Aberdeen is Jaco Justice, drop him a line at jaco@theskinny.co.uk or phone The Skinny office on 01314674630 and we will sort you out.

Action for Children’s Arts, the UK's umbrella body on behalf of all arts organisations providing arts for and working with children, has launched the UK’s first ‘Manifesto for Children’s Arts’ at its conference at The Unicorn Theatre in London.

deadline: 1 September 2008

NOISE Festival 2008, the Europe-wide media showcase for young creative people aged 25 and under, is open for submissions. Young artists looking to showcase their work to a global audience can simply head to www.NOISEfestival.com to register, create a profile and upload work. Anyone can sign up for the NOISE newsletter for opportunities and ideas, and it's free to take part.

East Lothian Council's Arts Service is looking to build on their existing portfolio of freelance artists who may be interested in tendering for future projects.

Artists must have experience of working with children and young people and specialise in any of the following art forms: circus skills, creative writing, drama, dance, visual arts, crafts, digital photography and media.

A relevant qualification, and experience of working in school or formal education setting or out with school hours is also necessary.

 Please send your CV to: Arts Service Administration, Brunton Hall, Ladywell Way, Musselburgh or e-mail info@bruntontheatre.co.uk

The European Commission has announced the latest call for proposals under its Culture programme 2007-2013. The aim of the programme is to support projects that enhance the cultural area shared by Europeans with a view to encouraging the emergence of European citizenship. This call for proposals aims to support:

Aberdeen Performing Arts (APA) have successfully ended their search for an artistic director for their new city venue. APA’s current education manager Cate MacPherson is to switch roles to take up the new appointment on Friday, August 1.

Spring Fling Open Studios Coordinator

28 hours per week £19,750 pro rata (£15,800 per annum for 28 hours per week)

Closing deadline: 28 July 2008

this weeks news and opportunities fromt he scottish arts council

Manchester City Council and Eastlands Homes Artists (or artist collectives or partnerships) are invited to submit expressions of interest to undertake a commission as part of the rebuild of a boundary wall near Alan Turing Way in Openshaw, Manchester.

Here we are! Aberdeen Arts Centre’s highly successful Arts Carnival from 7^th July till 8^th August was launched this morning. There’s still some spaces available for one of our 38 workshops, anything from hip-hop dance to summer pantomime, crafts, drumming, chanter and summer fun! (check our website for details and registration www.aberdeenartscentre.org.uk).

A photography competition challenging entrants to capture striking images of archaeological sites in the North East of Scotland is launched today (Tuesday 1st July).

An overall adult winner will be chosen from across both the monochrome and colour categories, and will win a cash prize of £1000. 

The closing date for entries to the Picturing the Past photography competition is 30 September 2008.

deadline: Stage one: 19 August 2008; Stage two: 30 September 2008

Mediabox is a fund for disadvantaged 13 to 19 year olds that offer the opportunity to develop and produce creative media projects. It offers three types of grants ranging from £1,000 to £40,000 to create and distribute youth-led media projects

deadline 31st July 2008

Cimatics - Brussels International Festival for Live Audiovisual Art & VJing - invites all artists, creatives and producers to send their submissions for the next Cimatics festival.

how2fundraise.org is the most comprehensive, free on-line resource for the UK's 16 million volunteer fundraisers, from the Institute of Fundraising. There you can share what you know and get inspired by others.

deadline: 18 July 2008

The Barrow Cadbury Trust has launched a new funding stream aimed at fostering greater cohesion in some of Britain's most diverse towns and cities. Through the new stream the trust will fund voluntary and community projects with grants typically worth £30,000.

Issue 7 of Pushing Out the Boat (New Writing from North East scotland) was formly launched at Aberdeen Arts Centre on 1 May and is on sale locally in the Art Gallery and other vendors...

3rd - 5th October 2008 Aberdeen

NESTA are pleased to announce the awardees of NESTA’s Starter for 6 programme 2008, which has supported 80 early stage innovative businesses in science, technology and creative industries across Scotland this year...

http://lacda.com/juried/juriedshow.html

Juror: Howard Fox, Curator of Contemporary Art, L.A. County Museum of Art (LACMA) The L.A. Center for Digital Art announces an international call to artists. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to their creation are acceptable: digital art stills of any kind, digital photogaphy, short experimental time based video, video loops, mobile media, interactive media, and internet art (net.art).

Selected winners will be exhibited as the central focus of the 'DigitalArt.LA' expo (http://DigitalArt.LA) in a large group exhibit at the LACDA gallery, 14 August - 6 September, 2008. Video winners will also be screened at the Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles. The show will be widely promoted and will include a reception for the artists.

Deadline: 30 June 2008

Development Director, 3 days per week.

Timespan Heritage and Arts Centre has recently reopened after substantial redevelopment, including
new museum design and a new education suite...

New Webpages for EU Funds

EUCLID now offers a range ofrevised and additional webpages for EU funds relevant to the cultural sector:

• www.culturefund.eu - about the Culture programme - REVISED
• http://eufunds.culture.info - the funds in summary - REVISED
• http://transnat.culture.info - about the trans-national funds - NEW
• http://structural.culture.info -about the structural funds - NEW
• http://interreg.culture.info -about the Interreg programme - NEW
• http://thirdcountries.culture.info -about third country programmes - NEW

Deadline: 23rd June 2008

Stills - 23 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh
Stills is seeking highly motivated individuals with a passion for and dedication to contemporary art. Stills Summer Internships have been developed to provide opportunities for professional career development in the visual arts sector.

ARTS EVENTS quicklinks

these links take you directly to our website:
Kites Over Howden - scotland - west lothian 
How do I look in this? - scotland - falkirk 
Bags of Fun Holiday workshops - scotland - falkirk 
Design your own logo t-shirt - scotland - falkirk 
Meet the Maker: Millinery Demo - scotland - falkirk 
Pret-a-Porter - scotland - falkirk 
Ceilidh - featuring the Absolutely Legless Irish dance group and the Islander Band - scotland - east lothian 
Corstorphine Fair 2008 - scotland - edinburgh 

If your organisation is having a positive social or environmental impact you could be in with a chance to win up to £10,000 and be featured in The Times Public Agenda. The Enterprising Solutions Awards 2008 recognise the UK’s best social enterprises solving social or environmental problems through their business ideas.

deadline: 30 September 2008

The Yapp Charitable Trust is an independent grant making trust that aims to make grants totalling £300,000 to about 100 small charities each year.

At the 'Varieties of Cultural History' conference, at the University of Aberdeen, 5-8 July 2007, a meeting, chaired by Crosbie Smith of the University of Kent, was held on 8 July to consider the establishment of a Cultural History Society. It was proposed by Peter Burke of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and generally agreed, that 'International' should be included in the title of the Society. In order to launch such a Society, the meeting set up a small committee, to prepare a draft constitution, to arrange a founding conference, to develop the membership, and to explore the establishment of a Journal of Cultural History and occasional publications series. For these purposes an email list, website, and newsletter should be started. The Provisional Committee that was set up at the general meeting met immediately afterwards. It has now co-opted additional members so as to increase the number of countries represented.

The Scottish Centre for Regeneration (SCR) helps build skills and expertise and shares knowledge among those working in community regeneration.

From 1 April 2008 this site will be archived. Please sign up for our e-bulletin for regular updates on our move to the Scottish Government or visit www.scotland.gov.uk.

Question of the month

How to join up budgets?....more....

Salary: £30,000pa

craftscotland promotes the best of Scottish contemporary craft and represents the interests of the
Scottish craft sector across the globe. The organisation has developed a successful world class web
resource for craft in Scotland (www.craftscotland.org) which welcomed its millionth visitor in June
2007. craftscotland also curates and presents top quality exhibitions across the UK. craftscotland is
an independent organisation with charitable status, in receipt of development funding from the
Scottish Arts Council, and governed by a Board of Directors.

Closing date: Monday 2 June 2008

The Jerwood Charitable Foundation is dedicated to excellence and to supporting talented artists in the
early stage of professional life. Having made the commitment to training as an artist, the period
immediately after art college can be extremely difficult. The aim of this initiative is to give opportunities
to five promising photographers that will help establish them in their careers.

Complete the registration form (available on Portfolio s website or by contacting Portfolio). The
deadline for registration is 11 August 2008. Applications must be received by 22 August 2008

area: Scotland
deadline: 23 June 2008

The National Association for Literature Development (NALD) has received further funding from the Scottish Arts Council to institute a Co-ordinator post that will further extend and develop its activities in Scotland. This project will run from July/August 2008 to July 2009.

For more information, please contact Catherine McInerney at catherine@nald.org.

deadline: 18 July 2008

Schools within the UK that wish to improve their play spaces have the opportunity to apply for funding through the Playground Partnerships Initiative 2008. A total of £500,000 is available to fund specific improvements and developments to their play environments. Schools can apply for awards of £1,000, £2,000, £5,000 or £10,000.

Whether you are an accomplished practitioner, well versed in the facilitation of youth theatre or a complete newbie who has only just embarked upon the immensely rewarding, yet sometimes fretful, path of life as a freelancer - we need YOU!

After the success and positive response to the Youth Theatre Survey, Promote YT are delighted to launch their first survey specifically created for freelancers working in the youth theatre sector.

This is an oportunity to have your say and inform us of the state of play in the freelance sector today and which direction you would like to see it take in the future.

National Youth Organisations in Scotland have the opportunity to apply for grants of up to £50,000 through a new fund set up by the Scottish Government....

Please take this opportunity to make your views heard about the development of your local area. This survey should take no more than 5 minutes to complete.

Generous tax breaks exist to encourage you to support the arts as an individual or sponsor them as a business.

New Webpages for EU Funds

EUCLID now offers a range ofrevised and additional webpages for EU funds relevant to the cultural sector:

 As part of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008, the Intercultural Cities Conference will look at migration, diversity and urban life in a fresh way. The conference will not only provide an opportunity for International city leaders and experts to look at how different cultures can live together but how mixing can be turned to economic, social and cultural advantage. New thinking is needed on how diverse communities can co-operate in productive harmony instead of leading parallel or antagonistic lives.

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop - Co-ordinator Artists Professional Development Programme

deadline: 31 August 2008

The Aesthetica Annual Creative Works Competition will champion new talent in the genres of visual arts, photography, poetry and fiction.

Details of the competition:
- The competition will accept entries of creative writing (poetry and fiction), artwork and photography.
- Each section will have one winner that will receive a prize of £500 and a subscription to Aesthetica Magazine.
- Winners and runners-up will be featured in the Aesthetica Annual, which will be a book, available from Borders stores nationwide.
- Entry allows the submission of either five images of artwork, three short stories (up to 2000 words each), or five poems (up to 40 lines each).
- The entry fee for the Aesthetica Annual Creative Works Competition is £10.

For further information please go to www.aestheticamagazine.com/submission_guide.htm.

Deadline: 6 June 2008

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has produced a consultation paper in response to Ofcom's recent review of community radio and to seeks views on the future scope of community radio funding. To contribute to the consultation, please visit http://tinyurl.com/2fn3kw.

FilmLive! is looking for a pair of individuals with editing experience to work on a daily 5-10 minute podcast during the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

We also require new crew members to be added to the existing production team. These crew members will be part of the team running a feature on the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Fancy getting your own film up on the big screen? Filmlive.org has begun accepting submissions for it’s next film festival.

This is a chance for filmmakers of any age or ability to have their short films shown on one of the large screens at the Macrobert in Stirling.

click here for more info...

We're just putting together plans for this year's Forum, which is to be held on Saturday 7 June 08 at

Here Now, There Now is an art project taking place in the landscape along Scotland s busiest rail commuter routes linking Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Here Now, There Now explores notions of time, travel & utopia and will include a series of performances and artworks that will be viewed from the trains.

engage Scotland wishes to commission a researcher / programmer to develop the concept for the engage Scotland Interpretations Conference taking place in Edinburgh on Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 September 2008 and to programme this important annual event. [more]

In the last month Peacock's have received two pieces of wonderful news.

First came the annoucement that the Scottish Government have approved the plans for Aberdeen's new centre for the contemporary arts.

Then, just last week the Scottish Arts Council announced they will be providing £4 million of capital funding for the centre. It's the largest single grant being awarded in Scotland and we are delighted!

Emails generated thousands of messages of support which sent a loud and clear message that the public were backing the new centre.

They are now on track to developing a magnificent new arts facility for everyone to enjoy.

The Gordon Highlanders led project: Camouflage'08 was successfully launched today (April 1st 2008).

Tim Newark, authour of "Camouflage: Now You See Me, Now You Don't" opened the event with an introduction to what camouflage was, is and can be...

Events run from April - October and the Gordon Highlanders would like Aberdeen's creative forces to join with them to create new work, projects, classes, workshops etc to make this event Aberdeen's most encompasing, engaging and interactive art experiences in a long time!

For more information, please visit : www.camouflagecity.co.uk

Creative Communities is the national conference for strategic decision-makers working in regeneration, neighbourhood renewal, housing, culture and leisure. Promoting participation in the arts, cultural and creative activities has a profound effect on deprived neighbourhoods and their communities. Embedding arts and cultural projects into community plans and Local Area Agreements can unlock new funding routes and help local authorities achieve statutory outcomes and shape places.

Leading speakers will explore the latest opportunities to meet Government targets through community-led creative programmes which successfully address issues of deprivation, diversity, cohesion, employability, health and wellbeing. The 2008 event will also celebrate the fantastic success of the Creative Communities programme led by Liverpool, European Capital of Culture 2008, which has rekindled Liverpool's famous enthusiasm for creativity and brought a new lease of life to some of the UK's most deprived areas.

Register at www.neilstewartassociates.com/se216/ or phone Laura Brownlee on 020 7324 4372 for more information.

deadline: 8 April 2008

The Elephant Trust was created in 1975 by Roland Penrose and Lee Miller with a view to develop and improve the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the fine arts in the United Kingdom. Given the Trust’s modest resources, grants have usually been limited to £2,000 but larger grants may be considered. No grants are available for educational or other study purposes.

More information at www.elephanttrust.org.uk.

Community Cash Awards are grants of up to £5,000 to help young people set up a project that will benefit their community. You just have to come up with an idea for a project that will improve life in a local community in the UK. Maybe a new basketball court, a music studio, a youth club, sex education workshops in schools, a youth advisory board, even a local magazine. Anyone who is aged 14 to 16 and is in school but struggling, or aged 16 to 25 and unemployed or working less than 16 hours a week are eligible to apply.

Projects must:
- be run and managed by people between the ages of 14 and 25;
- clearly benefit the local community;
- benefit the people running the project;
- be a new or developing project.

The following are not eligible:
- formal groups or organisations;
- expeditions or overseas travel;
- fundraising activities for charity;
- trips and outings, unless they have educational value.

Funding of up to £1,000 is available for 14 to16 year olds and up to £5,000 is available for those aged 16 to 25.

Call free on 0800 842 842 or visit the Prince's Trust website for more details.

deadline: 14 April 2008

The Centre for Social Justice Awards 2008 is looking for small grass roots charities, voluntary groups and community groups who are tackling poverty in your local area. If you are people focused, tackling causes as well as symptoms, driven by conviction and motivated by compassion then it wants to hear from you.

There is no application form. Simply describe in 500 words or less how your organisation makes an exceptional contribution to tackling poverty.

For more information, see www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/awards.

deadline: 31 March 2008

Charities with a turnover below £2 million are invited to apply to have a short, awareness-raising film made at a fraction of the usual cost. This is the fourth series of Volunteer Films launched by Media Trust, and as well as a broadcast quality film, with guaranteed airtime on Community Channel, a DVD and internet version is supplied, for a total cost of £1,000. Applications have to be in by 31 March.

See www.mediatrust.org/latest-news for details or email volunteerfilms@mediatrust.org.

We are seeking 50 paintings and/or drawings to be shown as part of a mini-exhibition within the Dark Matter  Group show taking place at Co-Prosperity Sphere.. The subject of the work is up to you. We are seeking work by artists that ARE NOT represented by a gallery or dealer. In fact we hope you never even went to art school. But don't let that dissuade you.

If you have work that is about six sq ft or less please send us an email and an image of the work. We will contact you to let you know if we can put your work in the show.

The work will be hung salon style as part of an exhibition of creative dark matter.

The deadline for submissions of your work is April 2, 2008

Submit your response via email to ed (At) lumpen.com
Subject: Dark matter paintings

1:: Call for media to be put on the Lumpen "El Artes Media Push Cart"

We want to distribute your media to visitors of the Version Dark Matter Group show that is opening April 18, 2008 at the Co-Prosperity Sphere.

Our media cart was designed to distribute media and to broadcast karaoke music. We like to deliver the goods to people who want independent media.

We need zines, pamphlets, stickers, papers and comics to be given away off of the  Lumpen "El Artes Media Push Cart"

Send as many copies as you like.
We will be giving them all away.

A picture of the cart being pushed down some Miami Florida street by Eric "guns" graf can be viewed here is if you scroll down:
http://www.lumpen.com/V8/program.html

The deadline for sending us your stuff is April 7, 2008.

If you plan on sending or dropping stuff off lets us know first via email:: ed (At) lumpen.com
Subject: media push cart stuff.

Mail stuff to
Version>08 media pushcart
960 w 31st st
Chicago il 60608

It’s nearly the start of the new financial year and the Youth Music Initiative (YMI)’s Informal Sector fund will be re-opening for 2008-09 on 1 April.  The first deadline for large grants is Monday 7 April 2008 – less than a month away!

Salary £23,292 £28,296
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to develop and manage our outreach programme. With experience of coordinating education projects in a community setting, a passion for art and a commitment to increasing access for a diverse range of audiences, you will have a good knowledge of current issues and legislation in the  community sector.

SIMULTAN04 is open for submissions of innovative works which use technology in a creative, ingenious way or are based on a peculiar, unusual story. The video section is open to all video artists and not only, who can apply with narratives, experimental video, animations, vj-ing movies and motion graphics.

Those interested may apply with a maximum number of 2 video works, each having a duration that must not exceed 3 minutes.

Call for proposals for the Edinburgh International Book Festival's Art in the Garden initiative. We seek work which will be sited out of doors, in Charlotte Square Gardens, during the Festival, from 9 25 August 2008.

The plans for Union Terrace will create a stunning new centre that will put Aberdeen City and Shire well and truly on the cultural map. The new building based will breathe new life into the gardens and provide Aberdeen with a magnificent facility for schools, families and people of all ages.It will help to keep local talent in the area and attract artists and visitors from all over the world. The Centre's galleries, cafes and workshop spaces will welcome over 100,000 visitors a year and bring more than £4 million annually into the local economy.

What best sums up the distinctive nature of Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire – the oil industry or fishing? Farming or information technology? What do people imagine when they hear of the City and Shire – is it Doric, or a cosmopolitan community? The weather, or the granite?

Aberdeenshire Arts* in partnership with the Cultural Enterprise Office are offering a series of one-to-one advice sessions to creative individuals and organisations across Aberdeenshire.