A sofa has been donated along to the Swap Shop, along with two sky blue dining chairs.
News Category: Community News
Simply Singing | from January 2015
Simply Singing begins again on Wednesday 7 January. They welcome new members and meet weekly in G3, next to the Swap Shop on the Ground Floor.
We sing songs from all around the world in 3 or 4 part harmony. We are a small group hoping to grow and we sing purely for the joy of singing.
Come and join us. No need to be able to read music or understand musical terminology – songs are taught by ear in the traditional way.
Cost: £4 per session. 7pm-9pm.
Life study workshops | January 2015
Trina Bohan’s figurative life study workshop is back up and running as of next week. And she has news for us all:
Artist Interview | Basia Mindewicz
Ahead of Doorways to the Divine, the exhibition of iconographical works she will soon curate in St Margaret’s, resident Basia Mindewicz speaks about icon painting, its relationship with religion and the influence of Kadinsky in her own work.
Funding opportunities | Third-sector and charities
The OneCity Trust is pleased to announce that its main grant programme is now open for applications. Registered charities and constituted groups based in Edinburgh and working in the city with an annual income of less than £200,000 are invited to apply for funding for social inclusion projects meeting one or more of the priorities of:
- COMMUNITY CONNECTEDNESS
- CULTURAL BRIDGING
- CIVIC INCLUSION
£40,000 is available to be given out in grants of £5,000 to £10,000.
For further information, and an easy to complete application form, please see the OneCity Trust website under “apply for a grant”.
Application Deadline: 30 January 2015
Generous funding opportunities | Creative Scotland
Creative Place Awards 2015
Launched in 2012, the Creative Place Awards recognise communities where people work together to celebrate and promote their town, village or area through the arts and culture – enabling them to build on their strengths and to try new things. We encourage applications from cultural organisations, community groups and local authorities to represent their village, town or community and to bid for an award. You can apply for an award of either: £50k, £100k, or £125k. The level you apply for will depend on which category most suits your size of population, current levels of activity, the scale of your planned activities and your capacity to deliver.
Funding opportunity | Artists and Craft Makers
The City of Edinburgh Council in partnership with Creative Scotland is pleased to announce the next round of the Edinburgh Visual Artists and Craft Makers Awards and the Edinburgh Emerging Artists Bursaries Scheme. These schemes have been established to address current gaps in resources available to individual artists/makers.
The schemes are open to makers/visual artists of all ages and at any stage of their career, but must be outwith full time education. Applicants should be able to demonstrate a level of commitment to their practice and have achieved a body of work out with formal education. Applicants must be Edinburgh based.
The Edinburgh Visual Artists and Craft Makers Awards Scheme
The Visual Artists and Craft Makers Award scheme aims to support Edinburgh-based visual arts and craft practitioners through grants towards the development of their practice through new work and research.
Awards of between £500 and £1500 are available.
Emerging Artists – Bursaries Scheme
The Bursary programme will support up to 2 successful applicants to develop and progress their creative practice over 12 months.
The programme will be tailored to the individual artist/maker and will include mentoring which may lead to the development of skills/training, creation of new work, presenting and marketing work.
The successful applicant will be awarded £1,500 as a bursary with a further budget available for any identified additional support that may be needed.
The application deadline for both schemes is Friday, 23 January 2015.
For further information and application pack contact:
Jo Navarro
Tel: 0131 529 6716
Email: jo.navarro@edinburgh.gov.uk
Or visit: http://tinyurl.com/
Free lecture in St Margaret’s | Dave Cohen on Design
On Saturday 17 January 2015, Dave Cohen will give a talk, entitled Basic Elements of Design. These elements serve as his visual vocabulary used in the development of his work.
Desire Lines | Edinburgh’s cultural community under review
As the Council is preparing a new cultural policy, Desire Lines is surveying thoughts and opinions from working artists and makers likely to be affected by, and hopefully benefit from, the changes.
Tania Czajka attended the first meeting and found it “busy, lively and interesting” and thought it would be of interest to our St MH community of artists. The aim is to circulate ideas and to assess and improve Edinburgh cultural life.
Volunteers sought | Swap Shop
Jaimie, the kindly queen of all things Green Team, has a question for all St Margaret’s tenants, concerning the beloved Swap Shop. Find how you can help them below.