IndianRedLopez // Prometheus Single Launch from Wild Wolves
January 24, 2012
As part of the Bedford Records Christmas Party at The Lemon Tree Aberdeen, headliners IndianRedLopez officially launched their latest offering, Prometheus.
Wild Wolves were asked to come along and make a we video out of it, which they did, hope you enjoy.
the video can be seen on : http://www.wldwlvs.com/irl-prometheus/
bedfordrecords.com
myspace.com/indianredlopez
facebook.com/indianredlopez
indianredlopez.bandcamp.com
2012 Creative Place Award Winners
January 24, 2012
via Northings
Five Scottish communities are today (24 January) celebrating awards, totalling £380,000, in recognition of being one of the country’s most creative places.
The Creative Place Awards celebrate and recognise the hard work and imagination that contributes to the rich cultural life of a community, as well as its social and economic well-being.
The Awards are part of the Year of Creative Scotland 2012, a year-long celebration of our nation’s cultural and creative strengths.
Broadcaster Dougie Vipond hosted today’s ceremony with awards presented by the judges to communities of different sizes across three categories. The winners are:
- Wigtown received £50,000 in the category for places with fewer than 2,500 residents. The runners up were Creetown and Kilmartin Glen. Each year over 15,000 people flock to Wigtown for its hugely successful Book Festival, the award will allow this to be developed into a year-round programme – including a residential creative writing course and a high-profile Wigtown Lecture.
- West Kilbride received £100,000 in the category for places with fewer than 10,000 residents. The runners up were Huntly and Prestonpans. The award will allow Craft Town Scotland, a community initiative, to develop a new series of exhibitions for The Barony Centre and develop new programmes to involve younger, and older, members of the community in their creative programme.
- St Andrews received £150,000 in the category for places with fewer than 100,000 residents. The runners up were Irvine and Perth. St Andrews will be hosting its own Year of Celebration in 2012 and the award will allow the town to promote its already rich cultural programme to the UK and international visitors and to support a new community musical theatre production as the year’s centre piece production.
In addition, the judges made two Special Awards of £40,000 to Creetown and Huntly who impressed with their long-standing creative programmes which involve the whole community.
- Creetown won a Special Award for community engagement and high levels of participation in quality arts and creativity.
- Huntly received a Special Award for its creative use of artists. Huntly has re-branded the town through the use of arts; many of its projects have been led by top international artists.
read the full story : via http://northings.com/2012/01/24/2012-creative-place-award-winners/
150-200 lockers on offer FREE to a good home
January 24, 2012
The Friends of the Open Air Pool have 150-200 lockers on offer FREE to a good home, although donations are welcome. www.stonehavenopenairpool.co.uk/index.html
These are the changing room lockers from the pool, please see attached images for reference. Maybe they could become a new artwork or creative storage in your studios?
Each locker measure 18″long x 12″high x 12″ wide.
If you are interested in them please contact:
Diane Strachan
Tel: 01569 768206
Email: diane.strachan@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
Limousine Bull Artist’s Collective – Internship Opportunity
January 24, 2012
Limousine Artist’s Collective are offering an internship and the chance to work along side our experienced and enthusiastic committee in contributing to the cultural landscape of Aberdeen and promoting contemporary art within the city.
As a member of our team you will have the opportunity to learn all aspects of our operations and will have the chance to project manage your own exhibition or event.
If you are interested in this opportunity or would like more information please email us at:
To apply please email with a short description as to why you would like to be involved with Limousine Bull and what you feel you can bring to our team.
Closing date for applications is 2nd Feb 2012
Art Fund Collect 2012
January 23, 2012
Calling all contemporary craft curators: applications are now open for Art Fund Collect 2012, a chance to be awarded 100% grants at Collect 2012.
Background
This will be the fifth year of Art Fund Collect. Launched in 2008, the scheme aims to champion contemporary craft and challenge curators to acquire significant works of applied and decorative art by artists from around the world at Collect, the premier annual fair in Europe for international contemporary craft of museum quality organised by the Crafts Council. Collect 2012 will take place at the Saatchi Gallery from 11-14 May.
Why get involved?
Art Fund Collect 2012 will provide exclusive early access to the fair, meaning that museums can compete with private collectors and raise the profile of contemporary craft collections in the UK. The Art Fund has allocated up to £75,000 towards the scheme, and 100% grants are offered for examples of outstanding contemporary craft, allowing curators to concentrate on finding significant pieces to develop their museums’ collections.
for full details & applications visit : http://www.artfund.org/grants/applications-for-funding/art-fund-collect
Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature – 2012 Round Open
January 23, 2012
http://www.boardmantasker.com/site/submission_of_entries.htm
The 2012 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature is now open to applications.
The Prize was set up to promote literature by providing an annual award to authors of literary works, the central theme of which is concerned with mountains.
A prize of £3,000 is available, although judges may split the prize between two or more entries, or withhold the prize if they do not consider any entry to be of sufficient merit.
Entries for consideration may have been written by authors of any nationality but the work must be published or distributed in the UK. The work must be written or have been translated into the English language. In the event that a book has been ghost-written, the name of the ghost writer must be declared.
Welsh rockers Lostprophets set to return to Granite City
January 23, 2012
Welsh rock band Lostprophets are set to return toAberdeenlater this year with a concert in the city’s Music Hall on Tuesday, April 24.
Following the announcement of the release of their brand new album ‘Weapons’ and the Granite City date is part of their first headline UK tour in two years. The new album is released on April 2 and is followed by a 14 date tour of the UKand Ireland.
Tickets are expected to see unprecedented demand when they go on sale on Friday, January 27 online at www.boxofficeaberdeen.com, by phone at 01224 641122 and at Aberdeen Box Office at the Music Hall and His Majesty’s Theatre.
It’s been two years since the Welsh sextet released their fourth studio album, ‘The Betrayed’ (January 2010). Two very hectic years. After triumphant tours across the UK and Europe on which they played in front of tens of thousands of people, Kerrang! Magazine bestowed the prestigious ‘Classic Songwriters Award’ on the band, and it was time for Lostprophets to remind the world just how deserved that honour was.
Before the writing and recording process for fifth album, ‘Weapons’, could begin, 2010 needed to be closed out with a series of big experiences. As has become the norm, Lostprophets wowed the massive Reading and Leeds main stage crowd. They then went on to steal the show at Belfast’s Belsonic Festival and about a month later, were asked to participate in the opening ceremony for the Ryder Cup at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.
Immediately following the Ryder Cup festivities, the band decamped to a private home in Norfolk for an initial round of writing. After Norfolk, Lostprophets moved back to the more familiar turf of Los Angeles to work on developing their existing ideas and creating even more monstrous ones. Studio work began in February 2011 at LA’s NRG Studios. Now, as 2012 kicks off, the band is ready to share their work with the world.
Lostprophets is a band whose members have known each other since their school days in Pontypridd, South Wales, a group that were friends long before they became bandmates and colleagues. Through their four previous albums – 2000’s ‘fakesoundofprogress’, 2004’s ‘Start Something’, 2006’s number one ‘Liberation Transmission’ and last year’s ‘The Betrayed’ – the sextet have risen from the clubs of England to the stages of Wembley and other impressive arenas. Almost by stealth, the band have grown, both in songwriting and success, stacking up a dozen or so top 40 singles and selling over two million albums worldwide. They have become one of theUK’s biggest rock bands without compromise or flirting with musical fashions, instead choosing to stick with what they believe in and constantly striving to do better, more creatively challenging things
Full house at cultural conference
January 23, 2012
The organisers of the AB Positive (AB+) “A Step Change in the Cultural Life of Aberdeen” conference, being held at Aberdeen Arts Centre and The Lemon Tree next Thursday (26 January), have had to put up the ‘house full’ signs.
The spokesperson for the conference’s steering group, Duncan Hendry (chief executive of Aberdeen Performing Arts) said: “We have had an outstanding response with close to 200 people from the world of the arts, business and politics registering to attend the conference.”
Delegates at the conference will discuss what is required to transform the cultural life of Aberdeen and the wider region and to find agreement on what is required to dramatically improve the cultural life of the city.
“We believe a new approach is required,” said Hendry. “We aim, with the help of the delegates, to identify a number of big ideas that can be delivered over the next five to ten years that will transform the life of the city. The conference will also consider what mechanisms we need to put in place to ensure delivery of those ideas.”
Keynote speakers at the conference are Charles Landry, an international expert in the development of cities through cultural activity; Valerie Watts, chief executive of Aberdeen City Council and Professor Paul Harris, head of Gray’s School of Art.
Valerie Watts will be describing her experiences in Northern Ireland with Derry’s bid to become European Capital of Culture and the impact this had on the arts there, whilst Paul Harris will talk about bringing the V&A to Dundee.
“Although the keynote speakers are important in providing national and international context, it is the workshop sessions that will be at the heart of the conference,” suggests Hendry. “At a time when Creative Scotland is considering how they should invest in Aberdeen and the City Council is considering a UK City of Culture bid, this is a pivotal moment for the city and this conference will help us to take a big step forward in shaping the future of the city and region.”
The conference will be chaired by Sir Duncan Rice, former principal of the University of Aberdeen.
UFOs (UnFinished Objects)
January 23, 2012
Bring all those unfinished projects whether it’s quilting, patchwork, knitting etc, to Newmachar Library on Monday 23rd January. Expert crafter Marcia Brown will be on hand to offer help, advice and encouragement.
Cost: Free
Further Information
| Contact | Newmachar Library |
|---|---|
| Phone | 01651 862085 |
| newmachar.library@aberdeenshire.gov.uk | |
| Website | Newmachar Library |
When?
Monday 23rd January 2012, 18:15 – 19:45
Where?
Newmachar Library
School Road
Newmachar
AB21 0WB
Newmachar Library
Phone: 01651 862085
Email: newmachar.library@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
Disabled Facilities
The library has wheelchair access with a push button operated door.
Car Parking
Car parking is available in front of the library.
Funding shortfall ends Lemon Tree lunchtime music sessions
January 20, 2012
A funding shortfall has forced Aberdeen Performing Arts (APA) to cut back its programme at the city’s Lemon Tree.
The charitable company is determined to keep the popular city centre venue open, despite reduced funding, and has reluctantly decided to end the free lunchtime music sessions from February 19 in order to reduce costs.
The current level of national and local funding received by APA is only 75% of that granted to the previous operators of The Lemon Tree before it went out of business in 2007.
Despite making significant efficiency savings, APA has been unable to operate the venue within its reduced grants, despite increasing attendances and record activity levels.
Without any offer of funding as yet from Creative Scotland for 2012/13 and facing a further 5% cut in its grant from Aberdeen City Council, APA has no option but to seek savings in The Lemon Tree’s operating costs. The company hopes, however, that that the situation may improve once Creative Scotland’s new Strategic Commissioning investment programme comes on stream.
APA chief executive Duncan Hendry explained: “We have reluctantly decided to discontinue The Lemon Tree’s lunchtime sessions on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in order to close the funding gap.
“This will allow us to continue our extensive core programme of music, drama and dance in the studio and lounge in the evenings.”
He added: “We will be lodging funding applications with Creative Scotland over the coming months in the hope of being able to secure programme and project funding.
“However, due to the transitional nature of Creative Scotland investment streams, there are currently no opportunities to secure revenue funding for the Lemon Tree.”
