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		<title>&#8216;Variable Limits&#8217; by Martin R Nelson</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A private view on Monday 30 January (6pm – 8pm) at the Foyer Gallery, Crown Street marks the opening of ‘Variable Limits’, a show by artist printmaker Martin R Nelson.  The exhibition is sponsored by Park Brown International.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6157&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alan Davies returns to stand-up  with date in Aberdeen</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After more than a decade since his last British stand-up show and following a hugely successful tour of Australia in 2011, Alan Davies, the much-loved star of iconic television series such as Jonathan Creek and QI, makes a long-awaited return to the UK stage with his new live show later this year.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6155&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Orange Launches £200,000 &#8216;Different Business&#8217; Competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to start and run a successful business, you need to be creative, innovative and fearless. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6152&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Simon Thacker (guitar) @Stewart&#8217;s Hall, Huntly</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simon Thacker (guitar)
Saturday 4 February 2012
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Stewart's Hall, Huntly
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		<title>UK Arts Index launched</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from CULTURE COUNTS: The publication of the UK Arts Index by the National Campaign for the Arts gives us a good opportunity to look at two contrasting points of view: on one hand: can value of art be represented by a set of indicators, on the other: shouldn’t we treat art as priceless and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6150&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Introduction to Cross Media Strategies &#8211; Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you a content producer, journalist, marketer or Small Business? Would you like to harness social media and online to promote your business/organisation/creative idea and monetize your content?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6147&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>STRAY DOG present   Kuba Markowski an exhibition of photographs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Work by local photographer Kuba Markowski this Feb at 99 Bar &#38; Kitchen, Aberdeen. He'll be showing some limited edition hand-printed b+w photographs from his latest project, documenting a recent Thai Boxing tournament in the city.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6145&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IndianRedLopez // Prometheus Single Launch from Wild Wolves</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the Bedford Records Christmas Party at The Lemon Tree Aberdeen, headliners IndianRedLopez officially launched their latest offering, Prometheus.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6141&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Creative Place Award Winners</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6138&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>150-200 lockers on offer FREE to a good home</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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
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		<title>Limousine Bull Artist’s Collective &#8211; Internship Opportunity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6132&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Calling all contemporary craft curators: applications are now open for Art Fund Collect 2012, a chance to be awarded 100% grants at Collect 2012.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6129&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6126&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welsh rockers Lostprophets  set to return to Granite City</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6124&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Full house at cultural conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6121&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6116&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Funding shortfall ends Lemon  Tree lunchtime music sessions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A funding shortfall has forced Aberdeen Performing Arts (APA) to cut back its programme at the city’s Lemon Tree.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6113&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DG Enterprise and Industry &#8211; Grant Programme</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The objective of this call is to promote projects with a high added value at European level in education for entrepreneurship. Actions will target teachers and young people in primary, secondary and tertiary education.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6110&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Neon Nights in Aberdeen for unfortunate sword swallower</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hannibal Hellmurto, sword swallower with the infamous Circus of Horrors, appearing at Aberdeen’s Music Hall next month, impaled himself live on stage in front of a packed audience in Bradford's St George’s Hall. The Circus of Horrors – The Ventriloquist is at the Music Hall on Thursday, February 9 and tickets are on sale now online at www.boxofficeaberdeen.com, by phone at 01224 641122 and at Aberdeen Box Office at the Music Hall, His Majesty’s Theatre and The Lemon Tree.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6107&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Digital Research and Development Fund for Arts and Culture, Scotland is a partnership between Creative Scotland, Arts &#38; Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and NESTA to support arts and cultural organisations across Scotland who want to work with digital technologies to expand their audience reach and engagement and/or explore new business models.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6104&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The plug-in car grant scheme, which the government has also been confirmed will continue until 2015, gives buyers of electric cars up to £5000 towards the cost of purchase. Now electric van drivers will also be able to receive 20% – up to £8000 – off the price of a plug-in van.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6100&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Enter the 2012 European Business Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2011, the EBAs engaged with over 15,000 organisations in over 30 countries showcasing the best in class, the winners from a diverse range of industries including cosmetics, engineering, fashion, online businesses, manufacturing and transport were congratulated by an audience comprising heads of state, leading industrialists, entrepreneurs, business leaders, media owners and academics from across 30 European nations.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6097&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ideas Fund Innovators &#8211; New Round Open to Applications</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WE'VE GOT THE CASH IF YOU'VE GOT THE IDEAS...

Ideas Fund Innovators is our funding scheme open to all creative disciplines.

If you're aged between 16-25 and have a creative project that could do with a cash injection, this is the fund for you. We’re offering 10 projects £1,000 each to help get them off the ground.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6094&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[news &#38; events from PVA for January &#38; February 2012<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6092&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTs)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Budget: €9 050 million (2007 - 2013)

ICTs play a crucial role in boosting innovation, creativity and competitiveness of all industry and service sectors. We are entering a new phase of development that will drive growth and sustainable development for the coming decades; however, this growth will only be captured if we invest now in research and innovation for the next generation of technologies.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6089&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Temporary Art School Aberdeen 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, 1 March 2012 at 19:00 until Saturday, 31 March 2012 at 23:30

@Various Locations, Aberdeen

The Temporary Art School is a one month live project happening throughout the city of Aberdeen in March 2012. A group of people living and working in both Aberdeen and Glasgow have come together to put on classes and workshops which experiment with what an art school can be and continue in a long tradition of self-organised education.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6083&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mihret will be joining us at the beginning of 2012 for a Slow Marathon on the 17th of March 2012 . We need 225 people to walk 42 kilometers to cover the 9439k distance from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Huntly, Scotland.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6019&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No fooling – it’s Van Morrison This April 1st in Aberdeen</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legendary musician Van Morrison is set to return to Aberdeen this spring with a concert in the city’s Music Hall on Sunday, April 1 – no joking!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6078&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At IMP towers we have had a wee rest &#38; although we indicated a hiatus of sorts we have just confirmed our first show on Thursday 1st March 2012 @ The Tunnels.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6075&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Refresher&#8217; &#8211; £500 Professional Development Grants 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of our drive to help the city achieve its vision of becoming a 'Vibrant, Creative and Ambitious City', Aberdeen City Council are piloting a grants programme specifically aimed at supporting the development of individuals in the cultural sector. Whether you are employed, self-employed or a volunteer, you can apply for a grant of up to £500 towards training or activity which will develop your knowledge and skills.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6072&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gordon Highlander Art Classes 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All participants must book a place to be accepted on the workshop. Please contact Rosemary Taylor on 01224 649383 or email rosemarytaylor@sky.com<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6069&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The application process is now open, with a deadline of 30 January 2012. Interested music creators, performers and organisations can go to www.prsformusicfoundation.com/Partnerships/Flagship-Programmes/Beyond-Borders for more information about Beyond Borders, guidelines on eligibility and to apply.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6065&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Fidelio Trust &#8211; grants of up to £5,000</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Trust offers grants of up to £5,000 in support of the arts; in particular the dramatic and operatic arts, music, speech and dance. The next application deadline is 1 February 2012. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6063&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Starbucks Youth Action Programme</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[deadline: 5 March 2012, 9am
Young people between the ages of 16 and 24 that wish to make a positive difference within their community can apply for grants of up to £2,000 through the Starbucks Youth Action Programme.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6061&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PRS funding for organisations and groups</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Performing Rights Society (PRS) for Music Foundation, the UK's leading funder of new music across all genres, has announced that its funding programme for organisations and groups is currently open for applications. Through this programme a wide range of organisations and groups such as bands, ensembles, collectives, charities, local authority and schools etc working in any genre of new music can apply for grants of up to £25,000 (£5,000 for first time applicants).<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6059&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Deveron Arts Shadow Curator Internship 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deveron Arts are looking for people with a proven interest in developing a career in socially engaged / collaborative arts development and curating. Experience will be offered in all forms of curatorial development, arts administration and event organisation through training and opportunities for critical engagement. Applications deadline:   Fri 10 February 2012, 12 pm<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6056&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ACC Cultural Grants 2012/13</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The application process for Aberdeen City Council's Cultural Grants is now open. The deadline for applications is the 11th of March 2012.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6053&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>gane crowd funding workshop</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday January 27th
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who is this for? Arts organisations, groups or venues who wish to learn how to write Killer Headlines &#38; Juicy Quotes for their event. This FREE workshop is designed to help you reach the intended audience, nail the perfect headline and write juicy quotes. You can have a perfeclty written article, the best event and an amazing offer to promote but...if you don't grab them with your headline and get them to read past the first few lines... no one will ever know about it! <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=5963&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An opportunity has arisen to work within a community orientated, vibrant Arts Organisation in Aberdeen City Centre.  We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible and highly motivated self-starter Administrator to join our small team at Aberdeen Arts Centre. CVs and a letter of application to Paula Gibson, Executive Manager, at paula@aberdeenartscentre.org.uk by Monday, January 16 2012. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creativeculturescotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7799244&amp;post=6046&amp;subd=creativeculturescotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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