Aberdeen Positive (AB+)

AB+

… an invitation to the forthcoming Aberdeen Positive (AB+) Conference which will take place on the 26th of January 2012 at Aberdeen Arts Centre.

This conference is the idea of a group of arts organisations and practitioners working in Aberdeen and the wider region with the overarching aim of making a ‘step-change’ in the cultural life of the city. We want this conference to celebrate what we currently do well and to challenge us to improve, to think big and ultimately help identify the steps we need to take to reach our ambitions.

Further info

Further details about the conference and booking details are contained in the invite letter (download from here) – please feel free to pass this letter of invitation on to colleagues and contacts who are interested developing the cultural life of this area.

If you have any problems opening the invite please contact aberdeen.positive@gmail.com

NEOS AGM 19th February 2011

19 February · 10:00 - 12:00

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Location:

Gordon Highlanders Museum

St Luke’s, 16 Viewfield Road (AB15 7XH)

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

A fantastic chance to meet the NEOS committee, fellow artists, hear about NEOS 2010 news, it's plans & dates for 2011, as well as an opportunity for networking too. The GHM will be laying on tea, coffee and yummy scones to tempt you along!
NEOS is Scotland's largest Open Studios showcasing a wealth of talent, from amature to professional. NEOS is a platform for the arts in Sepetember, giving Audience and Practitioner alike the ability to interface and connect.

If you think you might like to help NEOS'11 and would like to join the NEOS team, please get intouch by emailing emma@plaform22.co.uk
or, do you know anyone who would like to hear more about this event or would like to become a new NEOS member? Please forward this invitation to them ~ thank you!

We look forward to seeing lots of you there.

FACEBOOK invite : http://www.facebook.com/waspsstudios?v=info#!/event.php?eid=169104396468130&notif_t=event_invite

Joey Richardson Internationally-known woodturner/artist event

Grampian Woodturners are presenting a two-day woodturning demonstration featuring Joey Richardson

A very talented and versatile turner who incorporates carving and colouring techniques into her work.

Venue: Scottish Agriculture College, Bucksburn, Aberdeen

Dates and Times : September – Saturday 4th (10am – 5pm) & Sunday 5th (10.30am – 4.30pm)

Parking on Site. Tiered Seating in auditorium.

Large screen viewing. Catering: Teas, coffees, rolls and biscuits on sale, on site am/pm. Please bring your own lunch.

Tickets; £15.00; entry either or both days.

Contact:
Frank Beattie 01467 632168;
Bill Diack 01467 622772;
Ian Wallace 01224 743661;
Doug Grant 01224 704119;
Ian Murrav 01224 312556.

Hospitalfield, the international residential centre for artists, has now launched its plans as centre for art and culture in Angus, a support network, the Friends of Hospitalfield and a new website at www.hospitalfield.org.uk

If you would like to become a Friend of this unique and historic institution you can join online via http://www.hospitalfield.org.uk/friends/friends.php. The annual individual membership fee is £25 (£30 for couples). They are preparing a varied and exciting programme of events. Friends will receive a regular newsletter to keep them informed.

for more information, please visit : http://www.hospitalfield.org.uk/friends/friends.php

Tolquhon Gallery Exhibition

NEOS 2010 is now accepting entries!

The application form is now live for you to join NEOS2010.

Online Application: STEP 1 : Create a NEOS Account

In order to register as a participant for NEOS2010, you must first create a NEOS account.
(Please note your NEOS'09 login details will NOT work. A new account must be opened). Please complete the following form to create a new NEOS account and take a note of the password you choose. You will need this password to complete your NEOS registration. The deadline for completing your form is the 12th of April 2010. After that - we will incur a late entry fee - which will be £20 and the entry system will be open until the 19th of April - any incomplete entries after that date will be deleted and the set up of the 2010 booklet will commence - no additional entries / amendments to the database can be accepted after that date.

2010 Entry fee

The Entry fee for NEOS2010 will be £99

Paper applications can be accepted for additional £10 fee (£109 total).

Send payment (cheques made payable to North East Open Studios!) to:
NEOS Treasurer, GOWANBANK, 7‚ Victoria Terrace, Kemnay, AB51 5RL

If you require a paper application, please send a stamped addressed envelope to the address above.

NEOS Youth Initiative

NEOS are also supporting young artists and makers this year by giving a reduced entry fee to anyone 24 years old and younger. The young persons entry fee is £50 - you must be 24 or younger from the 22nd of September 2010 if you have any questions, please email info@northeastopenstudios.co.uk.

NEOS 2009: September 12th - 21st. Visit www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk for more information

NEOS 2010 AGM

Please join us on Saturday 6th of February ~ 10am until 12pm,
at the Gordon Highlanders Museum, Viewfield Road, Aberdeen.

There will be a chance to ask the NEOS team questions, elect committee members, as well as an opportunity to network with other creatives. There will be tea, coffee and yummy scones to eat too!

Looking forward to seeing you there and please R.S.V.P info@northeastopenstudios.co.uk to let us know you are coming.

NEOS 2010 dates: Saturday 11th to Sunday 19th September
On-line applications will be live soon, so please keep checking & visit www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk for more information.

Bern Ross NEOS preview in P&J

[from the P&J]...
Artists give a taste of what is still to come

Special exhibition highlights north-east open studios event
By Leanna MacLarty
Published: 29/08/2009

ARTIST’S IMPRESSION: Berni Ross with some of her work in the ‘taster’ exhibition. Colin Rennie
More Pictures
A GROUP of Mearns artists have put their work on display ahead of an annual art event which sees studios throughout the north-east opened to the public.
A collection of 60 paintings, sculptures, and pieces of pottery and jewellery are on display at Stonehaven Town Hall for the “taster” show....

NEOS 2009: September 12th - 21st. Visit www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk for more information

I <3 UTG

EVENT AT PROJECT SLOGAN GALLERY2 TUESDAY 1st SEPT



In collaboration with Project Slogan, the first in a series of I ♥ UTG campaign awareness events;

An exhibition of local artists coming together to help raise awareness for the problems facing Union Terrace Gardens & Aberdeen's new Arts Centre.

All works based upon the theme "heart" and will be on sale for £20 per artwork to raise funds for the I ♥ UTG campaign.

Gilla Brooker
Alicia Bruce
Libby Day
Fraser Denholm
Jim Ewen
Jo Gannon
Katie Guthrie
Eva Merz
William Moulding
Stuart Simpson
Anita Stewart
Philip Thompson
Sarah J Tingle

and more to be confirmed........

So come spend the evening with Project Slogan & I ♥ UTG and help us create a better, greener and brighter future for out city.

info@projectslogan.com
http://www.projectslogan.com
project slogan
179 victoria road
torry
aberdeen
AB11 9LU

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - ‘Reflections on the Planet’

Please help us raise funds by making a creative and unique contribution to an exhibition titled ‘Reflections on the Planet’.

All proceeds from sales go to supporting Caretakers of the Environment International Conference 5 – 11 July 2009

Work submitted must interpret the title of the exhibition
Information for making your artwork for the CD exhibition

· Please feel free to work on a any surface you prefer.
· Measurement of template has to be exactly 138mm x 119mm (so that it can fit inside the CD case).
· If you would like to send more than one work we would be delighted.
· All work will be sold anonymously and affordably priced at £25.00.
· Please do not sign the front of your work but remember to sign the back.
· Please return your completed work no later Friday 25 June to enable us to prepare the exhibition.
· The exhibition will open on Monday 29 June from 6pm – 8pm to which you, your friends and family are invited.
· Buyers of CD’s will be told the name of the artist when they collect their CD, at the end of the exhibition, which runs until the Friday 31 July 2009.

Please send completed work to: SMART CONSULTANTS, The Creative Art House, 18 Forbes Street, Aberdeen, AB25 3XB, T:01224 561977.

Work can also be hand delivered to this address.

Please help us to achieve our aim of further enhancing this unique international conference for young people. If you have any queries or questions please do not hesitate to contact Sally Moir (Curator), Claire Bruce (Project Co-ordinator) at the above address.

We look forward to receiving your artwork and thank you in advance for your support.

Call for Artists - Tawnies, Trees & Terra: A Sculpture Walk on the Wild Side

This year VSA is offering as a unique venue, Easter Anguston Farm to both host and inspire installation art within the varied landscape of the Farm. Easter Anguston Farm has a long history of responsible farming – whether restoring hedgerows, forest management, assisting in the re-introduction of Red Kites to the area, supporting pollination with meadows and wild flowers or just our recycling/composting activity....

visit http://www.vsa.org.uk/page-20090427-143031.html for more information about how to get involved and to download an application form.

NEOS 2009: September 12th - 21st. Visit www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk for more information

RSA MORTON AWARD FOR LENS BASED WORK 2009

DEADLINE - 28 MAY 2009

About the Award
The Morton Award is for artists working in lens-based media and is administered by the Royal Scottish Academy and funded by the Morton Charitable Trust. It consists of a monetary award of £4,300 to develop and produce a new work in a lens based medium around a theme selected by the Royal Scottish Academy, and an exhibition of the completed new work at the RSA Annual Exhibition in 2009.

The Royal Scottish Academy is delighted to have secured a grant from the Morton Charitable Trust for new commissions by artists who were born in or are currently living and working in Scotland. The Morton Award will support artists in developing new works in photography or film loosely based on a theme concerning cultural, socio-economic, environmental or political developments in Scotland. Each year, the works by the Morton Award winner will be showcased at the RSA Annual Exhibition.

A short list of artists will be invited to present their project to the Panel of Adjudicators at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. Adjudicators for this year are Arthur Watson RSA, Calum Colvin RSA, Marion Smith RSA and Colin R Greenslade, Programme Director, RSA

click the title for more information...

Invitation to the Annual General Meeting “Networking Event”

Invitation to the Annual General Meeting “Networking Event”

At the Gordon Highlanders, Saturday the 28th of February, 10.00 for 10.30 am.

The agenda will include a presentation by Niall Paton, who will speak about the open studio principles and some ideas to assist with marketing and promotion of your individual events. Pam Hamilton and Kate McKenzie will be giving an account of their NEOS2008 experiences and a general Q&A with the NEOS committee.
There will also be an opportunity to network with other NEOS participants over coffee/tea and scones.

For directions check out www.gordonhighlanders.com

Following the event information from the presentation will be available on the NEOS website.