ZOO ARTS EXHIBITION
Opens WEDNESDAY 22 JUNE 4 – 6pm
in North Edinburgh Arts Centre
Category: Pennywell
Roost Exhibition opens tomorrow
Roost is part of an artists residency, Arcadeum, linked to the North West Edinburgh Partnership Centre. This £12 million Centre, being built in Muirhouse, is a joint development between NHS Lothian and the City of Edinburgh Council, bringing increased health and social care services for the local community, including new GP accommodation and additional physiotherapy, podiatry, dentistry and child health services.
Arcadeum is based in the ‘satellite’ space in the shopping mall next to NEA. Artists Lindsay Perth and Hans Clausen have been leading the Arcadeum programme over the last 12 months.
Craigroyston’s adult learners in last ditch appeal
Fight to keep the ‘community’ in Community High School
Craigroyston Community Centre, the adult education wing of Craigroyston Community High School, has appealed to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon for her support in retaining a full adult education service at the school. Continue reading Craigroyston’s adult learners in last ditch appeal
Power of Food Festival this weekend
Saturday & Sunday 18 – 19 June
LOTS OF GREAT FREE LOCAL EVENTS
SEE PROGRAMME (below) FOR DETAILS
Roosting tomorrow
ROOST Exhibition opens tomorrow
Friday 17 June 1.30 – 6.30pm
Community BBQ this Saturday
Tickets only £1 – don’t miss it!
Craigroyston summit: ‘a common focus to drive up standards’
‘everyone around the table shared my desire to ensure Scottish education is the best it can be’ – Education Secretary John Swinney
Headteachers across Scotland will be provided with extra support to deliver excellence in schools and work to close the attainment gap, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced yesterday as she hosted a summit on raising attainment in Scotland’s schools. Continue reading Craigroyston summit: ‘a common focus to drive up standards’
Back to skool!
Pirniehall and St David’s pupils return ‘home’ on Monday – Rowanfield back on 27 June
One thousand pupils are returning to school earlier than planned after the latest programme of remedial works was submitted to the City of Edinburgh Council by the Edinburgh Schools Partnership.
Continue reading Back to skool!
Closing the Gap: Key education summit at Craigroyston today
Delivering for children: Scottish Government’s top team head education summit at Craigroyston Community High School
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Deputy First Minister John Swinney will meet teachers’ representatives, young people, education experts, political leaders, representatives of local authorities, unions and other third party stakeholders at Craigroyston Community High School today to consider the immediate actions required to close the educational attainment gap and raise standards for all children in Scotland. Continue reading Closing the Gap: Key education summit at Craigroyston today
Severing Time at North Edinburgh Arts
Friday 24 June 7.30pm
North Edinburgh Arts
North Edinburgh Arts Theatre Project & Festival and King’s Theatres Edinburgh Learning and Participation
INVITATION
You are invited to the Sharing of Work – Severing Time – on Friday 24th June 7.30pm
This performance includes Theatre, Dance and Video work by the Adults and Children of the North Edinburgh Arts Theatre project.
Severing Time investigates the influence and resistance we have towards the pressure of advertising, media and social networks, and considers the challenges, disruptions and distortions to our well-being and sense of self that virtual encounters can create. The ‘self’ we manufacture for internet-based encounters can be reductive, dehumanising and commodifying. It can also be a reflection to find and reclaim ourselves.
Background and Development of the project
North Edinburgh Arts Theatre project is an established and well-recognised Theatre project for adults, and has a track record for exciting and innovative productions and events. The project was developed in 2011 after research into the requirements of local people. The main finding of this research was that people wanted to make theatre again, after a history of using theatre and other art forms to create work which highlights their community and its needs and aspirations.
The project supports the participants’ aspirations and hard work for well-being and full creative lives, making strong contributions to their own communities as well as participating in the North Edinburgh Arts Theatre project.
In November 2011 North Edinburgh Arts Theatre project developed Yes We CanCan – a Cabaret of Resistance, which was the cementing of the project. Since then, the project has participated in a number of performances including Theatre Uncut in 2012 & 2013 and it regularly offers Sharing-of-Work and Work-in-Progress events. The 1d Tenement Opera in January 2015 through the support of the People’s Health Trust was an exciting and important development for North Edinburgh, and since then, the film Remembering Today, which was made in October 2015, has been acclaimed and celebrated.
Now North Edinburgh Arts’ Theatre project is delighted to be joined by Festival and King’s Theatres Edinburgh Learning and Participation Coordinator for the next stage in the Project’s development. The Learning and Participation Coordinator is leading Drama Workshops for the children of participants, and welcomes wider participation from other children interested in drama and theatre.
If you are interested in the Theatre project please email Sandra admin@northedinburgharts.c