Zoo Arts drawing trip

Zoo Arts, North Edinburgh Arts’ Wednesday art club for ages 9-14 years, will be visiting the Edinburgh St. James building site on Wednesday (16th May)!

We will be drawing, painting and collaging from the amazing vantage point of Edinburgh St James Project’s 3rd floor offices overlooking the site.

Parents, older siblings, and other curious creatives are very welcome to join us on these trips.

First come first served. Please call box office on 0131 315 2151 to book, or call 07949778485 for more information.

Information and permission slips are available at NEA box office.

This trip is free. Donations towards transport are welcomed.

Cashback for city arts projects

Creative projects in Edinburgh will benefit from over £40,000 as part of the Scottish Government’s aim to tackle inequalities experienced by young people, in the Year of Young People 2018. Six Edinburgh arts projects – including Granton Youth Centre, North Edinburgh Arts and the Tinderbox Orchestra – will receive funding as part of the CashBack for Creativity Open Fund, which has awarded a total of £252,000 to 32 projects across the country. Continue reading Cashback for city arts projects

North Edinburgh Arts to open for CAN market event this morning

North Edinburgh Arts will be open for reduced hours today to enable the Community Action North event to go ahead in the morning (above) and have the cafe open for a while.

However Gentle Exercise, the Arts Strategy event in the afternoon and North Edinburgh Theatre group in the evening are POSTPONED.

Muirhouse Youth Development Group’s annual general meeting, also scheduled to take place at North Edinburgh Arts this afternoon, has been POSTPONED until further notice.

Everyone Has a Story: Circle’s young people stage photography exhibition

‘Everyone Has a Story’, a photography exhibition created by young people supported by Circle, was launched at  at North Edinburgh Arts  on Friday.

Young people supported by Circle worked alongside staff to produce photographs which express their feelings and emotions around parental substance use.  Continue reading Everyone Has a Story: Circle’s young people stage photography exhibition

Tattoo Culture Fund cash for North Edinburgh project

tattoo

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo and City of Edinburgh Council have announced the latest  beneficiaries of the city’s Culture Fund. Among them is North Edinburgh Arts, who receive £5000 to work in a new collaboration with Magnetic North to develop a new piece of family music-theatre.

Continue reading Tattoo Culture Fund cash for North Edinburgh project