Elspeth Lamb RSA ~ Recent Work
Crow, Elspeth Lamb RSA, Lithograph from the Klecksographie series 560 x 760mm. ©The artist.
Elspeth Lamb studied at Glasgow School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University and the Tamarind Institute of Lithography, University of New Mexico USA, her main specialism being printmaking.
Lamb is an elected RSA Academician, and an elected member of the Society of Scottish Artists and Royal Glasgow Institute, and has taught several workshops in lithography at the Joan Miro Foundation in Mallorca, Spain. She has won several awards for her work, which is also included in major collections such as the
Japanese Consular Collection, The British Council, the MAG Collection, and the Joan Miro Foundation Collection, as well as being represented in several Art Galleries and Museums both in the UK and abroad
This exhibition of recent work by this internationally acclaimed artist and printmaker also contains a strong educational element.
Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine
22 January – 7 March, 2010
Free Admission
Rapture, one of Scotland’s most exciting theatre companies, will be presenting a special Celtic take on this legendary play. Rapture’s production will combine Shakespeare’s text with a modern, accessible, interpretation on this powerful classic, setting the drama in the contemporary Glasgow underworld.
Some of Scotland’s leading performers bring this dazzling play to life. Hamlet is caught between the idealistic world of his university and the world of terror and death that his criminal family represent. When his father dies and his ghost confronts him, Hamlet has to choose between family lies and world truths, the past and the future, life and death.
This production, directed by Michael Emans and designed by Lyn McAndrew, combine modern music, innovative iconography and faithfulness to this great play making Rapture’s production an unmissable event.
Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock
18/02/2010
2.30pm & 7.30pm
Tickets £8.50, £7 conc, £5 schools
Advanced booking recommended
Disabled Access
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BBC Young Composers’ Competition
Young musicians aged 12-18 are invited to enter the BBC Proms Young Composers’ Competition. The BBC is looking for original pieces of music, no more than five minutes long. There are no restrictions on the style of music you can enter; the only condition is that it has to be written down, as someone else will perform it if you reach the final. Winners will receive a BBC commission and see their work performed by professional musicians.
The BBC is also seeking young composers to participate in their 'Composer Labs', which aim to give young talent across the United Kingdom the opportunity to explore new ways of composing and get a taste of what it could mean to be a composer in the 21st century. The Scottish section of the 'Composer Labs' will be in Glasgow sometime between 7 February and 11 April. And, for the first time, an online version of a Composer Lab will also be made available from April.
The closing date for applications is 28 May 2010
For further information please follow this LINK
Views sought from traditional craftspeople
The Heritage Crafts Association’s aim is to support and promote heritage crafts as a fundamental part of the UK's living heritage. They are currently planning their work for 2010 and are asking as many traditional craftspeople as possible to fill in a simple survey to inform their strategy.
The survey is open until 28 February 2010
To take part, follow this LINK
Aberdeen, Hamilton, Edinburgh and Barrhead
Voluntary Arts Scotland is visiting four locations this February with our Make a Splash! sessions.
Designed to help voluntary cultural groups encourage more people to take part, the events are free, fun and informative. We'll also tell you all about the Make a Splash! funding stream, which could give you anything from £250 - £2,000, so you can take a risk and try something different to get new people involved.
Here's where we'll be:
Tuesday 16th February: Townhouse, Hamilton (7-10pm)
Friday 19th February: Edinburgh International Conference Centre (two sessions: 1-2.30pm & 3-4.30pm as part of The Gathering)
Wednesday 24th February: underCOVER, Barrhead (two sessions: 1.30-3.30pm & 6.30-8.30pm)
To book your free place at any of the above events, please follow this LINK
To download a funding application, please follow this LINK
Youth Music Theatre UK - auditions
The Youth Music Theatre UK national auditions team will be on the road in January and February, visiting 21 towns and cities around the UK. They re on the lookout for talented young performers aged 11-21 to take part in their summer productions. The Scottish leg of the auditions is as follows:
Friday 12th February - Inverness
Saturday 13th February - Aberdeen
Sunday 14th February - Edinburgh
Monday 15th February - Glasgow
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An Evening of Comedy and Drama
The British One Act Play Champions (2008), Stewarton Drama Group, present two performances of "AN EVENING OF COMEDY & DRAMA" featuring two original plays written and directed by Nancy McPherson.
The plays are "Becoming Maggie", a 1940s romantic drama set on an Ayrshire beach and "The Night I Danced With Cyd Charisse", offering laughs and surprises in a garage workshop.
Tickets include a complimentary glass of wine and nibbles on arrival. They are on sale every day at Stewarton Library and Candy Chace, High Street, Stewarton - or can be reserved by email.
19 & 20th February
7.30pm
Stewarton Area Centre
Stewarton
Tickets £6.00
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The final concert in the twenty third Ayr Concert Series will be presented in Ayr Town Hall on Friday 19 February 2010, commencing at 7.30pm.
Alisa Weilerstein
Christoph Koenig, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
GOLDMARK ~ Overture: Im Fruehling
SCHUMANN ~ Cello Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY ~ Symphony No.1 "Winter Daydreams"
Goldmark's overture written in the sunny key of A major is full of the joys of spring. Christoph Koenig from Dresden and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra are joined by the American-born Alisa Weilerstein for Schumann's romantic cello concerto. The evening ends with Tchaikovsky's First Symphony, Winter Daydreams
Christoph Koenig ~ Alisa Weilerstein
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Formed in 1998 at Pro Corda, The National School for Young Chamber Music Players, in Suffolk, from 2002 the Doric String Quartet studied on the Paris-based ProQuartet Professional Training Program, where they worked with members of the Alban Berg, Artemis, Hagen and LaSalle Quartets and with Gyorgy Kurtag. The Quartet continue to work with Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet) at the Music Academy in Basel.
The Doric String Quartet is now firmly established as one of the outstanding quartets of their generation. In 2008 they won 1st prize in the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Japan, 2nd prize at the Premio Paolo Borciani International String Quartet Competition in Italy, where they also received a special mention for their performance of Haydn, and the Ensemble Prize at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany.
Now in its 12th season highlights over the last year have included a critically acclaimed Haydn evening at Wigmore Hall broadcast by BBC Radio 3, debut recitals in Paris (Auditorium du Louvre), Milan and Frankfurt, and visits to the Schwetzinger, Florestan, Isle of Man and East Neuk Festivals. Further afield the Quartet toured throughout Japan and returned to Israel and South East Asia. They have collaborated with Mark Padmore, Chen Halevi, Julius Drake, Piers Lane, Melvyn Tan, the Leopold String Trio and Florestan Trio.
During 2009/10 the Quartet return to Wigmore Hall four times, as Quartet and in recitals with Philip Langridge, Andrew Kennedy (for a world premiere) and Alasdair Beatson. Future engagements include recitals at the Konzerthaus in Berlin and in Lucerne, Brussels and Hamburg.
In November the Doric’s first commercial CD is released on the Wigmore Hall Live label of their Haydn concert at Wigmore Hall on 15 January 2009 and in 2010 they record their first CD for Chandos as part of a long-term collaboration.
The Doric String Quartet, with two violins, viola and cello will perform for Ayr music club in the Assembly Hall at the University of the West of Scotland.
Tickets for the recital are available now at a cost of £10 (student concessions).
13 February 2010
7.30pm
University of the West of Scotland
The Gathering is the largest voluntary sector event in the UK, bringing together small community groups, national charities, social enterprises and many more.
This year, the event will be held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on 18th & 19th February. Voluntary Arts Scotland will, as usual, have a stall - including our ever-popular 'Muck Aboot' table, laden with craft materials. We'll be joined by Volunteer Development Scotland and a host of other voluntary organisations.
There will also be opportunities for people to perform at The Gathering, so if you fancy doing a turn, get in touch with Fiona Campbell at Voluntary Arts Scotland
Thursday 18 & Friday 19 February 2010
Edinburgh International Conference Centre
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Hans Haacke, Monument to Beach Pollution, 1970 Garbage, Carboneras, Spain, Colour photograph 51 x 76cm
Radical Nature is a major new exhibition curated by Francesco Manacorda and launched in London at the Barbican Art Gallery during June - October 2009. The exhibition explores the role of the environment in art and architecture and is the first major exhibition to trace the post war history of artists’ engagement with ecology and environmentalism. Radical Nature includes artists and architects working at an international level and from across the world. The exhibition at The Dick, the Baird and Doon Valley Museum will be the first venue on the world tour and will be the only venue in Scotland.
In addition to large-scale sculptures which will fill the galleries, the exhibition also includes photographs, artist film and original drawings. There will be live planting in each section of the exhibition, turning each venue into an alternative space which allows us to think about the decisions we face now and for our future, and creates a dramatic and unusual visual experience.
In association with the Barbican Art Gallery in London.
The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock
9 January 2010 - 17 April 2010
Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 5pm
Baird Institute,
Cumnock
9 January 2010 - 17 April 2010
Thursday - Saturday 11am - 5pm
Doon Valley Museum, Dalmellington
9 January 2010 - 17 April 2010
Thursday - Saturday 10am - 4pm
Free Admission and Disabled Access at all venues
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