by Lan Pham | Dec 8, 2022 | Art, Artist, Arts, Audience, Community, Creativity, Culture, Events, Mental Health, Participation, Public Space, Social Value, Uncategorised, Wellbeing
The arts and health sector is being mapped out by potential funders using a tight definition. Creative Scotland sees this activity as being led by professional artists, with explicit artistic and health/wellbeing objectives, and designed to improve health and wellbeing. What activities could be missed by this definition? In particular what arts, culture, health and wellbeing outputs emerge when none of these terms are targeted or defined. (more…)
by Alice McGrath | Oct 27, 2022 | Arts, Audience, Community, Culture, Events, Film, Social Value, Uncategorised
In the last week I’ve heard the term ‘the perfect storm’ on repeat, from multiple sources, in relation to the perceived threats to Scottish arts organisations’ future existence. This weather-related metaphor was used in the press release relating to the closure of the Centre for Moving Image – the parent company for the much-loved Edinburgh Filmhouse and the respected Edinburgh International Film Festival – which went into administration. The Chief Executive of the national arts funding body also used the term last week when giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament Culture Committee in relation to the threat of funding cuts. ‘Creative Scotland has warned MSP that a ‘fragile’ recovery from the pandemic has been ‘more than overtaken’ by a combination of rising costs, falling income and the impact of Brexit.’ (The Scotsman, 6 October 2022). Scotland’s National Galleries also found themselves caught in the storm last week that they say will lead to partial closures in the coming months. Pauline McLean also used the term to describe the general arts sector in Scotland on BBC’s flagship cultural programme Front Row (Front Row, 11th Oct, 2022). (more…)
by Centre for Culture Sports & Events | Sep 22, 2022 | Accessibility, Art, Artist, Arts, Community, COVID19, Creativity, Culture, Learning, Lonliness, Paisley, Participation, Place, Power, Renfrewshire, Skills, Transferable Skills, Uncategorised
Recently, Paisley’s marvellous
STAR Project completed a 9-month long, seasons inspired, arts based therapeutic intervention; ApArt. Funded by
Inspiring Scotland Creative Communities Fund, the project supported community members to address feelings of anxiety relating to the COVID 19 lockdown alongside issues around loss of connection and uneasiness regarding re-entry into the social world. With guidance from artist
Rachel Mimiec, community members were able to discover, reignite and give full reign to their creativity, a process which had a range of benefits both individually and collectively…
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by Colin Begg | Sep 15, 2022 | Art, Artist, Arts, Audience, Community, COVID19, Cultural Heritage, Cultural Regeneration, Culture, Events, Learning, Paisley, Participation, Performance, Place, Power, Public Space, Renfrewshire, Social Value, Uncategorised
The Paisley Townscape Heritage Conservation Area Scheme 2 (Paisley TH.CARS2) is a £4.5M regeneration programme led by Renfrewshire Council, with match funding from National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) and Historic Environment Scotland (HES). Running since 2016, and due to conclude in 2023, the focus for investment is Paisley’s Town Centre Conservation Area, with the west end of the High Street, New Street and the area around Shuttle Street having particular priority. Paisley TH.CARS2 follows on from a previous regeneration project – Paisley THI/CARS – which focused investment around Causeyside Street. (more…)
by Marlene Zijlstra | Sep 1, 2022 | Arts, Community, Cultural Regeneration, Culture, Events, Learning, Paisley, Participation, Place, Power, Public Space, Research profile, Social Value, Uncategorised
With its Future Paisley programme, Paisley has demonstrated a drive to improve the town’s public spaces through the medium of regeneration, whereby participation and community input has become a key tool of success. The projects created by Future Paisley intersect past, present, and future, by bringing attention to the town’s history through creative events that can revitalise the town and cooperation with the local community to imagine a future of Paisley that deals with this decade’s challenges head on (think; the pandemic and climate crisis). (more…)
by Sophie Mamattah | Aug 18, 2022 | Accessibility, Art, Commemoration, Community, COP26, COVID19, Cultural Regeneration, Culture, Disability Sport, Disabled Community, Events, Learning, Mega Sporting Events, PACE Theatre, PACE YT, Paisley, Parasport, Place, Renfrewshire, Research profile, Resources, Symposium, Uncategorised
Another wee while has flown by since the last slightly random summary of CCSE blog activity; we have tentatively emerged from COVID restriction, endured unusual summer heat and enjoyed another season of outdoor sports. To accommodate a winter World Cup, football has made an early start. And, the CCSE blog has continued to tick over, providing a space for record and reflection of cultural, sporting and event related activity ongoing at the locally and nationally. (more…)
