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Fair Access Fair Access Expo: Community and Applied Arts Practice

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 Fair Access Expo: 

 Community and Applied Arts Practice 

Friday 7 June, 10-3:30pm at The Boardwalk, Glasgow G1 1TF

Are you aged 16 – 25 and want to use your creativity to ask questions, share stories and make change? Do you think the arts can change people’s minds, opinions and lives? Are you interested in building leadership and facilitation skills? If the answer is yes, come along to find out more about Community and Applied Arts Practice at our Fair Access Expo.

At this exciting all-day event, we’re inviting you to join practical sessions with experienced community artists to:

  • Make Theatre
  • Get Moving
  • Make Music
  • Tell a Story

They’ll share their skills and show you how they work creatively with a range of communities. Come and learn about the stories that matter.

What is Community Arts Practice? 

It’s a springboard to careers in teaching, directing, performance making, youth work, community music, arts in health and wellbeing, community education, play work, arts funding, creative learning in arts and cultural organisations and so much more.

How to register

To register, please visit the Eventbrite event page where you can sign up as a young person to attend, or as a teacher to book for a group of pupils.

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Who can attend

Fair Access prioritise places for young people aged 16 – 25 who are facing barriers in accessing the arts and who meet one or more of the following criteria:

Get in touch if you have any questions or need us to check a postcode for you.

If you are a young person living very rurally (e.g. on an island) you may also be eligible. Please get in touch with us and we will let you know if you can apply.

Note to teachers

If you are a teacher, we encourage you to attend this opportunity with your pupils. If you cannot attend, we ask that either an alternative member of staff accompanies the group, or that the students are passed on the booking link in order to book themselves a place. This will enable us to collect the details we require from the young people attending to be able to run the event effectively.

Contact WACI for More Information

You can contact the team at waci@rcs.ac.uk

Fair Access 'Behind the Scenes' Expo

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 Fair Access Behind the Scenes EXPO 

Focus on Film, Production Arts and Technology

Monday 5 June, 10 – 3pm

Civic House, 26 Civic Street, Glasgow G4 9RH

Three young adults playing with lighting cans
©RCS-Robbie McFadzean

Are you aged 15+ and interested in Film and/or Production Arts or Technology as a career? Do you teach or support someone who is interested in what happens behind the scenes? Then the Fair Access EXPO is for you!

This Fair Access EXPO is an exciting all-day event designed to get you up close behind the scenes of a performance with experts on hand to help you try out a range of skills. The day ends with a performance that you will have helped put together.

During the day, you will have a chance to:

  • Make and paint a set
  • Design and operate light and sound
  • Work with filmmakers and multimedia artists
  • Choose costumes for performers
  • Meet a range of creative professionals
  • Find out about opportunities in Film and Production that might be available
  • And much, much, more including a free breakfast and lunch!

Come and have a go, meet other young people who like the same things you do, and be part of our creative team.

Places are strictly limited so sign up today!

A group of young people trying out a filming camera in a classroom A young person with headphones round his neck and wearing a traffic cone on his head Three young people trying out a filming camera in a hallway

Please note: Fair Access will prioritise those facing barriers to accessing the arts such as those living in an SIMD20 postcode (you can check this on our website), are estranged or care experienced, or identifying as Black, Indigenous or a Person of Colour (living in an SIMD20 or SIMD40 postcode).

Please let us know the eligibility criteria which best describes you or the group you are booking for when you apply. If none of these criteria apply to you, please feel free to register and a member of staff will get in touch.

 How to get in touch 

If you would like to find out more or have a query or questions, get in touch with the team at: fairaccesshello@rcs.ac.uk 

Exhibition of Photographs, Film and Sound by The Care Group

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 Exhibition of Photographs, Film & Sound 

Monday 28 November, 6:30-7:30pm

John Swan Atrium at the Gordon Schools

Fair Access at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland are super proud to have supported 8 young people, known as The Care Group at the Gordon Schools in Huntley, Aberdeenshire. They worked together over a three-month period with Graeme Roger (film and visual arts), Dave Martin (music production) and Ross Carbarns (DJ, performer, writer). Together they explored a range of artforms inspired by art gallery visits, beach walks and from spending time together as a group.

Person looking out to landscape in sunset Person holding camera towards you in front of their face A group of young people with filming equipment on a beach Young person peering over castle wall

Their work will be presented in a public exhibition, taking place at the John Swan Atrium at the Gordon Schools, Monday 28 November at 6:30-7:30pm. If you are in the area, why not pop your head into the exhibition – we think you’ll love it.

‘I want people to see me as artistic and be able to help other people with problems if they have any’ 

‘I want to be seen as a person, I would hope they like me and accept me for who I am’.

In partnership with Fair Access at RCS

Production Arts Training for Secondary Teachers

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 PRODUCTION ARTS TRAINING 

for Secondary School Teachers Throughout May

Our RCS Production Arts CLPD Sessions are well underway throughout the month of May in partnership with Glasgow City Council’s CREATE. These sessions are aimed at developing secondary teachers’ production art skills and will focus on four key areas of Lighting, Set Design, Costume and Make-up. 

So far, we have received fantastic feedback from our participants:

Lighting

“The entire session was so useful, as a probationer I do a lot of training, and this has been the most valuable one all year!”

“Seeing the resources used by professionals, being inspired to use the process in my learning and teaching. New ideas!!”

“Fantastic overview, and the time disappeared in an engaging session”

Set Design

“The whole session was excellent, fantastic staff, materials, and venue.  Everything was perfect and I can’t wait to build on this excellent training”

“It feels wonderful to have this connection with RCS and context between secondary and higher education and training”

“I’m doing this whole session at school tomorrow with my class – they’ll love it!”

We look forward to seeing the rest of you at our sessions in Costume and Makeup  and hope to be able to offer further sessions of a similar nature in the near future.

April is Care Experienced History Month

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 Care Experienced History Month 

Get involved throughout April!

The Care Experienced History month team are encouraging everyone from around the world to commemorate the history of Care Experienced people in their country by joining them in support of Care Experienced History Month.

There are a number of ways you can get involved:

  • Attend an event
    Check out the Get Involved page to see what is happening.
  • Host an event
    You can host your own CEHM event and we will add it to our calendar of events.
  • Take part in the International Care Experienced Day of Remembrance
    Find out more here.

Who Cares? Scotland is also offering the opportunity for you or your organization to sponsor Care Experienced History. For further information or to register your interest in this initiative you can visit the Who Cares? Scotland website.

If you want to learn more about the history of Care Experienced people in Scotland, their team also offers the following video resource:

Who Cares? Scotland – History and Cultural Impact of Care Experience from Who Cares? Scotland on Vimeo.

 

 

On The Edge Update

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 ‘On The Edge’ KeyWorker Projections 

A Collaboration with Bash Art Creative

Watch some of the KeyWorker Projection highlights produced by Bash Art Creative in collaboration with the Fair Access Department.

Throughout October and November of this year, a series of large-scale outdoor video installations were used to create creative portraitures and performances to explore the role of key workers, teachers, artists, and people who have made a significant contribution to our lives and communities in these testing times.

The portraits and performance workshops took place across Glasgow in localities such as Castlemilk, Drumchapel, Milton and Easterhouse. It was fantastic to see so many people come out and get involved with the project within their local communities.

Coming up next

You can get involved with our new workshops in 2022 if you live in Castlemilk and are interested in performance. Visit here for more information.  

Fair Access Expo 2021

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We’re excited to announce that bookings for our upcoming Fair Access Expo are now open!!! 

Come along and join us on Thursday 4th November for open discussions around Widening Access to the Arts. 

We are delighted that the wonderful screen actor Julie Hesmondhalgh will be opening the Expo, sharing her passion for the arts and its power to transform lives and communities. We will also be sharing stories and flagging up opportunities for people interested in a career in Dance, Drama, Music, Film, Production, Theatre and the Performing Arts. 

This year, the main discussions that you can take part in are:

 Young People as Champions of Widening Access to the Arts 
A group of young people will come together to share their experience of choosing the arts as a pathway. We’ll delve into what it’s been like and how they see themselves moving forward.    

 Where Theatre Meets Film 
In this discussion we will hear from theatre-makers and filmmakers and people who do both – we will explore the many varied opportunities that are available in Film and theatre and how both practical and creative disciplines can straddle both art forms.   

 Being Working Class in The Arts 
A career in the arts is not always celebrated as a life choice or even as an option at all – in this panel we will hear from a panel of speakers from working-class communities who have forged creative careers, often against the odds.   

Registration now closed!

Head over to rcs.ac.uk/fair-access-expo to watch again

Attention all teachers and community groups:

If you would like to make a day of it and are able to host the event streamed live into your classroom/space, we have goodies!!! Register your interest in hosting a live stream of the Fair Access Expo to your young folks and we will send you through a box of goodies to give out on the day. Request your pack in Question 4 of the form by telling us roughly how many young people you are hoping will attend. The event will run from 12noon – 3pm. 

Positive Stories for Negative Times

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 Positive Stories for Negative Times 

Screening at St Roch’s Secondary, 22 October, 1:30pm

The Fair Access Department has been collaborating with the Drama Department at St Roch’s Secondary School and Wonder Fools Theatre Company on Positive Stories for Negative Times. 

Picture: Copyright – Colin Mearns, Glasgow Evening Times

We worked with BA performance graduate Peter Dobre and d/Deaf students at the school to create a BSL version of Stef Smith’s The Pack. Filmmaker Carina Hauchine documented a week of rehearsals and the final performance. We are very excited to be getting the team back together to screen the documentary at St Roch’s on Friday 22nd October.

It’s worth noting that as well as lead director Peter Dobre, filmmaker Carina Hauchine and Wonder Fool’s Robbie Gordon and Jack Nurse are all graduates of RCS and making waves in Scotland’s creative community. 

If you are interested in attending the screening – we have limited spaces available – please contact Fran Higson at f.higson@rcs.ac.uk 

Recent Press Coverage:

  1. Glasgow deaf pupils create play in BSL with RCS
  2. Wonder Fools Nominated for Nominated for Best use of Technology in the Third Sector The Herald Digital Transformation Awards 2021

Mini Open Day: Film and Production

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Mini Open Day: Film and Production

When:   Sat 24 April, 4pm – 5:30pm
Where: Online via Zoom
Who:     Open Access and Free for those interested in Filmmaking or Theatre Production
We are however especially keen to welcome people who are Transitions or WACI eligible.

If you are interested in Filmmaking or Theatre Production you are welcome to come along and join us for one or both of the following sessions:

  • Filmmaking Workshop
  • Women in Technical Roles Discussion

We will also give you information on all the amazing things you can do in production and film as well as how Transitions could support you towards studying on these courses at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.  

Hear From Our Students

Hear from our students talk about their experience with Transitions:  

Kieran is a Transitions Filmmaking Alumni 

Aisha is a first-year Lighting Student

 

Book your place now:

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Click this link to take you to the booking form

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Transitions Mini Open Day: Dance

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Transitions Mini Open Day: Dance

When: Sat 3 April, 2pm
Where: Online via Zoom
Who:  Open Access for those aged 7 – 15 interested in dance –  we are however especially keen to welcome people who are Transitions or WACI eligible.

Transitions are delighted to be offering two free taster workshops for young people keen on Dance:

The Ballet session is for 7 to 11-year-olds – this will be a fun movement class that will include elements of ballet and creative dance. There will be a focus on musicality and free movement which will allow our young people to explore dancing in their own expressive and creative way. No experience is necessary to participate in this online session, it would suit any young person with an interest in dance.

The Contemporary Dance session is for 12 to 15-year-olds – this workshop is all about expressing emotion through organic movements and unrestricted ideas. Incorporating elements of all styles of dance, Contemporary is an exciting fusion that allows students to work through powerful and emotional routines. This session will cover a range of techniques, including Cunningham and Release, making for an exciting and varied taster session.

Watch our short video below about Transitions for Pre-Juniors:

Book now: Click here to take you to the booking form.