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Exciting June activities as part of the Year of Creative Scotland

Exciting June activities as part of the Year of Creative Scotland

Including goNORTH, the Spring Fling and festivals in Leith and East Neuk

30 May 2012

In the run-up to one of the most action-packed summers in the UK, June welcomes a fantastic fusion of sport and culture in the Year of Creative Scotland. This month will bring together some of the most exciting new initiatives in 2012 with Scotland’s…

Emeli Sande, Eliza Doolittle and generalfiasco to celebrate the Olympic Torch's passage through Scotland

Emeli Sande, Eliza Doolittle and General Fiasco to celebrate the Olympic Torch's passage through Scotland

28 May 2012

Scotland will burst into song as the Olympic Flame weaves its way across Scotland from 8–14 June, before reappearing on 21 June. Your community will be alive with the sound of song as a fusion of local favourites, new commissions, anthems, pop songs…

Northern Lights is a film about Scotland made by you

Northern Lights: A film about Scotland made by you

Scots nationwide invited to contribute to country's first mass-input film project

9 May 2012

How would you like to see your work as part of a unique and exciting feature-length documentary film? Got a camera and something you’re eager to share? Then you’re all set to get involved and be in with a chance of winning one of many awards from the…

Make 2012 your Year of Creative Scotland

Make 2012 your Year of Creative Scotland

Discover incredible events happening near you this year

4 May 2012

The Year of Creative Scotland is packed full of exciting new initiatives to complement a fantastic and enhanced, year-round cultural programme. It shows off our creativity at its best...

Cargo Publishing launch a new crowd-sourced audiobook

Cargo Publishing launch a new crowd-sourced audiobook

Glasgow-based publishing house use social media to find new readers

25 Nov 2011

Publishing has seen all sorts of breakthroughs in the last few years, with a wide variety of exciting e-book projects springing up. But, as interactive as these projects promise to be, they rarely capture the aural tradition of storytelling, and the…

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The Sculpture Show
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(4 stars) A major new exhibition of sculptural works from the collection, alongside important works on loan. Featured artists include Rodin, Degas, Hepworth, Moore, Giacometti, Duchamp, Hirst, Lucas and others, along with photographic and film documentation. Ron Mueck's enormous A Girl returns to the Gallery from its world tour.
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4 May–24 Jun Mon–Sun 10am–5pm Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, Edinburgh
Ayrshire Burns Brightly
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A series of arty projects taking inspiration from the democratic ideals of the Scottish Enlightenment, and how they inspired Burns. Installation and soundscape experiences take over Ayrshire, and there's also a large cardboard tower that the public are invited to help tear down. Part of Roofless.
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31 May–3 Jun Times vary Various Venues, South Ayrshire
Roofless
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An ambitious outdoor arts programme working in partnership with five regions in Scotland, ensuring you'll see Transformers-style musical robots in Shetland, huge toppling sculpture in Ayrshire, an outdoor theatre takeover in Falkirk, a dance cycle in Dumfries and Galloway and a fire festival in Fraserburgh. Community groups work together for each project before a grand finale.
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31 May 2012–31 May 2013 Times vary Various venues