Creative Scotland is delighted to announce £399,000 support
to help boost youth arts provision in Edinburgh and the Lothians.
The funding is being announced as part of Scotland’s
National Youth Arts Strategy Time To Shine and will be used to create a network
of nine regional Youth Arts Hubs from a total funding package of £3.1m, across
the country.
The Hubs – in Aberdeen and North East, Argyll, Ayrshire,
Edinburgh, Fife, Glasgow, Highlands, Moray and West Dunbartonshire – are being
formed through partnerships between local and national arts and youth services
providers, to increase access to youth arts across Scotland across a range of
art forms.
Out of the Blue Arts and Education Trust will work in
partnership with youth and arts providers to deliver the Creative Mix/Youth
Hive project – a hive of networked and staged multi-arts activity for Edinburgh
and the Lothians. The Hive will build on activities currently undertaken with
young people by the partners and develop and promote innovative practice in
youth arts. The project plan includes
the development and creation of creative apprenticeships, traineeships and work
experience opportunities for young people.
Youth Arts Hub partners for this area include The Bongo
Club, Creative Electric, Red Kite Animation, Strange Town, Verden Studios,
North Edinburgh Arts, Lucky Frame, Scottish Kids are Making Movies, Active
Inquiry, PyroCeltica, WHALE Arts, Edinburgh City Libraries & Information
Service.
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