Education dialogue begins
The Scottish Arts Council has established an Education Forum comprising a group of respected academics, artists and educationalists. Chaired by Professor Emeritus Sally Brown, of the University of Stirling, the Arts Education Forum will start a dialogue about the place of arts education in the lives of young people in Scotland, and discuss the role of arts education in the curriculum from pre-school to tertiary level and beyond.
Spotlight on children?s art
The second National Children?s Art Day will take place on June 20, with further events over the weekend of June 22-23. Short programmes supporting the Day will be screened before the 7pm Channel 4 News on June 19-21. For more information and to register events online, t: 020 7351 6061; w:http://www.art-works.org.uk
Rural artists? showcase
In the aftermath of Devon?s foot and mouth crisis an open studios event, ?Nine Days of Art?, is aiming to bring artists and craftspeople into closer contact with the public and is providing subsidised professional development courses for rural artists. t: 01803 324089 e: kate@articulate.freeserve.co.uk
How to be an artist
[a-n] The Artists Information Company, in collaboration with the Artists? Professional Development Network, has published a new edition of ?Signpost: the new graduate?s guide to being an artist?. The publication features profiles of twelve successful artists and designers. t: 0191 241 8000.
Video mix
An event involving showcases, workshops, discussion groups and demos of VJ-ing - manipulating video in the way a DJ mixes records ? has been organised by NESTA and will take place at London?s Ocean venue on May 26. w: http://www.vjs.net
Animated awards
Access Art, which has created a series of animated online workshops illustrating ideas from artists working across East Anglia, has been short-listed for an award in the NGfL category of the Becta/The Guardian UK Education Web Site Awards 2002. w: http://www.accessart.org.uk
A report on its Young People and Music Participation Project has been published by the Department of Psychology at Keele University. The project, which took place between 1998 and 2001, examined the factors which might affect young people?s decisions to engage or disengage with musical activities. w: http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/ps/esrc
The Scottish Arts Council has embarked on a survey to develop a detailed picture of the working lives of visual artists in Scotland. The Artists Audit will be used to inform SAC?s plans for delivering the National Cultural Strategy. For a questionnaire t: 0131 226 6051; e: help.desk@scottisharts.org.uk; w: http://www.scottisharts.org.uk
The Druidstone Basic Marketing Course, an introductory training programme established by the Theatrical Management Association in 1983, has been renamed the Essentials of Marketing Course and will run this year from September 20-27. t: 020 7557 6700 e: enquiries@solttma.co.uk
?The Family Factor? a new publication by Catherine Rose, is being launched on May 22 as part of a one-day event on making the arts family friendly. The event will take place at Wysing Arts near Cambridge. t: 01223 500202; e: info@e-t-a.org.uk
Arts About Manchester (AAM), Greater Manchester?s audience development agency, has launched a new website. The site enables users to book print distribution campaigns online, read about AAM?s audience development projects, explore an online research library and engage in dialogue through a Bulletin Board. w: http://www.aam.org.uk.