Engage, the National Association for Gallery Education

Connecting Moments focuses on the artists tucked away in Scotland’s stunning landscapes, as they face unique challenges and we believe it’s crucial to give them the support they need to thrive. This opportunity is exclusively available to Engage members based in Scotland, and we are offering bursaries of up to £350.00 to support your event. Members are invited to collaborate with Engage Scotland to schedule 12 face-to-face events over the course of 2024 and 2025, with collaborators receiving up to £350.00 to help with their events. By building strong networks and support systems, we’re ensuring that no artist feels alone in their creative journey. We have a rolling deadline for participants to register - please apply before Sunday 1 December 2024. Connecting Moments aims to foster connection, sharing, and discussion among visual arts practitioners in rural and remote communities across Scotland. We have monthly meet ups online on Mondays from 1-2pm. Join us next time on Monday 21 October. More info: https://buff.ly/3YfujHc Creative Scotland Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival TIREE MUSIC FESTIVAL C.I.C. Scottish Sculpture Workshop Fife Cultural Trust (OnFife)

⭐We are looking for submissions for collaborators for Engage Journal 48. This year's theme is reflecting on histories and/or futures to explore current challenges to visual arts engagement and participation. ⭐ Prospective contributors can submit proposals for the Journal and/ or Podcast. Submissions are open to anyone, both UK and international, and proposals do not have to evidence prior publication or experience. Alongside the opportunity to contribute, we are once again offering ‘Exchange’ - our annual podcasts for Journal and Gathering. These are opportunities for professionals to share their own practice, learning and insights through dialogue, creative and critical writing, and workshop facilitation. We are looking for expressions of interest from visual arts engagement colleagues at all stages of their career who would benefit from training, mentoring and support to access these opportunities and create their own material for publication or public sharing. More information:

⭐We are excited to announce that registration is now open for Let’s Create Art 2025, until 24 January 2025.⭐ Our theme for 2025 is ‘Let’s Create Art to inspire the next generation of creative change makers’, running from 1-28 February 2025. In its third year, the Let’s Create Art campaign is a sector-led initiative designed to provide children and young people across the UK with high quality art engagement encounters and opportunities. Register your activity now to join our campaign to platform all activity across the UK which is: 🔵Participatory, predominantly focused on visual arts 🔵Taking place between 1 -28 February 2025 🔵Open to children and young people 🔵Creative bursaries of up to £500 are available to support registered activity in areas of need or with disadvantaged participant groups. Find out more:

🔴Deadline for applications extended to Friday 18 October 2024🔴 Now in its second year, Art Encounters is an initiative delivered by Engage in partnership with @TAKE A PART CIO. This hybrid Professional Development Programme is for practitioners in small visual arts organisations or freelancers living/working in the Black Country area of the West Midlands to explore quality practice with children and young people through peer learning and action learning models. 15 places available, with activity taking place October 2024 – May 2025. Find out more: https://buff.ly/4ea2sy5

⭐We have opened nominations for Marsh Awards 2024⭐ The Marsh Awards for Excellence in Visual Arts Engagement celebrate the hard work and dedication of colleagues working within visual arts participation and engagement. The annual awards recognise and celebrate the achievements of those working in learning, participation and engagement within visual arts contexts in the UK and internationally. It celebrates the work of individuals and groups working in freelance, salaried and voluntary roles, who have brought the benefits of engaging in the arts to communities in 2022-23. Running since 2011, the awards have successfully enabled winners to develop their art engagement practice through funding attendance of courses and conferences, the joining of professional associations, visiting of good practice in the UK and abroad, funding of research, and by inspiring personal and professional confidence through the recognition of their work. Find out more:

🔵Connecting Moments is an initiative to foster connection, sharing, and discussion among visual arts practitioners in rural and remote communities across Scotland.🔵 We are planning to schedule 12 face-to-face events over the course of 2024 and 2025 and our hosts will receive up to £350.00 to help with their events. By building strong networks and support systems, we’re ensuring that no artist feels alone in their creative journey. ❗We have a rolling deadline for participants to register - please apply before Sunday 1 December 2024.❗ Find out more:

Engage Cymru are pleased to share new education resources about five artists living and working in Wales. The artists featured in the resources are Lowri Davies, Bev Bell-Hughes, Sally Matthews, Tim Davies and Sue Hunt. These resources are supported by Contemporary Art Society for Wales using art works from their distributed collection. They have been created by Engage Cymru and the National Arts Education Network in collaboration with artists Rhian Haf and Elly Strigner. The resources can be found on our website:

⭐Engage is looking for collaborators for Journal 48. This year's theme is reflecting on histories and/or futures to explore current challenges to visual arts engagement and participation. ⭐ Alongside the opportunity to contribute, we are once again offering ‘Exchange’ – a virtual support package of training and peer learning for all potential contributors, particularly those who may not have experience of writing or recording content, or may experience barriers to accessing these opportunities due to discrimination or disadvantage. ❗Key dates❗ 🔵Exchange taster – How to write a journal article: Tuesday 15 October 2024 🔵Exchange taster – Introduction to podcasting: Thursday 24 October 2024 🔵Proposal deadline: Monday 25 November 2024 🔵Submission deadline: Monday 28 April 2025 More information:

⭐Engage Journal 48 officially opens submissions for collaborators. This year's theme is reflecting on histories and/or futures to explore current challenges to visual arts engagement and participation. ⭐ Alongside the opportunity to contribute, we are once again offering ‘Exchange’ – a virtual support package of training and peer learning for all potential contributors, particularly those who may not have experience of writing or recording content, or may experience barriers to accessing these opportunities due to discrimination or disadvantage. ❗Key dates❗ 🔵Exchange taster – How to write a journal article: Tuesday 15 October 2024 🔵Exchange taster – Introduction to podcasting: Thursday 24 October 2024 🔵Proposal deadline: Monday 25 November 2024 🔵Submission deadline: Monday 28 April 2025 More information:

🔴Deadline for applications extended to Friday 18 October 2024🔴 Now in its second year, Art Encounters is an initiative delivered by Engage in partnership with @TAKE A PART CIO. This hybrid Professional Development Programme is for practitioners in small visual arts organisations or freelancers living/working in the Black Country area of the West Midlands to explore quality practice with children and young people through peer learning and action learning models. 15 places available, with activity taking place October 2024 – May 2025. Find out more: https://buff.ly/4ea2sy5