TINY TOTS & WEE MOVERS in association with DANNSA at
the Macphail Centre.
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Four
weekly sessions for the young, cost £8 for 4
weeks, max number 15 per group, some flexibility in
ages allowed for family groups.
2, 9, 16, 23 May
10 -10.40 am
0-2 yrs old
11 -11.40 am
2- 4 yrs
Full details from Chris or Fran 613336
The Art of Looking
Two days of art and creative writing in Ullapool 25th -
26th July 2012
The nineteenth century artist John
Ruskin encouraged all his students to draw, even if they
weren't especially good at it. "The greatest thing a human
being ever does in this world is to SEE something, and
tell what [they] saw in a plain way." For most of us, such
clarity of focus has become increasingly rare. There is so
much to see, and and it passes by so fast, on the tiny
screens of our digital cameras and the larger ones of our
personal computers, on TVs and videos and flashing
billboards, that simply looking has become a luxury.
Over the course of our two days
together, Jan & Christian will guide you in "the art of
looking," both as a pleasure in and of itself, and as an
opportunity for more sustained creativity.
You will take the time to read and
write and wander and explore, learn the forms of several
hand-made books, and record what you see in the form of
poems, drawings, and extended journal-entries.
This workshop may be of special
interest to creative writing students and practising
artists of whatever genre, but all participants are
welcome.
Christian McEwen is a freelance writer,
teacher and workshop leader. She grew up in the Borders of
Scotland and attended King's College, Cambridge and the
University of California, Berkeley, from which she
graduated with a Master's degree in English and Creative
Writing. In addition to her own writings, she has edited
four anthologies, including "Jo's Girls: Tomboy Tales of
High Adventure" and "The Alphabet of The Trees: A Guide to
Nature Writing".
She lives in Northampton,
Massachusetts. Her new book, "World Enough & Time: On
Creativity and Slowing Down", provides the inspiration for
this workshop. To purchase a copy of the book, click
Amazon UK or
Bauhan Publishing USA. To find
out more about Christian, go to her website
www.christianmcewen.com
Recently, Christian has contributed an essay on the
benefits of walking to the new on-line journal of the
Scottish Centre for Geopoetics. To read this essay, visit
www.geopoetics.org.uk/../ramblingmen/.
Jan
Kilpatrick is a practising artist and
lives in Assynt, in the north west Highlands, just a few
miles north of Ullapool. She has been teaching to a
variety of audiences over the past 20 years and draws upon
a broad range of materials and skills as she helps to seek
out the natural creativity in each one of her students.
She is particularly interested in
using text and image together in order to express the
connection between human experience and the natural world.
To find out more about Jan, visit her
Biography page.
This will be the third summer that
Christian and Jan will have taught together and they look
forward to another season of shared experience and
inspiration.
Book Here
Cost £60.00
Each day runs from 10.00 am to 5.00
pm.
Materials for the course are
provided. Please bring a packed lunch.
A CENTURY OF BIRTHS
1900 – 1999
A community exhibition of
baby photos of people living
(or who used to live) in
the Ullapool area
They are gorgeous!
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND IN
THE SUMMER!
DATES TO BE CONFIRMED
Image courtesy of
Ullapool Museum Trust
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to find out about ILA Scotland
learning grants
or call 0808 100 1090
