Arts Case Studies
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12 February 2025
Culture Fund 2023-2024: North Isles Dance Academy
The project was a success and exceeded expectations with community engagement and social inclusivity. Nearly 50% of the whole community (residents of Sanday) either attended the performance or were a…
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21 January 2025
VACMA: Britt Harcus
The aim of my project was to expand my research and create new content for my next book about Quanterness, the farmhouse I grew up in. Without dedicated time set aside for this project, I would not…
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16 January 2025
VACMA: John Cumming
My grant application was intended to support a new body of work and research into printmaking techniques. Having recently purchased an etching press from Hawthorn, and installed it in my Shetland…
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15 January 2025
VACMA: The Circle Remains - Adam Clarke
The Circle Remains project explored the ephemeral interactions between human presence and the natural environment. The work aimed to create a dialogue between transience and permanence through…
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14 January 2025
VACMA: Tangled - Rebecca Marr
The website focussing on my research on seaweed was developed and published and there have been 2800 views of the website: https://orkneyseaweedstories.wordpress.com
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14 January 2025
VACMA: Orkneys Connections to Trans- Atlantic Slavery - Carolyn Dixon
The project is still ongoing, with a final exhibition date of May 2026. After exploring the possibilities offered by public spaces for exhibitions within Orkney (Libraries, Pier arts etc) contact…
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14 January 2025
VACMA: See Here - Emma Ainsely
I worked with musician John Phillips to create a new piece of work, a thirteen minute video with sound called ‘See Here’. We created the work through a process of iterative audio-visual jamming,…
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18 November 2024
Covid Recovery Fund Case Study 2023-2024: Orkney Heritage Society
A total of 46 people were interviewed for the St Magnus Cathedral Memories and Meanings Project. This was slightly short of our target of 50. Conducting and recording the interviews were only a small…
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10 November 2024
VACMA: Katherine Diaper
Research and creating new body of work ‘Strandline’
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21 October 2024
Case Study: Orkney Japan Association Covid Recovery Fund for Culture 2023
Our main aim was to strengthen Orkney Japan Association through developing new or stronger links with other Orkney groups and organisations and to contribute to the creative energy of Orkney and…
