Arts Case Studies
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30 March 2023
Culture Fund: Orkney Historic Boat Society
Construct Boatbuilder Workbenches - essential equipment for the new storage/workspace in Stromness Work benches are an essential tool in boat restoration as many activities require a flat surface at…
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30 March 2023
Culture Fund: Ness of Brodgar Trust
Ness of Brodgar Finds Exhibition 1 Exhibition. c4,125 visitors. 12 participants. 6 volunteers. The exhibition clearly attracted visitors who engaged with a display detailing much about the Ness of…
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30 March 2023
Culture Fund: Friends of St Peter’s Kirk - 2023
Oral History of St Peter’s and St Mary’s Kirk Part one of the project We hired Sheena Graham George as our researcher. She interviewed and recorded the transcripts from 16 local - people 8 from each…
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30 March 2023
Culture Fund: George Mackay Brown Fellowship - 2023
Orkney Voices and Wirdsmit new writing projects: Across the year these projects delivered: 8 performances, 26 participants & c250 attendances. 3 public events, 22 participants, c300 attendances. 24…
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30 March 2023
Culture Fund: Soulisquoy Printmakers
The project has enabled three young people to form their own group within the organisation – Soulisquoy Young Associates – and to feel confident in developing new projects that reach out to other…
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29 March 2023
Culture Fund: Orkney Japan Association
Mini Festival 6 performances, 20 participants, 240 attendances. Exhibitions 1. 5 participants, 40 attendances. Public Events 9, 43 participants, 37 attendances. Outreach 24 sessions to 343 5-17yrs…
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28 February 2023
VACMA: Samantha Gray
"My award was used primarily to cover the cost of the Historic Environment Scotland (HES) fee to allow me to use a drone at Brodgar, and also the cost of the drone hire itself. There were some…
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7 February 2023
VACMA: Louise Barrington
"The VACMA has enabled me to successfully install a support system that can be use for creating suspended art works within my studio at WASPS in Stromness. This has allowed me to realised a large…
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8 December 2022
VACMA: Jane Glue
"I spent quite a bit of time at the beginning of the project researching and approaching galleries within Scotland. I sent work to Gallery Heinzel in Aberdeen, The Castle gallery in Inverness and The…
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16 November 2022
VACMA: Megumi Uenoyama - Kimonos
I was originally planning to make adult sized kimonos however, a problem arose soon after. I initially changed my plan to make a doll/a puppet sized kimono because my fabric samples were simply…
