Voluntary Arts Scotland – Conference
on Oct 29, 2009 in Art Audience Development Craft Scotland Voluntary Arts Scotland Conference Volunteering Livingston Creative Scotland Tomorrow morning I'm heading down the road to Livingston to attend the Voluntary Arts Scotland Conference (VAS).

To Tweet or not to Tweet
on Oct 22, 2009 in Audience Development Social Media Still not convinced about the powers of social media. This is a great video from socialnomics.com… this is not a fad! Convinced?

Getting Social
on Oct 20, 2009 in Art Audience Development Social Media Social Media is taking centre court amongst audience development and marketing proffessionals. It's free, it's accessible anywhere and everywhere, it's a new and interactive way of communicating with your audeince, your visitors, your customers, and...

IMAGination
on Oct 14, 2009 in Art Highland and Islands Art IMAG – The Inverness Museum and Art Gallery is located at the top of a steep hill in the heart of Inverness’s high street. Set behind a large, 1970’s design monstrosity, when you do make it up to the top of the hill, you’ll...

The Art of Branding
on Oct 13, 2009 in Art Audience Development Highland and Islands Art It’s fair to say that everyone now has to consider their brand, and I don’t just mean business or company branding, but personal branding too. With the advent of blogging, social media, websites, etc we, as individuals can now embark on our own p...

Let’s Talk About Crafts
on Oct 1, 2009 in Art Craft Highland and Islands Art All we could do was look on and giggle nervously as the Pentland Ferry drew in closer to Gill’s Bay, on what was a wild and windy lunchtime in September. The ferry had been delayed earlier due to the weather, and I couldn’t help but wonder whethe...

Hello World
on Sep 30, 2009 in Art Audience Development Highland and Islands Art I’ve decided it’s about time I started blogging about stuff I’m doing here in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. I started working for HI-Arts about 4 months ago and have been traversing the country, working with some of the mos...