Strathmore arts festival
stART Oot Workshops
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| Life Drawing Classes
with Frances Law Alyth Life Drawing Group These workshops are held on Tuesdays in Alyth Community Wing, St Andrew's Street, Alyth Workshop Host: Alyth Life Drawing Group The Alyth Life drawing group requested that their stART OOT master class series focused on drawing heads, hands and feet.
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These workshops are held on Mondays at 7pm - 9pm, in Rowanbank Community Learning Centre, Newton Terrace, Blairgowrie.
Workshop Host: Blairgowrie Life Drawing Group
The Blairgowrie Life drawing group requested that their stART OOT master class series concentrated on the use of colour.
Both sets of master classes cost £21 for unwaged people and £30 for wage earners. These classes are particularly useful for young people who are preparing for an application to art college courses.
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Street Dance / Break Dance with Jedde de Vries
Monday 5th March, 5.30pm - 7.30pm, Alyth Primary School.
Workshop Host: Young Active Kids (YAKS)
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Street Dance - Blairgowrie High School Transitions Festival
Wednesday 7th March, 1.30 - 3pm, Blairgowrie High School.
Local tutor Gayle Duncan and her colleagues worked with seventy P7 pupils as part of the Blairgowrie High School Transitions Festival. This stART OOT was a joint project between the stART group, the High School and Active Schools.
Workshop Host: Active Schools
Contact Nicky Macfarlane, email: nmacfarlane@alyth.pkc.sch.uk, phone: 01828 633761
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Banners - Schools Workshop for Kirkmichael, Straloch and Strone of Cally Primary Schools
Monday 12th March, 1.50pm - 3pm, Kirkmichael Session House.
During this craft workshop with Kirsty Duncan and Ann Bailey, upper primary school pupils from three of the Glens schools had the opportunity to make and decorate colourful banners which pupils were invited to carry during the stART Festival Procession on Saturday 24th March. This workshop was supported by Kirkmichael Session House.
Workshop Host: Kirkmichael Session House
Contact: kirkmichaelsh@btconnect.com
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Banners - Schools Workshops for Rattray, Coupar Angus and Kettins Primary Schools
Friday 16th March, 9.30 - 11.30 and 1pm - 3pm, Coupar Angus Primary School.
Led by local artist and visiting art specialist Shirley McGregor, P6 pupils who attended these workshops will made colourful, vibrant banners which they were invited to carry during the stART Festival Procession on Saturday 24th March. Workshop Host: The Relax Group
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Oil Painting Masterclass with John Downie
Wednesday 21st March, 7pm - 9.30pm, Blackwater Hall, Glenshee.
Workshop Host: Blackwater Art Club
Participant comment “This workshop has changed my life forever—its been a lifetime ambition realised!”
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Glass Engraving with Hilda Adams
Thursday 22nd March, 10.30am - 12.30pm, Alyth Community Wing.
This workshop was led by Hilda Adams, who has been engraving glass as a hobby for several years. This was the first meeting of Alyth Crafts Group, who plan to meet on 22nd March, and every subsequent fortnight between 10.30am and 12pm in the Alyth Community Wing.
Workshop Host: Alyth Arts Group
Contact: Hilda Adams 01828 633287
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Creative Writing with Des Dillon
Thursday 22nd March, 10.30am - 12pm, Alyth Community Wing.
This was the first meeting of the Alyth Writers Group since they decided to re-form the group. After 22nd March they plan to meet on every subsequent fortnight between 10.30am and 12noon in the Alyth Community Wing.
Workshop Host: Alyth Writers Group
Contact: Jim Adam 01828 633287
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Casualty Stage Make-Up with Susan McLymont
Tuesday 27th March, 7pm - 9pm, YWCA Hall, Coupar Angus.
Realistic scars and burns workshop - hosted by the Coupar Angus YWCA participants learnt the tricks of the trade from stage make-up artist Susan McLymont.
Comment by Gail Balie:"The workshop was
advertised around the town by flyers that I had made up although
most of the girls who attended were girls who already attended
our youth clubs.
There were 17 participants in total aged 9-19 years old (all girls).
The girls all really enjoyed taking part and the thing that surprised
them most was the fact that they could not believe at the beginning
of the session that they would be able to make realistic looking
wounds. However after a few tips from Susan they were soon on
their way to creating some of the ugliest looking burns, cuts,
black eyes and scabs that I have ever seen. Being able to see
the results of their own work really pleased them."
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| Creative Writing with
Mark Thomson Thursday 29th March, 7pm - 8pm, Rowanbank Community Learning Centre, Blairgowrie. Workshop Host: The Rowanbank Thursday Group
Participant comment “I’d really like to start writing in my spare time.” | 
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| Navajo Spinning, Weaving and
Dyeing with Peter Beaven
of Twistfibre Craft Studio Tuesday 3rd April, 11am - 1pm, St Catherine's Hall, Blairgowrie. A hands on demonstration/discussion of the technologies of spinning, dyeing and weaving as used by the Navajo People of the Southwestern US. Workshop Host: The Ericht Spinning Group
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Funky Feet and Funky Modern Dance Open Day with Jackie Nicoll
Thursday 19th April, 3.30pm - 4pm, Alyth Primary School, ages: 3 - 5 yrs
Thursday 19th April, 4pm - 5pm, Alyth Primary School, ages: P1 - P7
The group are delighted to be hosting this Open Day stART OOT event, and hope that many more young people will be encouraged come along and have a go.
Workshop Host: Funky Style Dance Group
Contact: Rachel Muir: 01828 633183 / Kirsten Smith: 01250 875139
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| Weaving and Woodwork
with Arborantics Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd April, 9am - 5pm A woodwork and weaving workshop to transform the railings in front of Meigle Primary School. This extended stART OOT was the culmination of partnership working between the stART Group, Meigle School Board, the Eco Group and Meigle Primary School. This stART OOT was aimed at drawing the school and wider community together by participating in a family activity that benefits the school and saw parents, children and grand parents working side by side in this hands-on session. Workshop Host: Meigle School Board
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Advanced Latin Flava with Rodolfo Rivas Franco
This advanced Salsa/Tango/Latin class took place in April/May 2007, and was advertised locally by the groups.
Workshop Hosts: The Strathmore Youth Forum and Blairgowrie Youth Club
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Graffiti Art Workshop with Martin MacGuinness
Saturday 12th May, 11am - 3pm, Diamond Jubilee Park, Alyth. As part of the Alyth Youth Partnership Community Festival 2007, local street artist Martin MacGuinness lead a Graffiti Art session to create a screen for the recycling point in Alyth. Participants worked together on 6ft boards and the art work has been stored and will later be installed around the recycling point. Running concurrently there was also the opportunity for young people to participate on smaller boards which they could take home. | 
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