NEW CREATIVE NETWORK FOR Bannockburn and Eastern Villages
Vantage Points, a new creative network for Bannockburn and the Eastern villages, is set to kick off its first ever series of creative interventions this month.
Set up by local artists and creatives, with the support of Scene Stirling, Macrobert Arts Centre, Bannockburn House and Stirling University, the network aims to foster collaboration between artists and communities, widen access to cultural activities and develop the local arts scene.
The spring programme, led by local artists who are funded by Macrobert, includes a community doorstep photography project in Plean, a window art trail in Cowie, filmed dance installations at the Robert the Bruce statue, maquette making in Fallin and self-led creative activities using free art packs at Plean Country Park.
Julie Ellen, Artistic Director of Macrobert, said: “The new creative network is led by local artists, community groups and cultural organisations, who’ve worked together to create an exciting array of opportunities for the local community to show their creativity in a socially distanced way this spring. The series will allow the group to test out ideas and shape their plans for a larger scale art trail and events series this summer.”
The programme will run alongside the Landscape Legacies of Coal project, a series of downloadable curated heritage walks that narrate the story of Scottish coal mining using a mix of industrial archaeology, historic maps, plans and images and oral testimonies. The walks, including a Polmaise route and an East Stirlingshire Villages route, are available to download for free on mobile phone app, 'Landscape Legacies of Coal'.
SPRING PILOT ARTS PROGRAMME
LIVING IN PLEAN, A PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY (mid-April to mid-May 2021)
WINDOW ART TRAIL, COWIE (Sunday 25th April to Sunday 2nd May)
HISTORY IN MOVEMENT, ROBERT THE BRUCE STATUE (Saturday 1 May & Sunday 2 May)
SOCIAL SPACES, FALLIN (Saturday 1 May & Sunday 2 May)
ART PACKS IN THE PARK, PLEAN COUNTRY PARK (Saturday 1 May & Sunday 2 May)
JOIN IN
All the network’s spring self-led activities are open to all and it’s free to take part. For more information or to sign up for any of the activity packs, email hello@scenestirling.com or join the Vantage Points Facebook Group.