Arts Development
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Arts Development
Arts Development is part of Aberdeen City Council's Education, Culture and Sport Service and is led by professional practitioners.
Our City Centre, Older Peoples and Outreach Programmes are linked together to enable individuals, groups and communities of all ages to learn skills that create life long changes.
We work in partnership to create sustainable and inclusive learning opportunities, encouraging citizens to realise their potential and involvement in the arts through projects, workshops, volunteering, training and exhibitions.
Arts Development - Our Aims
Break down barriers to participation in cultural activity.
Promote community engagement in culture and the arts.
Create projects recognised locally, nationally and in Europe.
Offer employment opportunities for local, national and international artists
Develop inclusive projects that link with heritage, public art, artists, international, new media and volunteering.
Facts and Figures
We offer over 20,000 local cultural learning opportunities every year.
Involve over 500 people per a week in cultural activity within Aberdeen.
Raised over £1,000,000 in funding over the past 5 years.
Organised over 1500 workshops annually.
Have productive partnerships with over 80 groups and organisations.
WhiteSpace Workshop Venue
Arts Development has been based at Frederick Street in the WhiteSpace building for over 15 years. Over this period thousands of Aberdeen residents have had the opportunity to enjoy workshops and projects in the WhiteSpace venue.
The WhiteSpace site is currently being sold to the NHS and we now intend to run our full programme of workshops in the New Year (2011) in community venues. For more information on the move and upcoming events please see the Arts Development blog.
We would like to thank you for your support over the years and we hope to see you in our new venues!
Learn Direct
Arts Development is a Learn Direct branded centre, which means we can welcome learners with Individual Learning Accounts (ILA's) to participate at reduced rates. For more information see the Arts Development Blog.
Arts development - the staff
Arts Development is staffed by a Community Arts Manager, a team of Community Arts Officers, Arts Tutors and Clerical and Administrative staff. Practicing and degree qualified artists lead all workshops. Community Arts Officers each have a geographical or thematic remit, details of which can be found in the current Arts Development brochure.
Opening hours
Our office opening hours are: Monday - Thursday 9 -5pm, Friday 9 - 4pm
WhiteSpace office is closed evenings, weekends and public holidays, but the building is open to the public evenings and weekends depending on workshop activities. For further information on disabled access to WhiteSpace, please visit DisabledGo Whitespace access.
Contacting Arts Development
For further information on Arts Development in Aberdeen, please contact the Community Arts Manager:
- Lesley Thomson
(01224 523640)
e-mail: artsdevelopment@aberdeencity.gov.uk
WhiteSpace
60 Frederick Street
Aberdeen AB24 5HY
Tel 01224 523640
Fax 01224 523666
