Hi everyone

It's all been a bit quiet on the WACA front lately, not int terms of the work happening out there, but the website & e-group have been quiet quiet quiet!! So, what I want to get us talking about is what about our future? We have a tiny amount in the bank so it's hard to develop much on no money... we're not short of ideas and I still want to represent our amazing sector, but need some resources to do it well (money! development worker!)... am going to talk to the Arts Council, but we have not been asked to apply..any other ideas?? Also, we really wnat another gathering for Community Artists if we can get some funding, do you want to gather (maybe Spring), and if so, what do you wnat from that?  Thanks people, keep up the creative work! 

Alex Bowen,

Chair

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World Community Arts Day

INVITATION 3rd World Community Arts Day 2009 17 Feb Please pass on

World Community Arts Day 17/02/09

"ART AS A CATALYST FOR CARING AND SHARING"
http://www.communiversity.org.uk/worldcommunityartsday.htm

"We can either react in fear or anger to the state of our world thus
becoming part of the problem or respond creatively and become part of the
solution."

To create a World Festival Society for a day.

Or join one of the social networking groups on Myspace, Flickr, Facebook,
YouTube, etc.

PLEASE GO TO WEBPAGE TO SEE EXAMPLES OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN PREVIOUS YEARS
http://www.communiversity.org.uk/worldcommunityartsday.htm

PLEASE PASS ON.

Andrew Crummy

mob: 07986352188
http://www.smallandcrummy.co.uk

Prestonpans/Cockenzie
http://www.prestoungrange.org
http://www.flickr.com/photos/82922695@N00/
http://www.smallandcrummy.co.uk/scotsmagazine.htm

Three Harbours Arts Festival
5th - 14th June 2009
http://www.3harbours.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8756627@N07/

Craigmillar Communiversity
http://www.communiversity.org.uk

Craigmillar archive pictures
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61333346@N00/

World Community Arts Day 17/02/09
http://www.communiversity.org.uk/worldcommunityartsday.htm

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Valley and Vale Community Arts is pleased to announce that we have been successful in our application to the Arts Council of Wales for a Beacon Award. We propose to create an innovative Community Arts for Development programme with our Beacon Company Award - to further strengthen, develop and promote our work.

This award will enable us to develop and consolidate our reputation as leaders in the field of Community Arts in Wales and beyond. We will use the award to disseminate and share our work and experience with a wider audience, building new networks of cultural exchange and increasing the impact of our work. The award will give us greater capacity to proactively develop dynamic new initiatives for Community Arts in Wales.

We will employ 2 new leading Community Arts practitioners who will work with us to develop new Beacon-status model Community Arts initiatives, extending our strategic aims and ambitions and promoting our work both nationally and internationally.

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waca website - members' web pages

• The WACA website has been designed so that members are able to easily update/ create their own webpage on the site - with info/photos/videos/etc, plus other sections like forums, classifieds, events calendar etc to keep it lively and updated by members.

• waca membership costs £25 individuals/£50 organisations - you will also get your own free web page on our website as a waca member

Any website queries, contact Kate at mail@blackcatweb.com

Any other WACA membership etc questions – email me (Alex Bowen) at mail@valleyandvale.co.uk

Thanks!

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