Dealbh Ealan
18 April 2007
A major Gaelic Arts Conference will take place on the 8th and 9th May 2007, in An Lanntair, Stornoway. The conference is being organised by Pròiseact nan Ealan (PnE) in conjunction with the GASD Forum, (Gaelic Arts Strategic Development) - a collaboration of key Gaelic arts organisations working together to strategically develop the Gaelic arts for the future.
The conference is the first of its kind in ten years and comes at a time when the Gaelic arts and the language itself are at a turning point. With the National Gaelic Language Plan, the emergence of Creative Scotland and the impending Culture Act, not to mention the new digital Gaelic language TV channel just around the corner, the Gaelic arts need to move forward together strategically.
The conference will provide a unique opportunity for Gaelic arts practitioners, administrators, and promoters to come together to talk, listen and network. The event will offer a range of stimulating and inspiring speakers from Scotland and beyond as well as various breakout groups on current subjects including funding, audience development, training and promotion as well as the role and function of new media. There will also be an opportunity to help create a new Gaelic cultural framework to engage with and guide the National Plan and Creative Scotland. The programme will showcase some wonderful examples of new Gaelic arts work, an exhibition of art created through GASD residencies and a Cèilidh on the Tuesday night.
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