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Podcast – Building Youth Participation in Scotland’s Arts

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This month the Culture Republic podcast is looking at how Scotland’s arts organisations are connecting with young people. Ageing is something we all do, so it cuts right across other kinds of categories like race or ethnicity, income levels or geography. Working with young people means reaching out to people who are growing up and becoming more independent along with their family, teachers and carers.

Podcast – increasing access for socially excluded audiences

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The December Culture Republic podcast looks at audiences who are experiencing social exclusion in Scotland and the arts organisations that are working to serve them. This episode features interviews with Rob Gallagher of Impact Arts and Kate Wimpress of North Edinburgh Arts.

Creative Change September’s First Wednesday

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Creativity is increasingly recognised as an essential higher order skill for learning, life and work. For September’s First Wednesday we were joined by Stephen Bullock from Education Scotland, exploring the ways in which arts and cultural organisations can engage creatively with the new Scottish Education system.

Introducing the Culture Republic Conference: ACCESS ALL AREAS

29 October

Access All Areas is a one-day conference from Culture Republic, bringing speakers from across the UK to show that when cultural leaders, artists and entrepreneurs act in the interests of everyone, creative inspiration and engagement grows.
Edinburgh | 29 October | #CRConf15 | #OneAudience

Family Friendly Arts in Focus

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Culture Republic recently partnered with the Family Arts Campaign, hosting two briefing sessions in Glasgow and Edinburgh on what we know about family arts engagement in Scotland and to gauge the appetite for the Campaign in Scotland. Culture Republic set the context for the conversation by giving an in-depth look at the arts attendance patterns for […]

Staying ahead of the social media curve

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Social Ogilvy were the company that correctly predicted Facebook Zero in 2014. So when they shared their 2015 predictions, top tips and insights, we tuned right in …

Shaping the future with Creative Lives

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On 14 January 2015 Culture Republic hosted a session with the Creative Lives participants, inviting them to feed back on their experience of the project and to take an active role in shaping the vision for Creative Lives’ future development as we head into 2015.

Family Arts Network Briefing Events

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We’re partnering with the Family Arts Campaign to bring two briefing sessions on family engagement to Scotland.

No box office? No problem.

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Catherine Wheels is a great example of a touring company that have found effective ways of getting to know their audiences without having their own box office.