News from Voluntary Arts

This year’s Voluntary Arts Week had a ‘CraftBomb’ as its theme, and our flagship event in Glasgow – along with many other events – took the power of the pom pom to a whole new level.
At our own event on 11 May at Glasgow Botanic Gardens, we brought together a variety of Glasgow-based groups, who […]

In this new feature in the enewsletter, we highlight a voluntary arts event coming up this fortnight, that we think is particularly worthy of your attention . . . 
Who: Voicebeat – Glasgow’s World Music Community Choir
Where: Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens
When: Saturday 15 June 2013 at 7.30pm
How much: Free, but donations to Glasgow Destitution Network very welcome
Why: […]

Life in a new choir, as experienced by Voluntary Arts Scotland’s Communications Manager, Kelly Donaldson . . .
We’re back! After seven long weeks, the Love Music Community Choir (LMCC) finally entered its second term – and I won’t pretend I didn’t miss it. Tuesday nights just weren’t the same without that two-hour fix of choral camaraderie. 
During that […]

On 1 May the Up For Arts team at BBC Radio Lancashire launched their latest arts project, the People’s Patchwork live on BBC Radio Lancashire. The project will run into the summer and will involve knitting and craft groups from all over Lancashire. Each group involved will create a fabric square decorated with landmarks or […]

CraftBombers from L’Derry are looking for help in naming their mascot – a 7 foot crocheted skeleton based on the city’s coat of arms which comes complete with crocheted organs.
 
The wooly imitation was made by 3 local, amateur artists for the recent ‘CraftBomb’ -  a secret campaign aimed at decorating the city’s landmarks with colourful […]

There is a lot of conflicting advice out there about the best way to use social media.  This week we have found an interesting blog from Dan Zarrella who uses cold hard facts to back up his recommendations.  
 
1) Tell Us Why We Should Follow You
Twitter accounts that used words like “founder,” “speaker,” “expert,” “guru,” […]

You’ll have to forgive the tongue-in-cheek title. It’s Voluntary Arts Week across the UK and Republic of Ireland and as well as participating in the arts and crafts we would like to encourage you to volunteer in the arts.
Like sport and faith the arts form an integral part of many people’s lives. Most if not […]

At Voluntary Arts Ireland I am often asked to help and advise on recruiting volunteers for arts related activities through our Running Your Group service and Festivals and Events NI project. So I’ve come up with 3 DIY tips drawn from our Arts and Volunteering Toolkit to help you on the way. Before we get […]

A nationwide guerilla art campaign got underway across the island of Ireland over the weekend with everything from police stations to statues “craftbombed” to mark the start of Voluntary Arts Week, an annual celebration of the amateur arts and crafts. 
The campaign in the Republic of Ireland and United Kingdom forms part of Voluntary Arts Week, […]

Where: Resource for London Conference Hall, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA
When: 6 June 2013, 6pm to 9pm
Are you a Black-led (African, African Caribbean, Asian) arts or heritage organisation struggling in these merciless recessionary times?
Voice4Change England and Voluntary Arts would like to invite you to a free event looking at the state of the […]