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We Are Here Scotland Launches New Directory
The website promotes greater visibility and fair compensation to build real diversity in the arts.
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New Legal Graffiti Wall Opens for Artists in the South of the City
Aberdeen street art scene grows with a new legal wall that combines artistic opportunity with community engagement.
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Aberdeen Podcast Scene Offers a Fresh Voice to the City
Aberdeen podcasts offer something for every listener, from creative arts to football and mental health to the music scene.
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Edel Harris OBE The New Beacon of Aberdeen’s Performing Arts
Edel Harris OBE: A New Beacon for Aberdeen Performing Arts Aberdeen Performing Arts announced today that Edel Harris OBE will be their new board Chair. Harris will start her journey with APA in February as a board member and Chair-Elect. She’ll then step up as the Chair later in
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Big Up the Doric | Aberdeen creatives' Christmas collab
Aberdeen creative businesses Big Up the Deen and Doric Skateboards are working together to form ‘Big Up the Doric’ a new collaboration which will pay tribute to those who have inspired and supported them. Ica Headlam and Gary Kemp first met in 2018. They had known each other online for
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What legacy will BAS9 leave the people of Aberdeen?
British Art Show 9 (BAS9) finished its run at Aberdeen Art Gallery this weekend. And so, gallery staff will carefully pack up the show for now. Then soon, organisers with ship the show to Wolverhampton for its next leg. It has faced challenges over the past few months, opening during
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We Are Here Scotland in the spotlight
Back in late 2020, we interviewed Aberdeen creative and podcaster Ica Headlam. He had just established We Are Here Scotland, a creative fund designed to practically support creative people of colour (POC) throughout Scotland. Nearly a year later, having achieved funding through a successful GoFundMe campaign, We Are Here Scotland
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Ian Watt from Code the City on Open Data
You may have read about Open Data while browsing the internet, or reading the news. However, to many of us it remains subject that seems important but we’ll get to it one day. Well, postpone no more. We reached out to Ian Watt, cofounder and trustee of Aberdeen charity
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Temp Check: Gary Kemp of Doric Skateboards
Gary Kemp launched Doric Skateboards in 2017 with a vision to reinvigorate Aberdeen's skating scene, fostering a community of newcomers and old fans alike.
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Temp Check: Stuart McPhee from Siberia Bar & Hotel
Aberdeen’s hospitality sector has been hit extremely hard by Covid-19. Business has been massively curtailed and the staff that are still working are on the frontline of an industry that has always had to tread a think line between safety and fun. One of the many venues in the
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Temp Check : Colin Farquhar from Belmont Filmhouse
We’ve now faced restrictions to our lives in Aberdeen for the past 8 months. While Covid-19 has meant that we all have to share the burden of stopping the spread of the virus, there’s a cost to our mental health. We decided to check in with Aberdeen folk