Rural Arts Seminar Centre for Cultural Policy Research Seminar Series 2003-04/Scottish Arts Council Date: Friday 26 March 2004, 10.00 am - 1.00 pm Venue: Room 217A, Gilmorehill Centre, University of Glasgow The CCPR’s next half-day seminar will explore aspects of arts and cultural practice, provision and policy in rural areas. Across Scotland – and indeed across the UK as a whole – the countryside is changing, partly as a result of the economics of agriculture and fishing, land use and ownership and partly because of wider social change. How have these changes been reflected in the cultural life of our rural areas? Is there any sense of a rural cultural policy… and, if so, how might that be different from a broader national policy? There is not one countryside, nor one kind of rural community: there is enormous diversity of character throughout Scotland’s rural areas, influenced by the land itself, the occupations it gives rise to, distance from the central belt and countless other factors. Arts and cultural activities in these areas respond to this diversity and difference, but has cultural policy kept up with the energy of local producers and the demands of local audiences? This seminar focuses on cultural production and consumption, cultural practice and cultural policy in the diverse rural areas of Scotland with an opportunity for participants to discuss some of the findings of the CCPR’s research project into rural touring arts in Scotland. Contributors: - Anselma Gallinat, Christine Hamilton and Adrienne Scullion (CCPR’s Rural Virtues research project team) - Robert Livingston, Director, HI-Arts - Alasdair McCrone, Artistic Director, Mull Theatre The speakers will lead the seminar with three short presentations to be followed by a discussion session. There is no charge for the seminar, however, places are strictly limited to 50 and will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. To reserve your place, please complete the online booking form at, CLICK HERE. For further information, CLICK HERE. Or contact: Nicola Sneddon e: N.Sneddon@arts.gla.ac.uk Tel: 0141 330 3806