artistic & projects
current & next:
We’re doing a little regrounding, research & planting some new seeds in the core team, supported by a small £5000 grant from Creative Scotland.
Natasha Ruwona is leading on some new ideas & continuing our Parallel offering for BIPOC arts workers, new anti-racism work is being led by Adebusola Ramsay & Claricia (Nusa) Parinussa, and we’re welcoming Aisha Oyedepo back in a placement as our Projects & Production Assistant supported by The Robertson Trust.
MC Laffitte, as part of her FST Placement, is producing a new music video for artist EYVE, (release & news tba!) while Uzunda (Tracey) Katjangua is focussing on our accounts & administration.
We also welcome back Olalekan Oyedepo as House Ball Scotland Coordinator, taking forward our current sessions and planning for next steps as we round up activity from a programme supported by Arika since 2021.
next up:
Edinburgh Festivals 2023:
D.Y members Nusa & Natasha will be co-hosting the Nova cohort through Horizon showcase 20-26th August
Parallel:
our small scale peer support offering for BIPOC arts workers, initiated by Debi Banerjee and Claricia Parinussa, continues in semi-regular hangouts between Edinburgh and Glasgow. These sessions are currently supported by Engage Scotland. For more info or to join please get in touch on our contact page.
recent:
Criticality in/and/of/as Care, in Community, conversation workshop with Adebusola Ramsay & Nat Raha, facilitated by Claricia Parinussa took place at Hidden Gardens on Friday 28th August. part of GSA Race, Rights & Sovereignty: Caring Between Practices programme curated by Natasha Ruwona.
Sustaining Practice & Self-Producing 2022-23
This free, group series of exchanges facilitated by Claricia and Al Seed of Waypoint-1 ran for 10 weeks over winter 2022-23, focussed on developing skills in self-producing, especially in the context of solo work as well as space to think more deeply and critically together about practice, process, and how we work collaboratively.
A new series is planned for winter 2023, news soon.
Sustaining & nurturing practice:
growing and nurturing solo creative practice: values, what/how/when/where/why
developing & managing collaborations
embedding core ethics including anti-racist values & actions in practice and producing
navigating challenges and prioritising health & wellbeing
Self producing:
key skills including: planning, budgeting, fundraising, project management and marketing
considering audience experience & access; identifying & developing audiences for one’s work; meaningful approaches to engagement
engaging & prepping designers and production teams
venue liaison
building networks and public profile
ID.Y CIC has since 2020 supported and produced with independent artists and organisations including:
THREE60
Hamshya Rajkumar
Picatrix AI
Body Remedy
Libby Odai & collaborators
FRAN.K & collaborators
National Theatre Scotland
Glasgow International / Roberts Institute of Art