European Union, Culture 2000, Project At Auchindrain Museum
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| July 20, 2008 | to | July 26, 2008 |
Auchindrain Museum will host the Scottish element of a twenty-four month European Union, Culture 2000 funded project called Culture, Heritage and Nature together in Contemporary Art (CHANTICA) from 20th until 26th July. The project will involve five partners in five European countries:
- Grampus Heritage & Training Limited (Cumbria, England)
- ARCH Network (Perthshire, Scotland)
- Vitra, Centre for Sustainable Development (Slovenia)
- STROPEK (Stropkov, Slovakia)
- e-isotis (Athens, Greece)
Each partner will bring young people (up to forty young people per partner) to work on a cultural action in each other’s countries in Scotland’s case at Auchindrain Museum. All of the partners will run actions at five-month intervals based around a cultural venue, starting with Slovenia in May 2008 and Auchindrain Museum in July 2008.
The cultural action that will take place in Scotland is based around the farm Township of Auchindrain and will take place from 20th – 26th July 2008. During the course of the week the Museum will be running a number of workshops led by artists and craftspeople where participants from the partner countries, the local community and visitors to the Museum can learn about and have a go at some of the traditional skills and rural crafts associated with the Township of Auchindrain. The Museum will post details of which workshops will be running and when nearer the time.
Participating in international projects such as CHANTICA will help to raise awareness of Auchindrain Museum both nationally and internationally. Through the workshop element of the project the Museum will be able to increase access to the Township of Auchindrain for a wide range of people, create new audiences for the Museum through its participation in this creative and imaginative project and encourage local people and tourists to pay a repeat visit or first visit to the Museum.
The Museum is working on this project in partnership with Arch Network who is based in Comrie, Perthshire. Arch Network is a Scottish Non Government Organisation promoting learning and development in natural and cultural heritage between Scotland and other European countries. Trainers, students and young workers have the opportunity to gain new skills and to expand their European point of view by becoming involved in international joint working.
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