AmbITion

Following a successful launch event in Edinburgh yesterday (the first of two), the Amb:IT:ion Scotland team is delighted to announce more details on the programme’s participants and partnerships.

The Scottish Arts Council have invested £1million in the Amb:IT:ion Scotland programme. Fifty-five Arts organisations have been selected to receive consultancy.

Fifteen partner organisations will benefit from five days consultancy with a specialist adviser who will conduct an in-depth audit and diagnostic of current digital activity and then work with the organisation to develop a business case to submit for further Scottish Arts Council funding to implement digital developments.

Partner organisations include:

• Edinburgh Printmakers
• Horsecross Arts Ltd
• Artlink Edin & Lothians
• Promoters Arts Network
• RSAMD
• Arika Heavy Industries
• Craftscotland
• Scottish Poetry Library
• Taigh Chearsabhagh Trust
• Stellar Quines Theatre Company
• Cumbernauld Theatre Trust Limited
• Woodend Arts Association
• Helmsdale Heritage & Arts Society (Timespan)
• Catherine Wheels Theatre Company
• Cove Park

Forty associate organisations will benefit from one day’s consultancy with a specialist adviser, who will conduct a mini-diagnostic and help organisations to develop their ideas further, either to action initiatives within their own resources or seek alternative sources of support to implement their plans.

Associate organisations include:

• Peacock Visual Arts
• Traverse Theatre (Scotland) Limited
• North East Arts Touring
• Tron Theatre
• Smallpetitklein Dance Company Limited
• Y dance (Scottish Youth Dance)
• The Travelling Gallery
• Collective Gallery
• Citizens
• Stills
• Glasgow Photography Group
• Booth Scotland Ltd
• Deveron Arts
• Greenock Arts Guild Limited
• Dance Ihayami
• Promote YT (Scotland)
• The Work Room
• Visible Fictions
• Scottish Music Information Centre
• Dundee Contemporary Arts
• Giant Productions
• An Lanntair
• Aberdeen Performing Arts
• Shetland Moving Image Project
• Dance Base Ltd
• National Youth Orchestra of Scotland
• Aberdeen International Youth Festival
• Theatre Cryptic
• Wee Stories
• Wasps Artists’ Studios
• Scottish Youth Theatre
• Puppet State Theatre Company
• Macrobert
• Dundee Rep Theatre
• Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
• Out of The Blue
• Regional Screen Scotland Ltd
• Glasgow Women’s Library
• Poor Boy Theatre Company
• New Moves International Limited

A third group of Involved organisations will take a self-guided journey through digital development by accessing the free resources available from the Amb:IT:ion Scotland programme. Free events, case studies and publications can be accessed by any arts organisation or creative business by exploring the project website or joining the social network.

An interactive map plotting the location of all of the organisations that are involved with Amb:IT:ion Scotland is available here: http://bit.ly/getambition_map.

Partnerships

Scottish Centre for Enabling Technologies (SC4ET)

Working with SC4ET, Amb:IT:ion Scotland will offer associate members additional free and impartial advice on adopting a wide range of technologies, through up to 10 days access to information, advice and guidance. In addition, some organisations may apply for SC4ET’s ‘Feasibility Study Grant’, and could potentially receive up to £5000 or match funded support.

Higher Education Institutes

Edinburgh Napier University, University of West Scotland, Robert Gordon University and the University of Abertay have joined the Amb:IT:ion Scotland programme to facilitate a series of internships. The internships will offer Amb:IT:ion Scotland associate organisations the opportunity to host students, from their Computing/Digital Media, Creative Industry, Business and Arts and Media & Computer Games schools respectively. The internships are available from summer of 2010 and will extend student learning beyond traditional academic environments and offer organisations access to young, cutting-edge skills and talents from this newly-emerging industry.

Learn more about the Amb:IT:ion Scotland project from the Scottish Arts Council press release.

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