The first meeting of the RAH Working Group was held on
30th March 2015 at Electric Theatre Workshop in Dumfries – it was attended by:
Sid Ambrose, Matt Baker, Anne Barclay, Leah Black, Simon
Davidson, Belle Doyle , Sara Lockwood, Graham Main, Alex McQuiston, Cate Ross
and Alan Thomson.
As this was the first meeting and seen as a new start for
many of us within DGU we agreed to spend our two hour meeting going around the
table each outlining our priorities and programme for the next year. In advance
of the meeting the four Area Convenors circulated a list of the five key
priorities identified for their area though contact with the local sector.
What followed was a very productive and positive exchange
– where many areas were identified of strengths and weaknesses in the arts
provision for the region. Youth Arts, in particular, was clearly an area which
good progress is being made – after previously being identified as a clear
weakness regionally at the beginning of the Fresh Start for Arts consultancy.
Notes from the conversation and further contributions
from the group after the meeting are now being collated by our Regional Policy
and Development Worker Alan Thomson – to inform further development of a new
regional arts approach.
If you have anything you would like to contribute to this
conversation please contact Alan Thompson directly: alan.thomson25@gmail.com
The next meeting of the RAH Working Group is on 6th May
the draft agenda for this meeting is:
* Working with the DGU Board
* Update on regional strategy following previous meeting
* Forming specialist art-form groups – priorities/process
* Developing a Charter for Events regionally
* Regional Focus – Conveners reports (5 bullet points
from each Convenor about current concerns/needs/themes in their area)
* Date and format for next RAH gathering
* Proposal to Co-opt Pete Renwick for DGArts festival to working
group
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