Arts and Museums outreach team

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If your community or group would like to find out more about our work, please contact us.

• email: ram.els@renfrewshire.gov.uk
• phone: 0141 889 3151
• write to: Outreach and Events Officer, Paisley Museum, High St, Paisley PA1 2BA

Current Projects 2011

Kibble Care and Education Centre

The arts and museums outreach team has been working in partnership with Kibble Care and Education Centre since 2008 to provide instruction on all aspects of film and media to some of Scotland’s most vulnerable young people.

The course is aimed at developing technical and expressive skills whilst improving communication and confidence. The curriculum we follow has two core elements - the history and art of cinematic film - and we also look at the televisual arts and media. For inspiration we draw from the PSE syllabus and work in collaboration with other subject such as Art, Drama, Music, English and Technical design.

Baby Disco

Due to popular demand, Baby Discos will be touring throughout Renfrewshire this year.

These free discos hope to encourage families to learn, dance and play together. Each disco this year will follow a cultural event or celebration and will include dance, games, rhymes, arts and crafts and a DJ. These discos are open to under fives and their parents or carers in Renfrewshire.

The next Baby Disco will take place in the Tannahill Centre, 76 Blackstoun Road, Paisley on Monday 21 March. There are spaces still available - please call Ferguslie Library on 0141 887 6404 for more information.

Flexi-care Art Project
Friends – Past, Present and Future.

This is a project for adults with learning disabilities who attend 'flexi-care' day centres throughout Renfrewshire. The project aims to explore new opportunities for the participants and sustain an interest in the arts in an inclusive way. The theme for the project is friendships already made and further opportunities to meet new friends. This year, the group will participate in such activities as photography, reminiscence work, making a fabric wall banner and some drama.

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Classes

The outreach team organise and run a number of classes which add to the arts and museums programme of events each year. Full details are available on the council's events web page when each new season of events is launched (every spring and autumn). Please call 0141 887 1010 for more information.

• The Camcorder Club
  Meeting in the relaxed atmosphere upstairs in Paisley Central Library, the Camcorder Club meets on Thursdays at 1pm. We aim to help film and video enthusiasts get the most out of their camcorders. Films are edited on Macintosh and PC computers and the group have previously shown films they've made at the Paisley Museum and at the Paisley Film Society. Technical help is provided so come along and start making those DIY home videos into mini masterpieces!
• Club Animate
  This club runs on Tuesdays between 6 and 8pm at Central Library. Aimed at young people between the ages of 10 and 15, the group work as an animation team to create an animated story. We create scale models and props and develop a storyboard and animate scenes. The finale of each session of the club is a screening for family and friends.
• Fashion Workshops
  Learn how to make clothing, jewellery and accessories from unwanted items. This course is a 6 week block for 8 - 16 year olds with an interest in fashion. Two courses take place throughout the year. These workshops are great for beginners as no sewing skills are required to join.

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More Outreach Projects 2011

Bookbug Sessions (formerly Bookstart Rhymetime)
Renfrewshire Arts and Museums outreach team are working with Paisley Library to bring you free Bookbug sessions.

These will take place every Thursday from the end of January to the end of March 2011. Bookbug is a national programme encouraging all parents and carers to enjoy books with their children from as early an age as possible. The sessions are free, friendly and fun for children aged four and under and their parents. Most sessions are run by a specially trained Bookbug session leader. More information about the sessions is available on the libraries web pages.



The aim of the conference is to raise awareness of the issues surrounding gender violence with a variety of community groups and address specific issues in challenging attitudes towards gender violence. In partnership we specifically use a variety of art forms including visual art, new media, photography, drama and creative writing to stimulate debate and seek solutions to gender violence and also ensure that the annual conference is interactive and accessible to all.
In the months leading to the annual conference we work with a variety of community groups from women’s groups and men’s mental health groups to older people’s groups and youth groups on an arts based project on a specific topic relating to the conference. These art workshops are lead by a trained arts worker who uses the art work as a stimulus for discussing the various issues and attitudes towards gender violence.

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Renfrew Town Hall and Museum digital update

Renfrew Digital update is a project designed to keep local Renfrew residents up to date with information and pictures of Renfrew Town halls refurbishment. The pictures and information will be collected by a group of young people from Renfrew supported by a community outreach worker. They will be displayed in the museum and updated regularly.