Call for participation by Outspoken Arts Scotland Limited

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION “celebrating equality through the arts” mailto:contact@outspokenarts.org WE ARE : Outspoken Arts Scotland Limited – the new name for the former Glasgay! festival. We wish to represent queer communities in their broadest sense. LGBT equality, equal and human rights are now very much the focus of mainstream society, civic and organisational culture. LGBT identities play increasingly influential roles in this. Yet we must still recognise that LGBT peoples have come from the margins of society where they have felt less than accepted, sometimes abused and neglected. That often informs their work, their attitudes and their interests. We wish to bridge the gaps between the different tribes, behaviours and create intersections between the places of queer activity and interest. We’re interested in radical, independent, activist, counter-cultural voices. We want to embody practice that engages and encourages reflection on what unites people. We want our organisation to be a reflection of the work artists wish to make matched alongside the needs of partners organisations and wider audiences. We want to be seen as multi-generational. We will curate programmes which create art, develop community, and build a sense of identity and solidarity. We wish to support emergent artists at the start of their career, established artists who have made new work, and afford opportunities to foreground new trends, new scenes and new movements.

WE ARE OPEN to ideas, suggestions, new or ready-made work in various forms. We want LGBTQI work that is challenging and ground breaking – in some of the following areas: •

An education project for schools on diverse parenting, coming out and homophobia

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A visual arts project that breaks the silence of some LGBT visual artists.

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A theatre project that reaches outer lying marginalized communities

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Discussions, talks and seminars that highlight social issues for LGBTQI people

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A training project that offers professional skills for mixed LGBTQI participants.

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Community projects for under-represented or isolated members of the LGBTQI family.

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Performances that raise the bar in terms of quality, professionalism and profile.

Just tell us some simple information below 1. Your name

2. Organisation/Group/Comm

unity 3. E-mail address

4. Website or social media

page 5. Facebook, Twitter or other

handle 6. The idea/project title

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 7. Description of idea/project

8. Format – describe the work i.e. play, performance, workshop, talk, seminar, exhibition. Use additional terms if you want to clarify the type of presentation i.e. comedy performance or straight play etc.

9. Why you want to do this? -

Give us your reasons, who it’s for, why it’s important.

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10. What you need – tell us your equipment and budget needs.

11. Where & When you want to

present the work - preferred location/venue, locale/area/region.

12. Equalities info

Male Female

– please tell us the make-up of your group in numbers per each category

Transgender Disabled Non-disabled White Black Mixed/Multiple Asian African, Caribbean or Black Other ethnic group

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Gaelic speaker(s)

Lesbian Gay Bi-sexual Age-Group i.e. U18 18-25 26-45 46-65 65+

IF IT HELPS – please attach CV’s or examples of past work, or use another blank page to tell us in more detail about your ideas. No more than 2 pages A4.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT – we will be in touch to acknowledge receipt of your form.

We make take up to 12 weeks to process this due to the volume of submissions we receive. We cannot guarantee to offer work or place in our programme but will consider carefully what you have told us and how this fits our mission, overall programme and partnerships.