Changing Scotland conference programme

CHANGING SCOTLAND 

          NOVEMBER 2^nd-4^th 2012

OUR TENTH YEAR! OUR TWENTIETH WEEKEND!

        The Role of the Arts, Culture and Identity in Scotland

Friday November 2nd

Welcome 8.15pm  

Gerry Hassan and Jean Urquhart 

8.30pm

Gerry Hassan, Sandy Moffat and Anthony Barnett

Gerry Hassan poses questions to artist Sandy Moffat and Anthony Barnett, first director of Charter 88 and founder of Open Democracy 

Saturday November 3rd

10.15-11.30am 

Saturday and Sunday Welcome:

Sam Ainsley, David Harding and Sandy Moffat

Artists, curators, campaigners and facilitators. 

Alan Riach Prof. of Scottish Literature, University of Glasgow.

The story of Scottish Literature and the story of teaching literature.

11.45-1.00pm  

Janet Paisley, Writer, poet and playwright

New initiatives for the support and promotion of the Scots language.

Alan Bissett Author and playwright

Anger as a legitimate response to political and historical injustice.

Lunch 1.00-2.15pm

2.15-3.30pm      

Malcolm Maclean, former Chief Executive Officer, Proiseact nan Ealan 

Out of the Invisible: The role of the visual arts in re-imagining Gaelic Scotland.

Will Maclean  Artist and Hon Fellow of the UHI University of the Highlands

Some Notes on Land Works : The Land Raiders Memorial Cairns on Lewis

3.45-5.00pm  

Craig Richardson, Prof. of Fine Art, Northumbria University

Scottish Art since 1960 

Ewan Morrison, Novelist, filmmaker and journalist.

The role of great art and art education in social transformation?

Saturday Evening 8.30pm        

Classic Films of Modern Scotland selected and introduced by Allan Hunter, Co-director, Glasgow Film Festival

Sunday November 4th

10.30-11.45am   

Dr. Tom Normand, School of Art History, University of St. Andrews

The past and the future of Scottish art institutions.

11.45-1.00pm 

Doug Eadie, writer and Eddie Dick, movie producer

Wee Country - Big Screen - Wee Screen: An illustrated dialogue