This online seminar will rethink what we mean by an emerging artist. It will focus on the opportunities that can arise from finding a new creative career or developing a new artistic direction in later life. We'll be joined by three artists, David Taylor, Liz Bertram-Gossan and Christine Kydd, who received a Luminate Older Artist Bursary, funded by The Baring Foundation, to hear about what this support has enabled them to achieve.
Speaker biographies
David Taylor
Following retirement in 2015 from a career in theatre management and, latterly, in arts policy and funding, David took an MA in Creative Writing with the Open University. His short fiction has been published in Scotland, England, Germany and the US, online and in print. He has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and long-listed for several international writing competitions.
Liz Bertram-Gossan
Liz is a self taught ceramic artist. Her artistic journey began at 19 with a 1 year foundation course, but chose to pursue a different career path, stepping away from formal art education. On retirement 5 years ago she purchased her kiln and began to really experiment with clay. She creates individual ceramic pieces, using slab building techniques which are fired to stoneware temperatures.
Christine Kydd
Christine Kydd is a multi award- winning singer, twice nominated for MG Alba Scots Singer of the Year at the MG ALBA Na Trads. Inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame (2018), her latest critically acclaimed release, Shift & Change (2019) merited ‘a collection that showcases one of Scottish Folk Music’s timeless treasures’ (Living Tradition) .
Further details
This event is open to artists, cultural organisations and policy makers based internationally as well as in Scotland.
The seminar is free and places are limited. It event will take place via Zoom and joining instructions will be sent to you in advance of the session.
If you have any questions about the session, please email us on info@luminatescotland.org.
Photo credit: Robbie Synge
