Apprentice Writers in Residence Needed

Do you have an interest in Creative Writing and would like to develop your creative writing skills? Are you aged between 16-19 years of age and live in the Perth and Kinross area?

If you answer yes then this commission is for you. The Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS) will place you with an established Professional Writer to develop your skills in creative writing using the RSGS’s collections as inspiration to explore the story of RSGS and the heritage that it cares for.

Apprentice writer in residence - a commitment of one or two days per week on site with further work in your own time and place. The project will take place in June and July 2014

Please read carefully the commission that is available. To apply please include the following:

1. CV (no more than one page of A4) – this should clearly detail your education and any relevant employment or experience to date.
2. A short personal statement on your interest and suitability in applying for a commission – this can be a portfolio of images/artwork, a video, written material (no more than 500 words)

Please apply in writing to
Sara Ann Kelly
Perth Museum and Art Gallery
sakelly@pkc.gov.uk
Please send your CV by 12pm, 16 May 2014

You don’t get paid for the placement, but your travel expenses will be reimbursed.

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Take a Trip up Highway 89 at RSGS Talk

TAKE A TRIP UP HIGHWAY 89 AT RSGS TALK

Mountaineer Ian Mitchell shares his stories of Cowboys, Indians, Mormons and Mineworkers.

Ian Mitchell will take audiences a journey along Highway 89 in his talks in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth next week. His illustrated lecture features his most recent trip in the Rocky Mountain region.  along Highway 89 from the Mexican to the Canadian borders, through Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, in search of Cowboys and Indians, Pre-Columbian civilizations, Mormons and Mineworkers.

Ian's journey took him through some of the USA's most staggering National Parks including Zion, Yellowstone and Glacier, and also ventured into the backwoods of mountain America, to the Hanksvilles and Pinedales where a tourist is hardly seen. This is portrait of Mountain America at a time of crisis and change in US society.

Ian R Mitchell is a successful writer and mountaineer.  He co-wrote the classic Scottish mountaineering book Mountain Days and Bothy Nights  and A View from the Ridge which won the prestigious Boardman-Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature.  He has been published widely in newspapers and journals and has appeared on radio and television programmes on travel and the outdoors, such as BBC’s Landward, Country File and Country Trax programmes. 

This talk is part of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society’s Inspiring People talks programme.  

Ian Mitchell’s Talk ‘Up the Rocky Mountain Spine’ will take place at the following venues

November 6th:  

Perth: Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, Perth, PH1 5HZ at 7.30pm.

November 8th:

Glasgow: Renfield St Stephens Church Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4JP at 2.15pm 

Edinburgh: Appleton Tower, 11 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9LE  at 7.30pm. 

Tickets are £8 for adults, and free for students, under 18s and RSGS members.  Tickets are available on the day from the venue. For more information about any of our talks this season please visit www.rsgs.org/events/