At last we are able to go public on the fact that after 16 months of solid fundraising we have achieved full funding for our first three projects! Looking toward Glenshee from the Cateran Trail at the top of Alyth Hill, Photo, Clare Cooper Ironically, given the Brexit decision, the last piece of our […]
One More Funding Decision to Go!
It’s been a long haul trying to put the fundraising together to launch the programme. Over the last 14 months we’ve been pitching our plans to dozens of public and private funders across the UK and even in Europe and we are now one decision away from knowing whether we achieved our first fundraising target of […]
Vanora: The Opera receives early stage development funding
We heard on Friday that we had received a grant from the Foyle Foundation to undertake research and development on our idea to turn the Vanora legend into an opera as part of the Cateran’s Common Wealth programme. Janis Hart, Zoe Strachan, Kally Lloyd Jones, Jessica Cottis on top of Barry Hill, Photo Clare […]
First stage map of Cateran’s Cultural Assets Map Launched
We’ve just launched the first stage results of our mapping exercise, which aims to make visible all those working with arts and culture around the Trail and all the historical and archaeological sites in the vicinity. You can see the map here. Photo, courtesy of Perth & Kinross Heritage Trust Please get in […]
A new tartan which honours Perthshire’s berry-growing heritage
A new tartan which honours Perthshire’s berry-growing heritage has been unveiled by a local weaver. Photo by WarpWeftWeave Called Blairgowrie Berries and Cherries, the fabric, is a vibrant mix of pinks, purples and greens. It was designed by weaver Ashleigh Slater and is registered to local fruit growers Thomas Thomson (Blairgowrie) Ltd. The area […]
Finding Common Ground
Duncan McLaren and Kate Clayton are artists living in Blairgowrie. A writer and visual artist respectively, they are two of the 120 or so people and organisations who have identified themselves as working with arts and culture in the Cateran Trail locality during a recent mapping exercise and with whom the Cateran’s Common Wealth initiative […]
The Story Box project in the news!
The Story Box project, one of the first projects to start getting of the ground in the Cateran’s Common Wealth programme, made the Courier and the Blairie this week! Marian Bruce, Producer of The Story Box The Story Box is a community audio artwork and oral history project which aims to capture the […]
Heartland FM Interview about Cateran’s Common Wealth
Heartland FM is an award-winning local radio station serving Perthshire, Scotland. You can listen live anywhere in the world online at heartlandfm.co.uk and in Perthshire on 97.5 and 106.6 FM. Clare Cooper was delighted to speak to Shona Whyte about the project and you can hear her short interview, broadcast on the 16th October […]
A Laing Exposure
Blairgowrie, the largest town on the Cateran Trail, is the source of a great treasure of cultural ‘common wealth’ – The Laing Photographic Collection. 15,000 images taken between 1927 and 1993 from the business of D. Wilson Laing Photographers, Blairgowrie, was acquired by Perth Museum in 1997 and is the subject of an exhibition […]
Drumderg Fund award early stage development funding to three programme ideas
We were delighted to hear this week that the Drumderg Fund has awarded £10,000 to the project for the early stage development of three projects. They join Creative Scotland, Perth & Kinross Council and Mission Models Money as the first wave of financial supporters of the project. What will become The Story Box […]