Dumfries & Galloway Arts present an all-new arts and entertainments programme for 2011, under the new banner of Arts Live. Arts Live will feature the diverse and vibrant range of arts and entertainment that distinguishes Dumfries and Galloway all year round.   Arts Live aims to help get new events and commissions off the ground by providing small grants from its funding pot. Arts Live events are featured here on www.dgarts.co.uk If you have a great idea for an event or a piece of new performance or writing, then get in touch with dgArts’ Arts & Communities Officers.  In the west of the region (The Rhinns, Wigtownshire and Stewartry) contact Winnie Cooper on [email protected] or call 07788 608248, and in the east (Nithsdale, Annandale and Eskdale) contact Louise Davies on [email protected] or call 07919 574 105.  They will provide advice and support for your application. If you have an artistic idea, commissions that specifically link to events planned by other organisations and local artists will be looked on favourably. We encourage cross-arts activities. To discuss an idea for a literature event or new writing, please contact dgArts’ Literature Development Officer, Carolyn Yates: email [email protected] tel. 07833 477 728. “Dumfries and Galloway Council has provided the funding for Arts Live,” said Director of dgArts Susan Garnsworthy.  “We are very keen to include the highest quality events and projects that really showcase the talent we have here in Dumfries and Galloway.  Recent years have demonstrated the positive impact of arts and events on the region’s economy and p

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