Marketing and Communications Development Officer – TRACS TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland) is Scotland’s umbrella body for the cohesion and promotion of the traditional arts – storytelling, music and dance. With a new vision unfolding, this is an exciting time to join our team and make a significant impact on shaping and developing the … Continued

This winter, Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland (TRACS) are once again on a mission to rejuvenate midwinter traditions in Scotland with seasonal folk dramas, to enrich community life and ensure all ages can get involved over the coldest of seasons, connecting the old and new through song and dance, signifying the death and rebirth of … Continued

Edinburgh Folk Club’s chair, the indefatigable Eberhard ‘Paddy’ Bort died suddenly in Edinburgh on Friday, 17 February 2017, aged 62. Tributes have been flooding in to EFC acknowledging Paddy’s commitment and enthusiasm for folk, with more details available on the Evening News or TRACS Board member Steve Byrne’s obituary. Donald Smith, Director of TRACS, states: … Continued

Who is Scotland, Where is Scotland, We are Scotland.Celebrate Scotland’s Living Traditions and build Scotland’s dynamic, diverse and inclusive national identity. TRACS is delighted to be supporting a new initiative by BEMIS Scotland in collaboration with the Scottish Government that aims to practically enable Scotland’s ethnic and cultural minority communities to participate in and enhance … Continued

TRACS launches GIFTING EVERY CHILD, an introduction to Scotland’s traditional heritage Whit sangs, tales an dauncin culd we gie ilka bairn in Scotlan fir a richt guid handsel? Tae stert oot wi as a smidgin, a wee seed whilk micht graw intae muckle trees o pleisur an wunner. Here’s a wee mindin tae begin wi … Continued

Professor Gary West, Chair of TRACS, has also been appointed Chair in Scottish Ethnology at the University of Edinburgh. The appointment began in August 2015 and Gary has spent his entire career to date at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1988 with MA (Hons) in Scottish Ethnology and Scottish Historical Studies, being appointed as … Continued

The staff of the Scottish Storytelling Centre and Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland (TRACS) were saddened to hear the news of the death of Scottish poet Tessa Ransford, OBE. Tessa, aged 77, was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, and died in hospice, with members of her family at her side. She will be remembered … Continued

TRACS launches a new season of workshops and courses this September, with sessions on topics such as Scotland’s creative culture for children, storytelling, singing and the future of the arts, all taking place at the Scottish Storytelling Centre over the coming months. The cycle begins on Saturday 5 September with Gifting Every Child: Scotland’s Creative … Continued

Creative Scotland’s recently released Literature and Publishing Sector Review presents a comprehensive look at the current state of literary activities, and offers a mighty 38 recommendations of ways in which the sector can be improved, broadly fitting under the three main themes of connection, co-ordination and collaboration. To begin this process, The Lighthouse in Glasgow … Continued