Welcome to DGyoUth!
DGU commissioned The Articulate Cultural Trust to develop a Youth Arts Framework for Dumfries and Galloway, to better understand current provision and to seek recommendations to help make youth arts in the region the best that it can be.
As a result of this, DGU appointed two Youth Arts Advocates, Catriona McGhie and Lauren McDougall to help develop the Youth Arts Strategy Framework and establish an accompanying identity of DGU, catered and directed towards young creative practitioners in Dumfries and Galloway, DGyoUth.
As a result of this, DGU appointed two Youth Arts Advocates, Catriona McGhie and Lauren McDougall to help develop the Youth Arts Strategy Framework and establish an accompanying identity of DGU, catered and directed towards young creative practitioners in Dumfries and Galloway, DGyoUth.
Why Catriona?
Catriona is passionate about both Dumfries & Galloway and the Arts. As a young person living within the region, she is aware of some of the issues which young people face when trying to engage with the Arts, some of which she has faced herself. |
Why Lauren?
Lauren is a multi-disciplinary artist who has recently relocated back home to Dumfries and Galloway from South London. As an emerging artist herself, she is eager to help share and promote young artists in Dumfries and Galloway, and the amazing opportunities available to them around the region. |
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