Isabella’s Footsteps has been awarded a National Lottery Heritage Fund Grant!!
ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE and all our partners and friends of the Isabella’s Footsteps project are over the moon to put it mildly. Isabella’s Footsteps is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we have been able to go ahead this week as planned in North East Scotland thanks to their last minute rescue grant!
Alongside funding from The Scottish Fisherman’s Trust, some generous donations and the huge support from our partners and friends at the Natural History Museum, Keith and District Heritage Group, Aberdeen University, and the many friends of the project this means we are going ahead with our plans right now!
Isabella’s Footsteps celebrates Keith born marine biologist Isabella Gordon O.B.E. (1901-1988) and is led by Electric Voice Theatre with Miranda Lowe CBE, Principal Crustacean Curator at the Natural History Museum, London and science historian, Catherine Booth – retired science curator at the National Library of Scotland.
The main activities include:
- A presentation in Keith (Wed 3rd Sept) on Gordon’s science and history, including the heritage of other women scientists from Moray and Scottish women composers we are featuring.
- A workshop series with Keith and Newmill Primary Schools in Keith where the children will create a MEGASONG about Gordon’s life and science and perform and record it too! p
- A presentation in Aberdeen for Midstocket Men’s Group
- Research and collaboration with Aberdeen University Collections and Biological Sciences Department
- A composing project for Aberdeen university music students o
- Collaboration with Aberdeen and North-East Scotland Family History Society, Aberdeen History Society and Aberdeen Council Archives, Gallery and Museums
- Workshop day at NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON
- Creation of an illustrated history of Isabella Gordon for children in booklet form
- And loads more……
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