Community arts practice
Sam Firth has been working as a community arts practitioner in rural settings across Scotland for over twenty years. She has developed designed and delivered over twenty projects bringing in other artists and pracitioners to work with communities and young people. Below are some of her previous projects . . . .
2026 – RSPB Saving Morvern’s Rainforest – Delivering a series of creative community engagement events to engage the local community with the local Rainforest.
2017 – Scottish Natural Heritage, Lochaber Fisheries Association and the National Lottery. Leading and delivering a film project at Lochaline Primary School on a short film project about Fresh Water Pearl Mussels
2016 – Ardnamurchan High School and Three Lochs Book Festival Project leader and lead filmmaker at on three short films related Shakespeare to the young people’s current context.
2014 – Lazy Beds Drimnin and Lochaline Village Hall Directing and set designing a theatre performance of Lazy Beds by Iain Chricton Smith using an entirely local cast.
2012 – First Light Movies (British Film Institute) and Highland Council Project leader and lead filmmaker designing, developing and delivery a short film at Mallaig Primary School inspired by “Snow” by Geoffrey Jones Funded with national lottery funds about the socio-economic history of Mallaig, particularly around employment for you people, herring fishing and tourism.
2010 – Community Woodlands Association and Highland Council Project leader and lead filmmaker at Drumnadrochit High School on a short film for the Community Woodlands Association Conference
2010 – First Light Movies (British Film Institute) Project leader and lead filmmaker at Eigg Primary School on a project about aliens landing on the island of Eigg.
2009 – First Light Movies (British Film Institute) Project leader and lead filmmaker at Muck Primary School on a short film about environmental pollution in the sea.
2008 – First Light Movies (British Film Institute) and the Community Land Association Scotland Project leader and lead filmmaker on two films in Knoydart and South Uist Communities engaging the local young people with community land ownership.
2006 – First Light Movies (British Film Institute) and The Knoydart Forest Trust Project leader and lead filmmaker on a short film with Knoydart Community primary age children funded with national lottery funds by about clear fell in interview. Winner of the First Light Award for Best film by Under 12’s 2007
2002 Leeds Met University Working on First Light Movies community engagement projects with tutors at Leeds Met University.
