Taking creativity to new heights
Once forced to migrate through lack of opportunities, artists in the Scottish Highlands are now coming together to experiment and…
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Culture funding falls in Scottish budget
The budget allocation for 'Creative Scotland and other arts' includes £10m for Screen Scotland and a £6.6m boo…
Reasons to be generous
What motivates businesses to support the arts? David Watt explores the main reasons beyond 'doing the right thing'.
Scottish Government promises new fund to protect culture after Brexit
The programme will be in place by May 2019, with a focus on international cultural partnerships.
Dance partners
As well as being a studio space for independent dancers and choreographers, Glasgow's The Work Room is also an empowering…
Scotland ring-fences cash for touring
Creative Scotland has announced details of a new Touring Fund offering organisations outside its Regular Funding portfolio the cha…
Audience development agency to close after Creative Scotland cuts
15 employees will be affected by the closure of Culture Republic, following the loss of its annual funding from Creative Scotland.
Edinburgh Festivals give £14m a year boost to Scotland’s culture sector
Two new reports say that the festivals also generate international recognition for Scotland’s arts scene and provide new opp…
Scotland plans to make culture central to policy-making
A draft of the first Scottish culture strategy to be produced in a decade reveals plans for a new cultural leadership post within…
Inquiry slams Creative Scotland over management failure
MSPs are “very concerned” by the national arts funder’s handling of its Regular Funding application process.
Creative Scotland trials matched crowdfunding scheme
The launch follows research into the power of match funding to boost public donations to arts organisations and increase fundraisi…
Is there ever a good time to talk about death?
Legacy giving has huge potential as a source of future funding for the arts, especially in Scotland. Richard Radcliffe offers tips…
Breaking into the museum sector
To work in a museum you need the right academic qualifications and the resources to volunteer, but new initiatives in Scotland are…
Arts funding favours the privileged, Scottish Government told
A public consultation to inform the Government’s upcoming Culture Strategy also criticised the lack of diversity across the…
Support from the right places
Out of the Blue has weathered the storm of arts funding cuts in Scotland thanks to its social enterprise model and the support of…
Safeguarding the arts in times of economic uncertainty
Creative Scotland may have been short-sighted to cut funding to Scottish Youth Theatre, but something needs to be done about overs…
Creative Scotland: ‘Our reputation has been severely damaged’
The national funder has announced a root and branch review of its funding processes following public outcry that led to it reversi…
Letter: A matter of deepest regret
Following revelations of elitism in music education, Principal of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Professor Jeffrey Sharkey,…
Creative Scotland U-turns on arts funding cuts
£2.6m of additional funds will be used to re-admit five organisations into the core-funded portfolio until 2021, in a move d…
Creative Scotland limits cuts following funding boost
Just nine regularly funded arts organisations will receive less money from Creative Scotland in 2018-21, while 27 organisations re…
Making the most of time
A music-making project within HMP Inverness is helping offenders develop skills for life, learning and work. Stacey Toner describe…
How I solved… challenges of cross-venue arts programming
Ruth Bretherick explains how she overcame the challenges of programming events when an exhibition split across two arts venues: on…
Scottish artists and galleries commit to addressing inequality
A new manifesto by the Scottish Contemporary Arts Network, Scottish Artists Union and Engage Scotland has set out the visual arts…
Scotland surprises by boosting arts budget to offset lottery decline
Creative Scotland’s budget will be increased by £6.6m each year for the next three years.
