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Legacy giving has huge potential as a source of future funding for the arts, especially in Scotland. Richard Radcliffe offers tips…
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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.
Why there should be more art in prisons
When prisoners are actually requesting more arts activities, why are we not giving them what they want, asks Jess Thorpe.
Creative Scotland delays regular funding decision until new year
The contracts for Scottish arts organisations currently in receipt of regular funding will be extended until the end of May 2018 t…
Scottish ministers call for Lottery recovery plan
Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has ignored a second plea from Scotland to offset the severe decline in Lottery funding for cultur…
Arts projects should not deliver ‘youth work by the back door’
Research commissioned as part of a Creative Scotland programme for young people who have experienced additional challenges stresse…
Creative Scotland warns number of Regularly Funded Organisations will fall
Declining Lottery receipts will mean less cash for RFOs, although final funding decisions will be made after the national funding…
Arts in Scotland attracts a broader audience
The cultural attendance gap between those living in the most and least deprived areas is at its smallest for five years, according…
A digital season
Scottish Ballet’s first digital season gave the company the opportunity to experiment with new technologies, but would audie…
Edinburgh in a wheelchair
Andrew Miller, a regular visitor to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, shares his shocking experiences of inaccessible venues, poor se…
Scotland pledges additional £10m for Edinburgh Festivals
Money for cultural content and skills development will be delivered across a five-year programme, starting in 2018.
Scottish arts sector is “far from a level playing field”
A country-wide snapshot shows men remain more likely to work in senior roles, and half of BME arts workers feel their ethnicity is…
Calls for Edinburgh Fringe to take action on ‘exploitation’
MP Tommy Sheppard has echoed calls by a new union-led campaign for fair wages and working conditions at the Fringe festival.
