Nine out of ten adults engaged with a cultural activity in 2015, but the Scottish Household Survey reveals engagement is lower in…

Creative Scotland is to gather evidence on individuals’ occupation, employment status and career progression across the coun…

National Theatre of Scotland and Scottish Ballet are among the performing arts companies pledging to have a gender balanced board…

Paying artists fairly is listed in Creative Scotland’s new Arts Strategy among a range of measures to raise the profile of a…

A large-scale study has found that the growth of the festivals is benefiting the tourism and hospitality sectors. 

Deputy Chief Executive Iain Munro has said that new arts funding models will have to be considered in these unprecedented times.

To nurture and retain new artistic talent, you need affordable studio space. Audrey Carlin explains how Wasps is helping Scotland…

A 100-metre high public artwork isn’t always the answer. Peter McCaughey reflects on why he took a more dispersed approach t…

A new pilot scheme led by Imaginate and National Theatre Scotland will bring live performances to 15,000 schoolchildren this autum…

The Scottish Government has been warned of “dangerous time ahead” if it continues to cut funding to its national perfo…

A new publication aims to build the skills of artists delivering activities in Scottish prisons.

Do freelance musicians get the weekend off? And how many trains do they actually have to take? Emma Donald takes us on a visual to…

A lack of business skills and access to equipment was holding artists in Dumfries and Galloway back. Clare Hanna explains the…

Capital expenditure will bear the brunt of cuts to the arts in Scotland next year under draft budget plans that see funding for cu…

David Stevenson deplores the way that a subjective decision to grant public money to a commercial company is being dressed up as t…

Match funding has received some bad press recently, but Carl Watt has seen it work wonders at encouraging business sponsorship of…

The Scottish arts sector is being consulted on a new ‘Creative Industries Strategy’ that will determine priorities for…

More partnership working is key for the future of local authority arts funding in Edinburgh, but delays and a budget deficit are h…

Anne Gallacher describes the impact of an ongoing relationship between Luminate, Scotland’s creative ageing festival, and Ag…

A comprehensive review of the visual arts sector in Scotland is to be informed by the findings from an online consultation. The Sc…

How can literature and publishing thrive in the wake of Creative Scotland's review of the cultural sector, asks Andrew Ormston…

The funding body is “thinking hard” about how to better support small and voluntary organisations after MSPs heard the…

A new tourism-based strategy aims to grow Scotland’s domestic and international reputation by investing in the development o…