
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…
A draft of the first Scottish culture strategy to be produced in a decade reveals plans for a new cultural leadership post within…
MSPs are “very concerned” by the national arts funder’s handling of its Regular Funding application process.
The launch follows research into the power of match funding to boost public donations to arts organisations and increase fundraisi…
Legacy giving has huge potential as a source of future funding for the arts, especially in Scotland. Richard Radcliffe offers tips…
To work in a museum you need the right academic qualifications and the resources to volunteer, but new initiatives in Scotland are…
A public consultation to inform the Government’s upcoming Culture Strategy also criticised the lack of diversity across the…
Out of the Blue has weathered the storm of arts funding cuts in Scotland thanks to its social enterprise model and the support of…
Creative Scotland may have been short-sighted to cut funding to Scottish Youth Theatre, but something needs to be done about overs…
The national funder has announced a root and branch review of its funding processes following public outcry that led to it reversi…
Following revelations of elitism in music education, Principal of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Professor Jeffrey Sharkey,…
£2.6m of additional funds will be used to re-admit five organisations into the core-funded portfolio until 2021, in a move d…
Just nine regularly funded arts organisations will receive less money from Creative Scotland in 2018-21, while 27 organisations re…
A music-making project within HMP Inverness is helping offenders develop skills for life, learning and work. Stacey Toner describe…
Ruth Bretherick explains how she overcame the challenges of programming events when an exhibition split across two arts venues: on…
A new manifesto by the Scottish Contemporary Arts Network, Scottish Artists Union and Engage Scotland has set out the visual arts…
Creative Scotland’s budget will be increased by £6.6m each year for the next three years.
When prisoners are actually requesting more arts activities, why are we not giving them what they want, asks Jess Thorpe.
The contracts for Scottish arts organisations currently in receipt of regular funding will be extended until the end of May 2018 t…
Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has ignored a second plea from Scotland to offset the severe decline in Lottery funding for cultur…
Research commissioned as part of a Creative Scotland programme for young people who have experienced additional challenges stresse…
Declining Lottery receipts will mean less cash for RFOs, although final funding decisions will be made after the national funding…
The cultural attendance gap between those living in the most and least deprived areas is at its smallest for five years, according…
Scottish Ballet’s first digital season gave the company the opportunity to experiment with new technologies, but would audie…
Andrew Miller, a regular visitor to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, shares his shocking experiences of inaccessible venues, poor se…