“Extremely positive” first review of Sistema Scotland
Learning from the success of the Big Noise programme will be key to the future of social interventions in Scotland, say researcher…
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Scottish economy benefits from increase in museum and gallery attendance
A new report finds that growing numbers of museum and gallery attenders are contributing nearly £900m to the Scottish econom…
Edinburgh Promise reflects desire for collective action
Cultural organisations and arts practitioners are calling on public and private sector funders and service providers to take actio…
On the high and low roads
Roberta Doyle explains why Scotland’s theatre company ‘without walls’ tours the highlands and islands of Scotlan…
Knocking down the barriers
The Scottish Government’s youth arts strategy aims to increase engagement in the arts as well as tackle inequality. Fiona Hy…
Survey reveals cultural engagement in Scotland
Almost three-quarters of adults in Scotland attended a cultural event or place in the last year, but a quarter feel “culture…
Creative Scotland commits to long-term funding
The number of arts organisations in receipt of three-year funding is to more than double, as the funding body responds to the sect…
Artists’ studios recognised as top social enterprise
For its role supporting artists across Scotland, Wasps Studios has been named Scottish Social Enterprise of the Year.
Touring Network campaigns for rural venues
Raising the profile of professional performances taking place at some of Scotland’s more remote locations is a key aim of a…
A warm welcome
Suzi Simpson tells how this summer’s Refugee Week Scotland celebrated the successful integration of refugees with music, dan…
Children’s literature centre gets funding go-ahead
Restoration of the house and garden that inspired ‘Peter Pan’ will provide a new home for children’s literature…
Scotland continues to embrace culture
Festival-going is on the increase, though cinema and reading for pleasure are still the most popular forms of cultural engagement.
Yes or no, that is the answer
For readers in the rest of the UK, Christine Hamilton reflects on how the Scottish arts world has responded to the independence re…
Transition plans take shape in Scotland
New large capital awards are put on hold during 2014/15 as Creative Scotland develops its new funding model.
Cash boost for Edinburgh festivals
The major public funders of Edinburgh’s festivals are collaborating to invest an extra £1m into the festivals’ 2…
Artists unite for a fairer deal
A new trade union for visual and applied artists has been launched, “to challenge the economic inequalities in the art world…
Fresh start at Creative Scotland
A ten-year plan and a new approach to funding aim to demonstrate more support for arts organisations and provide greater clarity a…
HLF invests in new entry routes to Scotland’s museums sector
Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) has been awarded £422k in funding to deliver a new traineeship programme for non-graduates….
A strategy for sustainability
Scotland’s museums sector has taken an innovative approach to overcoming financial challenges, according to Joanne Orr.
Digital fitness for all
AmbITion Scotland’s Make:IT:Happen fund aims to help Scotland’s cultural sector become digitally fitter. Ashley Smith-…
Place-making at the heart of plans for Scotland
Creative Scotland sets out the themes that will guide its work over the next ten years.
Scotland unveils first national arts strategy for young people
Youth arts projects for the under 25s in Scotland are to receive £5m over the next two years.
Plans to put creativity at the heart of learning in Scotland
Scotland’s Creative Learning Plan has set out a vision for creativity in education over the next 10 years.
Digital award for Glasgow’s visual arts website
A social media-led website which showcases Glasgow’s visual arts scene has taken first place in the Public Sector category a…
