Get to know the artists and groups in Scotland fostering creativity across the generations, thanks to funding from The National Lottery and The Scottish Government in the latest round of the Open Fund ⚡️ 📸 Fife-based photographer Cate Gillon hopes to inspire greater self-belief and optimism for the future in young people by celebrating local school alumni in an exhibition of portraits of former Levenmouth Academy students, including from its predecessors, Buckhaven and Kirkland High. It opens on 6 November at Methil Heritage Centre. 📣 Confab's spoken word poetry initiative Slamming It 2025! will involve 200 young people from across Scotland in spoken word workshops producing a live event attended by over 300 in-person and 100 remote audience members. 💃 Dumbarton-based Clifftop Projects' Intergenerational Dance Company (CIDC), will continue its impactful work thanks to renewed funding, enabling the company to advance its mission of uniting people of all ages and abilities and fostering confidence and community through the power of movement ❄️ Debuting in January 2025, award-winning dance artist Hayley Earlam will collaborate with a team of creatives to develop Brrr, a new sensory dance performance all about Winter, created for young audiences with profound and multiple learning disabilities 💿 Singer/songwriters Kathryn Joseph and Carla J. Easton have been awarded funding to develop and produce new albums 🖼️ Action research group Durty Beanz and Turner-nominated visual artist Mark Titchner will collaborate with the public on a new billboard artwork for Glasgow's Govan Road 🎺 Aberdeen Jazz Festival will return in 2025! 👋 Get ready for three immersive comedy events from Glasgow-based comedian Zara Gladman These are just a handful of the awards made this month, totalling £792,125 and distributed to artists and organisations across Scotland, including 29 individual grants made to writers, musicians, theatre makers and other creative practitioners, supporting a wide range of innovative and impactful projects. More on this story: https://lnkd.in/e8PgHbbw 📷 CIDC, image by Joseph Dalton; author Keith Houston by Cate Gillon; Hayley Earlem by Amy Sinead; magician Louise Andree by Cate Gillon.
Creative Scotland
Non-profit Organizations
Public body that supports the arts, screen and creative industries across Scotland.
About us
Creative Scotland is the public body that supports the arts, screen and creative industries across all parts of Scotland on behalf of everyone who lives, works or visits here. We do this through funding, development, advocacy and influence and we distribute funding from the Scottish Government and the National Lottery. We want Scotland to be a country where excellence and experimentation across the arts, screen and creative industries is recognised and valued; everyone can access and enjoy artistic and creative experiences; places and quality of life are transformed through imagination, ambition and an understanding of the potential of creativity; ideas are brought to life by a diverse, skilled and connected leadership and workforce; Scotland is a distinctive creative nation connected to the world. For further information on Creative Scotland please visit www.creativescotland.com.
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David Stark
Growing orchestral audiences, encouraging and equipping churches, running charities and making pretty websites
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Ashley Smith Hammond
Creative Industries Officer at Creative Scotland
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Alastair Evans
Director of Strategy at Creative Scotland
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Ten emerging and established artists have been selected for the third edition of the Fluxus Art Projects' Magnetic residency programme, offering artists the opportunity to immerse themselves in major cultural institutions in France and the UK. The selected artists are: · Violaine Barrois (PACA) at Cove Park (Helensburgh, Scotland) · Camille Brée (Île-de-France) at Gasworks (London, England) · Donovan Le Coadou (Hauts-de-France) at Flax Art Studios (Belfast, Northern Ireland) · Elsa Prudent (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) at Wysing Arts Centre (Cambridgeshire, England) · Dorian Teti (Bretagne) at Aberystwyth Arts Centre (Wales) · Emilia Beatriz (Scotland) at Villa Arson (Nice, France) · Racheal Crowther (England) at Bétonsalon - Centre d'art et de recherche (Paris, France) · Mez Kerr Jones (Wales) at Frac Bretagne (Rennes, France) · Robin Price (Northern Ireland) at Frac Grand Large (Dunkerque, France) · Lisa Selby (England) at CAPC musée d'art contemporain (Bordeaux, France) 🔗 More on this announcement: https://lnkd.in/eizcdWRh
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UK and France-based artists working in contemporary art can now apply for funding for exhibition projects and curatorial research trips through Fluxus Art Projects. Apply before Monday 18 November at midnight ⏰
📢 OPEN CALL 2025: EXHIBITIONS AND CURATORIAL RESEARCH PROJECTS The Fluxus Art Projects team is pleased to announce that applications are now OPEN for projects scheduled between January and June 2025! The deadline for applications is Monday 18 November at midnight. 🎨 We are a non-profit organisation established in 2010 by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni and our mission is to support contemporary art on both sides of the Channel, fostering collaboration between the French and British art scenes. We support: ➔ Exhibitions and projects involving France-based and French artists in the UK, as well as UK-based and British artists in France. ➔ Curatorial research trips in the UK by France-based or French curators, and in France by UK-based and British curators. The sums allocated range from £2,000 to £10,000 per project. We support exhibitions carried out by places of various scales - spaces managed by artists and curators, art centres, museums, festivals or biennials & we pay particular attention to the production of new works and their promotion throughout both countries. 💻 For exhibitions and artistic projects, we require applications to be submitted by artistic organisations rather than individual artists. The application process can be completed online, and our application form and eligibility criteria are accessible on: https://lnkd.in/gmdMyfdX Do not hesitate to reach us via this post or by email: fluxusartp@gmail.com! *** Fluxus Art Projects is supported by Institut français, Institut français du Royaume-Uni, British Council, Ministère de la Culture, Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
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Explore the trope of the 'Artist's House' with Hospitalfield over the course of a day with contributions from Gareth Bell Jones of Flat Time House, London; writer Kirsty Bell, Berlin; Sorcha Dallas, Alasdair Gray Archive; curator Ellie Porter, London and Kacper Sasnal of the Krasinski Studio / Foksal Gallery, Warsaw. ⏰ Saturday 9 November, 11am to 5pm https://lnkd.in/eizwJgsv
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Lovers of inspiring, word-class, cutting-edge design will want to run to grab the last tickets for International Assembly, taking place across multiple days, times and venues in Glasgow in November. https://lnkd.in/eW8qz25j
International Assembly 2024 - INTL - Tickets
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Applications are now open for the Business Catalyst (Small) Grants from The Goldsmiths' Centre offering up to £1,000 to 10 businesses, supporting creative jewellers in accessing essential resources for growth, such as new equipment, digital marketing services, or process upgrades. https://lnkd.in/dJ_f4EnR
£1,000 business grants for UK based jewellers and silversmiths - The Goldsmiths' Centre
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The Classical EDI Development Fund is for individual artists, representatives of arts organisations and creative businesses to identify and develop pathways to greater diversity and inclusivity in the Scottish classical music sector 🎶 Chamber Music Scotland deliver the fund and have also recently published a report on the impact of the fund, which you can read at: https://lnkd.in/eSDFf7xG 🗓️ The deadline for this round of the fund is 11am on Monday 4 November 2024. ℹ️ Apply now at: https://lnkd.in/eeFNPumy
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Visual artists who create work through a Gaelic perspective are invited to present and sell work as part of an innovative multi-site art programme that will take place in February/March 2025 💡 Buaile is a collaborative visual arts programme being delivered at Eden Court, Inverness Museum & Art Gallery and Wasps’s Inverness Creative Academy, who will present a wide range of works from artists showcasing visual art from a Gaelic perspective. Deadline: 5pm on 15 November 2024 https://lnkd.in/et4araM6
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Artists based in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, or England can now apply to Immersive Arts - a groundbreaking funding and support programme for UK-based artists with £3.6M available to help you develop your art by using immersive technologies. Artists at all levels of experience are invited to apply, to explore, experiment or expand how they work with this exciting field of practice. ⏰ Deadline 2 December 2024 https://lnkd.in/eqCiUgah Led by University of the West of England with Pervasive Media Studio as Lead Hub and Watershed as Executive Producer. In partnership with University of Bristol, Nerve Centre, WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE (THEATRE) LIMITED, Cryptic Glasgow, UnLimited, Crossover Labs, funded by UK Research and Innovation, The National Lottery Community Fund, Creative Scotland, and Arts Council of Northern Ireland. #ImmersiveArtsUK
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Next week, WOMEX 2024 arrives in Manchester 🙌🏼 Discover the delegation from Scotland, including showcasing acts, Shetland pianist Amy Laurenson and Glasgow-based band with Orkney roots Gnoss. https://lnkd.in/eA7YEuSp
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