It’s just over a year ago now that a letter was signed by over 440 arts practitioners from all over Scotland, voicing concerns at the proposed creation of Creative Scotland, an amalgamation of the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen, with an expanded remit covering the creative industries and other commercial activity that would previously have been covered by Scottish Enterprise.
Hans Abbing’s provocation on the Creative Scotland debate site posits that “general subsidies for artists should gradually be abolished…”
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The Scottish Artists Union is the leading representative body for visual and applied artists north of the border. We continue to monitor the formation of the new agency Creative Scotland, set to replace the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen […]
The Arts Council of Great Britain was established in 1946. After cutbacks under Conservative governments in the 1980s the organisation was devolved between England, Scotland and Wales in 1994. Following a confusing series of twists and turns over cultural policy […]
Following on from an artist-led public meeting last December in Glasgow, Wednesday 25 February saw a public forum on the theme of ‘Arts Futures: Creative Scotland?’ at the Glasgow School of Art.
The relationship between the collective Ganghut and Scottish Sculpture Workshop (SSW) began with a residency and subsequent events, and has now developed into construction of a semi-permanent project space.
The recent flurry of arts consultations across the UK has raised the question of artists’ representation on decision-making fora. Here we report on developments surrounding AIR and the proposed Creative Scotland merger, and the willingness (or otherwise) of others to listen to artists’ opinions.
The term amateur, until quite recently, described a person pursuing an activity purely for pleasure rather than remuneration. Derived from the Latin ‘Amator’, meaning ‘lover of’, the Victorian amateur may typically have been a sporting gentleman of independent means, but working class amateurism has a strong and colourful history, from photography to astronomy.
Independent curator Jeni Walwin looks at issues relating to selling work and examines a number of different ways that artists can engage with the art world on a commercial basis.
The cultural landscape of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland – encompassing history, memory, land and people – is a fertile ground for the imagination.
The latest arts policy and funding developments.
Plans for a major new centre for the contemporary arts, the first of its kind in the North of Scotland, were approved in February by the Scottish Government.
Changes announced in November to the draft bill to establish Creative Scotland means that like its predecessors Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen, it will enjoy complete autonomy when providing financial and other support to those working in the creative […]
New appointments and farewells.
Scotland’s largest gathering of artists, arts organisations and delegates from the cultural sector will converge on Edinburgh next year for a three-day cultural summit.
Patricia Fleming discusses the relationship with the art market for artists and curators in Wales and Scotland.
Guyan Porter talks about the socio-economic dynamics of art markets and deconstructs notions of the art market in the UK.
Radical changes in funding arrangements are due at the Scottish Arts Council (SAC) following last year’s strategic review.
As a follow-up to his article in March a-n Magazine Terry Anderson, President of the Scottish Artists Union presents his case for a re-appraisal of the proposed Culture (Scotland) Bill.
Charles Avery, Henry Coombes, Louise Hopkins, Rosalind Nashashibi, Lucy Skaer and Tony Swain will represent Scotland at the 52nd Venice Biennale of Art.
The Scottish Arts Council has appointed 13Strand to undertake a feasibility study to review the existing development and support structure for live art practices in Scotland.
As I’m sure you’re aware, the Scottish Executive’s long-awaited Draft Culture Bill was published just before Christmas.
A £3m investment to Scottish studio development organisation Wasps is designed to make them self-supporting in five years, and no longer dependent on arts revenue funding. A new partnership with the Scottish Arts Council will transform Wasps into one of […]
