The Performing Arts Venues Relief Fund has been announced today, a targeted £10 million fund to support Scotland’s performing arts venues.
We’ll publish full details on the fund shortly - you can find the full announcement here:
In response to today's Scottish Government draft budget announcements, we are very pleased to say that Creative Scotland’s discretionary Grant in Aid budget for 2018/19 is £38.912m, a 21.2% increase on 2017/18. Info:
#ScotBudget
@scotgov
@culturescotgov
The team at
@lyceumtheatre
are looking for a highly motivated, experienced Creative Learning Officer, to help support their wide ranging engagement programmes, with a particular focus on youth theatre.
Interested in applying? The deadline is 24 April.
To support the creative community of Scotland during this time, we are announcing three new funds.
Watch this video for info on the three Covid-19 Impact Funds being launched today:
"You just don't get genre at festivals in Scotland. So, the obvious solution to that was to start one."
We spoke to Ann Landmann about
@CymeraF
- Scotland's festival of science fiction, fantasy and horror, which kicks off in Edinburgh this weekend:
🗂️We've created an A-Z of funding and resources available to the creative community, to try to help you through this difficult time.
If there's something else you think we should add to the list, let us know 💬
The wonderful poet and essayist
@KathleenJamie
has been appointed as the next Makar, Scotland’s national poet! 📚 👏
@ScotGovFM
this morning welcomed her to the role at the
@ByLeavesWeLive
in Edinburgh. 🏴
📣 Announcement 📣
Culture and heritage sectors are to benefit from a £59 million funding package to protect jobs and help the industry weather the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Read the full story:
The Cancellation Fund for Creative Freelancers supports creative freelancers in the arts, screen or creative sectors experiencing immediate financial hardship due to loss of income from cancellations & deferrals caused by the pandemic
Guidance available:
We’re really pleased to announce that an additional £2 million has been added to the Bridging Bursary for the arts and creative sector. This is made up of £1 million from
@ScotGov
and £1 million from
@FreelandsF
.
Find out more about this further support:
Congrats and good luck to Sasha de Buyl, just appointed as Manager of Scottish Books International, a new role hosted by
@PublishScotland
@edbookfest
to help showcase and champion Scotland’s writers, publishers, literary orgs and festivals overseas 📖👀🌍
Tonight's the night!
@CalibreFilm
starring
@JALowden
has its world premiere at
@edfilmfest
. Following on from the festival, the thriller will launch globally on Netflix, Friday 29 June. Best of luck to all for tonight's exciting screening
#edfilmfest
We're delighted to announce that Alan Bett has been appointed as our Head of Literature & Publishing, following an open recruitment process 📚
Congratulations
@AJBee888
👏
📸 by
@littlekatphotos
Muriel Spark books make the perfect gift as First Minster
@NicolaSturgeon
meets Chancellor of Fudan University Jiao Yang, and joins author Louise Welsh and our Head of Literature Jenny Niven to discuss the iconic Scottish writer and the joy of reading.
#FMChina18
#MurielSpark100
The delivery partners have been confirmed for the Hardship Fund for Creative Freelancers, opening for applications Monday 26 October ☀️
For full details, read our latest update:
Did you know 90% agree that Scotland is a creative nation, that Creative Industries in Scotland contribute £4.6bn to the economy, and 97% believe creative activity is essential for children’s learning and well-being. Read more on why
#CreativityMatters
Charlotte Prodger's work explores issues surrounding queer identity, landscape, language, technology and time. We are hugely proud of her for tonight's great achievement at
#TurnerPrize
2018 and so very excited for
#ScotlandVenice
2019
We’re pleased to announce that Iain Munro has been appointed as the permanent Chief Executive of Creative Scotland.
Iain said of his new role: “It is a privilege to have the opportunity to lead Creative Scotland at such an exciting and important time."
Twenty venues across Scotland have received a total of £7.5m from the first strand of the
@scotgov
£12.5m Performing Arts Venues Relief Fund ☀️
Read more ⬇️
Who else is looking forward to September already? It was announced this morning that
@VADundee
, Scotland’s first design museum, will open to the public on Saturday 15 September 2018
#CreativityMatters
#Dundee
We welcome this announcement of a further £3m for the Hardship Fund for Creative Freelancers.
This is a much needed additional investment in support for creative freelancers given the extraordinary demand we experienced during the first round of the Fund.
We’re increasing funding to £8 million to support creative freelancers such as photographers, lighting designers and road crew whose work has been affected by coronavirus.
Applications to the Screen Hardship Fund & the Hardship Fund for Creative Freelancers will reopen on 10 Nov
Creative Scotland welcomes today’s UK Government announcement of £1.57bn investment to protect UK cultural, arts and heritage institutions, including £97m for Scotland.
Read our full statement:
Hardship Fund for Creative Freelancers - fund guidance now available!
⏰ Applications open 12noon, Monday 26 October
🤝 We’re working with delivery partners for this fund, and administering ourselves for any art form not covered by those partners
The Hardship Fund for Creative Freelancers will re-open for applications at 2pm on Tuesday 2 March 🗓️
The Fund supports creative freelancers working in the arts, creative & screen sectors, and will be open to both new and previous applicants ⬇️
Today, the
#culturalcities
report has been launched.
It's full of practical recommendations on how we can enrich our cities through smart investment in culture. See an overview of the report below, and read the full report here:
#CreativityMatters
Now presenting, the Illustrated Freelancer's Guide! 🎉
Created by
@HeatherParryUK
and
@mariadraws
, it's a super useful guide for creative freelancers in Scotland, covering topics like tax, accounting, setting your rates, copyright + much more.
Read it:
We welcome today’s confirmation from
@scotgov
of £25m additional emergency funding for cultural organisations ☀️
Read our full response to today’s statement:
The Hardship Fund for Creative Freelancers has reopened today ℹ️
The funds offer a one-off grant to those who are most deeply impacted by the cancellation of work as a result of Covid-19.
Find out more and apply now 👇
Award-winning indie publisher
@404Ink
currently seeking submissions of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and comics in English, Scots and Scottish Gaelic on the theme of INK. Issue 4 submission deadline is 26 Feb:
Applications are now open for the Hardship Funds!
This round supports:
☀️ new applicants
🌱 previously successful applicants, who can apply for a top up
✨ previously unsuccessful applicants whose circumstances have changed
Apply online:
We are thrilled that writer
@helensedgwick
has been appointed as the 2021 Dr Gavin Wallace Fellow, supported by
@TNLUK
through Creative Scotland.
Read all about her work and what she'll be working on in her year-long residency ☀️
Good morning ☀️
We want to make you aware of some important information ahead of the Hardship Fund for Creative Freelancers opening for applications.
Please read this thread for helpful info! ⤵️
Following our recent submission to the Scottish Parliament Culture Committee’s inquiry into culture budgets in Scotland, we are extremely disappointed to report that the £6.6m budget has not been included in the Autumn Budget Revisions.
Read our update:
📣 Hardship Funds for Creative Freelancers - application portal now live 📣
Access the portal via the Hardship Funds webpage, along with the fund guidance:
Calling creative organisations across Scotland... to mark the 2018 Year of Young People, apply for funding to host 12-month traineeship for a young person looking to progress a career in the arts, screen & creative industries
#YOYP2018
#CreativityMatters
A new £100k fund, in partnership with British Council Scotland, will support individuals and organisations working in the Scottish arts sector to strengthen relationships with counterparts in Europe
#CreativityMatters
#ScotlandIsNow
#ArtConnectsUs
🏴
An independent group of 12 individuals has been appointed to our EDI Advisory Group ☀️
Each member of the group has a clear commitment to the development of arts & culture in Scotland and the pivotal role of EDI in enabling a thriving and vibrant sector.
Good evening everyone!
We hope you are keeping safe and well.
We wanted to make sure we gave you an update as the working week draws to a close.
Please follow this thread for our latest announcement regarding Covid-19 ⬇️
📢Our Open Fund: Sustaining Creative Development is now open for applications!
🔵Funding is available from £1k to £50k
🔵It's open to Individuals and Organisations
🔵Overall budget totals £7.5m
🔵No deadline and can support activity for up to 12 months
The Hardship Fund is still accepting applications ☀️
Open to Freelancers whose work has direct creative outcomes including visual artists, writers, actors or theatre-makers, comedians, dancers, musicians, craft makers, designers and more 👇
We've updated our guidance on Coronavirus. We understand that these are challenging and uncertain times, and recognise the serious personal and professional impacts for artists, practitioners and organisations.
Announcements!
☀️We’ve launched three new funds
🙌🏻Applications are now open for the Bridging Bursaries:
🗓Applications open on Friday for the Open Fund:
🗣Video now with voice over
Please share 😊
Following last week's 2018-21 Regular Funding announcements, please be assured that we are listening carefully to everything everyone is saying. We are bringing forward the next Board meeting to take stock of the decisions and options available:
£6 million of emergency funds have been awarded through the Culture Collective Programme ℹ️
The funds aim to support creative practitioners, organisations & communities to work together across Scotland to help shape the future of local cultural life.
More than 1200 secondary school pupils performed today in one of the largest orchestras assembled in Scotland during a unique Play to Learn event in Glasgow. The pupils were joined in their main performance by the brilliant
@NickyBenedetti
& Sir James MacMillan 🌟
📷 Neil Hanna
Following today's confirmation of an additional £20m of emergency funding for Scotland's culture sector, read our response.
You can also read the response on our website:
We're pleased to announce the network of 116 organisations that will receive Regular Funding for the three-year period, April 2018 to March 2021. 19 are new and 97 continue with three-year funding
We welcome the news from
@scotgov
of additional support for creative freelancers and the events sector.
£9 million will be distributed as a top-up to the Hardship Fund for Creative Freelancers and Screen Hardship Fund.
More information ⏬
On behalf of
@scotlandvenice
, we are absolutely delighted to announce that Charlotte Prodger has been selected to represent Scotland at the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. More:
#ScotlandVenice
#CharlotteProdger
🗣 Artists, makers, writers and creatives!
There's been a bright and shiny update to the Illustrated Freelancer's Guide by
@HeatherParryUK
and
@mariadraws
for 2023/24 - a super useful guide for freelance workers in Scotland!
Three cheers for the announcement of
@scottishbktrust
's new Debut Lab authors! 🎉 🎉🎉
Debut lab will support 18
#Scottish
writers whose debut work was impacted by the pandemic via workshops, resources, networking, marketing and funding opportunities.
We are deeply saddened by the death of our friend and colleague Stephen Palmer.
Please read this message from Amanda Catto, Head of Visual Arts, which includes a link to a book of remembrance. All messages of love and support are welcome 💜
You may have heard the great news that
@womenslibrary
has been shortlisted for the
@artfund
's
#MuseumoftheYear
Prize. The winner is announced tomorrow, and will receive £100k. Here are just 5 reasons we're proud to Fly the Flag for GWL, one of our RFOs:
#BlackoutTuesday
We believe in a creative sector, and a world, that celebrates diversity. We are committed to standing against racism, inequality and prejudice.
For information on resources that support the Black Lives Matter movement, read this list:
We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of playwright and artist John Byrne.
A truly outstanding creative, the impact of his legacy on page, stage and screen can be seen throughout the creative and cultural world in Scotland and beyond. He will be very missed.
It is with deep sadness that we mark the passing of Scottish cultural icon, John Byrne. John’s contribution to the Scottish cultural landscape was incalculable and his loss to it immense.
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Exciting news -
@StirUni
has been confirmed to host the 2024 Dr Gavin Wallace Fellowship ✍️
Scotland-based writers, writing in English, Gaelic or Scots, are now invited to apply for the residency.
Learn more:
📢 There's just a few days left to apply to the Hardship Fund for Creative Freelancers.
The Fund will close to applications at midday on Monday 1 February 2021 ⏳
An update on Regular Funding: we’ve been listening carefully to feedback from across the arts sector and the wider public. Our board met to take stock, and have decided that £2.6m of additional funds will now be allocated to Regular Funding 2018-21 in order to enhance the network
Today would have been Muriel Spark's 100th birthday, and there are plenty of plans in place marking this incredible Scottish writer's centenary year. If you want to celebrate, check out the
@MurielSpark100
programme of events
#MurielSpark100
🗓 We've been working hard to respond further to these unprecedented circumstances.
On Friday 27 March, we’re launching 2 new funds to address them:
- a simple and non-competitive bridging bursary programme for individuals in immediate need
- a repurposed Open Project Fund
Historic epic
#OutlawKing
- the largest feature film ever made in Scotland - leads the charge as films and documentaries from Scotland set for World Premieres at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival
#TIFF18
next month
We're delighted to announce the 12 recipients of the Muriel Spark 100 Small Grants Fund today! The fund provides awards of up to £1,500 to writers, artists and groups looking to celebrate the work, legacy or contribution of Muriel Spark
#murielspark100
The
#TuneWithAView
series by
@DuncanWChisholm
has been such an uplifting journey around Scotland and around music.
Scroll back through Duncan's profile for more videos 👏🏻
I’ll finish
#TuneWithAView
here at Sandwood, a place that has given me so much
This tune,
@ShawDonald
‘s ‘A Precious Place’ for me will always be synonymous with this incredible bay
Thank you to
@CreativeScots
for their support and to you all for sharing this journey with me 💛🏴
Following the Scottish Government's proposed budget announcement today, we are pleased to say that Creative Scotland’s Grant in Aid budget for 2019/20 is £62million, remaining broadly the same as in 2018/19. Full statement:
#ScotBudget
#CreativityMatters