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Artists campaign in Scotland

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.

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Abolish artists’ subsidies?

Hans Abbing’s provocation on the Creative Scotland debate site posits that “general subsidies for artists should gradually be abolished…”

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Artists taking the lead

From over 2,000 entries, 59 projects were shortlisted for Artists Taking the Lead. Artists get a

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Blog Artist

Alison Gracie Profile

Multimedia Artist, Curator and Internet Gallery Director

My main inspiration comes from nature and wildlife

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Art Futures

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 […]

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Culture and Commerce: Scotland’s cultural policy?

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 […]

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Scotland’s creative future

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.

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Ganghut Project Space
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Ganghut project space

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.

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The Artist’s voice

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.

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The art of amateurism

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.

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Selling initiatives

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.

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Boundaries of Perception

The cultural landscape of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland – encompassing history, memory, land and people – is a fertile ground for the imagination.

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Waygood Gallery and Studios
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Capital 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.

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Nouveau Britons - Nightmare
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Creative Scotland

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 […]

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Cultural summit planned

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.

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Marketplace

Patricia Fleming discusses the relationship with the art market for artists and curators in Wales and Scotland.

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Scottish changes

Radical changes in funding arrangements are due at the Scottish Arts Council (SAC) following last year’s strategic review.

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Culture Scotland

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.

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The Plane of Gods
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Scotland and Venice

Charles Avery, Henry Coombes, Louise Hopkins, Rosalind Nashashibi, Lucy Skaer and Tony Swain will represent Scotland at the 52nd Venice Biennale of Art.

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Performance with Mirrors II
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Live art review

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.

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Sustainable studios

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 […]

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