Update on Visual Arts Sector Review
Published: 03 Mar 2016
We’d like to thank everyone who attended the Visual Arts Open Sessions in Glasgow
and Edinburgh. These sessions are an important part of the Visual Arts
Sector review and provide a great opportunity for people to share their
priorities for future development with colleagues from across the sector. We are pleased to now announce details of the Inverness session.
Inverness Open Session - 22 March
The Inverness session will take place on Tuesday 22 March at the Centre for Health Science. It will start at 12.15 and finish at 5.45pm – lunch will be provided on arrival.
The speakers on the day will be Anna Vermehren, Director of Timespan in Helmsdale; Anne Bevan, artist and curriculum leader at Orkney College, UHI; and Diana Sykes, Director of Fife Contemporary Art and Craft.
We have earmarked 15 Attendance Allowances of £75 each to support the participation of artists,
curators and other people working as freelance/self-employed in the
sector. If we receive a higher number of requests than we can support we
will allocate these allowances on the basis of achieving a diversity of
representation at each session e.g. across gender, geography, role/occupation.
How to Book
For further information and to book your place at the Inverness Open Session, please email visualarts@creativescotland.com by 12pm on Wednesday 16 March 2016 with the following details:
- Your role/occupation within the sector
- Where you are based
- If you would like to be considered for an Attendance Allowance
- If you have any specific access or dietary requirements
Previous Sessions
The Glasgow meeting took place at the Trades Hall on 2 February, with
contributions from Sarah McCrory, Director of Glasgow international; Torsten Lauschmann, Artist;
Emma Nicolson, Director of ATLAS Arts, Skye.
The Edinburgh meeting took place at the Playfair Library on 11 February, with
contributions from Sorcha Carey, Director of the Edinburgh Art Festival;
Rachel Maclean, Artist; Nuno Sacramento, Director of Scottish Sculpture Workshop.
Further Information
- These sessions are an opportunity to reflect on the recent research project carried out by the Scottish Contemporary Art Network (SCAN) - Mapping the Visual Arts in Scotland (2015). This work, commissioned by Creative Scotland, was designed to reveal the strengths, challenges and opportunities that exist within the sector and to help identify priorities for future development. The mapping project gathered more than 700 responses from individuals and organisations from across the country and SCAN is working on an analysis of the survey results.
- Mapping the Visual Arts in Scotland took the form of two questionnaires; one for individuals and one for organisations. The surveys opened on Wednesday 23 September, 2015 and closed on Monday 19 October, 2015. For further information please visit: http://sca-net.org/news-feed/view/mapping-the-visual-arts-in-scotland
- This Review is part of a series of comprehensive reviews intended to provide an overview of the sector and inform and shape our future activities and priorities. Sector Reviews in Dance, Film, Literature, Music and Theatre, have already been undertaken. The Sector Reviews will be instrumental in the development of Creative Scotland’s forthcoming Arts and Creative Industry Strategies. Further information on the sector reviews please visit: https://www.creativescotland.com/resources/our-publications/sector-reviews
- Scottish Contemporary Art Network is a member led network committed to championing and supporting the contemporary art sector in Scotland. Their vision is one where engagement with contemporary art plays a prominent and influential role in the social fabric of our country. For this to happen they believe that the industry professionals based and working here must be connected, effective and innovative and that the collective voice of the sector works together to be heard at all levels of policymaking. For further information about SCAN please visit http://sca-net.org. Follow @sca_net and www.facebook.com/ScottishContemporaryArtNetwork
