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Welcome to your August newsletter

This month we've got news on the 45 creative projects receiving National Lottery funding through the Open Fund, and we've announced that the next round of the Touring Fund for Theatre and Dance has opened for applications.

In data news, delve into the findings of the independent report on the impact of the emergency funding we delivered between March 2020 and September 2021, and make sure you submit your thoughts on our draft Gaelic Language Plan for 2022-27!

Also this month, take your first steps towards releasing that debut single with our how-to guide from Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi and celebrate the future of creative ageing in Scotland with Luminate Director Anne Gallacher in our latest blog.

Plus, all the top news and latest funding opportunities from across Scotland!

An illustration of two mothers playing on the floor with their toddlers while they write

The New Mother's Writing Circle is one of 45 creative people and projects receiving National Lottery support via the Open Fund this month

Two women stand with their hands in a prayer position

"Creativity has no use-by date" says Anne Gallacher, Director of Luminate, in our latest blog on the future of creative ageing in Scotland

Thoirt dhuinn do bheachdan air an dreachd Plana Ghàidhlig againn airson 2022-27

Bu mhath leinn do bheachdan fhaighinn air an dreachd Plana Ghàidhlig againn airson 2022-27

Two dancers look exuberant on stage in outfits you might wear to a funeral - black formalwear

New funds are available for Scotland-based artists, companies, producers and venues to tour theatre and dance from Autumn 2023

Evaluation of Creative Scotland COVID-19 Emergency Funding Programmes in 2020 and 2021

See the impact of the £85.3m emergency COVID funds from the Scottish Government that we delivered between March 2020 and September 2021

Artist, campaigner and filmmaker Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi sits against a rich blue-green-black background. She faces the viewer with a fixed stare. She is surrounded by envelopes suspended by barely visible string, so they almost look like birds. They appear to be slowly burning, the flames dancing about their edges

Find out how to write your debut single with activist, filmmaker and music artist Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi

11 of Scotland’s award-winning and pioneering contemporary dance artists and companies are at Tanzmesse in Düsseldorf

We issued an update on our work to develop the Future Funding Framework, including Multi-Year Funding and the revised Open Fund for Organisations

We made a submission to the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee as part of the Budget Scrutiny 2023-24, looking at funding for culture

August's International Opportunities Round Up is out now!

LUX Scotland and Scotland + Venice are hosting the UK premiere of Alberta Whittle's Lagareh - The Last Born at Glasgow Film Theatre in September

Turn it up! Our monthly playlist is live on Spotify

Hear some of Scotland's Spoken Word performers share what they do and why they do it on the latest episode of Scots Whay Hae

Findhorn Bay Festival has launched its full festival programme!

Orkney Soundwaves invites you to pull up a chair, settle in, and eavesdrop on a host of island voices from their sound archive

Getting your exam results can be nerve-wracking, but #NoWrongPath aims to inspire and reassure young people about life after exams

The Cultural Bridge fund, promoting cross-border collaboration and exchange between the UK and Germany, opens 14 September

We're looking for an experienced researcher/consultant to undertake a piece of work relating to Creative Scotland’s Rates of Pay Guidance

This month's funding deadline highlights are from the Theatres Trust and the Wolfson Foundation, Stellar Quines and PRS Foundation.

Grants of up to £20,000 are available to help theatres reduce the environmental impact of their buildings

Visit the Theatres Trust site

Applications are open for the Marilyn Imrie Fellowships, a development programme for theatre practitioners in Scotland

Visit the Stellar Quines site

Women Make Music supports the development of outstanding women, trans and non binary songwriters and composers at different stages of their careers

Visit the PRS Foundation site

For the full list of upcoming funding deadlines delivered by Creative Scotland, Screen Scotland and across the sector, visit our website.

Visit the funding deadlines page

Connecting Scotland's creative community through Opportunities

We've got over 600 jobs, workshops, funds, awards, residencies and other professional development opportunities for the arts, screen and creative industries on the Opportunities website.

You can also advertise your own opportunities for free.

Visit the Opportunities website

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Image credits

Open Fund - Illustration by Pete Locke, courtesy of New Mothers’ Writing Circle

Touring Fund for Theatre and Dance - Image: Totentanz by Shotput Credit: Brian Hartley

Luminate - PRIME, semi-professional dance company for dancers over the age of 60, based at Dance Base, Edinburgh. Image by Erika Stevenson.

Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi - Image from Sirens music video. Cinematography: Kevin J. Thomson. Make-up and Hair: Suzanne Christie. Art Direction: Jonna Laitinen.

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