Welcome to your April newsletter

This month we've got festivals across the country, PITCH, Make Music Day and SoundPlay Projects among a bumper crop of 85 projects supported by the National Lottery in this month's Open Fund.

The Scottish Government announced £1.8 million for Scotland's world-class arts festivals, including - for the first time - funding for Glasgow Film Festival and the biennial Sonica visual art and sonic festival, and in event news, Aye Write, Glasgow Jazz Festival, Art Night Dundee and Edinburgh International Festival have revealed their 2023 programmes.

The 18th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia 2023 is fast approaching - we've got updates on Scotland + Venice partnership commissioned collateral event A Fragile Correspondence, and Creative Scotland-supported Dualchas.

Plus, we've got all the latest news and opportunities from across Scotland.

A little girl interacts with a soundplay projects installation

Soundplay Projects' Super Enormous Projection Band is among 85 creative projects receiving over £2.2 million in National Lottery funding in this month's Open Fund awards

Festival Director Nicola Benedetti launches the 2023 Edinburgh International Festival

Edinburgh International Festival Director Nicola Benedetti announces her first programme of music, opera, dance and theatre, taking place 4 to 27 August 2023

Meet the delegates we're supporting to attend jazzahead! 2023 and stay tuned to our Instagram for a special takeover

Watch the new trailer for A Fragile Correspondence, a Collateral Event of the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, commissioned by the Scotland + Venice partnership

Children play the drums on the Mound in Edinburgh as part of Make Music Day 2022

We’ve awarded funding to 63 youth music projects through YMI’s Access to Music Making and Strengthening Youth Music funds

Introducing our Climate Emergency & Sustainability Lead, Karen Ridgewell, who spoke about our work for Earth Day 2023

Dualchas Architects have been invited to exhibit as part of the main show at La Biennale di Venezia 2023

Congratulations to the Publishing Scotland Fellows 2023, who will visit Scotland to meet publishers and experience our literary culture

Sixteen Scottish acts are set to perform at The Great Escape, the UK’s biggest festival of new music, which takes place in Brighton, 10 to 13 May 2023

Fourteen major festivals will share in £1.8 million of Scottish Government funding through the Expo Fund

Tickets are now on sale for Aye Write, Glasgow's book festival, happening 19 to 28 May 2023

Check out the latest updates to Now Playing at Creative Scotland on Spotify

Make way for the 10 new commissions heading for Dundee this Summer for Art Night's first full iteration outside of London

Glasgow Jazz Festival has unveiled its programme for 2023

Super Stretchy Chicken Legs is a new puzzle game brought to you - and your mobile - from Stirling-based digital studio Ping Creates, thanks to support from the Open Fund

This month's funding deadline highlights are from Kickstarter, PRS Foundation and Youth Scotland.

Step Into The Arts provides opportunities for young people to get involved in the arts, especially those who might not usually be able to access them

Visit the Youth Scotland site

A £50,000 fund with backing from The National Lottery, part of the Forward Funds program to support Scotland-based creators running Kickstarter projects

Visit the Kickstarter site

Songwriters and producers working in popular music genres can apply for grants between £5k and £10k to further develop their writing/production and careers

Visit the Hitmaker 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 - image courtesy of Soundplay Projects

YMI funding news - Drummers from Pulse of the Place, part of A.R.Ts Afternoon, performing at Make Music Day 2022. Image by Mihaela Bodlovic.

Edinburgh International Festival - Festival Director Nicola Benedetti launches the 2023 Edinburgh International Festival. Photo by Mihaela Bodlovic.

Karen Ridgewell image courtesy of Karen Ridgewell

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