Underpinning all our work is a strong commitment to the importance of creativity to the lives of the people of Scotland and this is supported through communications activity under the banner of #CreativityMatters.
We have used our communications activities to celebrate the work of artists and creative practitioners in Scotland and demonstrate the cultural, social and economic impact of creativity on Scotland’s society.
in 2019, Dovecot Studios was awarded national lottery funding through our open Project fund to research and experiment with the tapestry innovations developed by world-renowned Scottish weaver Archie Brennan, leading to the design and creation of a major new tapestry to promote Scottish tapestry skills worldwide.
A fully-funded research trip to Birmingham in April 2019 to explore innovative solutions to flexible childcare.
Crypto-Knitting Circles is a collaboration between artist Ailie Rutherford and designer Bettina Nissen with Swap Market in Govanhill and Platform in Easterhouse, Glasgow to develop the idea of a feminist cryptocurrency.
