Copy
View this email in your browser
Creative Scotland logo and logo that reads Awarding funds from the National Lottery
Creative Scotland April 2022

Welcome to your April newsletter

It's your latest update from Creative Scotland!

In this edition, discover our bold and ambitious Climate Emergency and Sustainability Plan, and learn more about the widely acclaimed presentation of Alberta Whittle’s new work at La Biennale di Venezia - deep dive (pause) uncoiling memory runs until November, with a tour across Scotland planned for late 2022 and a major solo show of her work at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in 2023.

We’ve also announced new funding for Youth Music and Theatre and Dance touring, and this month's Open Fund recipients. Plus, get the latest funding opportunities from across Scotland.
Stories
Triptych of 3 colourful abstract paintings against a dark black background
The latest round of Open Fund awards sees 117 creative projects across Scotland benefit from £2.7 million in funding
A still depicting a woman in a red dress holding a large knife in a lush garden, from the work of Alberta Whittle, Lagareh – The Last Born, (film still – single channel video), 2022, Photographer Matthew Arthur Williams, © Alberta Whittle. Courtesy the artist, Scotland+Venice, and Forma
The Scotland + Venice partners present Alberta Whittle's new work at Biennale Art 2022
Touring Fund for Theatre and Dance
New funds are available for touring live theatre and dance from Spring 2023
Climate Emergency and Sustainability Plan
Read about the range of ambitious actions we're taking in our bold new Climate Emergency and Sustainability plan
Wide Days Showcase Acts 2022. Top left to right: Alex Amor, Taahliah, Hamish Hawk, Blair Davie. Bottom left to right: Dead Pony, Kathryn Joseph, Memes, Bemz
A record number of Scottish acts will perform at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton from 11- 14 May
The Illustrated Freelancer's Guide 2nd edition
The 2nd edition of the Illustrated Freelancer's Guide is out now
The Scotland + Venice partners announced a new professional development programme for students and early career practitioners
Get to know the award-winning artist Alberta Whittle in the National Galleries of Scotland's recent blog
Create access to high-quality music making opportunities for children and young people with the Access to Music Making fund
Apply to the Strengthening Youth Music fund for support for youth music sector infrastructure and the services organisers offer
We're looking for individuals to join the decision-making panel for the next round of the Touring Fund for Theatre and Dance - deadline is Friday 13 May
Meet the people selected for Scottish Book Trust and Creative Scotland's new initiative to support writers whose debut work was impacted by the pandemic
We're in Bremen, Germany for jazzahead! with musicians and delegates whose work embodies Scotland’s diverse approach to jazz
New research from Imaginate asks how primary schools in Scotland engage with theatre, dance and drama
We've got the soundtrack to your Spring: the April playlist from Creative Scotland's music team is live!
Our April International Opportunities round up has arrived!
Congratulations to Kim McAleese who's been appointed Director of Edinburgh Art Festival
BBC Introducing Scotland winner BEMZ, Tik-Tok sensation Callum Bowie and alternative pop artist Katherine Aly are just some of the acts performing at the Wide Days Showcase 2022
The Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival is back from 4-24 May 2022
Solar Bear have created a guide to help artists and organisations make digital work accessible to deaf people who use British Sign Language (BSL)
An Lanntair's Seanchas events for #YearOfStories begin this month
Funding Deadlines
This month's funding deadline highlights are the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland's Emerging Composers opportunity, the Small Halls residency and the Art is Everywhere project in North Lanarkshire.
Emerging Composers: 20 Years Young is a development opportunity offering paid commissions for new Pipe Band compositions

Visit the NYPBoS website
The Small Halls Artist in Residence programme is for artists and creative practitioners working with rural communities 
 
Art is Everywhere is offering a number of grants to cover the cost of community works 

Visit the Measuring Humanity website
For the full list of upcoming funding deadlines, visit our website


Visit the funding deadlines page
Opportunities

Connecting Scotland's creative community through Opportunities

We've got over 650 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
Contact Us
Contact Us
Twitter
Twitter
Facebook
Facebook
Instagram
Instagram
Vimeo
Vimeo
LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Image credits

Open Fund - Like a Huge Scotland. Credit Mark Cousins.

Scotland + Venice - from the work of Alberta Whittle, Lagareh – The Last Born, (film still – single channel video), 2022, Photographer Matthew Arthur Williams, © Alberta Whittle. Courtesy the artist, Scotland+Venice, and Forma

The Great Escape Festival - Wide Days Showcase Acts 2022, images courtesy of Wide Days CIC. Top left to right: Alex Amor, Taahliah, Hamish Hawk,  Blair Davie. Bottom left to right: Dead Pony, Kathryn Joseph, Memes, Bemz.

The Illustrated Freelancer's Guide - Heather Parry and Maria Stoian 

Do you still want to receive emails from us? We hope so, but if not, you can always unsubscribe using the link below. If you do not open your newsletter in over a year, we will remove you from our mailing list.
 

Copyright ©  2021 Creative Scotland, All rights reserved.

Our mailing address is:
Creative Scotland
Waverley Gate
2 - 4 Waterloo Place
Edinburgh
EH1 3EG

Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.