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Room for improvement in Scotland’s theatre sector
Review finds that artistic strengths are counterbalanced by some structural weaknesses in Scottish theatre
Slower pace for change in Scotland
The arts sector outcry at forthcoming changes to Creative Scotland’s flexible funding programmes (AP254) has prompted &ldquo…
Creative Scotland on the defence
The Chair of Creative Scotland, Sir Sandy Crombie, has responded to an open letter co-signed by some of Scotland’s leading p…
Honoured arts: the Queen’s Birthday list
Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company Michael Boyd has been Knighted for services to drama. The Queen’s Birthda…
Grant shake-up for Scotland
New funding framework sees key organisations moved into project funding
On yer bike
The National Theatre of Scotland’s (NTS) first foray into carbon-lite theatre will see an entire cast and crew cycle a 300-m…
Scotland’s galleries pull together
A National Development Body will lead on the development and facilitation of new partnerships between museums and galleries in Sco…
Scotland names its most creative places
Three Scottish communities are sharing a £300,000 award from Creative Scotland in recognition of their being named the count…
Strength in numbers
Scotland has more in common with Philadelphia than we might think. Pamela Bailey shares the fruits of US-style collaboration
International ambitions for Creative Scotland
2012 has been named The Year of Creative Scotland and will see £6.5m invested in cultural events and festivals celebrating c…
Revolution in management learning
A peer learning network which will help small and medium sized arts and cultural organisations to review their missions and busine…
Arts at the heart of Young Scots Fund
A National Centre for Youth Arts is to be established with a £5m investment from the Scottish Government’s £50m…
CPD for all at RSNO
An award worth over £200,000 from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation will enable the Royal Scottish National Orchestra to run a new…
Smoke and mirrors
The Scottish Government’s Spending Review and Draft Budget for 2012/13 contains some difficult news for the arts, both directly…
Culture funding survives the worst of Scotland’s budget cuts
Standstill funding faces Scotland’s National Performing Companies for the year ahead
Government confirms its cash pledge to Glasgow arts venues
RSNO and Scottish Opera will benefit from an £11m investment in their performance venues
Kath Wood shares the people who have inspired her most
ROSEMARY MUIR WRIGHT An inspirational teacher and early mentor, Rosemary was my introduction to the History of Art when I studied…
Let Scotland dance
A plea for wider opportunities for dance in Scotland and demands for greater investment to build new audiences are at the heart of…
NY/LON Threads
Having recently spent a week in New York – taking part in the TS Eliot US/UK Exchange organised by Old Vic New Voices &ndash…
Manifesto for opera in Scotland
The Musicians’ Union (MU) is calling for the development of a national strategy for opera provision in Scotland and has laun…
SNP looks for private funding for culture
Scotland’s new culture initiatives will depend on commercial and philanthropic support
What next for Scottish arts?
Anne Bonnar looks at what each of the main parties is promising for Scotland’s arts after the election
Incorporating new protection for charities
Peter Shand says the regulatory uplift for Scottish charities has come just in time for ‘The Big Society’
