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From Inverleith House to Climate House
Emma Nicolson, Head of Creative Programmes at Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, talks about Climate House and the new strategy, By Leaves We Survive.
18 September 2020
Author Helen Sedgwick on her writing career and the Open Fund
Video: Through support from the Open Fund, author Helen Sedgwick embarks on a new literary challenge, drawing inspiration from her physics background.
15 September 2020
Safeguarding Online Practices: Indepen-dance
Part three of our series on safeguarding online practices focuses on Indepen-dance. Indepen-dance is an award winning inclusive dance company for disabled and non-disabled people to enjoy, express, and fulfil their potential through dance.
27 August 2020
Finding the rhythm through COVID-19 - Intercultural Youth Scotland
Intercultural Youth Scotland is a youth led charity providing services for Young Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) Scots.
4 August 2020
Making Music with Dunedin Consort: Helping children access music online
Dunedin Consort tell us about their new online series, Making Music with Dunedin Consort; a new online series designed to help children access music during lockdown.
4 August 2020
Artists bring new perspectives to the life and work of Edwin Morgan
It's Edwin Morgan's centenary this year, and the Edwin Morgan Trust is celebrating the poet and LGBTQ+ activist with a programme of activity that invites artists to bring new and diverse perspectives to his life and work.
18 July 2020
Grampian Hospitals Art Trust on COVID
Sally Thomson, Director of Grampian Hospitals Art Trust, gives us her thoughts and memories from COVID in Arts and Health.
3 July 2020
Glass Meet the Future 2020
North Lands Creative's Director Karen Phillips takes us behind the scenes of Glass Meet the Future Film Festival.
29 June 2020
Five tips on live streaming from Chamber Music Scotland
If you want to make your music live stream a success, look no further than these five tips and helpful insights from Chamber Music Scotland.
24 June 2020
An introduction to the Open Fund
Find out about our 'Introduction to the Open Fund' online events from one of the presenters Amanda Catto, and our Events Officer Lynsey McLeod.
24 June 2020
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Iain Munro writes on the impact of the Black Lives Matter movement and Creative Scotlandâs commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
16 June 2020
Dreaming Big Dreams: Children's Literature in Scotland
Mairi Kidd is Head of Literature, Languages and Publishing at Creative Scotland. Here she talks about the landscape of children's literature in Scotland.
10 January 2020
How the SoundPlay Dome encourages exploration and experimentation through music
With support from Creative Scotland's See Learn Share Fund, Ellie Turner shares her experience of learning more about the Soundplay Dome. Ellie is a designer of interactive materials and objects.
23 July 2019
Playing politics in Scotland: The potential of theatre to involve people in the decisions that affect their lives
How can theatre empower people to have their say? With the help of Creative Scotlandâs See Learn Share Fund, Active Inquiryâs Artistic Director Gavin Crichton explores how participatory theatre can enable people to have a deeper say in the decisions that affect their lives.
18 July 2019
Digital technology and dance: Does motion capture offer an alternative to film?
With support from the See Learn Share fund, Julia McGhee and Fraser MacDonald have begun a new collaboration together and carried out the background work for a six month proof of concept project called Perception Experiments, which aims to use motion capture technology to map the movement qualities of young people who have learning and physical disabilities.
5 July 2019
Helping regularly funded organisations tackle climate change
From double glazing and thermal curtains to smarter travel and forming Green Teams, this guest post by Creative Carbon Scotland explores some of the ways in which the 121 organisations in our Regular Funding Network 2018-21 are working to reduce their carbon footprints.
31 January 2019
Martin O'Connor: Change anything that makes it better to play
Theatre maker and participatory artist Martin O'Connor reflects on ideas of risk and play inspired by the latest Creative Learning event from Creative Scotland. Tassos Stevens from Coney invites to play a series of games that asks us to question our own sense of playfulness, participation and rule-making.
28 January 2019
Imaginate's Paul Fitzpatrick: How IPAY put the spotlight on Scotland's work for young audiences
Imaginate's Chief Executive Paul Fitzpatrick reflects on the power of the Scottish presence at IPAY 2019 - the International Performing Arts for Youth showcase event in Philadelphia.
25 January 2019
Help us investigate radical approaches to childcare for creatives
We're inviting representatives from the arts and creative industries in Scotland to join us on a fully-funded research trip to Birmingham in April 2019 to explore innovative solutions to flexible childcare.
18 January 2019
Power in culture and the arts part two: Martin OâConnor reflects on new approaches in shifting the power balances
In November, our Creative Learning team hosted a professional development event in Perth, with Henrietta Imoreh and Liz Moreton from Battersea Arts Centre, who discussed how shifting power could have a profound effect on participants and organisations. Martin O'Connor reflects on the event.
7 January 2019