Emerging Composers is a fantastic professional development opportunity offering paid commissions for emerging composers creating exciting repertoire from new perspectives for Pipe Band. Now in our third year of the programme, Emerging Composers offers paid commissions to write for Scotland’s only concert Pipe Band. We are calling for emerging composers aged 18-25  (or up to […]

Creative Scotland has set up a £50,000 fund with backing from The National Lottery, as part of the Forward Funds program to support Scotland-based creators running Kickstarter projects. Apply now… Creative Scotland has set up a £50,000 fund with backing from The National Lottery to support Scotland-based creators running Kickstarter projects. The Forward Fund will […]

Storytelling Science & Nature: Workshop with Susan Strauss How to draw from the power of myth and nature to enhance your telling VIEW EVENT → CAJUN AND APPALACHIAN MUSIC WORKSHOP WITH DIRK AND AMELIA POWELL Unique opportunity to learn Cajun and Appalachian tunes with Dirk and Amelia VIEW EVENT → FIDDLE WORKSHOP WITH RYAN YOUNG […]

#WorldPlayAStrathspeyDay is back in 2023 on 6th May! It’s a day when people round the world – record, video and upload themselves playing a strathspey to social media with the hashtag #WorldPlayAStrathspeyDay! This year there is a theme! We are asking people to record strathspeys written for Lords / Ladies / Queens AND Kings. There are […]

A weekly (pay-as-you-feel) mindfulness practise/workshop for creatives in Glasgow EVERY MONDAY MORNING 10-11am Mindfulness for people who create stuff is a WEEKLY workshop for creatives to practise and learn mindfulness with guidance from a teacher. Sessions will explore different ways of practising mindfulness and ways of integrating mindfulness into our work. Using mindfulness as our […]

Step into the Arts provides support for young people to get involved in the arts, especially young people who might not usually be able to access them. £65,000 is available to young people aged 5 – 25 from across Scotland who are taking their “first steps” or “next steps” into the arts. Applications will also […]

Catriona Price has made a great streaming pack for her new CD Hert. It’s a brilliant way to sell download codes at your gigs. Here’s a video on Instagram of the pack. Below she has written about all the constituent parts of the pack. Streaming Pack: How to ENVELOPE Spec:  130×130  120gsm Peel & Seal […]

The Scottish International Storytelling Festival 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Our theme ‘Right To Be Human’ celebrates and explores all aspects of our common humanity. In a changing and challenging world, human rights themselves are threatened by myriads of factors: political and economic oppression, war and environmental degradation; […]

Two desk spaces available within Stckmn creative studio. Ideal for other creatives looking to have a designated desk in a City Centre studio at an affordable rate with monthly rolling contract. It’s a 600sq ft studio in the Axiom building on Washington Street, with rooftop terrace and BoxHub coffeeshop/event space on the ground floor. Located […]

Join this free online session on Wednesday 24 May at 12 noon to learn about LGBTQ+ inclusion in the workplace and the steps that organisations can take to be more inclusive of LGBTQ+ people. Calling all organisations working in the heritage sector who are keen on improving access to the workforce! The Improving Access group […]