Aug 31, 2020
Today sees the launch of a new service enabling Scottish artists and craft makers to support each other by redistributing everything from paint to plinths. CAN (Circular Arts Network) is the latest innovative scheme from Glasgow’s Sculpture Placement Group (SPG) and...
Aug 27, 2020
A 12-year-old school student had a huge surprise when she was taken to Redford Barracks and presented with a professional recording made by Army musicians of her rap inspired by the Windrush generation. Leila McPhate, from Larbert High School in Stenhousemuir,...
Aug 24, 2020
From fading Victorian photographs to WWII cartoons – research into an astonishing collection of pictures and memorabilia is revealing the forgotten of one of the Army’s most remarkable regiments. The Artists Rifles, whose members included everyone from William Morris...
Aug 18, 2020
Nearly 40 artists and makers have responded to the challenge to create small-scale artworks for an online exhibition called A Postcard From D&G. Organised by Upland Arts Development CIC, the idea was for them to come up artworks that showcase and celebrate what’s...
Aug 17, 2020
New studios and workshops plus two specially commissioned sculptures will be unveiled next month at the spectacular 18th-century Marchmont House in the Borders. More than £1 million of private money has been invested in the Creative Spaces project which aims to...
Aug 17, 2020
In a year of devastation for Scotland’s festivals, Paisley producer Jordan Blackwood is taking a leading role in keeping alive the spirit of the Edinburgh Fringe. He has been a key figure in creating, programming and hosting three weeks of online live-from-home...
Aug 12, 2020
The story of Hong Kong under Japanese rule is one that most of the countries involved would prefer to forget – but which the world should always remember. For Britain is was a humiliating defeat, for Japan it was an episode of grim brutality and Mainland China has...
Aug 7, 2020
Guerilla artist Heather Marshall helped launch three weeks of online arts events called Army@TheVirtualFringe. Among the highlights will be the online premiere of 10 SOLDIERS, a spectacular contemporary dance production, which will be followed with a panel discussion...
Aug 4, 2020
Campaigners are appealing to the public to join them in calling on the National Trust for Scotland to reopen the historic Broughton House and Garden and save the jobs of its five staff. The house was the home of celebrated Scottish colourist E A Hornel (one of the...
Jul 27, 2020
New dates have been announced for Scotland’s premier open studios event as Spring Fling 2020 is rescheduled for October. The event normally takes place in May and attracts over 10,000 visitors from Scotland and far beyond to visit artists and makers of every kind...