The Festivals Forum, the high level commission set up to oversee the strategic development of Edinburgh’s Festivals to maintain the city’s position as the pre-eminent festival city, has announced the appointment of Susan Rice as Chair of the Forum.


23 April 2008

The Red Shoes Theatre would like to start an Acting Group aimed at teenagers.
21 April 2008

The Public Art Resource + Research Scotland (PAR+RS) is a new initiative being developed by the Scottish Arts Council. PAR+RS aims to promote excellence and innovation within public art by building the capacity, knowledge and expertise of people working in public art across Scotland.
16 April 2008

NOISEfestival.com the Europe-wide media showcase for young creative people aged 25 and under, opened its website doors for submissions last month at 11 Downing Street.
15 April 2008

craftscotland has three very different opportunities to sell work and we are inviting applications from makers in Scotland.

15 April 2008

The fifth monthly Global Short Story Competition is open for entries now.
15 April 2008

Scottish Opera would like to invite you to participate in a forthcoming community event based on Giuseppe Verdi’s FALSTAFF.
15 April 2008

Creative Clusters, the world’s leading conference on the creative economy, is looking for contributors for their next event, which runs from 17 - 20 November 2008 in Glasgow.
14 April 2008

Highland Print Studio, in collaboration with the Highland Council Exhibitions Unit, is staging an exhibition of original printmaking during Summer 2008.
10 April 2008

HI~Arts is seeking a talented visual arts specialist to assist with the development of the visual arts and crafts in the Skye, Lochalsh, Wester Ross and Lochaber areas, as part of a one year project supported by the Scottish Arts Council, the Highland Council and HI~Arts.
10 April 2008

The periphery will take pride of place on 7-10 May 2009 when a conference on the island experience comes to Lerwick, Shetland.
08 April 2008

ArtMap Argyll is the brainchild of a collection of Argyll’s working Artists.
07 April 2008

New work by the Invergordon artist Hugh Kirkwood goes on show at The Ruthven Gallery this weekend. The new paintings come at a high point in the artist’s career after having recently been rewarded for his artistic inventions.
04 April 2008

Four of Scotland’s finest writers have each won a £5,000 prize in the judging for the Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book Awards, in the categories of fiction, non fiction, poetry and first book.
04 April 2008

The Equality & Human Rights Commission are looking for some artwork from equalities groups for their new Glasgow building.
02 April 2008

Are you a writer with a track record but not particularly in screen? Have you got what it takes to write a brilliant and compelling drama script? Do you normally work in isolation but would relish the opportunity to team write?
01 April 2008

The Scottish Mentoring Network know that there is an enthusiasm for a peer support network in the North of Scotland, so following on from the meeting in Inverness last year they would like to take this opportunity to invite you to an open meeting on 6 May in Inverness.
01 April 2008

This fund is designed to provide support for professional theatre companies based in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. It is intended primarily to support companies which are new, or which are undergoing a significant process of change or growth
01 April 2008