Subtle Systems Training Programme
Participant recruitment is now open for Subtle Systems, Strange Field’s new music, events & nightlife enterprise training programme. Working in partnership with local community organisers and industry professionals, Subtle Systems provides free hands-on technical and entrepreneurial skills training to young people experiencing barriers to working in the music, events, and nightlife industries. Over 11 weeks (Oct-Dec), participants will build business and technical skills – from […]
Creative Balance Wellbeing Festival
13 September, Civic House Creative Balance, the research and advocacy arm of We Are Here Scotland, published the first phase of its research on Tuesday 1 September. Finding The Radiance In Between: Reimagining Scotland’s Creative Spaces draws on group interviews held across Scotland with racialised people working in the creative industries. The findings get their public airing at […]
Split Screen returns!
Creative Glasgow x Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Split Screen is back for a second year, and we’re delighted to be partners on it again alongside the Citizens Theatre, Arcadia and The Work Room, led by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Innovation Studio and supported by the Scottish Government’s Ecosystem Community Fund. Split Screen brings creative […]
Scottish Artists Minimum Income
Creative Glasgow has been delighted to hear that proposals for an Scottish Artists Minimum Income are progressing, with MSP Màiri McAllan, Cabinet Secretary for Education, Culture and Gaelic, announcing a Government commitment to piloting a Scottish artists minimum income initiative on 1st September! We look forward to continuing to work closely with Basic Income Conversation to […]
Raise Your Game National
Through our partnership with Creative Edinburgh on Raise Your Game National, we’ve been able to offer 12 members free professional development and creative business skills training this September and October. 55 of you applied, which says plenty about the demand for this kind of support. We’re looking at how we meet more of it!
August Highlights: Last Thursday at The Pyramid
August’s LAST THURSDAY took us to The Pyramid in Anderston, where we teamed up with Film Hub Scotland to ask what comes next for film exhibition in Glasgow. Ilia Ryzhenko and Hanne Wyllie framed the evening for Film Hub Scotland, and three spotlight presentations from Mónica Laiseca of Refugee Festival Scotland, Mark Langdon, Chair of GMAC and Debbie Aitken […]
We’re recruiting!
We’ve announced two roles that we’re now seeking applications to fill: a freelance, fixed term Researcher and a voluntary Trustee position.
From SOUP To Success
We ADORE seeing good things happen to our members, and even more so when we played a small part in it. Last year, Anne Yeomans pitched her project ECHO @echo_theatre_project at our SOUP event: a dark comedy play inspired by Greek mythology, following a singer-songwriter cursed to only perform covers. She recently got back in touch, and we couldn’t […]
The Basic Income for Artists Scotland open letter
Over 300 artists, arts organisations, academics, think tanks and campaigners have signed the open letter. To ensure the success and long-term impact of any pilot, we call for: Meaningful consultation and co-design with artists and creative workers Cross-party engagement and support, to ensure stability beyond electoral cycles Collaboration with key institutions, including creative unions, cultural […]
Introducing Glasgow’s new MSc in Global Cultural Enterprise
The University of Glasgow has launched a new MSc in Global Cultural Enterprise, a postgraduate degree designed for the next generation of cultural leaders, creative industry professionals and arts managers. Combining critical thinking, practical industry experience and real-world partnerships, the programme prepares students to work across arts organisations, media, cultural policy and the creative economy. […]