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Featuring news stories from the Scottish Arts Council and other arts organisations about visual arts in Scotland.
 
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  28/05/2009
Scottish Arts Council plans for stability through 2009/10
A year of integration and stability, while preparing for change, are the themes of the 2009/10 Scottish Arts Council business plan, which has today been published on the organisation’s website.
 
 
 
  18/05/2009
Calling all artists in Scotland to compete for Olympic prize
Calling all artists in Scotland to compete for Olympic prize There are just two weeks left for artists of all kinds to submit their ideas for Artists taking the lead – a major arts commission for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
 
 
 
  28/04/2009
Eight new projects supported by Scottish Arts Council Public Art Fund
£466k of National Lottery funds have been allocated to projects in locations throughout Scotland who will investigate the possibilities for public art within beaches, woodland, schools, parks and a library, and include practices such as dance, performance, music and film along with visual arts.
 
 
 
  02/04/2009
£100,000 to support mental health and wellbeing through the arts
Five arts organisations have been supported by the Scottish Arts Council to further develop their work within the field of arts and mental health recognising the positive role the arts can play in improving mental health and wellbeing.
 
 
 
  19/03/2009
Artists Taking the Lead for 2012
Major new work to be created for Scotland as Artists take the lead in new £5.4m competition for the Cultural Olympiad
 
 
 
  12/03/2009
£4.07m investment to ensure a creative legacy from London 2012 in Scotland
Four diverse and unique programmes to bring learning, culture and sport together, and engage with thousands of artists and volunteers will celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games as part of the Legacy Trust UK’s Scottish Project.
 
 
 
  25/02/2009
£3 million Inspires more to take part in the arts
The Scottish Arts Council has today awarded more than £3 million of National Lottery funds towards inspiring ‘more, better and wider’ participation in the arts.
 
 
 
  12/02/2009
Sixteen Inspiring Communities
Inspiring Communities was developed from the Inspire Fund, using National Lottery investment, to allow communities whose ambitious ideas met the aims of Inspire but where further detail was needed to ensure that communities were genuinely involved in creating lasting connections to the arts. More than 170 projects applied and these final 16 projects complete the Inspire programme.
 
 
 
  05/02/2009
What are the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded projects?
Fresh from strutting her stuff on Strictly Come Dancing, Lisa Snowdon is calling on Scots to nominate their favourite Lottery-funded project in The National Lottery Awards 2009 – the annual search to find the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded projects.
 
 
 
  27/01/2009
Taking part proves degrees have influence
New research released today by the Scottish Arts Council has shown, for the first time, the significance of higher education on those attending or taking part in the arts.
 
 
 
Think of the Sea by Tamsin Greenlaw; Photo: Lois Carson
Susan Brown's Subtleties Within Installation; Photo: S. Brown
Sally Osborn 'Head', 2004. Photo: Ruth Clark
Becks Futures at Centre for Contemporary Art
Daria Martin at Glasgow Sculpture Studios
Observatory; Photo: Taigh Chearsbhagh
Light Tunnel; Photo: North Edinburgh Arts Centre
Sweet Exorcist by Jim Lambie; Photo: The Modern Institute
The Fall of David by Lois Carson; Photo: Lois Carson
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