partners professionals area

partners funding
partners toolkit
partners logos and guidelines

partners is a National Lottery-funded initiative giving communities with little experience of the arts new opportunities to engage with professional artists.

The first round of funding through the partners scheme established 22 new residencies in communities around Scotland.  The second round, announced in Ocober 2005, awarded over £750,000 to a further 27 creative projects across Scotland.

This area will provide those involved in the residencies with information on how to apply for funding and credit the partners scheme if successful, as well as sample documentation including contracts and evaluation forms and more.

partners funding

For information on applying for funding through the partners programme, please refer to the funding for organisations area of this website.

The partners programme supports artist residencies lasting from 3 months to 2 years.  The artist(s) should be based in, and work in collaboration with a local community in Scotland.  Residencies should also provide a period of reasonable financial security and time for artists to develop their own work.

Please use the application form for organisations to apply for funding.  The partners toolkit, below, also provides useful information. 

partners toolkit

This toolkit, available to download from our website, provides practical support for recipients of awards through the partners programme including:- advertising your residency (including websites, email lists and art journals) sample budget sample artist’s brief selection and management sample artist’s contract sample evaluation form for artists sample evaluation form for partner organisations Scottish Arts Council monitoring form for participants Scottish Arts Council summary monitoring form for host organisations.

partners logos and guidelines

Please note -- you must credit the Scottish Arts Council partners programme -- this applies to all areas including recruitment and project ads, posters, publications, leaflets, project emails.

Please read the guidance on using the logos before downloading.

partners: Scotland's Artist Residency Programme is supported by the National Lottery through the Scottish Arts Council