Independent Arts Projects (IAP)

Join us on Saturday for Ideas Jukebox | 2pm + Maya and the Whale | 7pm presented by @iaponline.bsky.social

More info shorturl.at/qM4si

#WhatsOnEdinburgh #EdinburghForKids #Edinburgh

🎧 Tune in to #TheArtsMix on BBC Radio Scotland today!

@lenniesaurus.bsky.social chats with @hazeldarcle.bsky.social
about #MayaAndTheWhale + #IdeasJukebox as they head back on tour next week. Part of #Splore with Lyth Arts Centre 🎭✨

See the full tour here: www.independentartsprojects.com/events/

Shifting the Stage networking event — Imaginate Calling all disabled, d/Deaf and/or neurodivergent artists, freelancers, arts workers and organisations in Scotland.  Come and joins us for an informal, early evening gathering. Hosted by Imaginate an...

📢 Shifting The Stage networking event
🕠 Tomorrow (21 Jan) | 5:30pm
📍 Tron Theatre, Glasgow

A FREE networking event for disabled, d/Deaf & neurodivergent artists and arts workers, hosted by Imaginate.
BSL, quiet area, food & drink provided.

🎟️ Book here👇
www.imaginate.org.uk/artists/even...

From all of us to all of you - thank you for your support this year. 🎄

The last thing to read before you switch off for Christmas🎄

Our wonderful blogger @arusa.bsky.social talks to Kirstin Abraham about facilitating multi-sensory outdoor workshops for neurodivergent families.

A thoughtful read for the festive season✨

🔗 www.independentartsprojects.com/blog-theres-...

A photograph of a woman wearing a hat and smiling next to the sea.

A photograph of a man wearing an orange t-shirt and a baseball cap.

Say hello to the amazing team behind Function Schmunction at East Park School!

🎨 Max Alexander (Play Radical) - lead artist & play worker
🎭 Amy Conway - theatre maker, performer & creative facilitator

Lou Brodie reflects on her IAP Associate Artist journey & her collaboration with Geraldine Heaney on These Bodies Dancing.

Read our latest blog from Arusa Qureshi here👇
independentartsprojects.com/blog-these-bodies-dancing/

Two girls wearing black dancing with their faces covered. There is text at the top and the bottom of the image saying The List Hot 100 Welcome to the Fringe Palestine.

We’re delighted that #WelcomeToTheFringePalestine has been named in @thelistuk.bsky.social's #Hot100 for 2025. 🔥

To be recognised as one of Scotland’s most influential cultural contributors makes an already special event even more meaningful.

We can't wait to celebrate with everyone.

We may not have taken home the BIG prize, but being nominated truly meant the world to us.

Huge congratulations to ‪@takeoneaction.bsky.social‬ - so well deserved! ✨👏

Believe that everyone should have the chance to be creative? Join us at IAP! There’s just ONE WEEK left to apply to become a Trustee & help us celebrate & champion creativity, inclusion & the arts across Scotland. Info & how to apply (Tue 18 Nov, 12 noon) independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us

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Play. Joy. Connection. 💛

Max Alexander's project #FunctionSchmunction celebrates authentic autistic play with artists Max #PlayRadical & Amy Conway at East Park School in Maryhill.

Creativity is for everyone and we’re proud to see it thriving here. 🌈

#ArtsForAll

📸 Geraldine Heaney

Five people sitting on a floor in a rehearsal room.

In our latest blog, Arusa Qureshi speaks with IAP Associate Artist Kirsty Biff Nicolson about #WeDreamHere - exploring queer spaces, imagination, and freedom through performance.

Read it here → bit.ly/WeDreamHere

#QueerArt #WeDreamHere #Performance #CreativeCommunity

📸 Tiu Makkonen

Thrilled to share that #WelcomeToTheFringePalestine is up for a #CreativeEdinburgh Award! 🎉

So proud and excited - and sending love to all our fellow nominees! 💙 Watch this space...

#creativeedinburghawards

📽️ Sandy Butler

@iaponline.bsky.social are looking for passionate new trustees to help shape their future.
If you care about creativity, community and positive change click the link below 👇
📍Edinburgh
tinyurl.com/ypd4y9r9
#Trustees

Nominate now! - Movement for Good awards We could receive £5,000 in the Movement for Good draw.

Hello Friends & supporters

Please help #IAP win £5k from #BenefactGroup’s Movement for Good Arts & Culture draw! 💛 Over 10 days, 10 charities will each receive £5k to support their work.

Your nomination really helps →https://bit.ly/nominateIAP

Every nomination counts. Thank you 💜
#SupportTheArts

We’re on the lookout for new Trustees! 🌟

Help us shape the future of #IndependentArtsProjects.

Around 5 days a year | Voluntary (expenses covered)
Apply by Tue 18 Nov, 12 noon

More info here 👇 www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/

📢 We’re looking for new Trustees to join our team!
👉 Commitment: around 5 days a year, for 3 years
👉 Voluntary role (reasonable expenses provided)
👉 Deadline: Tuesday 18 November 2025, 12 noon
🫵 Download the information pack here: www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/

“What if just imagined the world a wee bit differently?” Arusa Qureshi interviews artists Emily Nicholl and Ellen Renton about making performance that works for blind and partially blind audiences.

📸 Nik Paget-Tomlinson

#NationalLottery #CreativeScotland

bit.ly/475rwVT

Thanks @cheekybesom.bsky.social

📣 IAP is looking for a freelance Artist and Playworker to work with Max Alexander on his wonderful project, Function Schmunction, taking place at a Glasgow school this August to December.

👉 We’re looking for someone Autistic (regardless of diagnosis).

www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/

There is access budget/support. If you have questions about the role, do please email job@independentartsprojects.com and someone will get back to you. 👍🏻

There is.

📣 IAP is looking for a freelance Artist and Playworker to work with Max Alexander on his wonderful project, Function Schmunction, taking place at a Glasgow school this August to December.

👉 We’re looking for someone Autistic (regardless of diagnosis).

www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/

Please support disabled people who are facing having their access to work cut. This means that they will lose the jobs and careers they have worked so hard for, and their voices will be harder to hear.

For those who want the link through it’s tinyurl.com/AtWLetter

Deadline for this key General Manager role is 12pm (noon) on Tuesday 22 April. £33,000 per annum. Base: Edinburgh/hybrid.

General Manager with Independent Arts Projects – Goodmoves We are looking for a well-organised, efficient and experienced General Manager who will oversee the day-to-day operations of this small but busy arts charity.Duties include financial management...

Small but busy arts charity @iaponline.bsky.social. are looking for a looking for a well-organised, efficient and experienced General Manager to join their team! tinyurl.com/mx5ehta7 £33,000 Leith, Edinburgh/hybrid

👉 Independent Arts Projects (IAP) are looking for a well-organised & efficient General Manager who will oversee the day-to-day operations of the organisation, including financial management, HR, reporting, & administration.

📆 deadline: 12pm 22 April

🔗 www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/

Hello! Would you mind adding us to your starter pack please? 👋🏻

We are so pleased that Independent Arts Projects (IAP) has been successful in
its application to Creative Scotland for Multi-Year Funding for 2025-28. Read
our statement here: www.independentartsprojects.com/iap-to-becom...

✨ Happy Hogmanay. Wishing you a happy, healthy 2025 when it comes.