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The SCAN office is now closed for the festive period, opening for the new year on Monday 5 January. We wish you all the very best for the festive break and look forward to seeing you again in 2026!
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The latest episode of the SCAN Summit 2025 podcast is now available, featuring a conversation between artist Maria de Lima, activist Flick Monk, and curator Giulia Gregnanin
Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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Dundee’s cultural organisations are facing proposed budget cuts that will affect vital services in the city
SCAN is calling on our community to help secure the city’s cultural future by completing Dundee City Council's consultation by 19 December: www.dundeecity.gov.uk/news/article
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Thank you to Art Mag for featuring our #UnwrapArt campaign highlighting festive shopping ideas that support Scotland’s artistic community 🎁
More information: artmag.co.uk/unwrapped-ar...
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Last chance to book for Thursday's online session on Collective Working, part of our new learning and development programme for artist-run initiatives, SCAN Affiliations
📆 11:30, 27 November 2025
🎟 Free for SCAN members/£30 for non-members
Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scan-affil...
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Book to attend the latest Earth Climate Scotland online talk, supported by SCAN and Glasgow Sculpture Studios 🤝
On Weds 15 October, Sarah Rose shares insights into feminist energy systems and how she incorporates them into her work as an artist ⚡️
Free tickets: sca-net.org/event/ecssar...
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🌍An Ecological Turn🌏
SCAN supports this online Earth Climate Scotland conversation with curator and researcher Viviana Checchia about her living practice of Social Permaculture at Void Art in Derry
📅 6pm, 17 September
Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-ecologi...
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Are you a technician working in the arts?
Cadogan Tate and Sophie Macpherson Ltd are looking for anonymous survey responses for an upcoming report, providing an accurate benchmark of pay, conditions and job satisfaction across the field
Details and survey here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/W3DRVSZ
Even Here Even Now networking event with Orkney artist advocates Frances Pelly and Kerrianne Flett:
Where: The Pier Arts Centre
When: Sat 16 Aug 2-4pm
Who: Orkney based creative people
What: An informal get together to discuss what comes next for the Orkney creative community.
#evenhereevennow
Looking forward to seeing these projects come to fruition – including three with #SCANmembers @vadundee.bsky.social @nationalgalleries.bsky.social and Museums & Galleries Edinburgh!
Are you involved in the contemporary arts sector in the Highlands?
Lend your voice to our new project helping to create a strong and sustainable visual art community in the Highlands by completing our short survey: sca-net.org/highlandsurv...
Deadline: 10 August
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Are you an artist, curator or arts worker in Scotland? Join SCAN from £25 per year!
Benefits include
🎟️ Access to member-only events
🗣️ Promotion of your projects
📝 Involvement in advocacy
🤝 Networking and connection
Find out more and join today: sca-net.org/network/join
COMING NEXT:
Buss o Gress / Tuft of Grass
9 Aug-20 Sept
Rebecca Marr & Valerie Gillies have spent years among the grasses, each using their own languages of photography and poetry as an exchange.
Image: Rebecca Marr Holy-grass in flower, Harray Loch, May © the artist
#PierArtsCentre
Red and green text reads: On Fridays we wear a mask
Black text reads: We know that Covid-19 hasn’t gone away — & we want everyone, including immunocompromised visitors, to feel safe and welcome at GWL. That’s why every Friday we kindly ask all visitors to wear a mask & observe social distancing. Our staff & volunteers do the same (unless exempt). Forgot your mask? Don’t worry — we’ll have some available at the door
We know that Covid-19 hasn’t gone away — & we want everyone, including immunocompromised visitors, to feel safe and welcome at GWL.
That’s why every Friday we kindly ask all visitors to wear a mask & observe social distancing. Our staff & volunteers do the same (unless exempt).
Are you involved in the contemporary arts sector in the Highlands?
Lend your voice to our new project helping to create a strong and sustainable visual art community in the Highlands by completing this survey, which should take around five minutes: sca-net.org/highlandsurv...
Deadline: 10 August
⚒ Summer workshops from SCAN members 📸
Want to learn a new creative skill? #SCANmembers across Scotland are offering workshops in a range of specialisms – from pigment creation in rural Fife to print-making on Shetland
See our picks: sca-net.org/summerworksh...
🌟Job opportunity: Facilities Assistant 🌟
We are currently recruiting for a proactive and reliable Facilities Assistant to join our team at DCA.
🗓️Deadline: Mon 21 July, 17:00
To find out more and apply, visit
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Are you a contemporary artist in the Highlands?
Join Circus Artspace and Lyth Arts Centre for the next meet-up of CaraVAN – a new network aiming to foster collaborations and grow the potential for sustainable practices
📅 6-9pm 19 July
📍Thurso Community Cafe
Info: www.circus.scot/archive/cara...
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ATLAS Arts has released a new podcast series from its alternative education project The School of Plural Futures
🎧 Three episodes
🧑🤝🧑 By young people from Skye, Lochalsh and Raasay
🌾 Insights into Gaelic, crofting, tourism + more
More information + listen: atlasarts.org.uk/programme/th...
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Arts Resource Management Scotland (ARMS) is a new not-for-profit company aiming to aid the sharing of resources, materials and equipment across the cultural sector ♻️
Find out more + join ⬇️
artsresource.scot/
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📣 Make sure your voice is heard during the independent review of Creative Scotland 📣
We're encouraging artists and arts workers to take part in roundtable discussions in June and July that will help inform the review 📝
Dates and more info: www.gov.scot/news/public-...
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"It felt like a rare and meaningful moment of collective reflection"
We asked participants, attendees and staff members alike to highlight aspects of our 2025 SCAN Summit that particularly inspired and invigorated them – read on the SCAN website: sca-net.org/reflectingsu...
This month, you can catch Garden Futures at @vadundee.bsky.social, or Potatoes, Riots and Other Imaginaries at @collective-edin.bsky.social
All this and more in our Art Events round-up!
Our adult course programme for July – December 2025 is packed full of opportunities to learn from experienced staff and artists, delivering a broad range of techniques using our professional printmaking equipment and facilities.
Find out more here:
glasgowprintstudiolearning.simplybook.it/v2/
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🎉Just announced🎉
This year's Edinburgh Art Festival takes place 7–24 August, with performances, exhibitions and events from Alice Rekab, Linder, Trans Masc Studies, Lewis Walker and many more – take a look at the full programme: www.edinburghartfestival.com
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We’re looking forward to seeing fresh work by new graduates at Degree Shows across Scotland in the next few weeks – check out our guide to shows at @edincollegeofart.bsky.social @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social @dundee.ac.uk and more ⬇️
sca-net.org/degreeshows2...
🎉We’re excited to announce RSA200: Celebrating Together, a year-long celebration marking our 200th anniversary! We're bringing together over 70 cultural partners, showcasing the past, present and future of Scottish art and architecture.
🎈Find out more: bit.ly/3FaCP3T
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Make sure your voice is heard in the independent review of Creative Scotland 🗣
We're encouraging #SCANmembers, artists and art workers to join roundtable discussions across Scotland in June and July – find out more and sign up here: www.gov.scot/news/public-...
There are just a few days left to see Portia Zvavahera, Zvakazarurwa, in our exhibition galleries. Open 11am–6pm every day until 25.05.25. Please note that on Saturday 24.05.25 the gallery will close at 3pm for a private function. Normal hours resume on Sunday 25.05.25.
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🌀 Embrace The Strange 🌀
Earlier this month, our Deputy Director Helen went to Hawick for the 15th edition of the Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival – read about her weekend filled with artists' film, community, and inclusivity: https:sca-net.org/embracethestrange/...
