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Showcase Scotland Celebrates 25th Birthday By Shining Spotlight On Scottish And Irish Musical Talent

Showcase Scotland, the music industry event held as part of Celtic Connections in partnership with Innis & Gunn, is celebrating its 25th birthday with a five-day programme at this year's festival.   The showcase introduces delegates from around the world to the Scottish music sector and encourages international cultural collaboration.  

Cocoon: A Collaborative Textile Installation A Swanson Gallery

Cocoon is a collaborative textile installation and sharing of work, showcasing work co- created by a group of women in Caithness, in collaboration with artist Laura O'Kane.   The exhibition presents a collection of silk scarves designed during the 2024 Caithness Community Artist in Residence programme, led by Lyth Arts Centre (LAC) in partnership with Rape and Sexual Abuse Service Highland (RASASH).  

Celtic Connections Banishes Winter Blues In Glasgow

Celtic Connections in partnership with Innis & Gunn will transform Glasgow into a global epicentre of traditional, folk, world and roots music, at the premier winter festival underway with household names, secret line ups, debut performances, unique collaborations and the piloting of a new venue.   The UNESCO City of Music will welcome "the music of the people" to the biggest possible stages for thousands to enjoy over the next 18 days as the 32nd edition of the world-renowned festival, delivered by Glasgow Life, gears up to do what it does best - banish the January blues.  

The National Gallery - The Carracci Cartoons: Myths In The Making

Coinciding with our 'C C Land: The Wonder of Art' re-hang, this spring the National Gallery will present the Carracci cartoons (about 1599) in Room 1.   This is a rare chance to see these extraordinary works which, at nearly four metres wide and two metres tall and in the delicate medium of charcoal and white chalk, are not often displayed.  

£60 Million Boost For Creative Industries To Turbocharge Growth

Hundreds of creative businesses and projects across the UK are to receive government funding to help them grow as part of a major boost to the economy - marking the first step of the Government's Sector Plan for the creative industries.   Culture Secretary hosts major economic growth summit in Gateshead for creative industries and announces key priority areas.  

Chair Of Creative Scotland Review Confirmed

Survey launches to seek views of cultural sector.   Dame Sue Bruce will chair the review of Creative Scotland, Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has announced.  

The Ten Best Novels Of 2024 - According To Literary Experts

With Something Good, the arts and culture newsletter from The Conversation UK, we aim to cut through the noise and recommend the very best in new releases every fortnight.   In 2024, we've been spoiled for choice when it comes to recommending fiction.  

Earning Half The Minimum Wage: New Report Reveals Pressures On Artists To Sustain Creative Life

Artists are generally thought of as either starving in a garret (La Bohème and all that) or jammy millionaires producing works valued at eye-watering sums (hello Damien Hirst).  But the reality of life in the visual arts is more prosaic and a great deal more worrying, as the publication of Glasgow University's report into the pressures facing UK visual artists reveals.  

Increased Funding For Arts And Culture

Hundreds of individuals and organisations to benefit.   Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has said an additional £34 million in culture and arts spending next year will be "game-changing" for the sector.  

No Other Land - Lyth Arts Centre

Join us for a screening of No Other Land + a potluck dinner! Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community's mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood.  Basel documents the gradual erasure of Masafer Yatta, as soldiers destroy the homes of families - the largest single act of forced transfer ever carried out in the occupied West Bank.