Visual Arts Scotland
Visual Arts Scotland SCIO
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
About
Founded in 1924, Visual Arts Scotland is a non-profit association based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom working on arts & culture.
Visual Arts Scotland is a registered Scottish charity and membership organisation promoting contemporary visual art and contemporary craft in Scotland. It has more than 1,400 members, including artists, makers, designers and applied arts practitioners from Scotland, the rest of the UK and abroad. The organisation runs an annual open exhibition, a members' exhibition, residencies, mentoring, thematic exhibitions and open calls, and publishes opportunities for artists. It was founded in 1924 as the Scottish Society of Women Artists and has supported all craftspeople and makers since 1990.
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Mentoring Programme
Arts & Culture · Scotland
Pilot programme pairing Visual Arts Scotland members as mentors and mentees.
Residency with Bothy Project
Arts & Culture · Scotland
Week-long residency for a member at Sweeneys Bothy on the Isle of Eigg, run in partnership with Bothy Project.
Open Exhibition
Arts & Culture · Scotland
Annual open exhibition offering emerging and established practitioners a platform to show new work to a public audience.
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Bothy Project, Wasps Artists Studios, Scottish Ornithologists Club, Tea Green Events, The Hugh Fraser Foundation, The Miller Trust, The Russell Trust
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