I’m not just talking about photographers from “under-privileged” areas; I’m also talking about you and me. If I had more money, you’d see my work more; if you had more money, I’d see your work more. The stakes for participation …read more »

The Board of HI~Arts, the cultural development agency for the Highlands and Islands, has announced that the company has been awarded short-term extensions of its present funding agreements with Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Creative Scotland, as part of an …read more »

REMOTENESS —real or perceived—continues to deny those based in the Highlands and Islands a fair coverage in the national press, and, with a few honourable exceptions, local press rarely have space, or the confidence, to deal with the arts.

Northings was …read more »

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Moray council approves 100% cut in arts funding.

As well as ending support for the artistic community the council approved the removal of subsidised bus services, the closure of seven libraries and a one-year reduction in roads maintenance.

The withdrawal of funding …read more »

From a-n.co.uk by Chris Sharratt
Thanks to Shadow Culture Secretary Harriet Harman’s high profile intervention, talk of arts cuts this week has been, once again, dominated by Newcastle. While Newcastle City Council leader Nick Forbes announced plans last year to cease …read more »

Below is a summary of the statement issued from the board meeting on 6th Dec as it takes steps to heal the rift created by their former chief.

Commitments for change agreed by the Board of Creative Scotland on 6 …read more »

Andrew Dixon, the embattled chief executive of Scotland’s arts funding body, has resigned.

It comes after months of criticism levelled at Dixon by the Scottish arts community, prominent members of which have expressed concerns at both his leadership style and the …read more »

“Looking at my paintings as if they were painted by a woman is superficial, a side issue, like looking at Klines and saying they are bohemian.

A Tate Modern Exhibition

14th November – 1 April 2013

This exhibition will take a new look at the dynamic relationship between performance and painting since 1950. Contrasting key paintings by Jackson Pollock and David Hockney, the exhibition considers two different approaches …read more »

Robert Seldon Duncanson. Still Life with Fruit and Nuts, 1848[/caption]Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a great and glorious nation. Favourite amongst his subjects was the court painter of whom he was very proud. Everybody agreed …read more »

An Exhibition of photographice works by Viv Rickman-Poole at Moray Art Center

24th Nov to 26th January 2013

Originally a painter Viv’s work has been centered around photography for many years. She experiments with a combination of homemade, vintage, toy and digital …read more »

Hosted by Creative Moray at the Eight Acres Hotel, Elgin (Westray Suite) on Tues 27th Nov, from 7 – 10 pm

Culture Café is a meeting place for practicing artists and people, who work in the arts, based in and around …read more »

A photographer is someone who takes photographs. These days, anybody can be a photographer, and the reciprocal is also true—a photographer can be anybody. From the hottest haute-kultur gallery orchid on the planet down to somebody selling something on eBay …read more »

“At the outset, I would like to say that I am a proud South African and a former supporter of the ANC. I am not a racist. I do not produce art with an intention to hurt, humiliate or insult, …read more »