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Partners support artists across Scotland
The Scottish Arts Council has announced grant awards totaling more than £750,000 have been awarded to support artists-in-residence through it’s Partners initiative. Partners was established by the Arts Council to increase public participation in the arts by funding artists to work with groups that may have had few opportunities to experience the arts. One of the commitments of this initiative is that it will support artists working across every genre, from film-makers to performing and visual artists, writers to ceramists and crafts makers working with glass. 27 artists will receive grants through the latest round of awards, which is the second round of Partners funding to be made available. Jim Tough, Director of Arts, Scottish Arts Council said: ‘The Partners initiative has clearly fired imaginations across Scotland judging by the exciting proposals we have received for this round. Especially welcome are the applications received from communities and organisations who are not working in a traditional ‘arts’ environment; this demonstrates the increasing recognition that the arts can touch people’s lives in different ways and in different settings.’ Among the 27 new residencies to be funded are:
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