Creative Scotland supports the cultural and creative sectors across all parts of Scotland. We support culture and creativity in Scotland as a development organisation, a funder, an advocate, and as a public body that seeks to influence others to increase opportunity and maximise the impact our resources can offer.
As a Non-Departmental Public Body, we are sponsored by Scottish Government and Scottish Ministers, with funding from both the Scottish Government and the National Lottery.
Image: Tiree Music Festival, image by Kevin Kerr
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VACMA
Visual artists and crafts makers in Scotland can apply for funding through small grants funded by Creative Scotland and developed in partnership with Local Authorities and arts agencies across Scotland.
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Showcasing Scotland
Projects that aim to showcase Scotland's arts, screen and creative industries to the rest of the world.
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Open Funding
Open Funding is one of our key funding routes, supporting the wide range of activity initiated by organisations, artists, writers, producers and other creative practitioners in Scotland.
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Research
View research and evaluation reports produced by Creative Scotland and external organisations, or sign up for our dedicated research newsletter, the Research Round Up.
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Read our Climate Emergency and Sustainability Plan
Latest News
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Go See Share Grants Open: Empowering Scotland’s Creative Talent to Explore and Innovate
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6 exceptional collaborative new music projects supported to tour across the UK and Republic of Ireland through PRS Foundation’s Beyond Borders
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The Alasdair Gray Archive and The Agnes Owens Archive announce Kirstin Innes and Heather Parry as 2026 Writers-in-Residence
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£990,000 National Lottery Funding brings Arts to the Heart of Scots Communities
