Media Release: £350,948 funding boosts cultural activity across Glasgow

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CREATIVE Scotland has awarded more than £350,000 through its Open Project Fund to support festivals, research and development, production and attendance at international conferences to individuals and organisations based in Glasgow.

UZ Arts, Glasgow Sculpture Studios and Glasgow International Jazz Festival are amongst the organisations receiving support:

  • UZ Arts received £150,000 funding towards ‘Moving Out’, an international festival programme, series of residencies, workshops, and a symposium.
  • Glasgow Sculpture Studios received £11,100 towards ‘Parables’, a solo exhibition by Iman Issa at Glasgow Sculpture Studios, June 2015.
  • Glasgow International Jazz Festival received £67,000 towards the 29th Glasgow International Jazz Festival and ancillary events.
  • Paragon Music received £7,840 towards performances and workshops at Able Disabled All People Together (ADAPT).
  • Vagabond Voices Publishing received £23,500 towards marketing, publishing and project costs for a suite of literary works.
  • BUZZCUT received £15,000 towards BUZZCUT 2015: a five-day artist-led performance festival at the Pearce Institute in Govan, followed by an artist development scheme and showcase at Forest Fringe in Edinburgh during August.
  • @TheGlasgowJam received £4,513 towards the implementation of Contact Improvisation and Cross-Artform workshops and jams for @TheGlasgowJam month Talent Development programme, training future facilitators.

The following artists and collectives also received funding to deliver new work:

  • Panel received £40,110 towards a curatorial research and development project, to inform a three-year public programme, led by Catriona Duffy and Lucy McEachan of Panel.
  • Louise Ahl received £15,000 funding towards ‘Holy Smoke’, a newly commissioned live work combining dance, performance and live music created by Glasgow choreographer Louise Ahl and a company of international artists.
  • Alexander Hutchison received £3,094 funding towards the creation and presentation of poetry at Festival Internacional de Poesía de Granada, Nicaragua in February 2015, and reading and performing at venues in New York and New England, as part of the ‘Arching Bridge’.
  • Glasgow band Vasa received £5,100 to record and release debut album.

A number of Glasgow based individuals received support to attend conferences and undertake residencies:

  • Svetlana Dimcovic received £1,500 to attend the Eugene O’Neill Memorial Theater in Connecticut and the Lark Play Development Centre in New York, to promote Scottish playwriting.
  • Corinne Orton received £2,000 to attend Atelier for Young Festival Managers Beirut 2015.
  • Bigmouth Audio received £2,191 to attend the annual Kidscreen Summit conference and workshops in February 2015.
  • Lauren Gault received £3,000 to undertake a two month residency and solo exhibition at Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn, the Netherlands.

This news comes at the same time as Creative Scotland has awarded more than £1.3m to individual artists and organisations through its Open Project Fund right across Scotland.

Sixty-one individuals and projects across the arts, screen and creative industries and based throughout Scotland, received awards of between £1,500 and £100,000 between December and January 2015.

There are no deadlines attached to Open Project Funding.  Applications are reviewed on a weekly basis and decisions provided within eight weeks for applications less than £15,000 and 12 weeks for applications more than £15,000. This means that individuals and organisations can apply at a time that suits their needs and their practice.

This new funding route, launched in October 2014, reflects Creative Scotland’s commitment to simplification and clarity and replaces multiple funding routes that previously existed. Applicants can apply for funding amounts between £1,000 and £100,000 (or up to £150,000 by exception) for projects lasting up to two years.

A full list of awards is available here.

Janet Archer, chief executive of Creative Scotland, said: “Open Project Funding is one of the three key elements of our new funding approach, delivering the promise of simplicity and clear routes to funding for those we are here to support.

“I’m particularly pleased that we are able to operate the Open Project Fund without deadlines. Demand is high, so we are allocating budgets across the year, which means that both individuals and organisations can apply at a time that suits them. This is something that has been asked for and we are responding accordingly.

“Alongside our Regular and Targeted funding routes, Open Project Funding aims to support work across a broad range of practice and scale and across all parts of Scotland.

“This route to funding helps artists and creative people bring their ideas to life, increasing the quality, strength and diversity of culture in Scotland, delivering real benefits for everyone that lives here.

“Over £1m of these awards has been allocated from National Lottery funds. Alongside funding from the Scottish Government, The National Lottery forms a vital part of funding support for the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland and it is important to recognise this.”

Details of the Open Project Fund and all other Creative Scotland funding can be found on our website at http://www.creativescotland.com/funding/funding-programmes/open-project-funding

Open Project Funding commenced on 1 October, 2014 and sits alongside Regular and Targeted Funding as one of Creative Scotland’s three funding routes.

For interviews and photos please contact:
Sophie Bambrough
Media Relations & PR Officer
Creative Scotland
E: sophie.bambrough@creativescotland.com
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Notes to Editors:

For full details please visit: www.creativescotland.com/what-we-do/latest-news/archive/2015/02/1.3m-open-project-funding-awards-boost-cultural-activity-across-scotland

Open Project Funding is available to a wide range of organisations and individuals working across Scotland in the arts, screen and creative industries. Open Project Funding replaces most of the project based funding programmes previously operated by Creative Scotland. Open Project Funding supports a broad spectrum of activity including: creative and professional development; research and development; production; small capital requirements; touring and collaborations; festivals; arts programming; audience development, etc. A full list of activities supported through this route is set out in the Open Project Funding application guidance. Support is available for projects of different scale and duration with the maximum period of award being set at two years. Awards are made in the range £1,000 to £100,000 (or up to £150,000 by exception).

Guidelines published: 1 October 2014

Open for applications: 31 October 2014

Funding awarded: From December 2014 (for a period up to two years)

Open Project Funding is one strand of Creative Scotland’s new funding approach which was announced on 9 April 2014: (http://www.creativescotland.com/what-we-do/latest-news/archive/2014/04/new-10-year-plan-and-funding-approach-announced) and reflects Creative Scotland’s commitment to introduce a clear and simple funding approach that provides access to both long-term and project funding for individuals and organisations, as set out in our Action Plan for Change, published in March 2013 (http://www.creativescotland.com/resources/our-publications/board-papers/action-plan-for-change).

Creative Scotland is the public body that supports the arts, screen and creative industries across all parts of Scotland on behalf of everyone who lives, works or visits here. We enable people and organisations to work in and experience the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland by helping others to develop great ideas and bring them to life. We distribute funding provided by the Scottish Government and the National Lottery. For further information about Creative Scotland please visit www.creativescotland.com.  Follow us @creativescots and www.facebook.com/CreativeScotland.

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