What’s on
SCAN members organise and promote a huge variety of contemporary art events both online and in venues across Scotland.
Ranging from things to see such as exhibitions and film screenings, to engaging skill-sharing activities like screenprinting sessions and ceramics classes, the breadth and depth of what’s on offer reflects SCAN members’ diverse backgrounds and the varied roles they have within Scotland’s visual arts community.
Whether you’re looking for events that will expand your knowledge of the contemporary art scene, challenge and inform your ideas, or simply entertain and inspire, SCAN’s What’s On section is a good place to start.
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SCAN Summit 2026: Take Liberty – the right to participate in a cultural life
Tue, 9 June 2026
The Briggait
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Children’s Wheel Throwing Workshop
Sat, 13 June 2026
Forgan Arts Centre
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I Plied My Poesy — Words and Music Regarding “Defiling Rain” — Jamie Crewe and Band
Sat, 13 June 2026
Tramway T1
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Jamie Crewe, ‘Defiling Rain’
Fri, 12 June 2026 - Sat, 13 June 2026
Tramway T1
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Call for submissions: Curatorial Ethics Network ( Journal Issue 1. Collective Action + Advocacy
Sun, 10 May 2026 - Mon, 15 June 2026
Online
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Children’s Ceramic Workshop
Mon, 8 June 2026 - Mon, 15 June 2026
Narture Studios
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Carol Rhodes: Her Work & Legacy
Wed, 17 June 2026
Online
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Free Embroidery Workshops
Wed, 10 June 2026 - Wed, 17 June 2026
Project Ability Gallery,
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Ecologies of Practice
Fri, 19 June 2026
7 Castle Street
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Shared Land | Sandra Vick & Simon Rivett
Fri, 29 May 2026 - Fri, 19 June 2026
Upright Gallery
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real-time friction
Fri, 20 March 2026 - Fri, 19 June 2026
Travelling Gallery
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Who’d ‘Ave ‘Em?
Sun, 7 June 2026 - Sun, 21 June 2026
Stereo
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Summer Artists and Makers Market
Fri, 19 June 2026 - Sun, 21 June 2026
Inverness Creative Academy
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Anya Paintsil – The delight of walking alone
Fri, 5 June 2026 - Sun, 21 June 2026
Burns Street Studios
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Lino Printing Wallpaper Workshop
Sat, 20 June 2026 - Sun, 21 June 2026
Forgan Arts Centre
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SCAN Online Visa Information Session
Tue, 23 June 2026
Online
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Aqua Tint Etching (experience required
Tue, 23 June 2026 - Wed, 24 June 2026
Highland Print Studio
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MAXIMUM TILT: a festival of artists’ moving image
Tue, 23 June 2026 - Thu, 25 June 2026
Byre Theatre
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Detours – Sam Shiyi Qian
Thu, 25 June 2026
The Common Guild
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The Ground Shakes by Calum Wallis
Mon, 16 March 2026 - Fri, 26 June 2026
An Tobar Gallery
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Making Sense – a multi-sensory approach to art
Fri, 10 April 2026 - Fri, 26 June 2026
Tower Foyer Gallery
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Beyond Belief
Sat, 2 May 2026 - Sat, 27 June 2026
Beacon Arts Centre
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Artist Workshop: Making Earth Pigments
Sat, 27 June 2026
Jupiter Artland
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Colourful Felted Vessels
Sat, 27 June 2026
Forgan Arts Centre
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Stained Glass Plant Stake Workshop
Sat, 27 June 2026
Make by Narture Studios
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&Gallery Open Call 2026
Mon, 18 May 2026 - Tue, 30 June 2026
&Gallery
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LUX Scotland June Advice Sessions
Mon, 22 June 2026 - Tue, 30 June 2026
Online
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Curator Tour
Wed, 1 July 2026
Jupiter Artland
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Shared Material :: Ceramics Showcase
Sat, 6 June 2026 - Wed, 1 July 2026
&Gallery
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Open studios
Sat, 27 June 2026 - Sun, 5 July 2026
Studios and other venues in the East Neuk of Fife
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Traces and Pages
Thu, 2 July 2026 - Sun, 5 July 2026
SaltSpace Co-op
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Autopsy by Malachy McCrimmon
Wed, 13 May 2026 - Wed, 8 July 2026
Nomas* Projects (window space)
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Energy Infrastructure Boat Tour
Sat, 11 July 2026
Hawes Pier, Queensferry
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DRAWING with PLACE, Creative Retreat, Orkney
Sat, 4 July 2026 - Sat, 11 July 2026
Palace Village, Orkney KW17 2LX, Scotland
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As Long As it Yields, José García Oliva
Sat, 28 March 2026 - Sun, 12 July 2026
Timespan
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Closing Panel Discussion
Wed, 15 July 2026
Online
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James Gladwell Exhibition
Thu, 4 June 2026 - Sat, 18 July 2026
Project Ability Gallery
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Jabberwocky: The Internet and Creative Freedom
Sat, 30 May 2026 - Sat, 18 July 2026
The Burr of Berwick Film Library
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Joanna Piotrowska – A moment of darkness at noon
Mon, 23 March 2026 - Sat, 18 July 2026
The Common Guild
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‘Process: From Field to Fabric’ by Sarah Morton
Fri, 29 May 2026 - Mon, 20 July 2026
Perth Creative Exchange
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Light Show
Tue, 5 May 2026 - Fri, 24 July 2026
Lamb Gallery
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GOSSIP Collective presents ‘Golden Repair’
Sat, 6 June 2026 - Sat, 25 July 2026
Tolbooth Gallery, Stirling
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Extraction
Sat, 11 April 2026 - Sun, 26 July 2026
Jupiter Artland
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Lughnasadh Art & Music Festival
Sat, 1 August 2026
Forgan Arts Centre
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Lino Etch (experience required)
Sat, 1 August 2026 - Sun, 2 August 2026
Highland Print Studio
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Celebrating the Design Journey: Commonwealth Games Medals at The Glasgow School of Art
Fri, 10 July 2026 - Sat, 8 August 2026
Window on Heritage, Reid Building
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Afterlives: The Weaver, A Score, An Archipelago
Fri, 10 July 2026 - Sat, 8 August 2026
Reid Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art
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Katie Paterson: Afterlife
Fri, 19 June 2026 - Sun, 6 September 2026
Collective Gallery
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Richard Maguire: There is no beginning, as there is no end
Fri, 10 July 2026 - Sun, 13 September 2026
Collective Gallery
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Art Walk Weekends
Sat, 5 September 2026 - Sun, 13 September 2026
Various locations around Portobello, Edinburgh
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Metal Fabrication Intensive
Mon, 14 September 2026 - Fri, 18 September 2026
Scottish Sculpture Workshop
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Anne Hardy
Sat, 27 June 2026 - Sun, 27 September 2026
Talbot Rice Gallery
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Stained Glass Residency
Mon, 7 September 2026 - Mon, 28 September 2026
RDW Glass Studio
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Jean F. Watson: An Artistic Legacy
Sat, 16 May 2026 - Sun, 4 October 2026
City Art Centre
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Glaze Intensive
Mon, 2 November 2026 - Fri, 6 November 2026
Scottish Sculpture Workshop
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Muddled Syncopation by Fraser Taylor
Sat, 5 September 2026 - Sat, 7 November 2026
Beacon Arts Centre
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Kenneth Dingwall In Conversation
Thu, 3 December 2026
City Art Centre
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As Still As A River Could Be by Alistair Gow
Sat, 14 November 2026 - Sat, 2 January 2027
Beacon Arts Centre
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Scotland’s Thousands of Years of Abstract Art
Thu, 18 February 2027
City Art Centre
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Large Sculptural Handbuilding
Wed, 17 February 2027 - Fri, 19 February 2027
Scottish Sculpture Workshop
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Large Sculptural Handbuilding
Wed, 17 February 2027 - Fri, 19 February 2027
Scottish Sculpture Workshop
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Making a Mark in Prehistory: Rock Art in Scotland
Thu, 4 March 2027
City Art Centre
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Dear Earth
Sat, 21 March 2026 - Sat, 6 March 2027
Kirkcaldy Galleries 21 March – 13 September 2026, St Andrews Museum 30 September 2026 – 6 March 2027
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Kenneth Dingwall: Being
Sat, 21 November 2026 - Sun, 7 March 2027
City Art Centre
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Introduction to Glazes and Atmospheric Firing
Wed, 24 March 2027 - Fri, 26 March 2027
Scottish Sculpture Workshop


























































