News
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Poetry, parades and premieres: Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival 2025
Based in the Borders town of Hawick, the Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival is known for presenting artists’ film...
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Scotland + Venice to return in 2026
Following a pause in 2024 to review Scotland’s involvement, the Scotland + Venice Partnership are pleased to announce their renewed...
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Celebrate 10 years of Maria Fusco’s Master Rock at SCAN Summit 2025
SCAN is delighted to announce that we have commissioned a deep listening event of Maria Fusco’s Master Rock, marking ten...
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Veronique AA Lapeyre appointed as new Director of SCAN
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Veronique AA Lapeyre as the new Director of Scottish Contemporary Art Network....
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SCAN Summit 2025: The Grid
Tuesday 13 May 2025 Eden Court, Inverness. SCAN Summit 2025: The Grid is an all-day programme interrogating the systems that...
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Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival turns 20
It’s a landmark year for the Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, as the artistically ambitious festival of film and...
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Podcast: SCAN Summit 2024
This month, SCAN launches a new podcast series of talks from our 2024 Summit, “Who can impress the forest, bid...
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#UnwrapArt 2024: Courses and Workshops
#UnwrapArt is SCAN’s annual campaign inviting the public to support Scotland’s artists and makers while buying gifts and experiences that...
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#UnwrapArt 2024: SCAN Member Shops
#UnwrapArt is SCAN’s annual campaign inviting the public to support Scotland’s artists and makers while buying gifts and experiences that...
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Vacancy: SCAN Director
Can you advocate for Scotland’s contemporary art community? We’re looking for someone to lead Scotland’s member-led network for contemporary art...
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#UnwrapArt 2024: Highlands
Our Member Development Officer Emma Gibson joined SCAN in March 2024, and acts as a champion for our members in...
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#UnwrapArt 2024: Festive Markets
#UnwrapArt is SCAN’s annual campaign inviting the public to support Scotland’s artists and makers while buying gifts and experiences that...
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#InvestInCulture for a sustainable arts sector
SCAN joins colleagues from across the arts to launch #InvestInCulture, a new campaign highlighting the value of culture as a...
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Listen, dream, dance and reflect: Q&A with Debjani Banerjee
Edinburgh-based artist Debjani Banerjee works across various mediums – from sculpture and textiles to film and collaborative making – to...
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Hopeful futures: a dispatch from SCAN in the Scottish Highlands
Based in the Highlands, SCAN Member Development Officer Emma Gibson joined the team in March 2024, and acts as a...
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‘Magical, mythical, potentially folkloric’ – Anya Gallaccio in Paisley
From installations of fading flowers to carpets of rotting apples, artist Anya Gallaccio’s career has been dedicated to the ephemeral....
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SCAN members meet MSPs and MPs in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Fife
Across the country, creative workshops provide making facilities and expertise in a network unique to Scotland, allowing open access to...
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SCAN partners on Art X-UK 2023–24
Art X-UK is an annual project by the Government Art Collection, supporting work by artists across the UK alongside regional...
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SCAN member + staff picks: Edinburgh Art Festival 2024
This year Edinburgh Art Festival celebrates its 20th birthday, with a city-wide programme that aims to connect with infrastructures of...
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SCAN members in Edinburgh during festival month
Every August, SCAN member organisation Edinburgh Art Festival (EAF) takes over Scotland’s capital, with a programme showcasing the city’s vibrant...
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Tell the Scottish Government What Culture Means to You
A new survey issued by the Scottish Government seeks views on the importance of culture and the role that access...
