Projects archive

The Scottish Arts Council’s programme for capital investment uses National Lottery funding to support the development of the infrastructure for the arts in Scotland . It does this by helping to provide a sustainable network of accessible arts facilities across the nation.

• The arts play an important role in creating sustainable communities.
• They are a focus for renewal in rural and urban areas.
• They assist in the well-being of individuals and communities by encouraging and enabling social interaction.
• They give the young, the vulnerable and the disadvantaged a voice and they are an investment in the creative energies and skills of future generations.

We fund projects for:

• a wide range of equipment including theatre lighting, seating, musical instruments, and vehicles.
• the development and improvement of buildings for, and as a resource for, the arts, and artists.
• artists’ work in public places within Scotland.

We continue to encourage and support high quality, innovative, and architectural approaches to delivering the arts.

These are some projects which we feel encapsulate this approach.  Feel free to browse through these case studies and see the success stories for yourself:

• Buildings
• Public Artworks
• Small Grants

Buildings

Woodend Barn Arts Centre A small capital grant had enabled a number of important improvements to be made to the Woodend Barn Arts Centre in Banchory.

Sense Scotland New multi-million pound fully accessible building providing a community resource for disabled people, carers, families and the local community.

Dalry Primary School The new Dalry Primary School in North Ayrshire is the latest manifestation of The Primary Space project.

Boat of Garten Community Hall The newly opened multi-purpose venue for the community, in the Cairngorms National Park, near Aviemore.

Doors Open Days 2007 Get a behind the scenes glimpse of some of the many arts organisations who are opening their doors during September.

Pier Arts Centre, Orkney Read about the £4.5 million redevelopment of the Pier Arts Centre in Orkney enhancing it's reputation as a Scottish gallery of international standing.

St Andrew's in the Square In 2007 works were completed to St Andrews in the Square to improve its capacity to develop its prime purpose as a cultural venue.

Howden Park Centre Redevelopment of Howden Park Centre to create a landmark arts facility in West Lothian.

Travelling Gallery A unique, self-contained, custom-built mobile art gallery, which brings contemporary art exhibitions into communities throughout Scotland.

Out of the Blue, Edinburgh Phase 2 of an ambituous re-design of a former army drill hall to create a state-of-the-art multi-arts hub.

Buccleuch Centre, Langholm, Dumfries & Galloway Buccleuch Centre, Langholm, is a recently refurbished multi-purpose venue for the community, located within Dumfries and Galloway.

Eastwood Park Theatre Eastwood Park Theatre, East Renfrewshire’s newly refurbished theatre venue, opened on 22 February 2007.

SPACE - Craigmillar Social Enterprise and Arts Centre The former Craigmillar Primary School has been fully refurbished to create a centre of excellence for social enterprise and community arts.

Kirkintilloch Arts and Cultural Centre A brand new arts and cultural centre will be the centrepiece of a new development in Kirkintilloch.

Platform Easterhouse, Glasgow Platform at The Bridge is an aspirational new cultural facility set in Greater Easterhouse, including purpose built arts facility Platform.

Cubes, artists accommodation at Cove Park, West Dunbartonshire  A pionering use of old shipping containers as artists accommodation at Cove Park outside Glasgow.

The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh  The Scottish Storytelling Centre, the world’s first purpose-built centre for storytelling had its official opening on 1 June.

Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine, North Ayrshire After a refurbishment and the addition of a new extension Harbour Arts Centre Irvine reopened in September.

The Boilerhouse@ Hidden Gardens, Glasgow The Boilerhouse @ Hidden Gardens. A new community building and walled garden opened to the public on 6 May 2006.

Architecture Week 16-25 June 2006 Scotland's Centre for Architecture Design and the City, The Lighthouse in Glasgow hosted this years Architecture Week events in Scotland.

An Lanntair, Stornoway The An Lanntair (Gaelic for 'lantern') arts centre in Stornoway, Lewis on the Western Isles, opened on 1 October 2005 and was the venue for The Mod in 2005.

City Halls, Glasgow  Glasgow’s City Halls and The Old Fruitmarket reopened on Friday 13 January 2006 with a gala concert from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen £2,000,000 of National Lottery funds has helped to redevelop His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen.

Screen Machine: Take Two Read about how Screen Machine: Take Two is bringing cinema to the Highlands and Islands.

The Hub Looking at one of the Scottish Arts Council's earliest National Lottery funded projects - the creation of a home for the Edinburgh Festival Society.

The Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine £537,995 awarded towards the Harbour Arts Centre project has created a resource serving the arts needs of the local community in Irvine.

Adam Smith College National Lottery funding of £500,000 helped Adam Smith College (formerly Fife College) create a new Creative Arts Learning Centre in Kirkcaldy.

Hamilton Townhouse Hamilton Town House received £450,000 of National Lottery funding through the Scottish Arts Council as part of a £9.6m refurbishment programme.

The Eastgate Theatre and Arts Centre After eight years of hard work and fundraising the Eastgate has been transformed into a jewel of a theatre with the help of £1,500,000 of National Lottery funds.

WASPS Artists' Studios, Alexandra Parade, Glasgow Situated in Glasgow, a former cigarette factory has been imaginatively converted into the largest artists’ studio complex in Scotland.

Public artworks

Golspie Recycling and Environmental Action Network (GREAN) The Golspie Recycling and Environmental Action Network art garden project will increase access to contemporary art for the whole community, enhancing the exisiting community garden.

CatStrand Artworks, Glenkens CatStrand, in New Galloway, is opening in September 2007 as a community arts centre and venue in the rural location of Glenkens, in Dumfries and Galloway.

Public Art in Shetland Museum & Archives 60 individual artworks have been commissioned by Shetland Amenity Trust as part of it's Shetland Museum & Archives Public Art Project at Hay's Dock in Lerwick.

Cairngorm - Reading a Landscape  For the past four years, CairnGorm Mountain Trust has been working to develop an artist-led initiative at the heart of the Cairngorms.

Reputations - Castlemilk, Glasgow  'A Thread', a new public artwork has been created by artist Esther Shalev-Gerz and citizens of Castlemilk for Castlemilk Park, Glasgow

Sanctuary - Edinburgh Royal Infirmary  Scotland's first new, specifically designed, non-denominational Sanctuary is now open at The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

Hideo Furuta - public art in Creetown  The innovative redesign of Adamson Square in Creetown, Dumfries and Galloway, by internationally renowned artist Hideo Furuta is now underway.

Perth Concert Hall £250,000, of National Lottery funds, helped to create Threshold artspace within Perth Concert Hall.

Fragrant Glasgow FRAGRANT GLASGOW is the latest manifestation of an international arts project that uses the potency of flowers as a universal symbol across cultures and faiths.

Striding Arches Looking at the progress of the Striding Arches project by Andy Goldsworthy to design and construct three standing sandstone arches in Dumfries and Galloway.

Auchterarder school artwork project An example of a project using artwork in the learning environment to create a more inspiring and motivating space in which to study.

Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital (RACH) £303,176 of National Lottery funds helped towards the cost of installing 10 site related artworks at the new Aberdeen Children's Hospital.

Hidden Gardens The Hidden Gardens, at the Tramway, Glasgow, is a unique garden for the 21st Century and is Scotland’s first sanctuary garden dedicated to peace.

Primary Space In a unique and innovative project artists are integral to the design of a new school in Dalry, North Ayrshire.

Small grants

West Lothian Youth Theatre Funding towards to cost of lighting and sound equipment has enabled participants of the community to have an enhanced experience of drama.

Scottish Music Centre at City Halls, Glasgow  With the help of £80,706, from the National Lottery Fund, the Scottish Music Centre has relocated to a stunning new shopfront premises at City Halls, Glasgow.

Shetland Arts Trust The community of Shetland has benefited from National Lottery funding to buy a new grand piano.

Buckhaven and Methill Brass Band  Thanks to £24,000 of funding from the Scottish Arts Council, for new instruments, the band can provide free tuition to children and young people.

Wee Stories Through help from National Lottery funds Wee Stories are able to create family experiences that everyone can enjoy.

 

North Star Academy of Performing Arts (NSAPA) NSAPA were awarded £32,424 of National Lottery funds towards the cost of purchasing new instruments a portable stage, sound and lighting equipment.