Independent Arts Projects (IAP)
@iaponline.bsky.social
Leith based arts organisation getting up to all sorts with great folk.
https://www.independentartsprojects.com
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Hello Bluesky!
We’re a Leith-based arts charity who work with artists and performance makers to develop, produce & tour productions & arts projects for people across Scotland. We connect artists & communities and make space for people to be themselves and see themselves.
We’re a Leith-based arts charity who work with artists and performance makers to develop, produce & tour productions & arts projects for people across Scotland. We connect artists & communities and make space for people to be themselves and see themselves.
We may not have taken home the BIG prize, but being nominated truly meant the world to us.
Huge congratulations to @takeoneaction.bsky.social - so well deserved! ✨👏
Huge congratulations to @takeoneaction.bsky.social - so well deserved! ✨👏
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
We may not have taken home the BIG prize, but being nominated truly meant the world to us.
Huge congratulations to @takeoneaction.bsky.social - so well deserved! ✨👏
Huge congratulations to @takeoneaction.bsky.social - so well deserved! ✨👏
Believe that everyone should have the chance to be creative? Join us at IAP! There’s just ONE WEEK left to apply to become a Trustee & help us celebrate & champion creativity, inclusion & the arts across Scotland. Info & how to apply (Tue 18 Nov, 12 noon) independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us
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November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Believe that everyone should have the chance to be creative? Join us at IAP! There’s just ONE WEEK left to apply to become a Trustee & help us celebrate & champion creativity, inclusion & the arts across Scotland. Info & how to apply (Tue 18 Nov, 12 noon) independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us
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Play. Joy. Connection. 💛
Max Alexander's project #FunctionSchmunction celebrates authentic autistic play with artists Max #PlayRadical & Amy Conway at East Park School in Maryhill.
Creativity is for everyone and we’re proud to see it thriving here. 🌈
#ArtsForAll
📸 Geraldine Heaney
Max Alexander's project #FunctionSchmunction celebrates authentic autistic play with artists Max #PlayRadical & Amy Conway at East Park School in Maryhill.
Creativity is for everyone and we’re proud to see it thriving here. 🌈
#ArtsForAll
📸 Geraldine Heaney
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Play. Joy. Connection. 💛
Max Alexander's project #FunctionSchmunction celebrates authentic autistic play with artists Max #PlayRadical & Amy Conway at East Park School in Maryhill.
Creativity is for everyone and we’re proud to see it thriving here. 🌈
#ArtsForAll
📸 Geraldine Heaney
Max Alexander's project #FunctionSchmunction celebrates authentic autistic play with artists Max #PlayRadical & Amy Conway at East Park School in Maryhill.
Creativity is for everyone and we’re proud to see it thriving here. 🌈
#ArtsForAll
📸 Geraldine Heaney
In our latest blog, Arusa Qureshi speaks with IAP Associate Artist Kirsty Biff Nicolson about #WeDreamHere - exploring queer spaces, imagination, and freedom through performance.
Read it here → bit.ly/WeDreamHere
#QueerArt #WeDreamHere #Performance #CreativeCommunity
📸 Tiu Makkonen
Read it here → bit.ly/WeDreamHere
#QueerArt #WeDreamHere #Performance #CreativeCommunity
📸 Tiu Makkonen
October 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
In our latest blog, Arusa Qureshi speaks with IAP Associate Artist Kirsty Biff Nicolson about #WeDreamHere - exploring queer spaces, imagination, and freedom through performance.
Read it here → bit.ly/WeDreamHere
#QueerArt #WeDreamHere #Performance #CreativeCommunity
📸 Tiu Makkonen
Read it here → bit.ly/WeDreamHere
#QueerArt #WeDreamHere #Performance #CreativeCommunity
📸 Tiu Makkonen
Thrilled to share that #WelcomeToTheFringePalestine is up for a #CreativeEdinburgh Award! 🎉
So proud and excited - and sending love to all our fellow nominees! 💙 Watch this space...
#creativeedinburghawards
📽️ Sandy Butler
So proud and excited - and sending love to all our fellow nominees! 💙 Watch this space...
#creativeedinburghawards
📽️ Sandy Butler
October 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Thrilled to share that #WelcomeToTheFringePalestine is up for a #CreativeEdinburgh Award! 🎉
So proud and excited - and sending love to all our fellow nominees! 💙 Watch this space...
#creativeedinburghawards
📽️ Sandy Butler
So proud and excited - and sending love to all our fellow nominees! 💙 Watch this space...
#creativeedinburghawards
📽️ Sandy Butler
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@iaponline.bsky.social are looking for passionate new trustees to help shape their future.
If you care about creativity, community and positive change click the link below 👇
📍Edinburgh
tinyurl.com/ypd4y9r9
#Trustees
If you care about creativity, community and positive change click the link below 👇
📍Edinburgh
tinyurl.com/ypd4y9r9
#Trustees
October 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
@iaponline.bsky.social are looking for passionate new trustees to help shape their future.
If you care about creativity, community and positive change click the link below 👇
📍Edinburgh
tinyurl.com/ypd4y9r9
#Trustees
If you care about creativity, community and positive change click the link below 👇
📍Edinburgh
tinyurl.com/ypd4y9r9
#Trustees
Hello Friends & supporters
Please help #IAP win £5k from #BenefactGroup’s Movement for Good Arts & Culture draw! 💛 Over 10 days, 10 charities will each receive £5k to support their work.
Your nomination really helps →https://bit.ly/nominateIAP
Every nomination counts. Thank you 💜
#SupportTheArts
Please help #IAP win £5k from #BenefactGroup’s Movement for Good Arts & Culture draw! 💛 Over 10 days, 10 charities will each receive £5k to support their work.
Your nomination really helps →https://bit.ly/nominateIAP
Every nomination counts. Thank you 💜
#SupportTheArts
Nominate now! - Movement for Good awards
We could receive £5,000 in the Movement for Good draw.
culture.movementforgood.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Hello Friends & supporters
Please help #IAP win £5k from #BenefactGroup’s Movement for Good Arts & Culture draw! 💛 Over 10 days, 10 charities will each receive £5k to support their work.
Your nomination really helps →https://bit.ly/nominateIAP
Every nomination counts. Thank you 💜
#SupportTheArts
Please help #IAP win £5k from #BenefactGroup’s Movement for Good Arts & Culture draw! 💛 Over 10 days, 10 charities will each receive £5k to support their work.
Your nomination really helps →https://bit.ly/nominateIAP
Every nomination counts. Thank you 💜
#SupportTheArts
We’re on the lookout for new Trustees! 🌟
Help us shape the future of #IndependentArtsProjects.
Around 5 days a year | Voluntary (expenses covered)
Apply by Tue 18 Nov, 12 noon
More info here 👇 www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
Help us shape the future of #IndependentArtsProjects.
Around 5 days a year | Voluntary (expenses covered)
Apply by Tue 18 Nov, 12 noon
More info here 👇 www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
October 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We’re on the lookout for new Trustees! 🌟
Help us shape the future of #IndependentArtsProjects.
Around 5 days a year | Voluntary (expenses covered)
Apply by Tue 18 Nov, 12 noon
More info here 👇 www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
Help us shape the future of #IndependentArtsProjects.
Around 5 days a year | Voluntary (expenses covered)
Apply by Tue 18 Nov, 12 noon
More info here 👇 www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
📢 We’re looking for new Trustees to join our team!
👉 Commitment: around 5 days a year, for 3 years
👉 Voluntary role (reasonable expenses provided)
👉 Deadline: Tuesday 18 November 2025, 12 noon
🫵 Download the information pack here: www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
👉 Commitment: around 5 days a year, for 3 years
👉 Voluntary role (reasonable expenses provided)
👉 Deadline: Tuesday 18 November 2025, 12 noon
🫵 Download the information pack here: www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
September 30, 2025 at 9:59 AM
📢 We’re looking for new Trustees to join our team!
👉 Commitment: around 5 days a year, for 3 years
👉 Voluntary role (reasonable expenses provided)
👉 Deadline: Tuesday 18 November 2025, 12 noon
🫵 Download the information pack here: www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
👉 Commitment: around 5 days a year, for 3 years
👉 Voluntary role (reasonable expenses provided)
👉 Deadline: Tuesday 18 November 2025, 12 noon
🫵 Download the information pack here: www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
“What if just imagined the world a wee bit differently?” Arusa Qureshi interviews artists Emily Nicholl and Ellen Renton about making performance that works for blind and partially blind audiences.
📸 Nik Paget-Tomlinson
#NationalLottery #CreativeScotland
bit.ly/475rwVT
📸 Nik Paget-Tomlinson
#NationalLottery #CreativeScotland
bit.ly/475rwVT
July 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“What if just imagined the world a wee bit differently?” Arusa Qureshi interviews artists Emily Nicholl and Ellen Renton about making performance that works for blind and partially blind audiences.
📸 Nik Paget-Tomlinson
#NationalLottery #CreativeScotland
bit.ly/475rwVT
📸 Nik Paget-Tomlinson
#NationalLottery #CreativeScotland
bit.ly/475rwVT
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📣 IAP is looking for a freelance Artist and Playworker to work with Max Alexander on his wonderful project, Function Schmunction, taking place at a Glasgow school this August to December.
👉 We’re looking for someone Autistic (regardless of diagnosis).
www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
👉 We’re looking for someone Autistic (regardless of diagnosis).
www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
July 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
📣 IAP is looking for a freelance Artist and Playworker to work with Max Alexander on his wonderful project, Function Schmunction, taking place at a Glasgow school this August to December.
👉 We’re looking for someone Autistic (regardless of diagnosis).
www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
👉 We’re looking for someone Autistic (regardless of diagnosis).
www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
📣 IAP is looking for a freelance Artist and Playworker to work with Max Alexander on his wonderful project, Function Schmunction, taking place at a Glasgow school this August to December.
👉 We’re looking for someone Autistic (regardless of diagnosis).
www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
👉 We’re looking for someone Autistic (regardless of diagnosis).
www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
July 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
📣 IAP is looking for a freelance Artist and Playworker to work with Max Alexander on his wonderful project, Function Schmunction, taking place at a Glasgow school this August to December.
👉 We’re looking for someone Autistic (regardless of diagnosis).
www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
👉 We’re looking for someone Autistic (regardless of diagnosis).
www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
Please support disabled people who are facing having their access to work cut. This means that they will lose the jobs and careers they have worked so hard for, and their voices will be harder to hear.
For those who want the link through it’s tinyurl.com/AtWLetter
For those who want the link through it’s tinyurl.com/AtWLetter
May 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Please support disabled people who are facing having their access to work cut. This means that they will lose the jobs and careers they have worked so hard for, and their voices will be harder to hear.
For those who want the link through it’s tinyurl.com/AtWLetter
For those who want the link through it’s tinyurl.com/AtWLetter
Deadline for this key General Manager role is 12pm (noon) on Tuesday 22 April. £33,000 per annum. Base: Edinburgh/hybrid.
👉 Independent Arts Projects (IAP) are looking for a well-organised & efficient General Manager who will oversee the day-to-day operations of the organisation, including financial management, HR, reporting, & administration.
📆 deadline: 12pm 22 April
🔗 www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
📆 deadline: 12pm 22 April
🔗 www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
April 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Deadline for this key General Manager role is 12pm (noon) on Tuesday 22 April. £33,000 per annum. Base: Edinburgh/hybrid.
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Small but busy arts charity @iaponline.bsky.social. are looking for a looking for a well-organised, efficient and experienced General Manager to join their team! tinyurl.com/mx5ehta7 £33,000 Leith, Edinburgh/hybrid
General Manager with Independent Arts Projects – Goodmoves
We are looking for a well-organised, efficient and experienced General Manager who will oversee the day-to-day operations of this small but busy arts charity.Duties include financial management...
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March 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Small but busy arts charity @iaponline.bsky.social. are looking for a looking for a well-organised, efficient and experienced General Manager to join their team! tinyurl.com/mx5ehta7 £33,000 Leith, Edinburgh/hybrid
👉 Independent Arts Projects (IAP) are looking for a well-organised & efficient General Manager who will oversee the day-to-day operations of the organisation, including financial management, HR, reporting, & administration.
📆 deadline: 12pm 22 April
🔗 www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
📆 deadline: 12pm 22 April
🔗 www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
March 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
👉 Independent Arts Projects (IAP) are looking for a well-organised & efficient General Manager who will oversee the day-to-day operations of the organisation, including financial management, HR, reporting, & administration.
📆 deadline: 12pm 22 April
🔗 www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
📆 deadline: 12pm 22 April
🔗 www.independentartsprojects.com/work-with-us/
We are so pleased that Independent Arts Projects (IAP) has been successful in
its application to Creative Scotland for Multi-Year Funding for 2025-28. Read
our statement here: www.independentartsprojects.com/iap-to-becom...
its application to Creative Scotland for Multi-Year Funding for 2025-28. Read
our statement here: www.independentartsprojects.com/iap-to-becom...
February 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
We are so pleased that Independent Arts Projects (IAP) has been successful in
its application to Creative Scotland for Multi-Year Funding for 2025-28. Read
our statement here: www.independentartsprojects.com/iap-to-becom...
its application to Creative Scotland for Multi-Year Funding for 2025-28. Read
our statement here: www.independentartsprojects.com/iap-to-becom...
✨ We’d like to say an enormous thank you to all our supporters: audiences, donors, friends, funders, participants, partner organisations, trustees & workers. You are magic!
December 31, 2024 at 8:42 PM
✨ We’d like to say an enormous thank you to all our supporters: audiences, donors, friends, funders, participants, partner organisations, trustees & workers. You are magic!
IAP is now closed until Wednesday 8th January 2025. Wishing everyone a super, extended, restorative break if you’re able.
December 18, 2024 at 5:54 PM
IAP is now closed until Wednesday 8th January 2025. Wishing everyone a super, extended, restorative break if you’re able.
A huge ✨thank you✨ to the 99 generous supporters who donated £2,670 towards Function Schmunction, creating space for autistic people to be themselves.
The JustGiving link had some technical issues but is now working again if you would still like to give.
bit.ly/IAP-fundraiser
The JustGiving link had some technical issues but is now working again if you would still like to give.
bit.ly/IAP-fundraiser
Mhari, Ayo, Leigh, Marion, Michelle, Roz, Sara & Tash’s 24hr Board Games Marathon for Function Schmunction
Help Mhari Robinson raise money to support Independent Arts Projects (IAP)
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December 18, 2024 at 6:28 AM
A huge ✨thank you✨ to the 99 generous supporters who donated £2,670 towards Function Schmunction, creating space for autistic people to be themselves.
The JustGiving link had some technical issues but is now working again if you would still like to give.
bit.ly/IAP-fundraiser
The JustGiving link had some technical issues but is now working again if you would still like to give.
bit.ly/IAP-fundraiser
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Fundraiser for a great project from a great arts org. Please follow below and consider donating 🙂
🎲 👉 24hr Board Games marathon starts at 12noon today. Follow along on instagram stories at www.instagram.com/indeartsproj...
December 14, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Fundraiser for a great project from a great arts org. Please follow below and consider donating 🙂
🎲 👉 24hr Board Games marathon starts at 12noon today. Follow along on instagram stories at www.instagram.com/indeartsproj...
December 14, 2024 at 9:17 AM
🎲 👉 24hr Board Games marathon starts at 12noon today. Follow along on instagram stories at www.instagram.com/indeartsproj...
2 days left until our 24hr Board Games marathon in aid of Function Schmunction. Can you help us reach our goal? #MakeADifference #DonateToday
December 12, 2024 at 11:43 AM
2 days left until our 24hr Board Games marathon in aid of Function Schmunction. Can you help us reach our goal? #MakeADifference #DonateToday
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Calling all Scottish arts & culture folks! I’m busy pulling together my preview of the year ahead, which will be running in Scotland on Sunday over the festive period. What TV shows, events, festivals, films, exhibitions & books do I need to know about? Email me or DM me on here!
December 11, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Calling all Scottish arts & culture folks! I’m busy pulling together my preview of the year ahead, which will be running in Scotland on Sunday over the festive period. What TV shows, events, festivals, films, exhibitions & books do I need to know about? Email me or DM me on here!
Only 7 days to raise £2,500 for this key project. Can you help?
🤞 Can you help us bring back Function Schmunction, an interactive play space where autistic folk of all ages can celebrate and create opportunities for authentic autistic play, joy & connection.
👉 You can read more about the project and donate here: www.justgiving.com/page/iap-24h...
👉 You can read more about the project and donate here: www.justgiving.com/page/iap-24h...
December 7, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Only 7 days to raise £2,500 for this key project. Can you help?