Scottish Contemporary Art Network
@sca-n.bsky.social
We are SCAN – we connect, champion & cultivate Scotland’s contemporary art community: https://sca-net.org/
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Last chance to book for Thursday's online session on Collective Working, part of our new learning and development programme for artist-run initiatives, SCAN Affiliations
📆 11:30, 27 November 2025
🎟 Free for SCAN members/£30 for non-members
Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scan-affil...
📆 11:30, 27 November 2025
🎟 Free for SCAN members/£30 for non-members
Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scan-affil...
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Last chance to book for Thursday's online session on Collective Working, part of our new learning and development programme for artist-run initiatives, SCAN Affiliations
📆 11:30, 27 November 2025
🎟 Free for SCAN members/£30 for non-members
Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scan-affil...
📆 11:30, 27 November 2025
🎟 Free for SCAN members/£30 for non-members
Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scan-affil...
Book to attend the latest Earth Climate Scotland online talk, supported by SCAN and Glasgow Sculpture Studios 🤝
On Weds 15 October, Sarah Rose shares insights into feminist energy systems and how she incorporates them into her work as an artist ⚡️
Free tickets: sca-net.org/event/ecssar...
On Weds 15 October, Sarah Rose shares insights into feminist energy systems and how she incorporates them into her work as an artist ⚡️
Free tickets: sca-net.org/event/ecssar...
October 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Book to attend the latest Earth Climate Scotland online talk, supported by SCAN and Glasgow Sculpture Studios 🤝
On Weds 15 October, Sarah Rose shares insights into feminist energy systems and how she incorporates them into her work as an artist ⚡️
Free tickets: sca-net.org/event/ecssar...
On Weds 15 October, Sarah Rose shares insights into feminist energy systems and how she incorporates them into her work as an artist ⚡️
Free tickets: sca-net.org/event/ecssar...
🌍An Ecological Turn🌏
SCAN supports this online Earth Climate Scotland conversation with curator and researcher Viviana Checchia about her living practice of Social Permaculture at Void Art in Derry
📅 6pm, 17 September
Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-ecologi...
SCAN supports this online Earth Climate Scotland conversation with curator and researcher Viviana Checchia about her living practice of Social Permaculture at Void Art in Derry
📅 6pm, 17 September
Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-ecologi...
September 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🌍An Ecological Turn🌏
SCAN supports this online Earth Climate Scotland conversation with curator and researcher Viviana Checchia about her living practice of Social Permaculture at Void Art in Derry
📅 6pm, 17 September
Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-ecologi...
SCAN supports this online Earth Climate Scotland conversation with curator and researcher Viviana Checchia about her living practice of Social Permaculture at Void Art in Derry
📅 6pm, 17 September
Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-ecologi...
Are you a technician working in the arts?
Cadogan Tate and Sophie Macpherson Ltd are looking for anonymous survey responses for an upcoming report, providing an accurate benchmark of pay, conditions and job satisfaction across the field
Details and survey here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/W3DRVSZ
Cadogan Tate and Sophie Macpherson Ltd are looking for anonymous survey responses for an upcoming report, providing an accurate benchmark of pay, conditions and job satisfaction across the field
Details and survey here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/W3DRVSZ
September 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Are you a technician working in the arts?
Cadogan Tate and Sophie Macpherson Ltd are looking for anonymous survey responses for an upcoming report, providing an accurate benchmark of pay, conditions and job satisfaction across the field
Details and survey here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/W3DRVSZ
Cadogan Tate and Sophie Macpherson Ltd are looking for anonymous survey responses for an upcoming report, providing an accurate benchmark of pay, conditions and job satisfaction across the field
Details and survey here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/W3DRVSZ
Are you an artist, curator or arts worker in Scotland? Join SCAN from £25 per year!
Benefits include
🎟️ Access to member-only events
🗣️ Promotion of your projects
📝 Involvement in advocacy
🤝 Networking and connection
Find out more and join today: sca-net.org/network/join
Benefits include
🎟️ Access to member-only events
🗣️ Promotion of your projects
📝 Involvement in advocacy
🤝 Networking and connection
Find out more and join today: sca-net.org/network/join
August 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Are you an artist, curator or arts worker in Scotland? Join SCAN from £25 per year!
Benefits include
🎟️ Access to member-only events
🗣️ Promotion of your projects
📝 Involvement in advocacy
🤝 Networking and connection
Find out more and join today: sca-net.org/network/join
Benefits include
🎟️ Access to member-only events
🗣️ Promotion of your projects
📝 Involvement in advocacy
🤝 Networking and connection
Find out more and join today: sca-net.org/network/join
Are you a contemporary artist in the Highlands?
Join Circus Artspace and Lyth Arts Centre for the next meet-up of CaraVAN – a new network aiming to foster collaborations and grow the potential for sustainable practices
📅 6-9pm 19 July
📍Thurso Community Cafe
Info: www.circus.scot/archive/cara...
Join Circus Artspace and Lyth Arts Centre for the next meet-up of CaraVAN – a new network aiming to foster collaborations and grow the potential for sustainable practices
📅 6-9pm 19 July
📍Thurso Community Cafe
Info: www.circus.scot/archive/cara...
July 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Are you a contemporary artist in the Highlands?
Join Circus Artspace and Lyth Arts Centre for the next meet-up of CaraVAN – a new network aiming to foster collaborations and grow the potential for sustainable practices
📅 6-9pm 19 July
📍Thurso Community Cafe
Info: www.circus.scot/archive/cara...
Join Circus Artspace and Lyth Arts Centre for the next meet-up of CaraVAN – a new network aiming to foster collaborations and grow the potential for sustainable practices
📅 6-9pm 19 July
📍Thurso Community Cafe
Info: www.circus.scot/archive/cara...
ATLAS Arts has released a new podcast series from its alternative education project The School of Plural Futures
🎧 Three episodes
🧑🤝🧑 By young people from Skye, Lochalsh and Raasay
🌾 Insights into Gaelic, crofting, tourism + more
More information + listen: atlasarts.org.uk/programme/th...
🎧 Three episodes
🧑🤝🧑 By young people from Skye, Lochalsh and Raasay
🌾 Insights into Gaelic, crofting, tourism + more
More information + listen: atlasarts.org.uk/programme/th...
June 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
ATLAS Arts has released a new podcast series from its alternative education project The School of Plural Futures
🎧 Three episodes
🧑🤝🧑 By young people from Skye, Lochalsh and Raasay
🌾 Insights into Gaelic, crofting, tourism + more
More information + listen: atlasarts.org.uk/programme/th...
🎧 Three episodes
🧑🤝🧑 By young people from Skye, Lochalsh and Raasay
🌾 Insights into Gaelic, crofting, tourism + more
More information + listen: atlasarts.org.uk/programme/th...
Arts Resource Management Scotland (ARMS) is a new not-for-profit company aiming to aid the sharing of resources, materials and equipment across the cultural sector ♻️
Find out more + join ⬇️
artsresource.scot/
Find out more + join ⬇️
artsresource.scot/
June 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Arts Resource Management Scotland (ARMS) is a new not-for-profit company aiming to aid the sharing of resources, materials and equipment across the cultural sector ♻️
Find out more + join ⬇️
artsresource.scot/
Find out more + join ⬇️
artsresource.scot/
📣 Make sure your voice is heard during the independent review of Creative Scotland 📣
We're encouraging artists and arts workers to take part in roundtable discussions in June and July that will help inform the review 📝
Dates and more info: www.gov.scot/news/public-...
We're encouraging artists and arts workers to take part in roundtable discussions in June and July that will help inform the review 📝
Dates and more info: www.gov.scot/news/public-...
June 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
📣 Make sure your voice is heard during the independent review of Creative Scotland 📣
We're encouraging artists and arts workers to take part in roundtable discussions in June and July that will help inform the review 📝
Dates and more info: www.gov.scot/news/public-...
We're encouraging artists and arts workers to take part in roundtable discussions in June and July that will help inform the review 📝
Dates and more info: www.gov.scot/news/public-...
"It felt like a rare and meaningful moment of collective reflection"
We asked participants, attendees and staff members alike to highlight aspects of our 2025 SCAN Summit that particularly inspired and invigorated them – read on the SCAN website: sca-net.org/reflectingsu...
We asked participants, attendees and staff members alike to highlight aspects of our 2025 SCAN Summit that particularly inspired and invigorated them – read on the SCAN website: sca-net.org/reflectingsu...
June 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
"It felt like a rare and meaningful moment of collective reflection"
We asked participants, attendees and staff members alike to highlight aspects of our 2025 SCAN Summit that particularly inspired and invigorated them – read on the SCAN website: sca-net.org/reflectingsu...
We asked participants, attendees and staff members alike to highlight aspects of our 2025 SCAN Summit that particularly inspired and invigorated them – read on the SCAN website: sca-net.org/reflectingsu...
🎉Just announced🎉
This year's Edinburgh Art Festival takes place 7–24 August, with performances, exhibitions and events from Alice Rekab, Linder, Trans Masc Studies, Lewis Walker and many more – take a look at the full programme: www.edinburghartfestival.com
This year's Edinburgh Art Festival takes place 7–24 August, with performances, exhibitions and events from Alice Rekab, Linder, Trans Masc Studies, Lewis Walker and many more – take a look at the full programme: www.edinburghartfestival.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🎉Just announced🎉
This year's Edinburgh Art Festival takes place 7–24 August, with performances, exhibitions and events from Alice Rekab, Linder, Trans Masc Studies, Lewis Walker and many more – take a look at the full programme: www.edinburghartfestival.com
This year's Edinburgh Art Festival takes place 7–24 August, with performances, exhibitions and events from Alice Rekab, Linder, Trans Masc Studies, Lewis Walker and many more – take a look at the full programme: www.edinburghartfestival.com
We’re looking forward to seeing fresh work by new graduates at Degree Shows across Scotland in the next few weeks – check out our guide to shows at @edincollegeofart.bsky.social @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social @dundee.ac.uk and more ⬇️
sca-net.org/degreeshows2...
sca-net.org/degreeshows2...
May 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We’re looking forward to seeing fresh work by new graduates at Degree Shows across Scotland in the next few weeks – check out our guide to shows at @edincollegeofart.bsky.social @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social @dundee.ac.uk and more ⬇️
sca-net.org/degreeshows2...
sca-net.org/degreeshows2...
Make sure your voice is heard in the independent review of Creative Scotland 🗣
We're encouraging #SCANmembers, artists and art workers to join roundtable discussions across Scotland in June and July – find out more and sign up here: www.gov.scot/news/public-...
We're encouraging #SCANmembers, artists and art workers to join roundtable discussions across Scotland in June and July – find out more and sign up here: www.gov.scot/news/public-...
May 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Make sure your voice is heard in the independent review of Creative Scotland 🗣
We're encouraging #SCANmembers, artists and art workers to join roundtable discussions across Scotland in June and July – find out more and sign up here: www.gov.scot/news/public-...
We're encouraging #SCANmembers, artists and art workers to join roundtable discussions across Scotland in June and July – find out more and sign up here: www.gov.scot/news/public-...
🌀 Embrace The Strange 🌀
Earlier this month, our Deputy Director Helen went to Hawick for the 15th edition of the Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival – read about her weekend filled with artists' film, community, and inclusivity: https:sca-net.org/embracethestrange/...
Earlier this month, our Deputy Director Helen went to Hawick for the 15th edition of the Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival – read about her weekend filled with artists' film, community, and inclusivity: https:sca-net.org/embracethestrange/...
May 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🌀 Embrace The Strange 🌀
Earlier this month, our Deputy Director Helen went to Hawick for the 15th edition of the Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival – read about her weekend filled with artists' film, community, and inclusivity: https:sca-net.org/embracethestrange/...
Earlier this month, our Deputy Director Helen went to Hawick for the 15th edition of the Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival – read about her weekend filled with artists' film, community, and inclusivity: https:sca-net.org/embracethestrange/...
We're looking forward to welcoming SCAN members and guests from the contemporary art sector to today's #SCANSummit25 at Eden Court!
If you'd like to keep up with the day's activities and conversations, we'll be sharing highlights over on Instagram: www.instagram.com/scottishcontemporaryart...
If you'd like to keep up with the day's activities and conversations, we'll be sharing highlights over on Instagram: www.instagram.com/scottishcontemporaryart...
May 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
We're looking forward to welcoming SCAN members and guests from the contemporary art sector to today's #SCANSummit25 at Eden Court!
If you'd like to keep up with the day's activities and conversations, we'll be sharing highlights over on Instagram: www.instagram.com/scottishcontemporaryart...
If you'd like to keep up with the day's activities and conversations, we'll be sharing highlights over on Instagram: www.instagram.com/scottishcontemporaryart...
We're looking forward to our screening event at Eden Court in Inverness on Monday 12 May, featuring short films by Ursula Mayer, Emily Richardson and Gair Dunlop 📽
Part of #SCANSummit25, book tickets for £0-8: sca-net.org/summitshorts/
Part of #SCANSummit25, book tickets for £0-8: sca-net.org/summitshorts/
May 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We're looking forward to our screening event at Eden Court in Inverness on Monday 12 May, featuring short films by Ursula Mayer, Emily Richardson and Gair Dunlop 📽
Part of #SCANSummit25, book tickets for £0-8: sca-net.org/summitshorts/
Part of #SCANSummit25, book tickets for £0-8: sca-net.org/summitshorts/
We're excited to bring an evening of artists' short films to Eden Court in Inverness on Monday 12 May, as a precursor to SCAN Summit 2025: The Grid 📽
Featuring films by Ursula Mayer, Emily Richardson and Gair Dunlop, followed by a Q&A
Book pay what you can tickets: sca-net.org/summitshorts/
Featuring films by Ursula Mayer, Emily Richardson and Gair Dunlop, followed by a Q&A
Book pay what you can tickets: sca-net.org/summitshorts/
April 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We're excited to bring an evening of artists' short films to Eden Court in Inverness on Monday 12 May, as a precursor to SCAN Summit 2025: The Grid 📽
Featuring films by Ursula Mayer, Emily Richardson and Gair Dunlop, followed by a Q&A
Book pay what you can tickets: sca-net.org/summitshorts/
Featuring films by Ursula Mayer, Emily Richardson and Gair Dunlop, followed by a Q&A
Book pay what you can tickets: sca-net.org/summitshorts/
Are you an artist based in Caithness or Sutherland?
Courtesy of SCAN + Lyth Arts Centre, you can apply for a bursary to attend SCAN Summit 2025 on 13 May at Eden Court!
💰 £360 to support attendance
🎟️ Event registration fee
🚂 Travel expenses
Deadline 22 April: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Courtesy of SCAN + Lyth Arts Centre, you can apply for a bursary to attend SCAN Summit 2025 on 13 May at Eden Court!
💰 £360 to support attendance
🎟️ Event registration fee
🚂 Travel expenses
Deadline 22 April: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
April 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Are you an artist based in Caithness or Sutherland?
Courtesy of SCAN + Lyth Arts Centre, you can apply for a bursary to attend SCAN Summit 2025 on 13 May at Eden Court!
💰 £360 to support attendance
🎟️ Event registration fee
🚂 Travel expenses
Deadline 22 April: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Courtesy of SCAN + Lyth Arts Centre, you can apply for a bursary to attend SCAN Summit 2025 on 13 May at Eden Court!
💰 £360 to support attendance
🎟️ Event registration fee
🚂 Travel expenses
Deadline 22 April: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We had a brilliant time in Dundee yesterday – at a meet-up with local #SCANmembers, then at a thought-provoking panel for Who Does Art Make Visible?, part of the Cooper Gallery's current Suzanne Lacy exhibition Between the Door and the Street
April 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We had a brilliant time in Dundee yesterday – at a meet-up with local #SCANmembers, then at a thought-provoking panel for Who Does Art Make Visible?, part of the Cooper Gallery's current Suzanne Lacy exhibition Between the Door and the Street
⭐ Just announced! ⭐
A deep listening event of Maria Fusco's seminal audio work Master Rock in Eden Court’s granite chapel
Part of SCAN Summit 2025: The Grid, our annual flagship symposium
Sliding scale tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/master-roc...
A deep listening event of Maria Fusco's seminal audio work Master Rock in Eden Court’s granite chapel
Part of SCAN Summit 2025: The Grid, our annual flagship symposium
Sliding scale tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/master-roc...
April 1, 2025 at 9:35 AM
⭐ Just announced! ⭐
A deep listening event of Maria Fusco's seminal audio work Master Rock in Eden Court’s granite chapel
Part of SCAN Summit 2025: The Grid, our annual flagship symposium
Sliding scale tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/master-roc...
A deep listening event of Maria Fusco's seminal audio work Master Rock in Eden Court’s granite chapel
Part of SCAN Summit 2025: The Grid, our annual flagship symposium
Sliding scale tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/master-roc...
➡️ Paid Mentorship Opportunity
#SCANmember Offline is seeking two early to mid-career moving image artists to work with artist-filmmaker Michelle Williams Gamaker on her new film Strange Evidence
Deadline: Sunday 30 March
More information: offline-glasgow.org/2025/03/24/p...
#SCANmember Offline is seeking two early to mid-career moving image artists to work with artist-filmmaker Michelle Williams Gamaker on her new film Strange Evidence
Deadline: Sunday 30 March
More information: offline-glasgow.org/2025/03/24/p...
March 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
➡️ Paid Mentorship Opportunity
#SCANmember Offline is seeking two early to mid-career moving image artists to work with artist-filmmaker Michelle Williams Gamaker on her new film Strange Evidence
Deadline: Sunday 30 March
More information: offline-glasgow.org/2025/03/24/p...
#SCANmember Offline is seeking two early to mid-career moving image artists to work with artist-filmmaker Michelle Williams Gamaker on her new film Strange Evidence
Deadline: Sunday 30 March
More information: offline-glasgow.org/2025/03/24/p...
Have you booked for SCAN Summit 2025: The Grid?
Join us in Inverness for a programme of talks, films + activities interrogating the systems that distribute power, energy and communications ⚡️
📍Eden Court
📅 Tuesday 13 May
🎟️FREE for SCAN members/£10 non-members : sca-net.org/summit25/
Join us in Inverness for a programme of talks, films + activities interrogating the systems that distribute power, energy and communications ⚡️
📍Eden Court
📅 Tuesday 13 May
🎟️FREE for SCAN members/£10 non-members : sca-net.org/summit25/
March 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Have you booked for SCAN Summit 2025: The Grid?
Join us in Inverness for a programme of talks, films + activities interrogating the systems that distribute power, energy and communications ⚡️
📍Eden Court
📅 Tuesday 13 May
🎟️FREE for SCAN members/£10 non-members : sca-net.org/summit25/
Join us in Inverness for a programme of talks, films + activities interrogating the systems that distribute power, energy and communications ⚡️
📍Eden Court
📅 Tuesday 13 May
🎟️FREE for SCAN members/£10 non-members : sca-net.org/summit25/
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Veronique AA Lapeyre as the new Director of SCAN 🎉
Veronique is a skilled communications strategist and cultural advocate, passionate about intersectionality and anti-racism action
More information: sca-net.org/vaaldirector/
Veronique is a skilled communications strategist and cultural advocate, passionate about intersectionality and anti-racism action
More information: sca-net.org/vaaldirector/
March 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Veronique AA Lapeyre as the new Director of SCAN 🎉
Veronique is a skilled communications strategist and cultural advocate, passionate about intersectionality and anti-racism action
More information: sca-net.org/vaaldirector/
Veronique is a skilled communications strategist and cultural advocate, passionate about intersectionality and anti-racism action
More information: sca-net.org/vaaldirector/
Just announced – SCAN Summit 2025: The Grid
Join us on 13 May at Eden Court for an all-day programme interrogating the systems that distribute power, energy and communications
With Harvey Dimond, Marianne Brown, Highland Zine Bothy, Maria Fusco + more
Info + book : sca-net.org/summit25/
Join us on 13 May at Eden Court for an all-day programme interrogating the systems that distribute power, energy and communications
With Harvey Dimond, Marianne Brown, Highland Zine Bothy, Maria Fusco + more
Info + book : sca-net.org/summit25/
March 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Just announced – SCAN Summit 2025: The Grid
Join us on 13 May at Eden Court for an all-day programme interrogating the systems that distribute power, energy and communications
With Harvey Dimond, Marianne Brown, Highland Zine Bothy, Maria Fusco + more
Info + book : sca-net.org/summit25/
Join us on 13 May at Eden Court for an all-day programme interrogating the systems that distribute power, energy and communications
With Harvey Dimond, Marianne Brown, Highland Zine Bothy, Maria Fusco + more
Info + book : sca-net.org/summit25/
Are you looking to put on a captioned arts event?
Edinburgh based Live Captioner Louisa McDaid has put together a comprehensive guide to captioning for the cultural sector in Scotland – take a look on the SCAN website: sca-net.org/policy/captioning/
Edinburgh based Live Captioner Louisa McDaid has put together a comprehensive guide to captioning for the cultural sector in Scotland – take a look on the SCAN website: sca-net.org/policy/captioning/
March 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Are you looking to put on a captioned arts event?
Edinburgh based Live Captioner Louisa McDaid has put together a comprehensive guide to captioning for the cultural sector in Scotland – take a look on the SCAN website: sca-net.org/policy/captioning/
Edinburgh based Live Captioner Louisa McDaid has put together a comprehensive guide to captioning for the cultural sector in Scotland – take a look on the SCAN website: sca-net.org/policy/captioning/