Craft Scotland Opportunities
COMPASS: Maker Journeys in Focus Workshop Series
Booking deadline: 8 Mar 2021
Last chance to book! Hear from five Scotland-based designer/makers about their own experiences navigating the creative business landscape. Speakers will be Laura Spring (9 Mar), Bryony Knox and Heather McDermott (23 Mar), Frances Priest and Cara Guthrie (6 Apr).
Tickets are priced at £25. One ticket gives you access to three online sessions in this series.
Opportunity provided by: Craft Scotland
Location: Online
Maker Research Residency
Closing date: 25 Mar 2021
Craft Scotland and Historic Environment Scotland (HES) are offering a new online research residency, providing an opportunity for one Scotland-based maker to explore the wealth of material in the archives of HES. Learn more about the residency, rates of pay, outcomes and eligibility.
Opportunity provided by: Craft Scotland
Location: Online
Resilience Programme - Peer-to-Peer Co-Mentoring
Closing date: 1 Apr 2021
The Resilience Programme is a mentoring initiative led by Applied Arts Scotland and Craft Scotland, funded by Creative Scotland. It is designed to help makers based in Scotland navigate the particularly challenging circumstances resulting from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The Resilience Progamme has two strands Peer-to-Peer Co-Mentoring (open now for applications) and Mentor/Mentee (launching in April). Makers can choose one mentoring model that best supports their needs. Each strand will be supported by free online workshops and resources that will be available beyond the programme.
Peer-to-Peer Co-Mentoring programme will be launched through a full day workshop (Thursday 29 April 2021) which will introduce the key principles of Peer-to-Peer Co-Mentoring and its role in developing confidence and resilience. Within the workshop makers will be brought together to exchange ideas and begin the process of co-mentoring one another.
This strand is aimed at makers who are particularly drawn to working with another like-minded maker, have limited experience of mentoring and are less sure about how the mentoring process would help them.
This activity is voluntary and unpaid, participants will be able to make use of free check in sessions with Applied Arts Scotland and Craft Scotland to answer any questions about the process or to resolve any practical issues.
There is no application or participation fee.
Opportunity provided by: Applied Arts Scotland & Craft Scotland
Location: Online
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Related Support
Creative Scotland Hardship Fund for Creative Freelancers
Re-opening: 15 Mar 2021
This fund is currently paused. It aims to support freelance creative professionals working in the arts and creative sector in Scotland, who are experiencing immediate financial difficulty due to the loss of income as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Opportunity provided by: Creative Scotland
Location: Across Scotland
Newly Self-Employed Hardship Fund
Closing date: 16 Mar 2021
This grant scheme is designed to help alleviate financial hardship for newly self-employed people who meet the eligibility criteria set out below.
Opportunity provided by: Scottish Government
Location: Across Scotland
Coronavirus: Help and support for your business - FSB Webinar
Closing date: 19 Mar 2021
The first in FSB's series of webinars supporting the self employed and small businesses.
Opportunity provided by:
The Federation of Small Businesses
Location: Online
EPAD & Creative Edinburgh Freelance Creatives Practice Support Fund
Closing date: 22 Mar 2021
This fund distributed by Edinburgh Performing Arts Development (EPAD) and Creative Edinburgh aims to support freelance artists, technicians and creatives working in the arts and creative industries in Edinburgh.
Opportunity provided by: Edinburgh Performing Arts Development (EPAD) & Creative Edinburgh, with the City of Edinburgh Council
Location: Edinburgh
Adapt & Thrive Programme
Closing date: 31 Mar 2021
Adapt & Thrive aims to support organisations across the third sector to adapt to the challenges presented by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis and build back better to thrive in the future.
Opportunity provided by: Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) & the Scottish Government
Location: Across Scotland
Communities Recovery Fund
Rolling deadline
The Communities Recovery Fund is part of the Scottish Government £25 million Third Sector Community & Recovery Programme and aims to support charities, community groups, social enterprises and voluntary organisations through the shift from lockdown to recovery.
Opportunity provided by: Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) & the Scottish Government
Location: Across Scotland
Awards & Competitions
2021 Cordis Prize for Tapestry
Closing date: 8 Mar 2021
The world’s biggest award for tapestry, the Cordis Prize for Tapestry aims to encourage and reward ambition and scale in the field of contemporary weaving.
Opportunity provided by: The Cordis Prize
Location: Across the UK
Inches Carr Graduate Craft Awards 2021
Closing date: 10 Mar 2021
The Inches Carr Graduate Craft Awards look to support the development and continued advancement within the field of contemporary craft, with up to eight awards of £2,500 each for recent graduates of a Scottish university or college course.
Opportunity provided by: Inches Carr Trust
Location: Across Scotland
Inches Carr Trust Craft Bursaries 2021
Closing date: 10 Mar 2021
Applications are now invited for the Inches Carr Trust Craft Bursaries 2021. Previous recipients include Naomi Mcintosh (Woodworking and Jewellery, Aberdeenshire) and Carrie Fertig (Glass and Metal Working, Aberdeenshire).
Opportunity provided by: Inches Carr Trust
Location: Across Scotland
Exhibit & Sell
Elements 2021 - Expressions of Interest
Closing date: 6 Mar 2021
With a new format due to the on-going pandemic, the Incorporation of Goldsmiths are seeking feedback from makers interested in taking part in Elements 2021.
Opportunity provided by: The Incorporation of Goldsmiths
Location: Across Scotland
Spring Fling 2021: Applications Open
Closing date: 14 Mar 2021
Take part in Spring Fling 2021, applications are now open for multiple opportunities; Dumfries & Galloway artists and makers, the Neighbours Scheme, the Springback Scheme and the New Graduates Scheme.
Opportunity provided by: Upland
Location: Dumfries & Galloway
Open Call - Central Fife Open Studios
Closing date: 31 Mar 2021
Applications to join Central Fife Open Studios 2021 are now open.
Opportunity provided by: Central Fife Open Studios
Location: Across Fife
Applications are now invited for Hamewares 2021
Closing date: 7 Apr 2021
Applications are now invited for Hamewares – The New Perspectives Collection 2021 from The Barn focusing on the wellbeing of the environment.
Opportunity provided by: The Barn
Location: Banchory
Volunteering
Join the Upland Board
Closing date: 15 Mar 2021
Upland are looking for individuals to contribute to the development of Upland, a bold, ambitious, rural-based visual art and craft development organisation based in Dumfries & Galloway.
Opportunity provided by: Upland
Location: Dumfries & Galloway
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Our new A Maker's Guide to the EU Exit (Brexit) 2021 lists resources to help you prepare your craft practice and business for the post-transition period. This article will be updated regularly as developments happen. Image: Naturally Useful (basket) and Green Thomas (scarf) / Photography by Susan Castillo |
Conferences & Maker Training
How to Write a Funding Application
Closing date: 22 Mar 2021
Introduction to fundraising will help you navigate the landscape, providing practical tips on how to present your ideas and your project to funders (£15 per person).This learning event is aimed at people involved with voluntary, amateur or community-based creative groups.
Opportunity provided by: Voluntary Arts Scotland
Location: Online
Trading With the EU Post-Transition
Closing date: 10 Mar 2021
Join the Department for International Trade for a webinar with OCS Worldwide and SimplyVAT.com, where they will take a look at the lessons learned in the three months since the UK officially left the EU, and provide a refresher on the new export requirements and regulation - including customs procedures and changes to VAT rules and obligations for UK sellers trading with customers in the EU.
Opportunity provided by: Department for International Trade
Location: Online
Funding
Black Artists Grant
Rolling deadline
The Black Artists Grant is £1,500 given out monthly to Black artists and makers in the UK, with each artist selected receiving £500 each.
Opportunity provided by: Creative Debuts
Location: Across UK
Residencies & Jobs
Visual Arts Project Worker
Closing date: 19 Mar 2021
A key artistic role based in Reachout With Arts In Mind's large well-equipped studio. Involves hands-on delivery, planning, coordinating, and facilitating creative workshops.
Opportunity provided by: Reachout With Arts In Mind
Location: Alloa
Art Jewelry Forum: ORIGINAL CONTENT SUBMISSION
Closing date: 26 Apr 2021
Art Jewelry Forum, the world’s leading platform for critical thinking about contemporary jewellery, is now accepting original unpublished content proposals for articles and reviews to be published on the AJF website. This is open to Scotland-based writers.
Opportunity provided by: Art Jewelry Forum (AJF)
Location: Online
Research & Surveys
Developing Furniture Skills Online Survey
Closing date: 25 Mar 2021
Isabelle Moore Design wants to understand your experiences of online craft tuition. Looking at innovative online models of tuition that make your learning easier, while providing the best support for your creative ambitions.
Opportunity provided by: Isabelle Moore Design
Location: Online
Studios & Workshop Studios
Bench Rental at Vanilla Ink
Rolling deadline
Vanilla Ink give practising jewellers individual studios and communal studios/workshop with access to tools, equipment, knowledge and a community.
Opportunity provided by: Vanilla Ink Jewellery School CIC
Location: Glasgow
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