Links
The following links relate to Government and Policy; Unions; Arts Development Bodies; Reports, Research and Statistics; Information and Advice Services; Exhibiting Societies and Artist's Groups; Open Studios and are listed in alphabetical order.
ACAS
an The Artists Information Company
Art Quest
Artists Professional Development Network
Axis- the online resource for contemporary art
BECTU - the independent trade union for those working in broadcasting, film, theatre, entertainment, leisure, interactive media and allied areas
British Council
Canadian Artists Representation (Le Front de Artistes Canadiens)
Centre for Cultural Policy Research - University of Glasgow
www.culturalpolicy.arts.gla.ac.uk
Craft Council
Craftscotland
Creative Scotland
Cultural Enterprise Office
www.culturalenterpriseoffice.co.uk
Cultural Information Portal
Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe a Compendium of Basic Facts and Trends - Cultural Policy Database Europe
Design and Artists’ Copyright Society (DACS)
Direct.gov - public services all in one place
Dundee Contemporary Arts
Embassy - independent gallery based in the centre of Edinburgh
Equity - the UK trade union for professional performers and creative practitioners
Five Challenges: Visual Arts Report
http://issuu.com/hi-arts/docs/hi-arts_-_five_challenges_visual_arts_report/1
Glasgow Indepedent Studios
Health and Safety Executive
HI – Arts - Highlands and Islands Arts
Highland Open Studios
www.highlandsopenstudios.co.uk
Lab for Culture
Musicians Union
North East Open Studios
www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk
NVA - Public Arts, Site Specific Events and Interactive Installations
Own Art - the loan scheme for buying and collecting art
http://www.creativescotland.com/ownart
Paisley Art Institute
www.paisleyartinstitute.org.uk
Peacock Visual Arts - Aberdeen's Centre for Contemporary Art
Perspectives (Creative Scotland discussion forum)
http://www.perspectives.creativescotland.org.uk/
Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts RGI
Royal Scottish Academy (RSA)
Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour
Scottish Executive
Scottish Executive Cultural Review Response and Cultural Commission Final Report
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Arts-Culture/19347/18411
Scottish Parliament
Society of Scottish Artists SSA
Spring Fling
artandcraftsouthwestscotland.com/springfling
SSW - residencies, training and exhibition opportunities for visual artists
Stills - Scotland's Centre for Photography - Edinburgh
Streetlevel Photoworks
http://www.streetlevelphotoworks.org/
The Artlaw Archive
www.artquest.org.uk/artlaw/artlaw.htm
The Collective Gallery - supporting new visual art through exhibitions, projects and commissions
Transmission
UK Intellectual Property Office
www.ipo.gov.uk/policy/policy-issues/policy-issues-copyright/policy-issues-copyright-artist
UNESCO Culture
www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/
Visiting Arts
Visual Arts Scotland
Voluntary Arts Scotland
Wasps Studios - providing affordable studio space to support the careers of artists working in Scotland today
