STORIES

Discover stories of creativity from people 
across Scotland.

Our case studies and comment pieces show the life changing impact of art and creativity, on our health, economy, education, communities and more.  

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Community


Video: Explore culture and community with the New Mothers’ Writing Circle

Marianne McGregor

Diversity

Jazz Forward: Promoting Diversity in Scottish Jazz

An aerial view of the HebCelt site, showing big top tents for performances next to a body of water

Climate

Clean Culture:
How HebCelt is keeping it green

Health

Making a Better World: How artists improve our health and happiness

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Community

Glencoe Folk Museum: Connecting Scots with their Highland Heritage

Community

How Scottish Ensemble and Creative Lives joined forces to bring Scotland’s artistic communities together

Smiling elderly couple at a Movie Memories screening at the GFT.

Community

GFT Movie Memories: Forming a Dementia-Friendly Cinema Community

Diversity

Leading the way:

How Drake Music Scotland is empowering disabled artists to change music for good

Health

Grampian Hospitals Art Trust on the quality of life creativity brings

Health

A Breath of Fresh Air: How a Community Group Uses Singing to Treat a Respiratory Condition

An artist stands holding a leaf in front of a light casting shadows on the wall with a child and their parents

Community

Human Threads, a large scale, multi-sensory exhibition curated by Artlink and presented in partnership with Tramway

Climate

sound festival: Going Green in Aberdeen

Health

Kevin Stewart, Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care, on culture’s role in our recovery from the pandemic

Film Challenge organisers and filmmakers seated on the stage at the New York Times Climate Hub.

Climate

1.5 Degrees Films: Reflecting on Climate Change through Film

Two attendees of the Coming Back Out Ball dance together in a room full of people having fun

Diversity

National Theatre of Scotland:
Coming Back Out Ball

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Diversity

Faces of Kabul:  

The power of photography to create empathy in times of conflict

Two small children sit in front of a giant canvas covered in paint

Education

Starcatchers: Advocacy and the arts for Scotland’s youngest children

Storm the giant puppet being led through a misty environment by a team wearing yellow fisherman's jackets and hats

Environment

How the arts can help us tackle the climate crisis

Education

Fèis Rois: The Music Makers of our Future

An image of the illumination on the side of the NHS car park, which says NHS family, we got this!

Health

Grampian Hospitals Art Trust: helping NHS staff find their creative voice

Diversity

Project Ability:
Helping young artists with disabilities during lockdown

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Community

Iorram:

Uncovering Scotland’s forgotten Gaelic sound archive

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Community

Shetland Arts:
Supporting a community through lockdown

Two artists sit in the woods with someone in a wheelchair as they make a piece of art

Health

Luminate:
Art Adventures in Nature

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Diversity


Intercultural Youth Scotland: Celebrating art, diversity and youth with Scotland in Colour festival

Diversity

Little Pictures:
Nurturing new and diverse voices in Scotland’s film industry

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Education

Tinderbox: igniting a spark through music and art

Strands of glass woven together with a flame in front of them

Community

North Lands Creative:
Shining a light on Glass, Meet the Future Festival

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