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Photo: Colin Hattersley Contents 5 Introduction 13 Funding, Advocacy, Development and Influencing 15 Our Priorities Over the Next 3 Years 16 Our Priorities Over the Next 12 Months 20 Being a Learning Organisation 24 Our Current Policies 29 Summary Budget 2014-15 37 Planning and Performance 38 Performing Against Our Ambitions 2014-15 52 Delivering National Outcomes 1 Artist Alison Watt and Master Weaver Naomi Robertson, Butterfly tapestry, cutting off ceremony. Photo: courtesy of Dovecot Studios 2 3 Honeyblood at The Great Escape. Photo: Euan Robertson 4 Introduction A Shared Vision We want a Scotland where everyone actively values and celebrates arts and creativity as the heartbeat for our lives and the world in which we live; which continually extends its creative imagination and ways of doing things; and where the arts, screen and creative industries are confident, connected and thriving. Creative Scotland is the national body which Each aspect of art and culture is unique but there supports the development of arts, screen and are many areas of overlap and connection. creative industries across all parts of Scotland. We support each sector in ways that are most We enable people and organisations in Scotland appropriate to them, for instance how we support to work in and experience the arts and creative film production is different to the way we might sectors. We do this by helping others to create support theatre or music. Alongside each year’s culture through developing great ideas and Annual Plan we will publish companion pieces bringing them to life. giving an overview of current sector development needs and opportunities across the arts, screen We do this through four key functions: and creative industries. These will be refreshed • Funding online every year and will be available on our website. • Advocacy • Development We also want to be able to take advantage of • Influencing. opportunities for cross-sector collaboration. Our role requires us to operate intelligently at the In April 2014 we published our Strategic Plan, intersection between the arts, screen and creative Unlocking Potential Embracing Ambition, which industries, promoting and brokering connections, presents a shared vision for the arts, screen and and encouraging and championing excellent creative industries for the next 10 years. practice as widely as possible. At its heart is a set of ambitions and priorities that This Annual Plan sets out how we will start to provides a focus for our work and reflects what achieve those ambitions and priorities for the year we want to achieve, in collaboration with people 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015, and a summary of and organisations. These priorities will inform our our income and expenditure. work, funding guidelines, and decisions, as well as our own development plan over the period 2014- We also aim to build on our work and keep 2017. improving our operations. 5 Our role Arts: We support individuals and organisations working in the arts across all areas of practice including dance, literature, music, theatre, visual Creative Scotland’s remit across the arts, screen arts and cross-disciplinary practice. We work in and creative industries creates the opportunities partnership with Government, local authorities for us to: and the wider public, private and voluntary sectors to deliver this support. • Act as a conduit for cross-sector connection and learning Screen: We support film and TV production and cross-platform media and we also promote • Understand the wider cultural system and international filmmaking in Scotland. We work in economy, identifying where to act in order to partnership with organisations such as the BBC strengthen it and the BFI. We are developing a strategy for film • Position the work that we fund at the heart of sector development in Scotland in consultation creative, artistic, cultural, social and economic with the film sector and with Government. development, stimulating future growth in Creative Industries: Our support for the creative public investment in arts and culture industries is being developed with Scotland’s • Help develop and diversify income streams, Creative Industries Partnership (SCIP), which maximising opportunities from intellectual brings together Scottish Government, Creative property and stimulating collaboration between Scotland, Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and commercial creative companies, artists and Islands Enterprise, Scottish Funding Council, Skills creative practitioners. Development Scotland, COSLA and Business Gateway. The creative industries are driven by people with individual creative skills who are generating and exploiting intellectual assets, and contributing to wealth creation and jobs. They encompass a wide range of commercial creative activities spanning advertising, architecture, computer games, crafts, design, fashion and textiles, film, visual art, music, dance and theatre, writing and publishing, photography, radio and television, software and electronic publishing. 6 We have five shared ambitions for the arts, screen and creative industries over the next 10 years: Excellence and experimentation across the arts, screen and creative industries is recognised and valued Everyone can access and enjoy artistic and creative experiences Places and quality of life are transformed through imagination, ambition and an understanding of the potential of creativity Ideas are brought to life by a diverse, skilled and connected leadership and workforce Scotland is a distinctive creative nation connected to the world. 7 As well as our ambitions there are four connecting themes that run through all aspects of our work, these are: Creative learning We are committed to increasing the quantity and quality of opportunity for people of all ages to learn through engagement with the arts, screen and creative industries. We will also encourage organisations, including ourselves, to be responsive, adaptive and continually learn Equalities and diversity We are committed to putting equalities and diversity at the heart of all our activity, enabling people from different backgrounds, from diverse communities and of all ages to access increased opportunity through access to the arts and culture Digital As new digital channels continue to emerge we are committed to supporting the arts and creative sectors to fully utilise all the benefits that new digital tools can bring Environment We are committed to operating in an environmentally sustainable manner and will work to ensure that the individuals and organisations that we support do the same. 8 We value: Collaboration We will listen to the needs of others and work in partnership across all aspects of public life Commitment We care deeply about the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland and are committed to their continued wellbeing and development Trust We will build relationships based on fairness, openness and mutual respect, sharing our knowledge and enthusiasm Knowledge We will place knowledge and expertise, across a range of art forms and specialisms, at the heart of our organisation and seek to be an organisation that continually learns, adapts and improves how we work. 9 10 A collaborative project between Issey Miyake and artist Callum Innes, supported by the Ingleby Gallery (Edinburgh Art Festival). Created/Curated by the Edinburgh International Fashion Festival 11 A Forest of Glass – Madeline Mackay. Photo: David Moss – courtesy of North Lands Glass 12 Funding, Advocacy, Development & Influencing We support the arts, screen and creative We operate nationally and internationally and industries as a funder, an advocate, a achieve our ambitions for the arts, screen and development agency and as an organisation creative industries by working closely with a that seeks to influence others to increase range of partners, including local authorities and opportunities and maximise the impact our other national agencies, to provide leadership resources can offer. and advocacy, and support policy development through research and knowledge sharing. Funding: We distribute funding from two primary sources – the Scottish Government (Grant in Aid) Development: We also work in partnership with and the National Lottery. others to create the best possible conditions for the arts, screen and creative industries to Funding is the means by which we contribute thrive. This includes working with economic to sustaining a portfolio of organisations across development agencies, Government, local Scotland, supporting the development of authorities and other public and private sector individuals, ideas, projects and partnerships organisations to share knowledge and resources addressing strategic need. We