Scottish Artists In An Uproar Over New Funding Body

“[Y]ou can tell things have reached a pretty sticky stage when no fewer than 440 artists band together to protest about what’s going on – or rather, what isn’t – at the Scottish Arts Council (SAC) and Scottish Screen, as they endure an amalgamation process designed to produce a new body called Creative Scotland. The artists’ beef is with the uncertainty, delay and cost of the transition – and with being kept in the dark about it.”