From sculpture to printmaking, photography and glassmaking, the 11 organisations that make up Scotland’s Workshops have a huge wealth of experience built up over decades since their creation began in the 1960s.

They represent very practical reality of artistic production in Scotland. The workshops each specialise in particular art processes and provide in-house expertise and equipment to help enable art makers at all stages of ability and allow artists to realise their craft.

The organisations in the network all individually bring artists together and bring art to the public in the form of classes, exhibitions, workshops and a programme of events. As organisations, they are admired both at home and from abroad for their dedicated expertise and quality facilities. Their contribution to Scotland’s international art success is born out of their work for 50+ years with artists here and from around the world.

The launch of Scotland’s Workshops is the culmination of a process that began in 2017, when a handful of the Directors in the network expressed a desire to explore how they could collaborate to secure these production centres for future generations. This ambition to work and learn together mirrors the collaboration that goes on in the workshops themselves; those at the early stages of their career can work alongside established artists, with the same experienced technicians to help grow their skills.

Scotland’s Workshops are open to the public and their teams of committed staff and volunteers work to realise the creative potential of anyone interested in making, from complete beginners to prize-winning artists of international acclaim.

Nurturing the making of art that happens right across the land, the geographic reach of the network spans 6 local authorities in Scotland, from the Central Belt to Inverness and Lybster in the North.

From learning about creating from scratch, to making a living from art – some of our participants and artist members talk about Scotland’s Workshops.

The 11 organisations are:

Printmaking – Highland Print Studio, Inverness; Dundee Contemporary Arts; Edinburgh Printmakers; Glasgow Print Studio, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen

Sculpture – Scottish Sculpture Workshops, Lumsden; Glasgow Sculpture Studios; Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop

Glassmaking – North Lands Creative, Lybster

Photography – Stills Gallery, Edinburgh and Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow