links

For local arts organisations go to the Directory of Artists and Organisations

Aberdeenshire Council accepts no responsibility for the content of these sites. In addition, the views, ideas and opinions expressed in any of these websites do not necessarily represent the views of Aberdeenshire Council or Aberdeenshire Arts Partnership.

Access

Arts Access UK (www.artsaccessuk.org)
Disability Rights Commission (www.drc-gb.org)

Architecture and Design

Architecture and Design Scotland (www.ads.org.uk)
Commission for Architecture and The Built Environment (www.cabe.org.uk)
Royal Fine Art Commission Scotland (now succeeded by Architecture and Design Scotland (www.royfinartcomforsco.gov.uk)

Art Forums

Banff & Buchan Arts Forum (www.bbaf-arts.org.uk)
Gordon Forum (www.gordonforum.org.uk)
Kincardine & Deeside Arts Forum (www.kdaf.org)

Arts Venues

Aberdeen Arts Centre (www.aberdeenartscentre.org.uk)
Aberdeen Art Gallery (www.aagm.co.uk)
Duff House (www.duffhouse.com)
Peacock visual Arts (www.peacockvisualarts.co.uk)
Belmont Cinema (www.picturehouses.co.uk/site/cinemas/Aberdeen/local.htm)
His Majesty’s Theatre (www.hmtheatre.com)
Lemon Tree (www.lemontree.org)
The Music Hall Aberdeen (www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/venues)
Woodend Barn Arts Centre (www.woodendbarn.demon.co.uk)

Audience Development/Arts Marketing

Audience Development East Midlands (www.auem.org.uk)
Arts Marketing Association (www.a-m-a.co.uk)

Colleges & Schools of Arts

Aberdeen College (www.abcol.ac.uk)
Banff & Buchan College (www.banff-buchan.ac.uk)
Grays School of Art (www.rgu.ac.uk/subj/ats/)
Open College of Arts (www.oca-uk.com)

Creative Industries

AimHi - supports creative digital industry in North Scotland. (www.aim-hi.org.uk)
Artifact - is a free guide to the best of the web for the Arts and Creative inustries. (www.artifact.ac.uk)
Crafthighlands - is a partner site to Craftscotland. (www.crafthighlands.org)
Craftscotland - is an international showcase for Scottish craft providing a gateway to all crafts activities and a 'virtual' home for the crafts community in Scotland. (www.craftscotland.org)
Cx Creativexport - provides UK creative industries with a portal to information that will support them in the development of export strategies. (www.creativeindustries.org.uk)
The Design Council - promotes the role of design in the modern economy. (www.design-council.org.uk)
Ideasfactory - overview of opportunities - creative industries. (www.scotland.ideasfactory.com)
Skillset - is the Sector Skills Council for the Audio Visual Industries. (www.skillset.org)
Your Creative Future - outlines career opportunities. (www.yourcreativefuture.org)
Creative Retreat (www.creative-retreat.co.uk)

Dance

Aberdeen International Youth Festival Dance School (www.danceschool.org.uk)
City Moves Dance Space (www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/acc/What'sOn/citymoves/special.asp)
Dance Base, The National Centre for Dance (www.dancebase.co.uk)
International Dance Teachers Association (www.idta.co.uk)
Royal Scottish Country Dance Association (www.rscds.org)
Scottish Ballet (www.scottishballet.co.uk)
Scottish Traditions of Dance Trust (www.stdt.org)
Ydance, Scottish Youth Dance (www.ydance.org)

Drama

Edinburghguide.com (www.edinburghguide.com)
Federation of Scottish Theatre (www.scottishtheatre.org)
North East Arts Touring (N.E.A.T) (www.neatshows.org.uk)
People Play UK (www.peopleplayuk.org.uk)
Scottish community Drama Association (www.scda.org.uk)
Scottish youth Theatre (www.scottishyouththeatre.org)
Theatre Education Network (www.theatre-ed.net)

Festivals

Aberdeen International Youth Festival (www.aiyf.org)
Aberdeen Jazz Festival (www.jazzaberdeen.com)
Deveron Festival (www.deveronfestival.org.uk)
Doric Festival (www.doricfestival.com)
Garioch Theatre Festival (www.gariochtheatrefestival.org.uk)
Inverurie Festival (www.maidenstone.com)
North East Open Studios (NEOS) (www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk)
Puppet Animation Festival (www.puppetanimation.org)
Scottish Traditional Boat Festival (www.scottishtraditionalboatfestival.co.uk)
Six Cities Design Festival (www.six-cities.com)
s.o.u.n.d festival (www.sound-scotland.co.uk)
Stonehaven Folk Festival (www.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk)
The Aboyne and Deeside Festival (A&DF) (www.aboyneanddeesidefestival.org.uk)
The Sensational Kintore Summer Festival (www.kintore.org.uk)
Triptych Festival (www.triptychfestival.com)
Wizard Festival (www.wizardfestival.com)
Word - University of Aberdeen Writers Festival (www.abdn.ac.uk/word)
Wordfringe Festival (www.wordfringe.co.uk)
Coast Festival (www.coastfestival.org.uk)

Film & Media

AimHi - supports creative digital industry in North Scotland. (www.aim-hi.org.uk)
Belmont Cinema (www.picturehouses.co.uk/site/cinemas/Aberdeen/local.htm)
Grampian Film Office (www.grampianfilmoffice.com)
kidsforkids Festival (www.kidsforkidsfestival.org)
The Media Unit (Aberdeeenshire Council) (www.wiredshire.org.uk/media-unit)
Scottish Screen develops, encourages and promotes every aspect of film, television and new media in Scotland. (www.scottishscreen.com)
Skillset - is the Sector Skills Council for the Audio Visual Industries. (www.skillset.org)
The Virtual Film Club (www.virtualfilmclub.org.uk)
The Aberdeen City & Shire Film Office (www.filminginscotland.com)

Funding

Click here to view the links in the funding section

Galleries

Duff House Country Gallery (www.duffhouse.org.uk)
Jennifer-Jane Stained Glass (www.jennifer-jane.com)
Larks Gallery (www.larksgallery.com)
Milton Art Gallery (www.miltonart.com)
North East Open Studios (www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk)
Syllavethy Gallery (www.syllavethygallery.com)
The Lang Byre Gallery (www.woodendbarn.demon.co.uk)
The Lost Gallery (www.lostgallery.co.uk)
The Pennan Gallery (www.pennangallery.co.uk)
Tolquhon Gallery (www.tolquhon-gallery.co.uk)
Tomintoul Art Gallery (www.tomintoulgallery.co.uk)
Touched by Scotland (www.touchedbyscotland.com)

Literature and Storytelling

Grampian Association of Storytellers (www.grampianstorytellers.org.uk)
Poetry of the North East Scotland (www.abdn.ac.uk/springtides)
Scottish Book Trust, including the Directory of Writers and Storytellers (www.scottishbooks.org)
Scottish Poetry Library (www.spl.org.uk)
Scottish Publishers Association (www.scottishbooks.org)
Scottish Storytelling Centre (www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk)

Local Authorities

Aberdeen City Council (www.aberdeencity.gov.uk)
Aberdeenshire Council (www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk)
Angus Council (www.angus.gov.uk)
Highlands Council (www.highland.gov.uk)
Moray Council (www.moray.gov.uk)

Music

ARC recording studio (www.nefa.net)
Enterprise Music Scotland (www.emusicscotland.co.uk)
Making music (www.makingmusic.org.uk)
Music Scotland (CD and music catalogue) (www.musicscotland.com)
Musicians Union (www.musiciansunion.org.uk)
National Association of Youth Orchestras (www.nayo.org.uk)
National Youth Orchestra Scotland (www.nyos.co.uk)
Performing Rights Society (www.prs.co.uk)
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (www.rsamd.ac.uk)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (www.rsno.org.uk)
Scottish Amateur Music Association (www.sama.org.uk)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (www.sco.org.uk)
Scottish Music Centre (www.scottishmusiccentre.com)
Scottish Opera (www.scottishopera.org.uk)
Splore Scottish Traditional Music School (based in Aberdeen)(www.splore.org.uk)
Traditional Music & Song Association of Scotland (www.tmsa.info)

National Bodies Agencies etc

Arts Council of England (www.artscouncil.org.uk)
Arts Hub - for the UK arts workers, jobs, news, information and events. (www.artshub.co.uk/ah1/default.asp)
Centre for Cultural Policy and Research (based at Glasgow University providing a resource to the parliament, its agencies and the wider cultural sector) (www.culturalpolicy.arts.gla.ac.uk)
Councils for Voluntary Service Scotland (www.cvsscotland.org.uk)
Create Scotland (directory of art activity for youth) (www.create-scotland.co.uk)
Directory of Social Change (DSC), information about grant giving trusts (www.dsc.org.uk)
Enrich Scotland (a directory of resources held in galleries, libraries, museums, universities and peoples’ living memories) (www.EnrichScotland.net)
European Year of People with Disability (www.eypd2003.org)
Event Scotland (www.eventscotland.org)
Imaginate (www.imaginate.org.uk)
Knowledge Service, for Arts Managers (www.Ksam.org.uk)
National Disability Arts Forum (www.ndaf.org)
Saltire Society (www.saltiresociety.org.uk)
Scotland's Culture (www.scotlandsculture.org)
Scottish Arts Council (SAC) (www.scottisharts.org.uk)
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) (www.scvo.org.uk)
Scottish Cultural Access Network (www.scran.ac.uk)
Scottish Executive (www.scotland.gov.uk)
Visit Scotland (www.visitscotland.com)
Voluntary Arts Network (VAN) - information on funding, training, seminars, current debate etc. (www.voluntaryarts.org)
Young Scot, The Arts and the National Scottish Youth Information Portal (www.youngscot.org/channels/arts)

Traditions and Culture of the North East

Aberdeen & Region Oral History Society (www.arohascotland.org)
Elphinstone Institute (study of cultural traditions especially in the North-East Scotland) (www.abdn.ac.uk/elphinstone)
James Scott Skinner (www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner)
The Mearns (www.howesong.co.uk)
The North East Folklore Archive (www.nefa.net)
SCaT, Scottish Culture and Traditions Association (www.scottishculture.org)
Splore Scottish Traditional Music School (based in Aberdeen) (www.splore.org.uk)

Visual Arts and Crafts

Aberdeen Art Gallery (www.aagm.co.uk)
AN: the artists’ information company (www.a-n.co.uk)
Art Review (www.art-review.com)
Artwork (www.artwork.co.uk)
AXIS - is a database of professional artists and information service (www.axisweb.org)
Craft Council (www.craftscouncil.org.uk)
Crafthighlands - is a partner site to Craftscotland. (www.crafthighlands.org)
Craftscotland - is an international showcase for Scottish craft providing a gateway to all crafts activities and a 'virtual' home for the crafts community in Scotland. (www.craftscotland.org)
The Design Council - promotes the role of design in the modern economy. (www.design-council.org.uk)
Ideas Factory (http://scotland.ideasfactory.com)
The Lighthouse, Scotland’s Centre for Architecture and Design (www.thelighthouse.co.uk)
Made In Scotland (www.madeinscotland.uk.com/)
North East Open Studios (www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk)
On the Edge (contemporary visual arts research) (www.ontheedgeresearch.org)
Peacock Visual Arts (www.peacockvisualarts.co.uk)
Scottish Artists Union (www.sau.org.uk)
Scottish Potters Association (www.scottishpotters.org)
Scottish Sculpture Workshop (www.ssw.org.uk)
Scottish Society of Artists (www.s-s-a.org)
Visual Arts and Galleries Association (VAGA) (www.vaga.co.uk)
Visual Arts Scotland (www.craftscotland.org)