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Growing Ambition​



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Stuart MacPherson, Bright Sparks Award.  Photo Credit Beth Chalmers​ 

Growing Ambition

Creatives Unlimited seeks to stimulate artistic ambition by supporting creative practitioners and cultural organisations to take artistic risks or to interrogate how they currently do things. 

Bright Sparks Fund

This fund is currently CLOSED for applications.

The Bright Sparks fund aims to support and challenge creative practitioners to take creative risks: to move out of their comfort zone; to raise ambition in the pursuit of furthering their creative practice. We want to invest in creative ideas that inspire people, fill people with energy and enthusiasm to experience the arts in Dumfries and Galloway.

Glass artist Amanda Simmons, musician Stuart MacPherson and playwright Carolyn Yates are the first recipients of Bright Sparks awards and were selected from a strong field of very talented artists who submitted high quality applications.

Click HERE for more information on the winners of the inaugural Bright Sparks Awards. ​

Innovate Create Cultivate

​This fund is currently CLOSED for applications.

This fund is a quick and simple way for creative practitioners living and working in Dumfries and Galloway to apply for a small award of up to £750 to explore, develop and further their creative practice and professional development. (Visual artists and craft makers are signposted to Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards)

Click HERE to find out more about the Innovate Create Cultivate Fund

Investment Ready

​There were three elements for this part of the programme all of which aimed to help support and transform the fundraising potential of Dumfries and Galloway’s creative community.

  1. Webinars: Four webinars designed to provide practical advice on a range of fundraising topics 
  2. Financing Creativity: a downloadable resource providing a guide to fundraising for the arts
  3. Fundraising roadshows: The DGU team hosted funding advice sessions with partner organisations such as Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway and The Holywood Trust. 

Click HERE to view recordings of the four webinars or to download the Financing Creativity resource book.
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        • Carolyn Yates
        • Stuart MacPherson
      • Innovate Create Cultivate
      • Investment Ready
    • Growing Visibility >
      • There is a place
      • Voices Unlimited
      • Spirit and Inspiration
  • Remembering Together
  • Together Again
  • Covid-19 Resources
  • Projects and Strategy
    • D&G Cultural Strategy
    • Youth Arts Framework
    • Royal Highland Showcase >
      • DGU Members' Showcase
      • Photography Spotlight
  • Funding
    • Innovate Create Cultivate
    • VACMA
    • Dumfries and Galloway Regional Arts Fund
    • Together Again
    • Bright Sparks
  • Membership
    • Membership Survey
  • About Us
    • DGU Team
    • DGU Trustees
    • DGU AGM
    • DGU Conference 2018
    • Contact Us
    • Board Meeting Minutes