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FREE EVENT FOR CREATIVES
Edinburgh Creative Connection
🎨 EDINBURGH CREATIVE CONNECTION 🎨 Just a reminder that our next hang-out is coming up! As always, it’s a casual, low-pressure and free creative hangout. There’s no workshop, no schedule, and no expectations around what you create. 📅 Wednesday 24 June | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM (drop in anytime) 📍 Shandon Bar, 99 Slateford Rd, EH11 1UG ⚠️ Accessibility note: The venue is accessed via stairs only. We’ll have some basic supplies available, including oil pastels, sketching pencils, pens, paper, colouring books, and stickers. You’re also very welcome to bring your own projects along - whether that’s knitting, crochet, journaling, digital art, sketching, or anything else creative. Stay for 20 minutes or the full evening, come on your own or bring a friend. Everyone is welcome and it’s always lovely to see both familiar and new faces.
Location: 📍 Shandon Bar, 99 Slateford Rd, EH11 1UG ⚠️ Accessibility note: The venue is accessed via stairs only.
Deadline: 24 June 2026
Digital Creativity & Fair Access Workshop
Edinburgh Napier University
Join us in Edinburgh to explore digital creativity and how to make it fair for everyone! How is creative work seen online? What affects visibility, access and presentation across digital platforms? This relaxed, hands-on workshop brings together artists and creative practitioners to reflect on how they present and promote their work in digital spaces. Rather than teaching fixed methods, the session focuses on real experiences—what works, what doesn’t, and what feels sustainable in practice. Through a mix of simple creative activities and group discussion, you’ll explore your own approach to digital platforms and learn from others working across different creative fields. What you’ll get from it: Insight into how other creatives approach digital visibility Space to reflect on your own practice A chance to share experiences in an informal, supportive setting A simple, personalised “digital roadmap” you can use to present and promote your work going forward This workshop is part of a wider public engagement project exploring digital creativity and fair access, and participants will have the option to contribute ideas to a shared public-facing resource. Who it’s for: Artists, musicians, designers, photographers and other creative practitioners (16+), including those who feel unsure about or disconnected from digital platforms.
Location: Out of the Blue Drill Hall
Deadline: 25 June 2026
Events Coordinator
Edinburgh Printmakers
We are seeking a commercially minded and ambitious individual to join our dynamic and motivated team and lead on the coordination and support for meetings and events hires at Edinburgh Printmakers. This customer-focused role will ensure the smooth running of commercial events, liaising with other members of staff and our hospitality providers Café KUBA to support venue hire, hospitality, and from time to time, our wider public programme. Working Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours a week, including frequent evening and weekend working. Salary: £26,228 per annum plus pension contribution. Contract: Permanent. Annual Leave: 33 days, including public holidays
Location: Fountainbridge, Edinburgh
Deadline: 28 June 2026
Residency at Little Sparta
Push the Boat Out
Push the Boat Out (PTBO), Edinburgh’s International Poetry Festival is partnering with Little Sparta on a residency programme to support the creation of new poetry-led work, responding to the work of Ian Hamilton Finlay, the gardens at Little Sparta and this year’s festival theme The Space Between. Who it’s for We invite submissions from pairs of artists living and working in Scotland: the lead applicant must be a poet with at least one published work. Submissions are welcome from artists working in any of Scotland’s indigenous languages or BSL, and from people under-represented in the literature sector. What’s involved The residency programme will last three weeks, is not residential and the on site time can be scheduled by mutual agreement and need not be consecutive. It will consist of around 1.5 weeks at Little Sparta (a minimum of one week must be spent on site), with the remaining time spent in rehearsal and development, and the two performances. The dedicated time on site will allow the artists to immerse themselves in the landscape and begin developing their ideas. Alongside this, artists will be given the opportunity to take part in an accompanying coaching programme, offering space for reflection, development and support across the process. This will lead to the creation of a new 20–30 minute collaborative, poetry-led performance piece, which will be shared at Little Sparta on 27 September 2026 and then presented as part of Push the Boat Out Festival in Edinburgh (12–15 November 2026). These works should be ‘in conversation’ with another art form, and we actively encourage collaboration. For more information and to apply, please see our website.
Location: Little Sparta Gardens
Deadline: 29 June 2026
Director of Operations
Edinburgh International Book Festival
The Director of Operations for Edinburgh International Book Festival [EIBF] sits at the intersection of programme delivery, organisational management and operational leadership. The role combines events delivery with charity-wide management. This ensures that EIBF runs smoothly, festivals and events happen effectively, and all activity aligns with our charitable objectives and purpose. The Director of Operations will lead all operational and logistical aspects of the annual Book Festival and year-round programmes. They will ensure effective governance, efficient systems, safe and compliant event delivery, and ensure resources are allocated appropriately to support the charity’s mission to promote engagement with, and enjoyment of, books, writing and ideas. They will manage relationships and contracts with site and production teams, and a range of other key stakeholders and partners. They will own and actively manage policy and systems management in the organisation, including oversight of digital infrastructure, as well as lead the HR function in a busy organisation. Contract Full-time, permanent Salary £50,000 per annum Closing date Mon 29th Jun 2026, 5:00pm Interview dates Interviews will be held in central Edinburgh during the week of 6th July.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 29 June 2026
Understanding Scotland's Arts, Culture and Heritage Audiences and Workforce
Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre
Who works in Scotland's arts, culture and heritage sectors? How does engagement and participation vary across different communities and places? Join us online for the launch of the latest report in Creative PEC's flagship State of the Nations research series, 'Audiences and workforce in arts, culture and heritage sectors: Recent trends and evidence for Scotland', in partnership with the AHRC Place-Based Research Programme team at the University of Glasgow. Drawing on Scottish census data, the report provides new insights into audiences and workforces in the arts, culture and heritage sectors across Scotland. The report is authored by Professor Mark Taylor (University of Sheffield) and Professor Dave O’Brien (University of Manchester) and will be accompanied by new interactive dashboards that enable users to explore arts, culture and heritage workforce and engagement data at council area level, providing a valuable evidence base to support policy development, place-based cultural interventions and strategic decision-making. Report co-author Mark Taylor will present the findings of the report, followed by a panel chaired by Professor Rebecca Madgin (University of Glasgow, AHRC Place-based Research Programme Director) and featuring experts from across Scotland's creative industries.
Location: Online / University of Glasgow
Deadline: 24 June 2026
EDINBURGH OPEN WORKSHOP
Natural Lacquer Bookmark Workshop
Experience the flow of time with traditional Lacquer Art. Craft your own unique, beautifully patterned bookmark using ancient techniques in a relaxing 1-hour session. No experience needed. All materials provided. Please wear clothes you don't mind getting slightly messy.
Location: Silvan House 231 Corstorphine Rd Corstorphine Edinburgh EH12 7AT
Deadline: 27 June 2026
Concerts and Projects Producer
Hebrides Ensemble
Part-time (3 days/week) | Remote (UK-based with travel) £30,000 (pro rata) Hebrides Ensemble is one of the UK’s leading contemporary classical groups, known for adventurous programming and close collaboration with composers and performers. We are seeking a Concerts & Projects Producer to play a central role in the planning and delivery of our programme. This is a hands-on role responsible for coordinating concerts, recordings and projects from initial planning through to delivery. Working closely with the Chief Executive and Artistic Director, you will combine strong project management, budgeting and logistics skills with artist liaison and production delivery to ensure work is realised to the highest standard. We are looking for someone with: 3–5+ years’ experience in arts production or project management Strong organisational and financial management skills Experience working with artists and delivering live events Excellent attention to detail and a proactive approach This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of projects within a small, ambitious and artist-led organisation.
Location: Remote
Deadline: 28 June 2026
Finance Director
Edinburgh International Book Festival
This is a newly created role, with responsibility for financial management owned previously by the Executive Director, supported by the Head of Finance & Operations. In the refreshed structure operational and finance functions are separated. The purpose of this role is to ensure the organisation is financially sustainable, well-governed, and able to deliver its mission effectively. You will lead the financial management of the organisation, ensuring robust financial control, high-quality reporting, and effective financial planning to support strategic decision-making and long-term sustainability. This is a hands-on, collaborative role in a busy team, spanning both strategic and operational finance. Contract: Full-time, permanent. Salary: £55,000 per annum Closing date: Mon 29th Jun 2026 5:00pm Interview dates: Interviews will be held in central Edinburgh during the week of 6th July.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 29 June 2026