Member Spotlight

Our Member Spotlight interviews showcase the depth and breadth of Edinburgh's creative community - there's always something exciting going on in this city! As of 2023, we offer Member Spotlight as a benefit for our Premium and Business Members, so if there's something you'd like to share with our community through these articles, upgrade below.

The Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce is a dynamic, independent membership organisation dedicated to supporting over 850 businesses in Edinburgh. READ MORE.

Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce

Impact Arts works to transform people’s lives through participation in creative activities. They specialise in using the arts to tackle inequalities, improve health and as a way to excite, involve and create meaningful impacts for the people and communities we work with. READ MORE

Impact Arts

Wasps Studios is on a mission to provide space in which creators can prosper. In doing so, Wasps and its network of artists and creators has developed into the largest creative community of its kind in the UK. READ MORE

Wasps Studios

As the director of app shop and consultancy, Good To Hear, Michael Forrest is devoted to creative and data-driven solutions designed to help improve our lives. READ MORE

Michael Forrest

Ana Betancourt, CEO of Black Goblin, is is currently working on a new platform 'Thol' to help creatives everywhere generate custom sound effects for their projects. READ MORE

Ana Betancourt

CreateFuture has won top clients including adidas and Penguin Random House since humble beginnings in a converted garage. READ MORE

CreateFuture

A can of paint, a blank wall, and beautifying the world one mural at a time. We chat with Business Member Moral Masuoka on the power of street art. READ MORE

Beautify Earth

Levi J. Richards is one of those artists you just can't help but get excited about. Shortlisted for the Creative Edinburgh Student Award last year, Levi co-produces Door Ajar Comics, as well as being an talented illustrator and drag king! READ MORE

Levi J. Richards

Working on a show at The Lyceum is a bucket list item for many Scottish theatremakers. But how exactly do you get there? We caught up with Debi Pirie, who has just finished as Associate Director on Anna Karenina. READ MORE

Debi Pirie

Jo Hunter is a poet, playwright and spoken word artist based in Edinburgh - and they have certainly made an impression on the creative scene. READ MORE

Jo Hunter

Oskar Kirk Hansen, perhaps better known as Mystika Glamoor, is a such leading light of Edinburgh's LGBTQIA+ creative community. READ MORE

Mystika Glamoor

There is a space for the arts in everyone's lives, says owner of Edinburgh Acting School Stephen Graham-Martin. READ MORE

Edinburgh Acting School

Lucy Batura is the creative behind Polymorphics - fun and functional objects made from acrylic resin and wood, and DIY terrazzo craft kits. READ MORE

PolyMorphics

Adam Castle has an impressive CV that spans filmmaking, curating, producing and performing. It's no surprise that he won the Creative Edinburgh Leadership Award back in 2016. READ MORE

Adam Castle

Alasdair won the 2015 Creative Edinburgh Award for Creativity and has gone from strength to strength as a renowned stone sculptor. READ MORE

Alasdair Thomson

Sarah Kwan won the Creative Edinburgh Independent Award in 2021 – here's what she's been up to since. READ MORE

Sarah Kwan

Graphic designer Tara McCombie owns Red Dot Design Studio based in Leith, Edinburgh. We were excited to catch up with Tara about her creative background and some very exciting projects – including a statue of suffragette Elsie Inglis. READ MORE

Tara McCombie

Jack Waygood is a blacksmith and founder of Work of Iron, a new creative enterprise that proves blacksmithing is a work of art. Jack has experience working on popular productions, including Poldark, Casualty and the Lord of the Rings TV series. READ MORE

Jack Waygood

Zita Katona is a Hungarian-born graphic and textile designer based in Scotland, and the owner of zitozza. READ MORE

Zita Katona

Jen Byrne is a sustainable fashion designer from Dublin, now based in Edinburgh's Abbeymount Studios. READ MORE

Jen Byrne

Richard is the founder of Glencairn Furniture, where sustainability and craftsmanship are more important than fleeting fads. READ MORE

Richard England