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	06/10/2006		Top Musicians Begin Marathon Tour Across Scotland Ten leading music acts and over 50 supporting musicians are to play their part in a year-long touring programme across Scotland, performing in a range of venues from village halls to concert halls.



	25/09/2006		First Highland 2007 residencies announced The first artists’ residencies for Scotland’s celebration of Highland culture in 2007 have been awarded Scottish Arts Council National Lottery support.



	21/09/2006		Own Art celebrates successful first year in Scotland An evaluation of the Scottish Arts Council’s interest free loan scheme Own Art has revealed that Scotland’s contemporary arts market is thriving. Annual sales of contemporary arts and crafts at Own Art member galleries across Scotland totalled almost £5m in 05/06, with a significant number of sales generated through the Own Art scheme.



	20/09/2006		Margaret Atwood arrives to begin Muriel Spark International Fellowship Canadian author Margaret Atwood arrives in Scotland today to begin her month-long Muriel Spark International Fellowship.



	18/09/2006		Scotland and Venice The Scottish Arts Council, National Galleries of Scotland and British Council Scotland will once again collaborate to present work from Scotland at the Venice Biennale.



	14/09/2006		Commissions announced for the 2007 Peter Darrell Choreographic Award The Peter Darrell Trust is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2007 Peter Darrell Choreographic Award which provides a unique opportunity for emerging choreographers to work with Scotland’s leading dance companies – Scottish Ballet and Scottish Dance Theatre (sdt) – commissioning them to create, produce and present a new work.



	13/09/2006		Exemplar projects wanted to promote arts and mental health. The Scottish Arts Council is calling for applications to a new fund that will promote the role the arts can play in promoting positive mental health and well-being.



	06/09/2006		The Briggait Reborn – new arts complex to revitalise forgotten corner of Glasgow City Centre The Briggait, a 19th Century former fishmarket in the heart of Glasgow’s Merchant City, is set to be transformed into an exciting new resource for visual artists in Scotland following the approval of a £1.7 million award from the Scottish Arts Council National Lottery Fund.



	19/08/2006		Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year 2006 announced The People’s Act of Love by James Meek is the winner of this year’s Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Award. The much-acclaimed novel set in the cinematic snowdrifts of Siberia during the Russian revolution has won the £10,000 award – the biggest award specifically for a Scottish writer. The award will be presented at a ceremony today (Saturday 19 August) at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.



	17/08/2006		Scottish Arts Council call for applications for artists’ residencies across Scotland The Scottish Arts Council is calling for applications from organisations across Scotland for its artist residency programme Partners, a lottery-funded initiative which provides communities with little or no experience of the arts with the opportunity to engage with professional, practising artists.



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