As artist Andy Scott speaks his mind about the process of securing funding from Creative Scotland, Brian Wilson calls for an end to the Government’s “control-freakery” and the culture of silence it promotes.
Anyone who wants an easy guide to how the Scottish quango system (or Quango Scotland as I will pithily rebrand it) operates should read the evidence submitted to a Holyrood committee by the sculptor, Andy Scott.
Dr Scott is the creative force behind the Kelpies, those wonderful larger-than-life equine structures which adorn the Helix site near Falkirk and have bred offspring throughout the world. Last April, amidst the normal humdrum-hodorum of Tartan Week in New York, two mini-Kelpies made a deeply refreshing appearance.
Our majestic cultural ambassadors stood sentry at the entrance to Bryant Park in the heart of Manhattan while a steady stream of the curious and admiring queued for their kelpie-selfies. The Kelpies were great adverts for Scottish art and originality as well as antidotes to hackneyed stereotypes. Of course, there was lots of media interest... Keep reading on The Scotsman
Anyone who wants an easy guide to how the Scottish quango system (or Quango Scotland as I will pithily rebrand it) operates should read the evidence submitted to a Holyrood committee by the sculptor, Andy Scott.
Dr Scott is the creative force behind the Kelpies, those wonderful larger-than-life equine structures which adorn the Helix site near Falkirk and have bred offspring throughout the world. Last April, amidst the normal humdrum-hodorum of Tartan Week in New York, two mini-Kelpies made a deeply refreshing appearance.
Our majestic cultural ambassadors stood sentry at the entrance to Bryant Park in the heart of Manhattan while a steady stream of the curious and admiring queued for their kelpie-selfies. The Kelpies were great adverts for Scottish art and originality as well as antidotes to hackneyed stereotypes. Of course, there was lots of media interest... Keep reading on The Scotsman