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IAP Newsletter: July 2025

🤗 I hope this finds you well. I’m looking out of the window at the rainy streets of Leith as I write this. Happy summer! We have a…

Blog: “Making art, no matter how basic, or fully formed is an intrinsic part of the human experience.”

Arusa Qureshi talks Niroshini Thambar about her artistic practice When it comes to the field of music and sound design, it’s common for creative practitioners to work beyond…

Statement in support of PACBI

Independent Arts Projects joins other arts organisations across Scotland in condemning the ongoing genocide against the people of Palestine at the hands of the Israeli state. We express…

Blog: ‘what if we just imagined the world a wee bit differently?’

Arusa Qureshi talks to Emily Nicholl & Ellen Renton about the creation of their audio-zine, “Wandering: on sight and sense-making”  In the ever-evolving landscape of contemporary performance, poet…

Wandering: on sight & sense-making

A conversation between Emily Nicholl and Ellen RentonRecorded, edited & photographed by Nik Paget-Tomlinson Ellen and Emily have been discussing approaches to making live performance specifically for and…

Newsletter: April 2025

🤗 I hope this finds you well. It’s all change at IAP as we start this new financial year and the beginning of a new relationship with our…

Work with us: Artist & Playworker

Independent Arts Projects (IAP) are now seeking the following role(s): A job packs is available below. If you would like to access this information in another format, please…

IAP to become one of Creative Scotland’s Multi-Year Funded Organisations 

Independent Arts Projects (IAP) has been successful in its application to Creative Scotland for Multi-Year Funding for 2025-28. This is the first time that the organisation has joined…

Thank you to all our supporters

A huge thank you to the 101 generous supporters who have helped us surpass our goal and raise £2,710 towards Function Schmunction, a project which celebrates authentic autistic…

Blog: “I forgot how playful the older participants could be.”

Arusa Qureshi talks to Aya Kobayashi and Saffy Setohy about co-creating multi-sensory workshops with elders & young people in Govanhill, Glasgow In the heart of Glasgow’s Southside, a…