Circus Associates + CaraVAN

We are delighted to be able to continue our Circus Associates programme in 2024/25 thanks to funding from the Create:Networks fund led by Creative Dundee with support from the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

Circus Artspace aims to stimulate a vibrant Highland-wide contemporary visual artists network by delivering a programme for emergent artists. This network will be shaped and co-created with a group of eight new Circus Associates with a focus on peer sharing and knowledge exchange. We will share an open call for Circus Associates next week.

Over the year we will organise and co-host, CaraVAN, three regional network meetings across the Highlands - aiming to reach a wide group of artists to provide bespoke lectures and performances within a convivial setting.

CaraVAN aims to help build a resilient and ambitious generation of Highland-based artists who are nationally successful, whilst contributing to their local and wider communities. Linking with more established creative practitioners and the previous cohort of Circus Associates, this project aims to provide a fertile ground for future collaborations and strengthening the potential for sustainable creative practices.

“One of the key elements in sketching out our initial values and aims, as a voluntary artists’ collective 6 years ago, was to be part of a sustainable and vibrant network of practice. We recognised the need to retain emergent artists in the north of Scotland, and seek to provide a space to engage, learn and share with each other.”  Circus Artspace