As the end of 2024 approaches, we are reflecting on three years of Cross Borders which has now come to an end. Since 2021, we have supported over 100 community organisers, activists, artists, creatives and journalists with professional and creative development. You gave me the tools and the mentor to start. I didn’t know where […]

Join us for Where We Meet: a creative symposium focused on the principles of care-taking and hospitality in arts and social practice. This gathering marks the launch of Where We Meet – a good practice resource for and with artists with lived experience of displacement and the organisations they/ we work with. During this day-long […]

Co-produced by artists and cultural workers, Seif Eddine Jlassi & Mousa AlNana, HOW IF WHEN is an immersive exhibition taking place as part of Common Ground Festival and Glasgow International. Fri 7 June — Sat 22 June 2024, CCA Glasgow Inspired by the New Syria project, a collection of drawings born from the creative expressions […]

June is quickly approaching, and with it comes World Refugee Day and Refugee Festival Scotland! Produced and coordinated by Scottish Refugee Council, Refugee Festival Scotland is an arts and community celebration that takes place every year in the lead-up to World Refugee Day. Hundreds of people across Scotland come together to make it happen—from individual […]

We are delighted to welcome Peter Masambuku to our network of associate artists. Peter, also known as Paque, is a Congolese-Scottish recording artist, writer, and performer based in Glasgow. He rose to prominence in the Scottish rap scene between 2015 and 2016 following the release of his tracks “Denzel,” “Manoeuvre,” and “Summer Sixteen Freestyle.” Since […]

The ‘Landscapes & Horizons’ residency, hosted by Cove Park in collaboration with Cross Borders and Luminate, Scotland’s creative aging organisation, recently drew to a close, leaving in its wake newfound creativity, resilience, and renewal. The residency was awarded to Daria Oskolkova, Haleh Jamali, Oleksandra Novatska, Paria Goodarzi, Iman Tajik, and Ako Zada. The artists spent […]

Wednesday evening marked the long-awaited launch of singer and rapper, Eyve’s EP, ‘Sista! Beyond The Sky Isn’t The Limit!‘ Eyve graced the stage with a beautiful performance, supported by a new diaristic soundscapes. ‘Sista! Beyond The Sky Isn’t The Limit!’ was commissioned by Cross Borders back in 2022. It’s been an absolute honour to be […]

We are excited to share that Eyve’s forthcoming EP, ‘Sista! Beyond The Sky Isn’t The Limit’ will be unveiled at Glasgow’s Old Hairdresser’s on the 6th of March! Since the release of ‘Um Indecisive‘ in November, Eyve has gone on to preform at the Scottish Alternative Music Awards, has supported Alison Russell as part of […]

We are delighted to announce the artists selected for the Landscapes & Horizons residency, developed collaboratively by Cross Borders, Cove Park and Luminate, Scotland’s creative ageing organisation. Landscapes & Horizons is a new fully funded group residency for Scotland-based artists and cultural practitioners, aged over 40, from refugee and other migrant backgrounds. The residency will […]

Last week, Aref Ghorbani delivered an unforgettable live show which marked the launch of his first EP, No More Shadows. Ghorbani shared the stage with close collaborators, Mehrdad Esmaili, Daniel Giff, Jose Rojas, Iain Mackechnie and Gerardo Ernesto Rodriguez Cruz, to deliver a remarkable performance of new and classic songs. The evening was punctuated by […]

Join us for a live performance and Q+A to celebrate the debut EP  دیگر سایه ای در کار نیست  (No More Shadows) from Iranian singer and musician, Aref Ghorbani. No More Shadows is not just an EP, it is a transformative period in Ghorbani’s musical evolution. Departing from his roots in Iranian classical and folk […]

Singer, songwriter, and rapper EYVE is set to debut her new track Um Indecisive on all music platforms. The song and its accompanying music video will feature in her forthcoming EP, Sista! Beyond The Sky Isn’t the Limit.   Join us at Transmission Gallery on Saturday the 4th of November 7 – 11PM for a […]

‘Landscapes & Horizons’ is a new fully funded group residency for five Scotland-based artists and cultural practitioners, open to people aged over 40, from refugee and other migrant backgrounds. Hosted by Cove Park in collaboration with Luminate, Scotland’s creative ageing organisation, and Cross Borders at Scottish Refugee Council. Residency Dates: Monday 26 February to Saturday 2 March […]

The third run of the Cross Borders mentoring programme has begun! The programme began in 2021 and has since run annually by open call. Participants are artists and activists at any stage in their career and at any stage of the asylum process or immigration system. They are paired with an established mentor who provides […]

We are thrilled to be launching our new digital platform. Cross Borders is a programme of arts and cultural activism projects led by Scottish Refugee Council. Since 2021, we have been developing arts and cultural projects with artists, activists and cultural practitioners from refugee and other migrant backgrounds in Scotland. Over the last two years, […]