Resources
Our Resource Library contains a range of digital materials, some of which have been commissioned by Cross Borders. They can be used for reference by artists and activists from refugee and other migrant backgrounds practicing in Scotland, and the cultural organisations that work with them.
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Where We Meet
Where We Meet is a good practice resource in care taking and hospitality in the arts and social practice. It has been made for and with artists with lived experience of displacement. It is also for the organisations they/we work with. This resource is a working document commissioned by Cross Borders, a Scottish Refugee Council project.
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Artists at Risk Connection
Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) safeguards the right to artistic freedom of expression and ensures that artists and cultural professionals everywhere can live and work without fear.
On the Move
On the Move provides resources for artists and culture professionals who want to work internationally.
The International Cities of Refuge Network
ICORN is an independent organisation of cities and regions offering shelter to writers and artists at risk, advancing freedom of expression, defending democratic values and promoting international solidarity.
Ettijahat
Ettijahat is a cultural organisation working to promote independent culture across the Arab world. Our main goal is to activate the role of independent artists in enabling cultural, political and social change.
Pen International
Promoting literature and defending freedom of expression worldwide since 1921
Migrants In Culture
Migrants In Culture is a migrant-led design agency, moving towards a collective capacity to imagine and to live without borders.
Scottish Artists Union
The Scottish Artists Union is the representative voice for visual and applied artists in Scotland.
Scottish Contemporary Art Network
SCAN connects and champions Scotland’s contemporary art community.