July 2025 | LUX Scotland Newsletter

July 2025 | LUX Scotland Newsletter

Job Opportunity: Learning Programme Manager

Opportunities Deadline passed

LUX Scotland are recruiting for the role of Learning Programme Manager.

ONE WORK | Lydia Davies, 'May' (2025)

Event 1 — 31 August 2025

In August we’re excited to focus on Lydia Davies’ ‘May’ (2025) for our ONE WORK series.

A black and white 16mm film still shows a city skyline at night. The sky is illuminated by lights from high-rise buildings

July advice sessions

Event 21 — 25 July 2025

We offer free online advice sessions for artists who are based in Scotland and are not in education, aimed at developing a wide-ranging dialogue around your practice.

Some Considerations | Eddie Chambers on Matthew Arthur Williams' 'Soon Come'

We commissioned artist, curator and contemporary art historian, Eddie Chambers, to respond to Matthew Arthur Williams' ‘Soon Come’ (2022).

LUX Scotland Summer Closure 2025

News 8 July 2025

LUX Scotland will be closed from Monday 14 July for a summer break for one week.

Soillseachadh | Rody Gorman on Intentional Pauses (and Unforeseen Gaps) Season 3

We commissioned writer Rody Gorman to respond to Season 3 of Intentional Pauses (and Unforeseen Gaps), programmed by Aqsa Arif and Hector MacInnes.

Making closed captions for new work | Learning Resource Highlight

Highlights 9 July 2025

In October 2022, we published a Learning Resource on the subject of ‘making closed captions for new work’ with contributions from artists Seo Hye Lee, Rory Pilgrim and Nina Thomas.

Špela Drnovšek Zorko on Maja Zeco | Writing Highlight

Highlights 9 July 2025

This summer, revisit Špela Drnovšek Zorko’s response to Maja Zeco’s ‘In Search of the Sun’, a work that explores how, over time and geography, the meanings associated with the figure of Eastre have changed significantly.

LUX Scotland Recommends

→ Palestine Films, online

→ The Void Project, online: Restored Palestinian Films

→ Palestine Film Institute, online: Film of the Week

→ Shasha Movies, online: Now Showing

→ Crip Cinema Archive, online

→ Cryptofiction On-Demand, online

→ Matt's Gallery, online: MattFlix Archive

→ ICA, online: Current Transmissions

→ Film and Video Umbrella, online: Watch

→ Artangel, online: Earth Rising: Messages from the Pale Blue Dot

→ Book Works: What Did You Do? Poster Project

→ A Guide to Captioning for the Arts, Cultural and Performance Sector in Scotland

→ workers.coop, online: The Art of Collecting Reparations

→ Cooper Gallery, Dundee: Nat Raha, What I am Reading Now...

→ 16 Collective, Glasgow: Eleni Wittbrodt, First Light / High Tide
11 July

→ The Common Guild, Glasgow: Myths of the new future
Until 12 July

→ Dundee Contemporary Arts: Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood 
Until 13 July

→ William Hine, London: Rae-Yen Song 宋瑞渊
Until 19 July

→ Folkestone Triennial
19 July – 19 October

→ David Dale Gallery, Glasgow: Workshops with Corin Sworn & Jude Browning
25 July

→ CCA, Glasgow: Alia Syed, The Ring in the Fish (Temporarily closed)
Until 26 July

→ An Tobar and Mull Theatre: GAFFER
Until 1 August

→ Edinburgh Art Festival 2025
7 – 24 August

→ Primary, Nottingham: Matthew Arthur Williams, Small Mercies
Until 14 August

→ Hospitalfield, Arbroath: Pollinate, Feast, Learn Dance
9 August

→ Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence: Time for Women!
Until 31 August

→ Hospitalfield, Arbroath: Carl(e) Gent, Study Day On Biological Exuberance
20 September

→ Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh: Wael Shawky
Until 28 September

→ The Hunterian, Glasgow: Margaret Salmon, Assembly
Until 19 October

→ GoMA, Glasgow: John Akomfrah, Mimesis: African Soldier
Until 31 August

→ Edinburgh University Art Collection: Rooting: Ecology, Extraction & Environmental Emergencies
Until 15 November

→ Forma, International: Artists’ Film International 2025: Dream States
Until 31 December

→ Alchemy Film & Arts, Hawick: FILM CLUB
Monthly

→ Deveron Projects, Huntly: Alternative Film Club
Weekly

→ We Are Here Scotland: Directory

→ SQIFF: Directory

Opportunities

→ Call for Submissions: Art Walk Porty Festival Film Shorts
Deadline: 11 July

→ Call for Applications: Fluxus Magnetic Residencies
Deadline: 14 July

→ Call for Applications: Rencontres Internationales
Deadline: 19 July

→ Job Opportunity: GSFF Communications Manager
Deadline: 21 July

→ Call for Applications: Market Gallery Board of Trustees
Deadline: 25 July

→ Call for Submissions: Images Festival 2025
Deadline: 31 July

→ Call for Applications: Sonica 2026
Deadline: 25 August

→ Call for Applications: Northern European Mobility Opportunity
Deadline: 15 September

→ Call for Applications: London Community Video Archive Film Challenge
Deadline: 1 October

→ The White Pube: Creative Grants
Rolling

→ Trans+ On Screen: UK directory for Actors & Professionals in Film, TV, Documentary
Rolling

→ Disability Arts Online: One-to-One support
Ongoing

→ Film Hub Scotland: map for Glasgow and Edinburgh film screening venues
Ongoing

→ ScreenSkills Bursaries
Ongoing

→ The Eaton Fund
Ongoing

→ VASW Guide to Funding for Early Career Artists
Resource

→ Eden Court, Inverness: FILMLANDS Network
Resource

→ ATLAS Arts: Community Cinema Kit
Resource

→ ArtQuest: Pricing Your Work
Resource

→ ARTCRY: Fund for responsive public artworks
Resource

→ On The Move: Mobility Funding Guide
Resource

→ Screen Skills Job Listings Board
Resource

→ British Council: Film Travel Grants Fund
Resource

→ BFI Opportunities
Resource

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