Working with Artists

Working with artists can bring a number of benefits to museums and organisations with collections, including:

• engaging audiences
• providing new perspectives
• visual interpretation of stories
• access to new funding streams
• raising the profile of the organisation and artist

On this page we will signpost to information and resources for organisations interested in working with artists.

Scottish Contemporary Art Network 

Connect and Activate: a toolkit for working with artists in museums and collections

This toolkit is designed to help you think through why and how you can work with artists to ensure that both collecting and collaboration have the best outcomes for artists, audiences, and institutions.  The information in this toolkit is divided into 12 bite sized sections.  There are questions in each section to help you and your team to consider the elements of the entire process of working with an artist.

You might also be interested in our annual Artistic Commissioning virtual training, which has been developed in response to sector needs for guidance on commissioning and delivering projects and installations in collaboration with artists and creative practitioners.