Another Creative Scotland executive quits after artists' row
A second senior figure in Scotland`s arts funding body is to stand down.
A second senior figure in Scotland`s arts funding body is to stand down.
Venu Dhupa, the creative development director at Creative Scotland, is resigning, following on from the departure of chief executive Andrew Dixon.
In October, more than 100 artists and writers, including national poet Liz Lochhead, author Alasdair Gray and crime writer Ian Rankin, joined forces to criticise the body for the way funds are distributed.
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