Five Scottish towns have been awarded money from the nation's arts funding body to arrange a series of cultural activities for residents and visitors.
The move follows their selection as the first group of official "Creative Places".
Wigtown in Dumfries and Galloway, West Kilbride in North Ayrshire and St Andrews received funding packages worth a total of £300,000, while Creetown, also in Dumfries and Galloway, and Huntly in Aberdeenshire, received special awards of £40,000 each.
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