Culture Minister Mike Russell told the SNP’s annual conference in Inverness he was taking the new initiative forward along with the Schools Minister Keith Brown.
The minister spoke about the work the Scottish Government was doing to help the cultural sector.
And Mr Russell said ministers would help ensure that “every pupil in every school in every community in Scotland has access to the very best of those cultures”.
The move will see artists go into classrooms, in a bid to introduce children to actors, painters, sculptors, writers, dancers and singers.
Mr Russell also revealed: “We’re going to make sure that there is new breed of cultural champions in our schools.”
These cultural champions will then work with schools and local authorities to bring together a number of key organisations, aiming to give every pupil a full appreciation of Scotland’s diverse culture.
Mr Russell also used his address to the conference to hit out at Westminster over immigration, claiming policies imposed by the UK Government had a damaging impact on Scotland.
He said: “We want to say to the world that Scotland is not full up, we need people of talent and ability that are going to come and work here. We need to make perfectly clear that our rich diversity constantly needs an influx of new people.
“And unfortunately we have a migration policy in Scotland set from London which damages Scotland, that excludes people, that means that we can not show the welcoming face we need to show.”
He insisted changes to migration policy were needed and said: “The biggest of those changes is for the Scottish Government to have those powers.”
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article