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SCAF OPEN DAY 02/08/2026
 We’re having a 10th birthday party and everyone is invited!
Celebrate with us as we look back across the last decade and all the wonderful people we’ve worked with. Our Summer Open Day will bring together artists, community organisations, collaborators and visitors for a day of exhibitions, creative activities and refreshments, celebrating ten years of SCAF’s work across the arts and Living Landscape Community Project garden.
Refreshments will be available throughout the day, including a barbecue featuring Heck! sausages, locally made organic ice cream from Moonshine in Coxwold and a selection of hot and cold drinks.
EXHIBITIONS AND CREATIVE HIGHLIGHTS:
Michael and Eileen Scott - Archive Collection
A selection of paintings from the SCAF archive exploring the organisation’s history and current projects.
Duncan MacKay - Â A Way with the Fairies
An installation combining land art, sculpture and text exploring folklore, myth and landscape traditions.
Walter Lewis (SCAFFOLD) - The Field
A photographic series documenting the former community garden and field prior to the development of the LLCP. A selection of photobooks will also be available for sale to raise funds for SCAF.
CREATIVE WORKSHOPS BY CONVERGE, NORMAN REA GALLERY AND LIVING LANDSCAPE COMMUNITY PROJECT inspired by inspired by the natural world, encouraging visitors to explore creativity, wellbeing and connection through art.Â
The bright pink Heck! Community Bus will be back and will once again run every half hour between Thirsk Market Place and the SCAF site throughout the day.
SCAF's Mission Statement
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Founded by Sue Armstrong in 2016, Scott Creative Arts Foundation was started with three distinct aims at its core:
1. To preserve, collate and present to the wider general public, the life work of Michael and Eileen Scott
2. To encourage and support emerging artists of all ages, ethnicity and background in their creative development
3. To explore the relationship between human consciousness and creativity
Having been friends and colleagues with the Scott’s for over 15 years, Sue worked with Michael Scott throughout the last year of his life to produce a clear vision for the future of SCAF.  Michael and Eileen’s legacy is so much more than a collection of paintings and words: it is a journey of discovery and growth for anyone who has ever been interested in human creativity.
Our Future
Our aspiration is to create a purpose-built centre of excellence to reflect the creative ambition of our benefactors and supporters in using art as a vehicle to inspire creative thinking and artistic collaboration within the community.
Work with us
Here at SCAF we are a small team but we have a large selection of projects ongoing that you can get involved with! If you want to work as a volunteer or are interested in learning more about the opportunities that we offer please get in touch.
Contact UsWe recently exhibited artworks by Eileen Scott and our SCAFFOLD artists at the Station in Richmond.
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Award
SCAF hold an annual arts award for emerging artists within the Yorkshire region. Each year 10 proposals are chosen by our panel of judges and the shortlisted artists are invited to exhibit at The Art House within the heart of North Yorkshire.
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LIVING LANDSCAPE PROJECT
Nature
SCAF have created a project for local communities who live within a 10 mile radius of YO7 3AD to come together to help and strengthen biodiversity on a small patch of land owned by SCAF bringing together rural communities. We have also recently joined the Peoples Food and Farming Alliance’s new Community Initiative which runs for twelve months starting in April 2025.
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Learning
SCAF is introducing a series of workshops during 2024 which will include artists books, origami, wire work, mindful photography.
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ART AND HEALTH
Wellness
SCAF is proud to work with the arts team at the the York and Scarborough NHS Trust. SCAF believes art creates a feeling of wellbeing and brings about a dialogue and a feeling of tranquility in what can be anxious spaces.
Learn MoreWest & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce
Scott Creative Arts Foundation is a proud member of the West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, strengthening our commitment to championing creativity, supporting local communities, and contributing to a thriving regional economy.
