about wasps

(Workshop & Artists Studio Provision Scotland Ltd.)

Wasps is a registered charity founded to provide secure, stable workspace to Scotland’s creative community.

Wasps is Scotland’s Creative Land Trust – We hold the space where creativity becomes part of people’s lives

We believe creativity needs space. Space that is affordable, and cared for for the long-term. Space where artists, makers and creative organisations can belong, grow and build sustainable careers. That’s why we secure and steward studios, creative workspaces and cultural buildings, holding them in trust so they remain places where creativity can flourish for generations to come.

For almost 50 years, we’ve transformed historic and underused buildings into places where creativity can flourish. By holding these spaces in trust, we protect them from the pressures that too often price creativity out of our cities, towns and islands ensuring they remain affordable, accessible and cared for, for generations to come.

Our buildings are more than bricks and mortar. They are places where people make, experiment, learn, collaborate and belong.

Because when artists have the space to create, everyone benefits.