Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow School of Art, until 9 April 2011.

Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival takes place on the 5th & 6th August 2011 in the beautiful estate of Belladrum, Beauly near Inverness. New for 2011 will be an area dedicated to craft, promoted and supported by HI-Arts Craft Development working with Belladrum estate. Set in the walled garden away from the main stages, in the same area will be the Wellness space and Gaelic café.

Fibre Artist Joanne Kaar has an exhibition this June-July 2011 called Baker & Botanist at Morven Gallery, Barvas, Isle of Lewis. The exhibition runs from 1st June 2011 – 30th June 2011.

Catherine Turnbull looks at the remarkable success of the adventurous Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre in North Uist.

I’m Jen Cantwell, I’m on the Hi-Arts Making Progress programme, I’m a mid career maker with my practice Sporran Nation, I also work across mediums in a more experimental way and for the making progress programme I’m working with knit and sound technology, with a virtual element added in. Aided + abetted by my partner, […]

It’s proving to be an exceptionally busy year thus far for Inverness-based Anna Macneil, a successful family company designing and making Harris Tweed fashion accessories and textile items for the home. Not only does this year see the 25th year in business, but it will also herald the opening of new premises.

An exhibition at Fort William’s Lime Tree An Ealdhain Gallery by Black Isle based artist Andrew Thompson.

For 2011, Highlands Open Studios have announced some exciting new initiatives – firstly, to be launched in early April, is a calendar of events, which will accompany each Highlands Open Studios directory distributed across the Highlands, in shops, tourist attractions and galleries, etc. The professionally produced directory is free, and contains a comprehensive listing of 49 member artists, and 10 galleries, providing an overview of each artist, their location, outline of the media worked, together with a colour image of their work.

Two new exhibitions are opening this weekend at Taigh Chearsabhagh in North Uist. ‘Echo’ is a collaboration between Ullapool-based artist Peter White and poet Jon Miller and will run in Gallery 2 from 2 Apr 2011 – 28 May 2011, with a preview and Artists Talks this Friday 1st April at 7.30pm. Also opening this weekend is Fragility of Flight III – Sea Wings by Anne Rabbitts in Gallery 1 which runs from 2 April 2011 – 21 May 2011.

Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney, until 4 June, 2011.