As part of goNORTH 2012 HIE are organising a series of Trend Workshops and one to one consultations which are to be held in Inverness, Stornoway, Lerwick and Kirkwall.

Please see below news on upcoming exhibitions and courses at Inchmore Gallery near Inverness.

RhueArt Gallery launched today with a lunchtime reception at landscape artist James Hawkins’s Rhue Studio.

RSA announce that Arthur Watson RSA has been elected the twenty-first President of the Academy.

An Leabhar Mor and LK243 UnderSail are two exhibitions which will be opening in an talla solais, Ullapool Visual Arts on Friday the 27th of April 7 – 9 pm.

Details of forthcoming events for April – May 2012 at Timespan in Helmsdale.

The new Rhue Art Gallery will show work by artists represented by RhueArt alongside site-specific installations. The Gallery will be formally opened by Andrew Dixon, chief executive of Creative Scotland, on 25 April 2012, the inaugural exhibition features works in stone by sculptor Mary Bourne and wall-mounted jewellery by Lucy Woodley. Helen Denerley’s wild animal sculptures prowl the grounds.

Inchmore Gallery is supporting Craft and Design Month May 2012 – a brand new initiative designed to raise awareness of the enormous amount of creative talent we have in this country.

in connection with “Craft and Design Month May 2012”

An exhibition of contemporary works, hand made by talented artists, craftworkers and designers who are predominantly Scottish.

HICA , Loch Ruthven, Dores, Inverness-shire, until 6 May 2012.