Jessica Ramm will be presenting the visual research she has been developing as Visual Artist in Residence at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig at an evening of art, performance and discussion on Wednesday 14th December 2011.

39 Albert Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, until 9 December 2011.

Lofty Arts will take place from 10am – 12 noon on Sunday 18th December at East Grange Farm, Kinloss.

Catherine Turnbull talked to Orkney-based wildlife artist Tim Wootton.

Excitement is building in the communities of Lochcarron, Strathcarron and Kishorn as the screening of the Great British Treehouse Challenge is about to take place on SKY 1 and SKY 1 HD on Monday 12th December 2011 at 8pm.

An Lanntair, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, until 29 January 2012.

This week’s Freaky Friday (Friday 9th December 2011) Inverness Old Town Art (IOTA) presents works by Danny MacAskill and Rosie Newman. It brings us closer to heaven as nature slowly reclaims our industrial relics in Rosie Newman’s sculptural installation Wild Things and Danny MacAskill’s truly sublime film Industrial Revolutions.

Kilmorack Gallery, until 23 December 2011.

An exhibition of designer crafts including new and original work from Orkneys professional crafts people is currently on at Northlight Gallery in Stromness

A new publication and directory of over 70 international designers and artists, profiling Whalsay textile designers Andrea Williamson and Jen Deschênes, will be launched at Bonhoga Gallery in Shhetland this December 2011.