Local Origins Rural Network (LORN) has just issued its latest newsletter with details of up and coming events this December 2011.

A new exhibition entitled 60×60@60; (works by Moray Art Club, celebrating their 60th year), opens this Saturday 3 December at 3 pm at Moray Art Centre, Findhorn.

Scotlands Islands has issued their latest round up of what’s on this December 2011.

Join North Lands Creative Glass for their drop-in Christmas Family Day on Sunday 11 December 2011, 12.00 – 16.00.

Brian Crawford Young is opening his studio doors to the public from Monday 5th to Saturday 10th December.

Inverness Old Town Art continue with their programme of Freaky Fridays, a series of unexpected happenings that will take you on a journey from hell through purgatory to heaven, funded by Creative Scotland as part of the Sublime programme. These events have been occurring every Friday from 18 November to 16 December at the Old Town Rose Street Car Park, Inverness.

Inchmore Gallery near Inverness are holding an Abstract Painting Workshop this December which is being tutored by Dean Melville.

The work of over 130 local artists are being showcased by the Pier Arts Centre in Stromness in its annual Christmas exhibition which runs until 24 December 2011.

an talla solais Ullapool Visual Arts is proud to present this years’ winter members’ exhibition Lustre. This exhibition is a little different to the recent members’ shows in that they are showing 3D work submitted from our many and varied members. Lustre will run till the 18th December 2011 10 – 4 pm every day. The Market Street collective has also opened its doors this month; a new collective group of artists and crafts people will be selling their work.

Highlands and Islands makers Jen Deschenes, Eileen Gatt and Andrea Williamson are all featured in a new book called ‘The New Artisans – Handmade Designs for Contemporary Living’ by Olivier Dupon.