A Festival of Celtic Arts is to take place at Groam House Museum in Rosemarkie from Saturday 1 October – Saturday 8 October 2011.

This weekend (Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th September 2011), Timespan Museum and Art Centre turns twenty-five years old and we’d like you to help us celebrate this special occasion. Artist group Now Now will be organising a programme of events to celebrate Timespan – a vibrant meeting place; linking culture, heritage, the arts, people and their ideas. All events are free!

Five separate exhibitions are showcasing an inspirational group of 20th century masters of Celtic arts and crafts.

Re-Living ALIVE:xperience is a theatrical fashion show featuring the designs of Harriet, Matilda and Jemima Kirkwood which is to take place on Saturday 24th September 2011 at 7pm at Grantown Grammar School.

Mellis: Stokes – Colour and Form takes place from 1 October – 12 November 2011 (Tues – Fri 10 -5 & Sat 12- 4) at the Collins Gallery in Glasgow.

An Inverness multi-storey car park will be transformed into a cinema with a difference during the 22nd-24th September.

A short series of talks, events and performances is being presented at the Pier Arts Centre, Stromness this week to highlight Japanese art and culture. The events will also be an opportunity for people to hear first had accounts of the earth quake and tsunami and their disastrous aftermath that hit the North East of Japan in March.

All are welcome to Inchmore Gallery on Friday 23rd September 2011 for information, a demonstration and presentation about the international collaboration between one of their regular artists Lynn Bennett-MacKenzie and Somu Desai.

Here are details of forthcoming events organised by Cromarty Arts Trust.

The Archway Gallery, 7 Union Street, Lochgilphead, Argyll are currently showing an exhibition called ‘Natures Notebook’ which includes work by Louise Oppenheimer, Joanna Paterson and Gerry Cambridge.