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

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.

The lamp in the seaward window – the art of Sylvia Wishart ends on Saturday 5 November 2011 after ten weeks on display at the Pier Arts Centre. Over 8,000 visits have been recorded and the exhibition has attracted an enthusiastic response from audiences from Orkney and beyond.

Action, music, drama, reflection and poetry in the mellow season across the islands in November.

Stromness THI is looking for 2 – 3 professional, practising visual artists to work collaboratively on a community arts project.

Keep up-to-date with what’s happening in the Hoy heritage project in Orkney.

A short residency, funded by the Scapa Flow Landscape Partnership Scheme (SFLPS), has been awarded to the Stromness based filmmaker Mark Jenkins.

Celebrate island culture and heritage this autumn and winter with an action-packed line-up of exciting events as part of the Year of Scotland’s Islands festivities.

The art of artist Sylvia Wishart continues to draw in large numbers of visitors to the Pier Arts Centre. The display will shortly expand to include a short film created especially to celebrate the life and work of the artist.

The Scottish artist Christine Borland and the New York based artist Brody Condon are to give a talk on their work at the Pier Arts Centre on Wednesday 19 October at 7.30pm. The artists visit to Orkney is supported through Creative Scotland’s Vital Spark programme as well as by Symbols in a Landscape, a flagship project of the Year of Scotland’s Islands.