Harpist and singer CORRINA HEWAT will be touring in July with Bachué, the band she co-leads with pianist David Milligan. Corrina tells the Arts Journal about her start in music, and their bands Bachué and The Unusual Suspects.

GILES SUTHERLAND reports on a pilot project to bring an arts trial to Sutherland

At the recent Johnsmas Foy textile artist JEANETTE SENDLER could be seen on the Victoria Pier in the old town centre of Lerwick making a felted sail.

The Burt MacDonald Quintet and pianist Keith Tippett visited An Tobar in Mull in March to work on a schools project with local school children, and to make a recording that included a commissioned piece inspired by the Tobermory clock .

Raymond’s Big Foot …. Note

George Burt’s Tobermory Diary

TINA ROSE gives an update on the second year of a a three year residency project to place craft makers in schools in the Highlands.

Many designers are inspired by the Highlands of Scotland with the colours and shapes influencing textiles, jewellery, glass and ceramics. One of the most unusual materials used, however, must be the one chosen by designer MARIE ANN WEIR

BILL BANKES-JONES sets the scene for an intriguing operatic collaboration involving his opera company, Tête à Tête, and knitters and spinners on Shetland.

CLARE GEE looks back on a busy first year as Arts Officer in Orkney.