Stromness Museum will launch a new audio experience on Saturday 12 May 2012. Come along to Stromness Museum – free entry all day – and be one of the first to take the new audio journey through the town.

This May 2012 the HI-Arts Hit Team visit Argyll for two days of professional advice and training for Argyll’s cultural, creative and heritage professionals.

Details of forthcoming events for April – May 2012 at Timespan in Helmsdale.

At the end of last month Facebook users saw one of the biggest refurbishments to the social network there has been, since it went global. The introduction of the Facebook Timeline has created a lot of controversy, as we all grapple with the changes to the design features of the site, while trying to continue to engage with our fans. Some love it, other’s hate it. But what kind of impact is this having on our pages and their abilities to connect with Facebook users?

This May will see the return of Festival of Museums – the annual weekend of exciting and innovative day and night events in museums and galleries throughout Scotland.

A series of arts and cultural events on Skye.

The Mapping Memorials to Women Scotland project, launching on 10th March 2012, has received a message of support from First Minister Alex Salmond. The project, developed by Glasgow Women’s Library and Women’s History Scotland, aims to record memorials to women across Scotland at womenofscotland.org.uk.

Gordon Urquhart worked with HI~Arts from 2006 until 2008 on the Heritage North project, along with his colleague Ewan Macrae, and we retained regular links with him thereafter. Gordon was devoted to the history and heritage of the Highlands and Islands.  One lasting project which he launched while with us was the Forestry Memories programme [...]

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HI-Arts Crowdfunding Workshop & Networking Day are two free events which are to take place at The Pier Arts Centre, Stromness on Wednesday 29th February & Thursday 1st March 2012.