Six Lewis Chessmen from the collections of National Museums Scotland and the British Museum are to go on display for a short time at Uig Museum on Tuesday 13 September 2011.

Typically in the marketing and audience development field we collect data about audiences based on attendance, sales and the demographics of our audiences. Sometimes there will be questions added into surveys and box office systems about the quality of the performance, whether the audience member enjoyed the performance, and possibly about how they heard about the event itself. But does this really measure the success of the experience?

Development of a national strategy for Scotland’s museums and galleries moves into a public consultation phase that will include meetings, events and an online survey.

Visual Artist Rik Hammond has been appointed as Artist in Residence within Orkney’s World Heritage Site – The Heart of Neolithic Orkney as part of the Symbols in a Landscape project.

Fill in the National Voluntary Arts Survey and you’ll be helping Voluntary Arts to help you, by giving them the information decision-makers need to hear.

MARY BOURNE reports on an arts and place project in Dufftown.

Visitors to Uig community hall on Friday the 5th of August 2011 will have an exciting opportunity to get an insight into the past of St Kilda, the interesting work being carried out by Historic Scotland on the islands right now as well as the plans for the future St Kilda centre in Uig.

Knowing who your audience is, and who it could be, is not only essential when marketing, promoting or selling, but it also makes it much easier for you when thinking about potential new markets or opportunities.

2013 will mark the 200th anniversary of the Strath of Kildonan Clearances and Timespan aims to be leading events and new initiatives to commemorate this important period of Scottish history.

There are six places available on this Arch ICHI ( Innovation in Cultural Heritage Interpretation ) programme to Eastern Slovakia from 12th – 19th September 2011.