Orkney
Features
Tumim and Prendergast
Clare Gee catches up with the latest developments in the work of Matilda Tumim and Christopher Prendergast.
Cultural Change in Orkney
Writer and researcher FRANÇOIS MATARASSO introduces the HIE-commissioned study into what has made Orkney such a centre of creative energy.
Reviews
A Time to Keep – Lise Sinclair and Astvaldur Traustasson
St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney, 8 March 2012, and touring.
Rik Hammond – Recent Drawings
Orkney Museum, Kirkwall, Orkney until 24 February.
News
Sarah Forrest wins inaugural Margaret Tait Residency
The inaugural Margaret Tait Residency, supported by the Creative Scotland Creative Futures Programme, LUX and the Pier Arts Centre will take place in summer 2012.
Talk of the town! Stromness Hometown – audio journey through the streets
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.
Exhibition of painting by Kenneth Dingwall at the Pier Arts Centre
An exhibition of paintings by the artist Kenneth Dingwall will be presented at the Pier Arts Centre later this month. The exhibition in Stromness will run from 12 May to 14 July 2012 in the Centre’s ‘project space’.
Invitation to view work in progress of Scapa Flow artist-in-residence
Filmmaker Mark Jenkins was appointed artist-in-residence last year through a venture funded by the Scapa Flow Landscape Partnership Scheme (SFLPS) and coordinated by the Pier Arts Centre. A short film, The Imaginary Worlds of Scapa Flow, is nearing completion and the Stromness filmmaker is inviting members of the public to view work in progress at the Pier Arts Centre next week when he sets up a temporary editing suite in the Centre’s reference library.
