Orkney, 16-21 June 2006

Brahan Estate, Marybank, Ross-shire, until May 2007 / Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, until 17 June; Iona Gallery, Kingussie, 24 June-15 July; Swanson Gallery, Thurso, 12 August-9 September; St Fergus Gallery, Wick, 16 September-14 October 2006

Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, until 1 July; Swanson Gallery, Thurso, 15 July-5 August; Iona Gallery, Kingussie, 18 August-9 September 2006

Various venues, Orkney, 25-28 May 2006

Calgary Bay, Isle of Mull, ended 10 June 2006

SANDRA ROBERTSON sets the scene as Dannsa and First Harvest prepare to collaborate on a Scottish Arts Council Tune Up Tour.

ALISTAIR PEEBLES investigates an ambitious visual arts residency project in Kirkwall.

ALISTAIR PEEBLES discovers that small scale – and we do mean small – needn’t mean small ambition

ADRIAN CLARK reflects on the changing arts scene in and around Inverness

MICHAEL RUSSELL argues that it is time to take a more adventurous approach to large-scale ambition in our cultural and physical landscape.