Susan Plowman, a goldsmith based in Fortrose has been commissioned by The British Museum to make the jewellery for The Horse: from Royal Arabia to Royal Ascot exhibition which is an exhibition for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, based on her love of horses.

Have you had a closer look at your local café’s table decorations or at what else may be on the shelves in your shop lately? If you live on the north coast of Scotland, it might be worth a look, as Strathnaver Museum’s artist-in-residence, Joanne B Kaar, has been inspired to make 200 paper shoes and hide them in mail boxes and public places from Balnakeil to John O’Groats.

Skye Book Festival runs from the 25th to 28th July 2012 at Aros in Portree.

Caithness Horizons in Thurso was the venue for presentations by the most recent cohort of artists to undertake a residency at North Lands Creative Glass.

Moray arts company Wildbird need enthusiastic young photographers from the North East, Highlands and Argyll to get snapping.

The Scottish Ensemble announces a radical new programme of events for season 12-13.

Film and music at Universal Hall in Findhorn.

Simultaneous translation / Traducció simultània, an exhibition by Eloi Puig, will open at HICA on Sunday 8 July.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made L’Atalante was Jean Vigo’s fourth and final film.

NeWt begin an innovative music project on Unst in the Shetland Isles.