A group of oil and acrylic paintings from Shetland Museum’s collection of art can now be viewed on the BBC’s Your Paintings website. The 187 paintings range from 18th century portraits of eminent Shetlanders, to 21st century landscapes by contemporary artists.

Opera singer Oksana Mavrodii and Danish folk band Himmerland to perform in Shetland.

Over the course of seven months from October 2012, all 23,000 inhabitants of Shetland are invited to explore our bittersweet relationship with the automobile.

Mareel has already exceeded its cinema sales targets by a considerable margin.

Shetland Arts is delighted to announce the details of this year’s Shetland Guitar Festival.

Legendary musician and producer Matthew Herbert has announced his forthcoming Scottish tour.

Shetland Arts is delighted to announce the line-up for Mareel’s Official Opening Season.

Klub Revolution and Shetland Arts are pleased to announce that the Happy Mondays have agreed to move their previously announced second date from Sunday 16 December to Friday 14 December.

The project ‘Acts of Trust’, by Ian Stephen and Christine Morrison, supported by Shetland Arts and Western Isles Libraries, has been nominated by Donald Anderson of Shetland Arts in the British Awards for Storytelling Excellence.

Local arts and crafts groups are invited to attend a FREE event to learn how to encourage more people to take part in their activities.