THE SOURCE PROJECT FORUMS: INVITATION      The Source Project Team would like to invite you to join them at one of three upcoming forums taking place in Glasgow, Perth and Edinburgh. The Source project is now is in its 2nd year, working with 42 arts organisations across Scotland. The Source is a collaborative project between the [...]

In recent years contemporary craft makers have been challenging our perceptions of what craft is, pushing the boundaries of traditional craftsmanship and emerging to represent a new, innovative and exciting artform. Jenny Deschenes, Laura West, Lucy Woodley and Daniel Kavanagh, four makers from across the Highlands and Islands, demonstrate in their joint exhibition Made It! the ingenuity, passion and creativity that contemporary craft is today.

It’s that time of year, and I’ve been doing my bit again at the Nairn Book and Arts Festival. This year I was off the hook as a judge for the Open Art Competition, so I could enjoy the final outcome just as a member of the public. But of course I couldn’t help making comparisons: would I have ‘passed’ all the works included this year, if I’d been a judge?

The Screenmachine mobile cinema is up for a National Lottery Award for 2010, but it needs you VOTE to make sure it wins! VOTE NOW!!!!!

   Summer is now approaching, but before it really hits, why not take a little time to do a spot of Spring cleaning…   To get you thinking about a ‘Marketing Spring Clean’ here are a couple of quick tips to freshen up your Marketing Strategy.    Sweep away the cobwebs In other words remove those [...]

I’ve started compiling a list of Creative Blogs, a directory if you will. I’ll be updating and adding blogs to the directory, and would love to hear from you if you want to be added to the list. If you’re an artist, maker, musician, work in theatre, or maybe your a patron of the arts, [...]

On Friday afternoon I was invited up to Milton, near Allness, to attend a joint networking meeting of the Woodlands Community Association, Voluntary Arts Scotland and a variety of artists.

This part of the tour has taken me the farthest North I have been in Scotland and to a place I have always longed to visit; Shetland. To make the most out of the trip I decided to take 5 days to explore the island and deliver two workshops, one in Lerwick and one in Unst.

I am off (finger’s crossed) to Shetland first thing tomorrow morning. Despite the panic casued by the Volcano it would appear all flights in and out of Inverness are still running as normal!

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