A reminder that Brae Editions will launch Ecstatics: a language of birds at the Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, this evening, Thursday, September 1st, at 5.45 for 6pm. A further launch will take place tomorrow evening in Shetland, at the Islesburgh Centre, Lerwick, 8pm.

The latest exhibition in Da Gadderie, open from 3rd September, is inspired by the North Atlantic Drift, a powerful warm ocean current that continues the Gulf Stream North East.

The new online exhibition is available now for viewing on the Studio’s website.

This Saturday (3 September 2011) 24 top international chainsaw carvers descent upon the sleepy highland village of Carrbridge.

A dynamic Scottish textile and ceramic company is to launch into the fashion capital of the world with a high profile presence in a leading new department store in Milan, Italy.

A new exhibition if photographic portraits by Anita Orheim has gone on show in the departure lounge at Sumburgh airport as part of the Bonhoga Gallery Touring Exhibition Programme organised by Shetland Arts. Moving Through Borders will remain at Sumburgh until late November when it will transfer to The Peerie Shop Café in Lerwick and then Whalsay, Unst and Yell Leisure Centres over the next year.

The Heartwood contemporary visual art project presents exciting new site-specific work in a woodland setting in rural Perthshire. It began in 2008 as an artists’ initiative and has developed into an annual event. The event coincides with the Perthshire Open Studios and is open from 3 – 11 September 2011.

Tore Art Gallery, Tore, Inverness, until 30 September 2011.

Inchmore Gallery, Inchmore, Inverness, until 27 August 2011.

An exhibition of work by Joanne B Kaar is to open at Caithness Horizons on 13th September 2011.