Ok, so stupidly this will be a photoless blog entry. I got so carried away with the moving pictures I completely forgot to get any not moving ones. Lesson officially learned. Although this is very much in keeping with the rest of the entry as it was a day of learning lessons all round. For example, […]

My third visit was to Caroline Dear, in Fangan which is a wee collection of houses a few miles on the other side of Portree if you come from the direction I did. The run to Skye from Fort William was as beautiful as my drive to Caithness and reminded me again that there is […]

Feis Cothlam 2011 – a gaelic wool festival celebrating everything woolly in Argyll is taking place from 21st to 23rd July 2011 in Benderloch, Argyll.

Tore Art Gallery, Tore, until 20 June 2011.

Castle Gallery, Inverness, until 21 May 2011.

Caithness Horizons will be hosting a showcase event for the latest group of artists from around the globe to participate in North Lands Creative Glass’s residency programme on 28 April.

An exhibition of life in the village of Brough & Dunnet Head will be on show at Castlehill Heritage Centre, Castletown (4-25 May 2011).

The Iona Gallery in Kingussie has launched a new website.

Vernacular Modernism, an exhibition by the American artist Richard Roth, will open at the Highland Institute for Contemporary Art on 1 May 2011, 2-5pm.

Spotlight Show: Bones & Beasts by Patricia Niemann opens this weekend (Saturday 30th April 2011) at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery. Patricia has been participating in Making Progress 2011 – a HI-Arts mentoring project for mid career makers. Patricia’s exhibition will be on display at IMAG until 28th May 2011.