Northings | Patricia Niemann | Friends Activity

Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, How do people engage with culture in Scotland?, on the site Northings

Wed, 29 May 2013 07:58:40 +0000

Each year the Scottish government conduct a Scottish Household Survey that gives us an insight into the composition, characteristics, attitudes and behaviours of Scottish households and individuals. The […]

Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, sound Festival shortlisted for prestigious RPS Music Award, on the site Northings

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:31:51 +0000

“sound’s 2012 edition opened up the world of music theatre to creators and audiences who feel inhibited by opera’s institutional conventions and gave us a whiff of the creative zeitgeist”
opera magazine
sound, […]

Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, Invitation for New and Emerging Deaf & Disabled Scottish Film Talent, on the site Northings

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:00:26 +0000

Invitation for New and Emerging Deaf & Disabled Scottish Film Talent to a 2 Day Film Workshop
At the Edinburgh International Film Festival
Delivered by 104 Films in partnership with Edinburgh International Film […]

Bogbain Farm and Barry Gordon are now friends

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:15:41 +0000

Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, HI-Arts Reflections: Gilly Langton, on the site Northings

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:04:16 +0000

Pamela Conacher explains how jewellery designer Gilly Langton made her move to the Highlands & Islands.
GILLY LANGTON is a highly regarded international contemporary jewellery designer living and working in […]

Bogbain Farm and Eleanor Carlingford are now friends

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:27:44 +0000

Bogbain Farm and Alice Strange are now friends

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:53:30 +0000

Bogbain Farm and Mayanne MacGregor are now friends

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:34:20 +0000

Bogbain Farm and Moira Aitken are now friends

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:21:18 +0000

Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, Looking for ways to boost your online sales?, on the site Northings

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:36:18 +0000

Improve your online sales with these 21 Tips

If you are selling directly from your website as an artist or crafts maker then you might be wondering how you can increase your traffic, improve your website […]

Rowan Macfie wrote a new post, RockNess 2012, on the site Northings

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:53:54 +0000

Dores, Loch Ness, 8-10 June 2012
NOW in its 7th year, and attracting more than 20,000 revellers, RockNess has fast become a major landmark on the map of British music festivals.

WHILE other festivals may boast […]

Rowan Macfie wrote a new post, Breakin' Convention, on the site Northings

Wed, 23 May 2012 14:05:17 +0000

Empire Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 22 May 2012
EDEN COURT held its first ever break-dancing event last night as part of Breakin’ Convention; one of the biggest international festivals of hip-hop theatre. […]

Rowan Macfie wrote a new post, A Sporting Chance, on the site Northings

Tue, 22 May 2012 09:46:18 +0000

Craigmonie Centre, Drumnadrochit, 21 May 2012, and touring
CARTOON Theatre’s latest production brings the company’s trademark blend of live performance and animation together in tribute to this year’s big event: […]

Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, Digital Participation in Scotland, on the site Northings

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:04:48 +0000

We are working online, networking online and promoting online more and more these days. Most of my work revolves around online marketing and audience development, partly because there is a learning curve involved […]

Rowan Macfie wrote a new post, Four Corners, on the site Northings

Wed, 16 May 2012 13:03:30 +0000

Glen Urquhart Hall, Drumnadrochit, 15 May 2012
RENOWNED ensemble Mr McFall’s Chamber are well-known for taking their audience on far-reaching journeys, and their current tour is no exception.

THIS month, four […]

Rowan Macfie wrote a new post, Wee Jamp, on the site Northings

Mon, 07 May 2012 11:24:02 +0000

Cannich Hall, 4 May 2012, and touring
MOST of us think of parkour being performed on expansive cityscapes and buildings; not under the roof of the local village hall.

BRIGHT Night International and Glasgow […]

Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, Creative Blogging*, on the site Northings

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:18:38 +0000

Creative Blogs

Blogging has become quite the social media phenomenon in the last 2 years. They’re a fantastic tool to be using for both marketing and promoting yourself, your artwork, your organisation, […]

Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, From Lochaber to Manhattan, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:05:32 +0000

After all the preparation and planning we have finally arrived in New York after an early start, straightforward flight and taxi to the hotel. ‘We’ are a group of twelve Craft curators/officers who are […]

Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, First we take Manhattan!, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:04:39 +0000

Before I went on my travels, my son took it upon himself to organise my MP3 player – alphabetically, by genre and with a special section of music for New York! The one song that keeps playing through my […]

Avril Souter wrote a new post, Plannishing in Plockton, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:00:04 +0000

The best part of working in the Crafts Team at HI-Arts is that I get to know the work of so many great makers from throughout the Highlands and Islands.

Early on in my job we featured the work of Plockton […]

Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Craft overload?, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:50:11 +0000

September has been so jam packed with events, I felt it best to chart them from the beginning and work my way through!

From Skye to London via Inverness, I have seen work that has ranged from community knitting […]

Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Travels through the Highlands (and beyond!), on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:40:49 +0000

One of the many great plus points about my job as Craft Development Coordinator for the HI-Arts is that I get out and about throughout the Highlands and Islands to meet many inspiring and positive people.

On […]

Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, I think I am having a dream!, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:39:57 +0000

After being overwhelmed by SOFA on Wednesday evening it was great to return yesterday and actually meet some of the makers and talk to people involved. We still came to the conclusion that the European and […]

Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, The Highlands in NYC, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:39:41 +0000

When I was a girl growing up in Arisaig, a friend of my mothers came to stay. Norma Morgan was an artist from NYC who was on a sabbatical to the UK as she was fascinated by moors and mountains and wanted to […]

Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, HI-Arts invasion of Mull, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:39:25 +0000

In the depth of winter, we planned a Makers Day with An Tobar on Mull.

May would be lovely we agreed, as we battled against snow and gales and thought of spring, sunshine and calm seas! Little did we know […]

Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Collect at the Saatchi Gallery, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:39:11 +0000

I always look forward to visiting Collect – ‘the international art fair for contemporary objects’- in London. For the past 5 years it has been held at the V&A and at the beginning of the year, around the end of […]

Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Taking Time, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:38:07 +0000

Taking Time

Taking the West Highland train home from Edinburgh takes around 6 hours compared to 3 ½ hours in the car. It is a spectacular journey in daylight and one I have done numerous times since […]

Avril Souter wrote a new post, Picture Perfect, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:37:39 +0000

I always love getting new images sent through to me, whether it is for the crafts newsletter which we send out every month, the online galleries or for Making Progress web pages on the HI-Arts website – it’s […]

Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Travelling Makers, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:37:15 +0000

Travelling Makers

From Shetland, Westray, Iona, Lochaber and Inverness, we arrived by trains, ferries, buses, taxis, planes and in some cases, all five!

Organising Highland invasions like this seems to be an […]

Avril Souter wrote a new post, Textile Fever in Stroud, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:36:57 +0000

Stroud International Textile Festival – May 2010

Having read through the selection of events and talks in the Stroud International Textile Festival brochure, I was thoroughly looking forward to our visit to this […]

Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Collect, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:36:43 +0000

Collect

Our group visit last week was for makers who aspire to participate at Collect in the future. It was good to have a group who, once more spent time together catching up, discussing their own practice […]

Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Making Progress, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:36:27 +0000

Eileen Gatt, beaker

On the 4th June we had our afternoon event to Celebrate Craft and our Mentoring Project, Making Progress. It also saw the opening of our exhibitions, Made It! and Laura West’s Spotlight.

As […]

Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Assemble, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:36:11 +0000

Assemble

On Tuesday I was in a very hot London for the Craft Council Conference, Assemble. Set in the lovely surroundings of LSO St Lukes, I had high expectations for the day, hoping to come home inspired and […]

Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Time Out, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:35:56 +0000

Time Out

This is the time of year when many of us try to take a break and escape from our usual routine by relaxing with family and friends, hoping to return refreshed and inspired.

How many of us devote […]

Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Crafting Together, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:35:05 +0000

Crafting Together

Many of our projects address the need for our makers to get together; sometimes in a formal way through events such as Makers Days and at other times it just happens that the people involved […]

caroline dear wrote a new post, Plants and forms, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:34:19 +0000

hi all good to have meeting on monday

enclose picture of my studio wall with combinations of plants, peat

and experimental structures – creating forms which engage with the plants…

I am interested in the […]

Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, We need Exhibitions!, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:33:46 +0000

On Wednesday I spent the day in Edinburgh with a group of colleagues discussing, amongst other issues, curating craft exhibitions.

Amongst all the doom and gloom of funding cuts and the difficulties of making […]

caroline dear wrote a new post, rope, string and thread....making progress, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:33:17 +0000

I really enjoyed reading nick’s report, thank you. I have been working away and have done nearly 40 ropes so far,I am planning to make 101 and to have one large display in the gallery.

I have now also got a […]

catherine weir wrote a new post, First Making Progress makers' films visit: Patricia Niemann in Caithness, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:33:06 +0000

This month, having recently been taken on board by Screen HI to make films about the artists showcased in the HI-Arts Making Progress mentoring scheme, I’ve been really keen to get stuck into the project and am […]

catherine weir wrote a new post, Second Making Progress makers’ films visit: Nick Ross in Aberdeen, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:32:26 +0000

Last Friday I made my way to Aberdeen to meet with Nick Ross and chat about his maker’s video. He’s currently the artist in residence and a tutor in Gray’s School of Art and, having only graduated in 2008, I was […]

catherine weir wrote a new post, Third Making Progress makers’ films visit: Caroline Dear in Skye, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:32:06 +0000

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 […]

catherine weir wrote a new post, Making Progress Makers' Films: Filming with Patricia in Caithness, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:31:49 +0000

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 […]

Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Selling the Sizzle, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:31:20 +0000

On the first hot and sunny day for several weeks makers came from far and wide to listen to inspirational speakers for our summer event in Inverness.

‘Selling the Sizzle’ was Tina Rose’s suggestion for a […]

catherine weir wrote a new post, Making Progress makers films: Filming with Nick Ross, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:31:02 +0000

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catherine weir wrote a new post, Making Progress maker's films: Filming with Jennifer Cantwell, on the site Northings

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:30:48 +0000

In the run up to starting on my fourth and final Making Progress maker’s film I was pretty excited for a variety of reasons, not least because finally I was to be working on my home turf! Throughout this project I […]

Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, What is the Impact of Facebook Timeline?, on the site Northings

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:15:32 +0000

At the end of last month Facebook users saw one of the biggest refurbishments to the social network there has been, since it went global. The introduction of the Facebook Timeline has created a lot of […]

Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, Social Media: Some Helpful Advice, on the site Northings

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:21:50 +0000

Social Media and Social Networking is not only becoming an essential way of marketing and promoting but also for networking and raising awareness of your online profile. However, there is still alot of concerns and fear around using social media. So I’ve pulled together all the information that I have to hand that has helped […]

Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, What do you know about your audience?, on the site Northings

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:54:31 +0000

My name is Sian and I like to hoard information. Often or not people are surprised at how excited I get about statistics, data and research information. It’s a genuine excitement as well, I often refer to myself as a bit of an information geek. The reason why I love cold hard statistical evidence is […]

Bogbain Farm and Judi Sutherland are now friends

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:01:54 +0000

Esther Ferry-Kennington and Sian Jamieson are now friends

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:48:28 +0000