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19/3/2012
Young Musicians heading towards sell-out Concerts
Members of the eight Highland Regional Music Groups have almost reached the end of their rehearsals for a full day of concerts in Eden Court Theatre in Inverness on Sunday 25th March. Such is the reputation of these talented musicians from all over Highland that tickets are selling well, with the third concert of the day already sold out.17/3/2012
Sculpture Trail To Comemorate Lost Caithness Beaches
Sutherland-based artist Gavin Lockhart has been commissioned to undertake the next stage of public art at John O'Groats, with a series of works celebrating the dramatic and changing coastline of Caithness. Following a public meeting last year on the future artistic shape of John O'Groats, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) sought professional artists to transform the coast around the village.
The GILLIE MOR 2012 - 29th-31st March
A Celebration in Caithness of Folk Culture Caithness Horizons in Thurso has added The Gillie Mor to the cultural calendar of the Highlands. Last year saw the emergence of a three-day March festival of talks, books, film, story-telling, folklore, music and poetry which put the spotlight on the life and work of folk icon, Hamish Henderson.
10/3/2012
Caithness.org Arts Section Now Links To Twitter Accounts
We've finished adding Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to the Arts Index. Make sure your Twitter, Facebook and Youtube accounts are linked to your Free page on Caithness.org Arts, Sports etc..10/3/2012
Caithness - Provincial Mod 2012
AN COMUNN GAIDHEALACH - MEUR GHALLAIBH - CAITHNESS BRANCH The Caithness Branch of An Comunn Gaidhealach has started their programme of events to raise funds for the Provincial Mod which will return to Caithness in summer this year. The Provincial Mod is a regional version of the National Mod which took place for the very first time in the history of An Comunn Gaidhealach in October 2010.3/3/2012
What's On At Caithness Horizons, Thurso
Wedding Fayre: Sunday 4th March from 12 noon We're really looking forward to welcoming everyone to our wedding fayre with returning exhibitors from previous years and some brand new ones! Don't plan your wedding or special event without coming to see some of the finest celebration suppliers in Caithness! 'Gillie Mor 2012' - Celebrating the folk culture of Caithness & Sutherland. Thursday 29th-Saturday 30th March Following the success of last year's event, we're planning a follow-up three-day programme of story and song.21/2/2012
Wick Gala Week 2012 - Dates Announced
The dates for Wick Gala Week 2012 were confirmed today. The week will begin with the Crowning of the Gala Queen at 7pm on Saturday 28th July 2012.
9/1/2012
North Coast Musicians in Practice-A-Thon
YOUNG NORTH COAST MUSICIANS AND SINGERS TUNE UP FOR PRACTICE-A-THON FUNDRAISER IN AID OF YOUNG CANCER PATIENTS. Young performers from The Carol-Anne Mackay School of Music in Caithness and North Sutherland will be improving their music skills with a special 'Fortnight of Sponsored Practice' as part of CLIC Sargent's Practice-a-thon fundraising campaign.24/12/2011
Artist Sought to put Visitors to John O'Groats on the Right Track
Following a public meeting on the future artistic shape of John O'Groats, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is offering professional artists an early opportunity to transform the coast around the village. Award-winning artists Dalziel + Scullion, who are the concept artists putting together a broader plan for the iconic site, held an open workshop with the local community earlier this month.17/12/2011
Crafts Council celebrates 40 years
Crafts Council celebrates 40 years with online exhibition 40:40. The Crafts Council celebrates 40 years of the Crafts Council Collection with a major online exhibition '40:40 - forty objects for forty years' was launched on 8 December 2011.17/12/2011
Lead Artist Position In Ellon Aberdeenshire
Lead Artist required for social engagement project in Ellon, Aberdeenshire This is an exciting opportunity to work with the communities of Formartine, Aberdeenshire, to explore and describe local barriers to social inclusion through photography and image making. The Lead Artist will • Facilitate an arts-based community consultation outlining barriers experienced when engaging with the wider community • Support and advise participants in the use of their own cameras • Work with volunteers who will assist with the delivery of learning in photography skills to participants.5/12/2011
Scots-Chinese Cultural Agreement
A Memorandum of Understanding on Culture between China and Scotland has been signed today, committing the governments in Beijing and Edinburgh to supporting greater exchange and collaboration across the arts, creative industries, heritage and national collections - one of three major cultural agreements sealing links between the two nations. First Minister Alex Salmond signed the MoU along with China's Minister of Culture Mr Cai Wu at a ceremony in Beijing.5/12/2011
Scotland's Cultural Treasures
First Minister Alex Salmond has declared Scotland's cultural treasures as a magnificent bounty on the eve of the re-opening of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh. In a year when Stirling Castle Palace, the Burns Museum, the National Museum of Scotland and now the Portrait Gallery have all undergone considerable renovation, the FM has reflected on the renaissance in the nation's cultural wealth and the pride Scottish people are rediscovering in their heritage.5/12/2011
Celebrating Scotland the world over
People around the world will collaborate this winter to produce a social media movie and celebrate Scotland's global reach. Launched by Cabinet Secretary for Education Michael Russell, 'Scotland The World Over' invites everyone to take part and photograph a Saltire wherever they may be.15/11/2011
Glass - Residency Report
Mention 'glass,' and most folk think first of window panes, drinking vessels, or dinky ornaments - things to be handled gingerly. For many, the word 'sculpture' still brings to mind half-clad alabaster statues staring into infinity.
14/11/2011
The Making of Longbird - a Retrospective
Animated film and exhibition by Will Anderson and Tobias Feltus Inverness Museum & Art Gallery 19th November 2011- 4th February 2012 The Making of Longbird is apparently a documentary, unveiling archive footage of a Russian animated film from 1911 about a master animator, a work of art and a terrible fire... Award-winning Highland film-maker Will Anderson takes up the challenge of reclaiming the lost legacy of the Longbird, blurring the boundaries between fact and fiction and making us believe the unbelievable.
11/11/2011
Northern Artists - Edinburgh Exhibition
A group of northern artists had a successful opening night on 5th November 2011 Axolotl Gallery in Dundas Street, Edinburgh. The exhibition display works by 25 Caithness artists in oil, watercolour, acrylic, and mixed media paintings, etchings, 3Dim sculptures in glass, wood, slate, felt and cane and also photographic images of the county.
The Prince's Drawing School...
North Highland Connections Working with the community at Lybster In August and September NHC promoted two highly successful events which both involved the local community. From 1st to 10th August fifteen postgraduate students and staff of The Prince's Drawing School were based at North Lands Creative Glass centre in Lybster.6/11/2011
Cinema Caithness & Sutherland- November & December
CINEMA IN CAITHNESS Picture House Cinema Bookings: info[AT]picturehousecinema.eu Sat 19th Nov, CARS 2 (U) Skinandi's, Thurso Sun 20th Nov, CARS 2 (U) Lybster Community Hall, Lybster Sat 17th Dec, Walt Disney's MARY POPPINS (U) THE INBETWEENERS MOVIE (15) Skinandi's, Thurso Sun 18th Dec, THE INBETWEENERS MOVIE (15) Wick (TBC) www.picturehousecinema.eu CINEMA IN SUTHERLAND Halladale Film Club Sat, 12th Nov - True Grit - Jeff Bridges Matt Damon- Halladale Hall Sat 10th Dec - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part two- Halladale Hall .6/11/2011
Visual Artists and Craft Awards Scheme
HI~Arts in partnership with Creative Scotland, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Argyll and Bute Council HI~Arts have announced three new rounds of Awards for visual artists and makers based in the Highlands and Islands. The deadlines for these awards are: December 2nd 2011(for projects starting no earlier than 9th January 2012) January 20th 2012 (for projects starting no earlier than 1st March 2012) March 2nd 2012 (for projects starting no earlier than 1st April 2012) Full guidelines and application forms can be downloaded from: http://hi-arts.co.uk/services/creative-development/award-schemes/ .Search Our Site
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