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A Landmark Year Ahead For Lyth Arts
2025 promises to be a vibrant and transformative year for LAC as we bring bold creative experiences and meaningful community engagement to the far north of Scotland. From historic collaborations to touring theatre and family-friendly activities, our upcoming programme is set to inspire and connect audiences of all ages.
10/2/2025
The National Archives To Establish New Hub For Community-led Research In The Cultural Heritage Sector
Staff working in galleries, libraries, archives and museums around the UK will soon be able to ask The National Archives for help funding community-led research projects, following a generous £1 million award by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The project, known as Spaces, Places and Belonging, will help a wider range of people engage with cultural organisations.9/2/2025
Gaelic Digital Challenge Fund - Exciting Opportunity For Storytellers
Young Gaelic speakers with a passion for digital storytelling are invited to register their interest for the chance of receiving one of five grants of £5,000, designed to bring their innovative ideas to life. The Gaelic Digital Challenge Fund is being launched by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to develop creative approaches that bring authentic Gaelic stories to life on digital platforms.31/1/2025
Creative Scotland multi-year funding: Ministerial statement
Statement made by Angus Robertson MSP, Culture Secretary to Parliament on Thursday 30 January 2025. Presiding Officer, thank you for the opportunity to address parliament today regarding Creative Scotland's Multi-Year Funding programme and today's announcement of successful applicants.27/1/2025
Seizure Of Sally Mann's Photographs In Texas Revives Old Debates About Obscenity And Freedom Of Expression
The following article is from the Conversation web site. The author Amy Werbel, Professor of the History of Art, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) has gathered a large number of links describing the situation and the history of the problem.24/1/2025
Culture Secretary Speech At The Creative Industries Growth Summit
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy's speech on government plans to grow the creative industries, at the Creative Industries Growth Summit in Gateshead. Welcome to the first Creative Industries Growth Summit.23/1/2025
Free Exhibition At National Galleries Of Scotland - Works By Everlyn Nicodemus
Spanning the gallery's entire ground floor, Everlyn Nicodemus opens on 19 October 2024 until 25 May 2025, and is free for everyone to enjoy. Experience Everlyn's joyful, defiant and searingly honest artworks, with over 80 drawings, collages, paintings and textiles from over 40 years of her career, from 1980 through to the present day.Cocoon: A Collaborative Textile Installation A Swanson Gallery
Cocoon is a collaborative textile installation and sharing of work, showcasing work co- created by a group of women in Caithness, in collaboration with artist Laura O'Kane. The exhibition presents a collection of silk scarves designed during the 2024 Caithness Community Artist in Residence programme, led by Lyth Arts Centre (LAC) in partnership with Rape and Sexual Abuse Service Highland (RASASH).
Kate Young Trio At British Legion Club Thurso
Growing up immersed within a Folk music background in Edinburgh, Kate Young has emerged as one Scotland's most innovative composers and musicians. Her recently released album, Umbelliferæ, is largely inspired by plantlore and the traditional uses of wildflowers from across the UK.
23/1/2025
Celtic Connections Banishes Winter Blues In Glasgow
Celtic Connections in partnership with Innis & Gunn will transform Glasgow into a global epicentre of traditional, folk, world and roots music, at the premier winter festival underway with household names, secret line ups, debut performances, unique collaborations and the piloting of a new venue. The UNESCO City of Music will welcome "the music of the people" to the biggest possible stages for thousands to enjoy over the next 18 days as the 32nd edition of the world-renowned festival, delivered by Glasgow Life, gears up to do what it does best - banish the January blues.
23/1/2025
Showcase Scotland Celebrates 25th Birthday By Shining Spotlight On Scottish And Irish Musical Talent
Showcase Scotland, the music industry event held as part of Celtic Connections in partnership with Innis & Gunn, is celebrating its 25th birthday with a five-day programme at this year's festival. The showcase introduces delegates from around the world to the Scottish music sector and encourages international cultural collaboration.23/1/2025
Where Can You See Art In Caithness
Thurso Art Gallery (Swanson): Located within Thurso Library, this gallery hosts a year-round program of exhibitions featuring a diverse range of artwork from local artists. You can find drawing, painting, sculpture, crafts, photography, film, multimedia, and digital artwork.
23/1/2025
The National Gallery - The Carracci Cartoons: Myths In The Making
Coinciding with our 'C C Land: The Wonder of Art' re-hang, this spring the National Gallery will present the Carracci cartoons (about 1599) in Room 1. This is a rare chance to see these extraordinary works which, at nearly four metres wide and two metres tall and in the delicate medium of charcoal and white chalk, are not often displayed.
17/1/2025
Foreign Secretary launches UK Soft Power Council
The Foreign Secretary and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport have launched the UK Soft Power Council to drive UK growth and security. Foreign Secretary launches Soft Power Council to help boost UK economic growth and security by bringing together experts from across culture, sport, the creative industries and geopolitics.17/1/2025
£60 Million Boost For Creative Industries To Turbocharge Growth
Hundreds of creative businesses and projects across the UK are to receive government funding to help them grow as part of a major boost to the economy - marking the first step of the Government's Sector Plan for the creative industries. Culture Secretary hosts major economic growth summit in Gateshead for creative industries and announces key priority areas.
14/1/2025
Chair Of Creative Scotland Review Confirmed
Survey launches to seek views of cultural sector. Dame Sue Bruce will chair the review of Creative Scotland, Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has announced.2/1/2025
Supporting Gaelic Heritage - New projects announced
The original manuscript of a Gaelic love song written during the Battle of the Somme is to be housed at a new cultural centre. North Uist Historical Society will receive £165,000 of Scottish Government funding to convert Carinish Old School and showcase items from its collection, many of which are currently kept in storage.25/12/2024
The Ten Best Novels Of 2024 - According To Literary Experts
With Something Good, the arts and culture newsletter from The Conversation UK, we aim to cut through the noise and recommend the very best in new releases every fortnight. In 2024, we've been spoiled for choice when it comes to recommending fiction.
25/12/2024
What Christmas Looked Like In The Middle Ages For One Grieving Family - From Carols To Charity And Chess
The experience of a Christmas in many countries today owes a great deal to the modern era. The Christmas tree, Christmas cards and the image of Santa Claus as a portly bearded gentleman in a red suit with white trimming all date to the 1800s and 1900s.
16/12/2024
Earning Half The Minimum Wage: New Report Reveals Pressures On Artists To Sustain Creative Life
Artists are generally thought of as either starving in a garret (La Bohème and all that) or jammy millionaires producing works valued at eye-watering sums (hello Damien Hirst). But the reality of life in the visual arts is more prosaic and a great deal more worrying, as the publication of Glasgow University's report into the pressures facing UK visual artists reveals.Search Our Site
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