Workshop dates 29 March – 13 April 2008

Invitation for Applications
31 January 2008

HI~Arts is now seeking submissions from writers of fiction living in the Highland and Islands of Scotland wishing to be considered for a place on our annual Masterclass for the best new fiction writing talent in the region.
29 January 2008

Channel 4’s talent development initiative 4Talent Scotland is looking for new directors to take part in industry master classes and work with experienced 4Talent producers to create new, inspiring, creative videos for the 4Talent Scotland website.

Following the master classes, to take place in the Highlands and in Glasgow, three directors will be selected to work with Lewis-based production company Mac TV, producers of award winning documentaries such as Martyn Bennett:Grit and Downhill Racer, as well as long running arts strand series such as Ealtainn . Another five will work with Glasgow production company Blindside, who have produced various videos for the 4Talent Scotland website, such as Traffic, Trash and Toilets and Another Fine Mess.

To win a place on one of the master classes, and the chance to make a short film for the 4Talent website working alongside Blindside or MacTV, filmmakers and directors are invited to submit three ideas for the kind of films they’d like to see on the 4Talent website. For more information on how to enter go to www.channel4.com/4talentscotland

The deadline for applications is 11th February 2008.

The guidelines and application form for Themed Events Programme for the Year of Homecoming 2009 are now available and awards range from £5k to £50k. The deadline is 26 February 2008.

25 January 2008

For artists in Moray who have decided that their New Year’s resolution is to start a new career or improve their existing one, Moray Art Centre has an event to help kick start ideas on Sunday 27 January from 2pm till 4pm.

25 January 2008

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) is calling on local residents to get creative with their environment through an arts workshop taking place in Cromarty next month (February 2008).
24 January 2008

The RSAMD Scottish Traditional Music Graded Exams project is proud to announce a new partnership with well-established traditional music publisher Taigh na Teud, based on the Isle of Skye (www.scotlandsmusic.com).
23 January 2008

The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama’s Scottish Traditional Music Graded Exams project was launched in the summer of 2007 when its website went live (http://gradedexams.rsamd.ac.uk ) and its first session for fiddle and accordion took place on 22 October.
23 January 2008

The Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book Awards – Scotland’s richest book awards, and the fourth largest in the UK – will be hosted for the first time at the Borders Book Festival in Melrose on 20 June 2008.
23 January 2008

This training day is funded by An Lanntair to support Visual Artists, Musicians, Actors, etc aiming to make money from their art-form practice and arts education work.
22 January 2008

HIE Innse Gall is funding the Maker's Guide to Selling Craft workshop, which is hosted by An Lanntair, so that craft producers can explore the logistics of selling your craft.
22 January 2008

Award winning poet, novelist and songwriter Kevin McNeil is set to make a return visit to Shetland in February 2008 in order to take up a brief creative writing residency.
18 January 2008

Promote YT (Scotland) is the national agency dedicated to the development of Youth Theatre in Scotland.
17 January 2008

Accommodation and studio space for practising professional, and student artists will be available at The Stables, Cromarty from February 2008.
16 January 2008

Wildbird will be running an intensive creative weekend workshop from 25-27 January 2008 that aims to rehearse and produce a stunning new piece of contemporary theatre in just one weekend.
16 January 2008

Further high-profile speakers have joined the line up for Scotland: Creative Nation, the three-day Cultural Summit being held in Edinburgh at the end of February.


16 January 2008

Stills, Edinburgh Printmakers and Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop invite artists to apply for the above opportunities to develop their practice in working with individuals from selected communities.

15 January 2008

The Moray Council’s Arts Development Team is currently updating its database of artists living and working in the area.
15 January 2008

Highland 2007 has instilled a new confidence in the region's creative industries providing crucial investment in its communities and facilities, according to HIE chair William Roe.
15 January 2008

A competition has been launched this week which celebrates songs from Celtic and Scots language communities. Singers and song-writers are invited to send entries to Nòs Ùr - the first song contest to be held in Inverness as part of four regional finals held across Europe.
14 January 2008

Following a three day recording session in the Quoyloo Church, Sandwick, in the autumn of last year, the Mayfield Singers are now ready to launch their recording of songs set to poems by Robert Burns, and what better way to celebrate this unique achievement than by holding a traditional Burns Supper on Burns Night.
14 January 2008

On Tuesday 15th January 2008, the public are invited to attend the official opening of artist in residence Karen Rann’s art installation – ‘Presence’. The opening takes place at Ness Bank Church on Tuesday followed by a piped procession to the installation at St Andrews Cathedral.
14 January 2008

Scottish Opera’s tour “Essential Scottish Opera” is set to travel to fifteen venues the length and breadth of Scotland in 2008.
08 January 2008