The Scottish Arts Council Capital Lottery Fund has brought a new cinema and music venue a giant step closer to reality by the award of £2.12 million today.
31 March 2008

The fourth Ullapool Book Festival - Friday 16th until Sunday 18th May 2008 - has announced its line-up.
29 March 2008

Tional is a vibrant, family-orientated Gaelic language gathering on Saturday 5th April at Inverness Gaelic Primary School. Whatever your understanding of Gaelic, from complete beginner to fluent native speaker, there is an activity for you at Tional.
27 March 2008

Voluntary Organisations, public bodies and partners from all sectors can participate, as well as Educational Establishments are invited to attend the Northern Periphery Programme 2007 - 2013 Seminar to be held in Elgin on 14th April 2008.
27 March 2008

Eight art students or recent graduates are being sought to invigilate an exciting new outdoor art installation in Edinburgh by Jason Bruges Studio.
27 March 2008

The Arts Education in Practice Professional Development Award is a new SQA accredited professional development qualification for arts practitioners in Scotland.
25 March 2008

Following the Visual Arts Gathering in Ullapool in 2006, HI-Arts invites you to attend the next Gathering at Eden Court, Inverness on 15th & 16th May 2008.
20 March 2008

Here Now, There Now is a major art project taking place in the landscape along Scotland's busiest rail commuter routes linking Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
20 March 2008

During 2008 Arts & Business Scotland plan to mount a ‘Dragons Den’ for arts sponsorship, designed to help staff in arts organisations develop their skills at pitching sponsorship proposals and to promote arts sponsorship to business.
20 March 2008

Ever wanted to grab and hold people’s attention the way an actor does? Did you ever wish you could project an air of confidence when you least feel like it?  In 2008, the internationally renowned Citizens’ Theatre commenced a brand new skills training programme focusing on confidence and presentation skills.
19 March 2008

Following discussions between HSE representatives and Alistair Carmichael MP the HSE confirmed today that they would now make the trip to Shetland to review the inclusion of the North Ness Fuel Depot in their high risk site classification. In a further development the HSE has also confirmed that only one alteration is required to one tank on the North Ness site to automatically remove the tank from the list, and in doing so opening up the opportunity for development within the area affected by their guidance. All that is required is an overflow device to be attached to the petrol tank and work is now underway to cost this work and open up negotiations with the operators of the site.
17 March 2008

One of the most beautiful exhibitions ever to be seen in Shetland is about to open at Shetland Arts’ Bonhoga Gallery. Entitled Hides & Habitats, by Fife based artist Kyra Clegg, it is an ongoing installation of sculptures and wall based work whose initial inspiration was the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard’s book ‘The Poetics of Space’.
17 March 2008

From May 31st – June 8th this year, artists all over the Highlands will throw open their doors and invite you in to have a look behind the scenes of a busy artist’s studio.
17 March 2008

The Pier Arts Centre is one of only three projects in Scotland to win a UK Civic Trust Award.
17 March 2008

Caithness Arts are currently preparing the second edition of the Caithness Arts Directory.
13 March 2008

Cromarty Arts Trust will be enjoying a double-celebration on the weekend of the 15th March, starting with a Freedom Ceilidh at 7pm at The Stables.
11 March 2008

Proposals are currently being invited from artists and performing companies who would like to participate in this year's Imaginate Autumn Exchange (formerly WYSIWYG). This year's Autumn Exchange will take place at The Byre Theatre in St Andrews on Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd October.

11 March 2008

Those many people who have been eagerly awaiting THE KERRACHER MAN by Eric MacLeod will not be disappointed when it appears later this month. News of the launches at Inverkirkaig, Ullapool and Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, is now available on the re-edited web site, as is Sir John Lister-Kaye’s (author of SONG OF THE ROLLING EARTH and much more) ringing endorsement.
11 March 2008

Arts & Business Scotland has opened nominations for the annual Arts & Business Scotland Awards. The Awards will take place at the Music Hall, Aberdeen on 21 October 2008.

11 March 2008

Proposals are currently being invited from artists and performing companies who would like to participate in this year’s Imaginate Autumn Exchange (formerly WYSIWYG). This year’s Autumn Exchange will take place at The Byre Theatre in St Andrews on Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd October.


10 March 2008

Girl Meets Boy by Inverness-based Ali Smith and Wild Places by Robert MacFarlane, which features many of the highlands most remote landscapes, have made it to the shortlists for the Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book awards.
05 March 2008

Spring has sprung and the Scottish Storytelling Centre’s new training and development programme is now available.
04 March 2008