An inspired partnership between Scottish Natural Heritage and Lochgilphead Joint Campus has led to the formation of a school business group focussing on photography in the natural environment.
30 October 2009

Shetland Arts is bringing Scotland’s most exciting contemporary dance and modern ballet group to Shetland, The Curve Foundation Dance Company.




28 October 2009

Moray Art Centre in Findhorn has announced their new art programme of classes and workshops for October - December 2009.
28 October 2009

The increasing status of Strathpeffer Pavilion's annual Art Fair was confirmed this week after HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay agreed to contribute two of his own paintings for display at this year's event which is taking place at the end of November 2009.
27 October 2009

A poster campaign created by Manchester-based design agency True North, has won the top communications prize at this year's Roses Design Awards, in association with Invest in Nottingham.

Alasdair Morrison, Chairman of MG ALBA, said: “We welcome today’s launch of the BBC Trust’s review into BBC ALBA which will examine the channel’s performance over the first year and the potential carriage on Freeview. BBC ALBA has been very well received attracting an average weekly audience of 220,000 viewers since it was launched as well as playing a key role in promoting the Gaelic language.

26 October 2009

Art, craft and giftware businesses are demonstrating their support for the annual Aviemore Trade Show, scheduled for April 2010.

22 October 2009

Arts Council England and London 2012 announced today (Thursday 22 October) that Scotland based artist Craig Coulthard has been selected as the Scottish winner of a £460,000 (Lottery funded) commission for Artists taking the lead, one of the major projects for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
22 October 2009

Writer Kevin MacNeil completed his planned epic cycle by the Danube in about 12 cycling days in September/October 2009, during which he covered 1260km, through 4 countries (Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary)... Oh, and he did it all on a fixed gear bike.

21 October 2009

Author Peter Urpeth's new novel - 'MacKenzie's Issue' - is to be written on Twitter - tweet by tweet - yes, that's 140 characters a time until the end!

21 October 2009

Now you can get that little bit closer to Scotland’s national dance company by taking part in Outside In, Scottish Ballet’s Access All Areas programme delivered to you directly from the theatre stage.

21 October 2009

For the past four months The Glenfiddich Distillery has once again played host to a number of international visual artists. Each one has provided them with their own personal interpretation of their experience over this time. As winter approaches the Distillery is pleased to cordiality invite you to view the third exhibition of their new work which will bring this years residency programme to a close.

19 October 2009

The George Mackay Brown Fellowship is delighted to announce the appointment of Nalini Paul to its first yearlong residency as a registered charity. Nalini was born in India, but ‘I have no living memories of it – I moved at only two and a half,’ she says. ‘ I have had to rely on family stories; but I had a chance to visit last year and have started writing a series of narratives which I’ve been fictionalising.’

19 October 2009

Dutch jazz fiddler Tim Kliphuis has been hailed as the successor of Stéphane Grappelli, taking his legacy into the 21st Century by crossing over from gypsy jazz to folk and classical music.
16 October 2009

A new collection by the Scottish poet and artist Thomas A Clark will be launched at the Pier Arts Centre on Saturday afternoon 17 October 2009 at 5pm.
13 October 2009

Pitlochry Festival Theatre is delighted to announce its Autumn-Winter-Spring Programme of events (October 2009 – April 2009).
13 October 2009

Award-winning Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival (Beauly, Inverness-shire) leads the field among the UK’s independent festivals when it comes to the amount per head its audience put into the local economy, a recent survey by the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) shows.
08 October 2009

Senegalese “Hendrix of the Kora” (Music News) Seckou Keita and his international band, The Seckou Keita Quintet, are to round off their current UK tour, the last in their current format, with a concert organised by DrumHom and Shetland Arts at the Clickimin Centre in Lerwick on Saturday 17th October. They will be supported by local percussion ensemble Aestaewast.
08 October 2009

The “house ceilidh band” from the legendary comedy theatre show “The Accidental Death of an Accordionist” brings madness, mayhem and high-quality music and song to a selection of Highland venues this October as part of the Highland Homecoming celebrations.
08 October 2009

The £5 million Creative Scotland Innovation fund will bring exciting new  creative partnerships to life that cross traditional boundaries and will support and sustain the artistic and creative community during the current economic climate.
07 October 2009

With the Highland Print Studio’s excellent facilities recently re-opened, now is the time to sign up for one of their brand new range of induction courses.
07 October 2009

Ewan Brown, Chairman of Creative Scotland 09 Ltd launched this major new online forum for the arts, culture and creative industries at an event at Perth’s Horsecross concert hall on 5 October 2009.
07 October 2009

Sandstone Press is delighted to announce that it will be entering the field of General Fiction from the beginning of 2010.
07 October 2009

Over the course of the month of October, finalists and winners of the BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year award will be covering a lot of miles all over Scotland performing their effervescent sets of tunes and melodious songs to enthusiastic audiences.
07 October 2009

Pitlochry Festival Theatre has a huge hit on its hands with Whisky Galore – A Musical!
07 October 2009

06 October 2009

The Crafts Council has launched a pioneering professional development scheme, Crafts Council Collective
06 October 2009

Workshops in fiddle, guitar and song, pipes and whistles, Gaelic singing
02 October 2009

BBC ALBA is delighted to announce that for the second year running, it will be broadcasting daily programmes live from The Royal National Mod.
02 October 2009