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HI-Arts Cultural News archive from April 2006
Hebcelt Tickets on sale

Ticket bookings for this year's Hebridean Celtic Festival are set to go on sale on 1 May 2006 via telephone and the internet.
28 April 2006


Watch This Space with Show Scotland

Watch this Space is a new collection of paintings by Edinburgh artist Gerry McGowan, showing at An Tobar on the Isle of Mull as part of Show Scotland events.
28 April 2006


Calling all budding musicians

Perth Concert Hall is offering the chance of a lifetime opportunity for young local bands and musicians in Perthshire and the surrounding areas, aged 16 - 21 to take part in The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle.
28 April 2006


Highland 2007 at VisitScotland expo

Highland 2007, the year Scotland celebrates Highland culture, is taking its message to VisitScotland’s expo in Glasgow this week (26-27 April 2006).
26 April 2006


Still from the film 'The Cowboy and the Spaceman'. Click for full size imageSpaceman Meets Cowboy In The Prairies Of Orkney

On Saturday 13th May the exhibition ‘The Cowboy and the Spaceman’ opens at Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre in North Uist, showing photographs, prints, sculpture and a new film by Orkney artist Colin Kirkpatrick made with the Peacock Gallery’s Adam Proctor. The film addresses environmental matters close to the artist’s heart in the beautiful landscape of Orkney. A serious subject, but brought to the public with an artistic eye and a sense of humour.
26 April 2006


Show Strathnaver!

SHOW SCOTLAND 06 is a celebration of Scotland in all its glory, to be enjoyed by everyone over the bank holiday weekend 28th-30th April 2006.
26 April 2006


Show Timespan!

SHOW SCOTLAND 06 is a celebration of Scotland in all its glory, to be enjoyed by everyone over the bank holiday weekend 28th-30th April 2006.
26 April 2006


Global Art Project for Peace. Click for full size imageGlobal Art Project in Raigmore, Inverness

A group of girls from Raigmore and Crown areas have completed an attractive artwork as part of the Global Art Project for Peace and are now ready to send it to their selected counterpart in California.
25 April 2006


Inverness Public Art - Call for Artists

To spearhead the Inverness City Centre Streetscaping Improvements, lead artist Matt Baker is organizing a multi-faceted public art event to take place in late summer, 2006.
24 April 2006


Culture Clash tickets go on sale

Tickets for Shetland Arts ‘Culture Clash’ world music event, which runs from the 18th – 20th May will go on sale from High Level Music in Lerwick at 9.00am on Friday 21st April 2006.
24 April 2006


New Match Funding Awards from Arts & Business Scotland

The Scottish Executive has made funding available to Arts & Business Scotland to incentivise private sector sponsorship of the arts.
24 April 2006


Arts Groups sought for Refugee Week

Refugee Week take place this year 19th – 25th June 2006 and organisers are looking for arts groups to get involved.
24 April 2006


The Creative Retreat - Arts Holidays in 2006

An exciting programme of weekend adventures in visual and performing arts is available this year at The Creative Retreat in Banff.
24 April 2006


Kenneth White to direct new series

Sandstone Press Managing Editor Robert Davidson announced today (21 April 2006) that Kenneth White is to direct the Company's forthcoming 'The Highliner Series'.
24 April 2006


Foundations for the 2nd theatre at Eden Court in Inverness. Click for full size imageMajor boost to the Eden Court Appeal

The Garfield Weston Foundation awards £50,000 to the Eden Court Appeal.
21 April 2006


Back row - Ryan Couper, Lois Nicol, Claire Laurenson, Gemma Donald, Margaret Scollay  Front Row - Darren Stewart and James Leask. Click for full size imageShetland's finest to tour USA

Eight of Shetland’s top young traditional musicians, ranging in ages from 15 to 26, are due to leave the islands toward the end of April 2006 to undertake a two-week tour of America.
21 April 2006


Russian choir to perform in Inverness

The Highland Council welcomes the Russian male voice Valaam Ensemble from Lake Ladoga to Inverness Town House on 23 May 2006 at 8pm.
21 April 2006


Illicit - a new comedy from Right Lines

Illicit is a fast-paced comedy show about hard-nosed ambition – and whisky! - presented by Right Lines Productions.
21 April 2006


Highlands Open Studios

This year's Open Studios event will be held from 3rd to 11th June 2006.
21 April 2006


Swåp. Click for full size imageSWÅP - the Du Da tour

SWÅP, featuring Karen Tweed, Ian Carr, Ola Bäckström and Carina Normansson will be touring the Highlands and Islands during May 2006.
21 April 2006


Claire teaching children during her recent visit to Azerbaijan. Click for full size imageBack to Resolis By Way of Azerbaijan

Resolis Community Arts close their 2005/2006 season with a concert by the very local lass Claire Campbell and her band on Saturday 22nd April, at the Resolis Memorial Hall.
20 April 2006


Strong Response to PFT Programme for 2006

With 4 weeks to go until the opening performance of the 2006 Summer Season, ticket sales for all six shows suggest that this will be another storming season at PFT.
20 April 2006


Embrace to headline Belladrum Festival

Current chart-toppers Embrace have been booked to top the bill at Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival’s Saturday night headliner slot.
19 April 2006


Threshold Artspace to host Beverley Hood exhibition

On Friday, 21 April 2006, Horsecross is delighted to unveil the world premiere of First Person by Beverley Hood – a playful take on the centuries long tradition of self-portraiture in art and the contemporary world of video games.
19 April 2006


Proiseact Seinn Lochabair – Lochaber’s Singing Project

An exciting new opportunity for community music and the Gaelic language in rural Lochaber gets underway from 17th April 2006, with the launch of ‘Ceilear!’
17 April 2006


Visiting Arts seminar in Inverness on international collaboration

Visiting Arts are running seminars in both Inverness and Glasgow which are tailored to participants’ needs, aimed at encouraging and facilitating international working in the arts and cultural fields.
12 April 2006


Jonny Hardie of Old Blind Dogs. Click for full size imageOld Blind Dog signs up for Adult Feis

The latest addition to the illustrious Feis Rois Inbhich (Adult Feis Rois) tutor team is Jonny Hardie of the Old Blind Dogs.
10 April 2006


Joy Lynn White. Click for full size imagePhil Lee sends Joy to Easter West Fest

Medicine Music is delighted announce the appearance of Nashville rising star Joy Lynn White and her band and Nashville Legend Walter Egan at the Easter West Fest on 14-16 April 2006.
10 April 2006


Something for everyone at the 28th Glenfarg Folk Feast in April

The 28th Glenfarg Folk Feast takes place over the weekend of 21st-23rd April 2006.
10 April 2006


Lee Hendrick, the Visual Arts and Crafts Officer for An Tobar. Click for full size imageIsle of Mull one of six communities chosen for Channel 4's Big Art Project

Following nominations by over 1,400 members of the public across the United Kingdom, The Isle of Mull has been chosen as one of six locations to be featured in Channel 4’s BIG ART PROJECT, the most ambitious public arts commissioning programme ever undertaken in the UK.
10 April 2006


Intriguing evening of music, comedy and poetry at Hootananny

Ash Dickinson and Hazel Morrison share the bill at Hootananny's in Inverness on 21 May 2006 for an intriguing evening of original material, contrasting inventive poetry and comedy with uplifting, captivating music.
10 April 2006


Felt Making course with renowned Felt Artist

Renowned Felt artist Jeanette Sendler will be conducting a Felt Making course for adults on 7-8 May 2006 in Lybster.
07 April 2006


Launch of Highland 2007 in Moray

Announced by the First Minister in March 2003, Highland 2007 will celebrate Highland culture across Scotland through the delivery of an exciting programme of events throughout 2007.
07 April 2006


Elana James. Click for full size image26th Shetland Folk Festival

This year's Shetland Folk Festival sees yet another eclectic and innovative line up of visiting artistes when it takes place on 27-30 April 2006.
07 April 2006


African band 'Ba Cissoko'. Click for full size image'Culture Clash' for Shetland

“An eclectic clash of world-wide and local music cultures” is how Shetland Arts Music Development Officer Davie Gardner describes the first weekend of music to be promoted by Shetland’s new arts development agency.
05 April 2006


Kid's Banners from around the Highlands to feature at Bella

Five remote Highland primary schools will be taking part in creative workshops to produce banners for Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival (11th & 12th August 2006) in April and May.
05 April 2006


Superlative Glass Centre tempts Crystal Design Master home from America

North Lands Creative Glass, based in Caithness, is delighted to welcome Peter Aldridge as its new Chief Executive Officer.
05 April 2006


The Proclaimers announce 2 Scottish shows

The Proclaimers will be appearing at Strathpeffer Spa Pavilion on 25 May 2006.
03 April 2006


Small Enclosed Area April UK Tour

Elgin band Small Enclosed Area embark on a UK tour starting this Tuesday (4 April 2006) in Glasgow.
03 April 2006


Three top gigs at Phipps

Phipps Hall, Beauly sees 3 top music acts over the spring, each by highly accomplished and original musicians in the field of contemporary song, traditional music and jazz.
03 April 2006


Spring into Summer with Perth Theatre’s zesty blend of visiting productions

This spring, Perth Theatre brings some of the best of Scotland’s visiting production companies to the city including two from the highly acclaimed National Theatre of Scotland.
03 April 2006



 

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