An Lòchran, Glasgow’s Gaelic Arts Organisation, has drawn inspiration from the book Flower of the West, written & collated by Calum & Rory MacDonald, for two flagship Gaelic cultural events:  The exhibition, which opens at Taigh Chearsabhagh, Isle of North Uist, on April 2nd and runs to 27th April, heralds a re-awakening of a Gaelic identity.

The Exhibition

Flower of the West is an exhibition by six visual artists - Kasia Zych, Hugh Watt, Olwen Shone, Lesley Punton, Shauna McMullan, Maria McCavana.  All the artists commissioned are of Celtic origin or live in the Western Isles.

Using a range of media - photography, video drawing and painting – the exhibition explores Gaelic and Celtic Identity through the theme of landscape and sense of place.  The artists look at territory and belonging, as well the less tangible - the relationship of time and space to landscape. 

The Concert

On Friday 6th of May at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall some of Scotland’s foremost artists and musicians will come together to celebrate the work of Calum and Rory MacDonald through song, film, poetry and visual art.  Tickets go on sale on Monday 17th January during the Celtic Connections Festival:  Box Office 0141 353 8000

The concert will have a strong Gaelic content with a multi-media backdrop and will be performed by Phil Cunningham, Mary Ann Kennedy, Karen Matheson, Donald Shaw, Catherine-Ann MacPhee, Mairi MacInnes and Cliar amongst other well known musicians.