by Uist Arts Association | Jul 21, 2021 | aotm22, Features, Meet the AotM artist, Meet the artist
My books and boxes are made employing traditional bookbinding techniques which I love adhering to closely. I do however also want to give my work its very own style and feel. This I achieve through hand crafting the decorative paper I use to cover the objects I make....
by Uist Arts Association | Jul 15, 2021 | aotm22, Features, Meet the artist
Using everyday materials and spaces, I explore gaps and overlaps between drawing, photography, and embroidery; all the while questioning my understanding of each. The intention is not to tell a story or to illustrate. Much of my work will exist only for a short time....
by Uist Arts Association | Jul 13, 2021 | aotm22, Features, Meet the AotM artist, Meet the artist
Pauline Prior-Pitt in her painting shed at Grenitote, North Uist reading a couple of poems and talking about her life in Uist Pauline reads from “Be an Angel”, her recent collection of poems about women’s lives and talks about life as an artist in Uist...
by Uist Arts Association | Jul 4, 2021 | Features, Meet the artist
Fashioned from driftwood, barbed wire, sea urchins and barnacle-encrusted plastic mannequins, Fergus Granville’s eclectic sculptures are inspired by the Hebridean island of North Uist’s wild weather and terrain. Read the...
by Uist Arts Association | Jun 13, 2021 | aotm22, Features, Uncategorized
Exhibition: Tuesday 1st – Friday 9th July 2021 at Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre, Lochmaddy, North Uist Yasmin Davidson is a contemporary artist based in Uist, working in the field of painting, drawing and sculpture. Yasmin graduated with a B.A Fine Art...
by Uist Arts Association | May 16, 2021 | Features
During the Corona virus, the Uist Writers’ Workshop has kept going using email to share our writing on set themes. The virus has given new meanings to familiar words like ‘test, trace, mask, wave’ and has brought new phrases into our daily vocabulary like ‘social...
