by Uist Arts Association | May 4, 2021 | Features
The Uist Arts Association and Taigh Chearsabhagh are planning an exhibition to showcase works made using Taigh Chearsabhagh’s Darkroom and Print Studio This exhibition is open to all artists, not just UAA members, including current and past students, and the only...
by Uist Arts Association | Apr 16, 2021 | aotm22, Features, Meet the AotM artist, Meet the artist
Fiona Pearson and Marnie Keltie: Uist Artists in Conversation April 2021 Fiona Pearson and Marnie Keltie met in the Beacon Studio, Locheport in April 2021 to discuss their painting practices. They talk about their inspiration, practices, influences and how they see...
by Uist Arts Association | Apr 9, 2021 | aotm22, Features, Meet the AotM artist, Meet the artist
“I make hand-built stoneware sculptures, all themed around the sea. I’m inspired by the coastline around our island, and draw inspiration from the unique Hebridean environment. Water is never very far away, so there is always a shore to explore. Fresh water loch...
by Uist Arts Association | Apr 9, 2021 | aotm22, Features, Meet the AotM artist, Meet the artist
‘There is a 4,000-year-old Neolithic standing stone row on Meg Rodger’s croft on the island of Berneray in the Outer Hebrides. Over time, Meg has studied the monument and realised that it lines up with the equinox – the point at which, twice a year, the sun...
by Uist Arts Association | Mar 11, 2021 | Features, Meet the artist, Uncategorized
Art is Not an Island is a short film by Ewan Allinson and Maria Rud for the Arts and the Artist in Landscape and Environmental Research Today (AALERT) network looking at the role of artists, arts organisations and arts education in the “repeopling” of Eigg...
by Uist Arts Association | Feb 27, 2021 | Features, Uncategorized
A Blast from the Pastby Anna Davis Has it been 28 years, I was surprised to hear from Catherine asking if I still had an original copy of the swan print that has been used as the UAA logo as they only had a low res scan. Hmm, I’ll have a look and there it was, buried...