** Closing date: February 3rd 2026 ** Applications for Visual Artists and Craft Makers Awards (VACMA) are now open, offering small grants to Scottish visual artists and craft makers for their creative development. VACMA offers 2 types of bursary: £500 Early-Career...
Dùthchas / Faodail : Home / Found
Dec 29, 2025
With the re-broadcaast of Faodail on BBC Alba on Dec 31 2025, here's the story of a series of artworks inspired by the film and its predecessor. The film is available on the BBC iPlayer after broadcast and is currently on Youtube (in 4 parts). Here, Berneray-based...
Figure and Life Drawing Class, North Uist
Dec 18, 2025
Join the UHI NWH full-time art students for five afternoons of guided figure and life drawing at Taigh Chearsabhagh Art Studio, Lochmaddy. Explore short poses, longer sustained drawings and a range of media including charcoal, ink, pencil and paint. Suitable for...
UAA Winter Show 2025
Dec 5, 2025
The Uist Arts Association's Winter Show at runs at Taigh Chearsabhagh in Lochmaddy, from November 8th until December 24th. All the works are small (in 24 x 24 cm frames), they're for sale, and can be taken away immediately. The theme of this year's Show is Peace /...
UAA Summer Show 2025
Aug 13, 2025
Some of the artwork from the Uist Arts Association's Summer Show at Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre, Lochmaddy, which ran from to June 27 to August 16th 2025[dmg_masonry_gallery...
Summer Open Exhibition 2024
Jun 27, 2024
The annual Summer Open Exhibition, with artwork by members of the Uist Arts Association is now open and runs until early August, in the Taigh Chearsabhagh Studios in Lochmaddy, North Uist. Much of the work will be available to purchase, with new pieces added...
Winter Exhibition 2023
Nov 10, 2023
This year’s Winter offering from the Uist Arts Association has a Small Works theme. The show will open on November 11th, and with the following week being Scottish Book week, a a combined launch party is...
Feather in the Ocean
Jun 30, 2023
An encounter with seabirds An exhibition of new works by Kirsty O’Connor and Cally Yeatman – also featuring a new music composition by Loriana Pauli. Join us on Friday June 30th at 7pm to celebrate the opening of the exhibition, with the opportunity...
Summer Show 2023
Jun 30, 2023
The annual UAA Summer Exhibition at Taigh Chearsabhagh opens on July 1st 2023 and runs until August 5th
Looking at ourselves: a self portrait project
Feb 20, 2023
Open to anyone, your self portrait can be produced in any medium whether it is a five minute blind drawing, an oil painting, a poem, a collage, a photograph, a print or a sculpture.
There are no rules and the size, and format will depend on your own enthusiasm
UAA Winter Exhibition 2022
Dec 2, 2022
December 3rd – January 28th 2023
Taigh Chearsabhigh
HIghland Art Prize 2022
Aug 16, 2022
Highland Art Prize 2022 The UAA have been approached by the Highland Society of London, An Comunn Gàidhealach and Perth & Kinross Council to invite us to submit artwork for the inaugural Highland Art Prize exhibition and competition as part of the Royal National...
The Uist Chessmen: Ani George
Jun 25, 2022
Made by Uist artist Ani George, this chess pieces are carved from locally cast wild red-deer antlers. The chess board is locally made and framed with wood from the pews of the former Carinish Church in North Uist. The wood originally formed the hymn-book rests from...
In memory of Judith
Jun 22, 2022
‘ In Memory of Judith An exhibition of work by Judith Entwisle-Baker, Artist, 9th March 1957 – 9th January 2019 Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre, North Uist, from July 2nd to August 6th 2022[el_dynamic_masonry_gallery include_categories="116"...
Open Summer Exhibition 2022 Callout
Jun 5, 2022
It’s that time of year again: The days are long and the machair is blooming. Our summer exhibition this year will be held in Taigh Chearsabhagh in Studios 1 and 2 There will be an retrospective exhibition of Judith Enwisle-Baker's work in Studio 3 running...
UAA Summer Open Exhibition 2022
May 12, 2022
This year's Summer exhibtion runs from July 2nd to August 13th at Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre in Lochmaddy. Work from Uist artists will be on view and available for sale. The information and sales desk in the gallery can also advise on our summer Art on...
Meet the Artist: Eilidh Stewart
May 5, 2022
Eilidh Stewart grew up on the Hebridean island of North Uist. She studied fine art at the University of The Highlands and Islands where she obtained a BA (HONS) in Fine Art during 2013. Each piece begins as small locational sketches which often aim to capture the ever...
Uist Arts Association AGM
Apr 29, 2022
AGM - Wednesday 11th May 6.30pm at Taigh Chearsabhagh You are all welcomely invited to join us at Taigh Chearsabhagh for a drink and salty snack for our AGM, but we have also arranged for Simon Hart the senior director at Taigh Cheasabhagh to come along too and talk...
Michael Faint: Innse Gall
Mar 14, 2022
Photography of the Outer Hebrides 2018 – 2022. Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre, Lochmaddy, North Uist. 11th March to 30th April 2022
Deborah MacVicar: Finding Peace
Feb 24, 2022
Finding Peace is an exhibition of new paintings from multidisciplinary artist Deborah MacVicar at Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre, Lochmaddy from 1st February – 5th March 2022[ngg src="galleries" ids="43" display="thumbnail" images_per_page="30"...
Three: Margaret Fenton, Margaret MacLellan and Peter Ferguson
Feb 24, 2022
Three / Tri Exhibition Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre, Lochmaddy 15th January – 26th February 2022Margaret Fenton >Margaret MacLellan >Peter Ferguson >An exhibition of work by recipients of the Katharine Barr Memorial Bursary Artwork is available...
Art on the Map 2022
Feb 3, 2022
Dear All - I hope you are still holding on after the last week of storms and looking forward to the summer. This year we would like to offer a simplified Art on the Map. A simple flyer leaflet that identifies artists and studios open with two categories: venues with...
Meet the Artist: Sharon MacPherson
Dec 27, 2021
Interview with Sharon MacPherson, nature and landscape artist from Berneray, interviewed by Meg Rodger for The Birlinn Yarn Company"As well as land/seascapes, I especially love to paint local wildlife. Growing up within a crofting community most certainly influenced...
Change: UAA Winter Exhibition 2021
Dec 14, 2021
Held at Taigh Chearsabagh from 15 December 2021 to 29 January 2022 (Image: Michael Faint)
























