Uist will be participating in Pages of the Sea, a project to mark 100 years since the Armistice at the end of World War I. On 11 November 2018, communities will gather on beaches across the UK to say thank you and goodbye to the millions of men and women who left their shores during the…
12 x 12 at Taigh Chearsabhagh Cafe, Lochmaddy Saturday 24th November – Saturday 5th January Preview – 7pm on Friday 23rd November Following the success of last winter, we are returning to the CD format that we devised last year as it enabled us to show such a varied and rich selection of our members works…
Here’s a new art project with a Uist connection, inspired by house dresses and wrap aprons. The artist is Joanne B Kaar The house dress was often worn by women when dyeing yarns with lichen (crottle/crotal) in the Scottish Highland and Islands. Traditionally, this type of work clothing had a small, repeat floral pattern. Uses…
This is a quiet slow landscape where edges mingle, and the tide seeps silently asking the question: Uist, land or water? A series of prints and paintings by Catherine Yeatman UAA cafe exhibition at Taigh Chearsabhagh, Lochmaddy 6th October to 17th November 2018 More from Catherine Yeatman
Katharine Barr (1935 – 2014) was an artist and a very popular art teacher in the Uists. The Arts Bursary which has been set up in Katharine’s memory will be awarded annually for four years. For the first three years it will be awarded to an artist. In the fourth year it will be awarded…
Uist artists can now share profiles of their work on the new Uist Arts Association at https://uistarts.org/ If you are a UAA member, you can login and upload photos of your work, a description of your practice, contact details and (if you have a gallery or open studio) details of opening hours and location. See examples…
The Claddach Kirkibost centre has announced its events programme for September 2018: Thursday 13th September 7pm Margaret Joan MacIsaac – Pinhole Photography Workshop Part I Local resident Margaret Joan will explore how to create photographs using a simple homemade camera which participants will make from recycled materials. Please note that this is a two-part workshop.…
Audio recordings of the traditions of crofters, farm workers and fishermen, in English and Gaelic, along with some Scots, were put online by the Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic (DASG), University of Glasgow in August. 33 audio files are being published from the Mòthan Archive, all gathered in North and South Uist, Scalpay, Harris, Barra,…
Part time courses at the Lews Castle College studios in Taigh Chearsabhagh, Lochmaddy being in September and run throughout the year. They include: painting drawing cyanotypes mix media textiles printmaking Contact the college for more details on leart@uhi.ac.uk or by phone 01876 500871
Pottery classes in Locheport?
Louise Cook at Shoreline Stoneware is looking to develop facilities to enable her to offer a range of pottery classes in Locheport, North Uist and would like to gauge your views and level of interest. The survey is a simple tick-box online questionnaire, with space for comments. The link is below: it shouldn’t take more…
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