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UAA Summer Exhibition 2021 news
Because of all the uncertainty around Covid and unlocking, we decided a while ago not to run Art On The Map this summer. But, to compensate and help promote our members and their work, we are planning a bigger and wider summer exhibition at Taigh Chearsabhaght his...
Fiona Pearson and Marnie Keltie: Uist Artists in Conversation
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...
Nyree Troughton: Spotlight on the collagist
Her project "57.5704°N 7.2812°W // ROOTED" had me longing for a place I could call home with its gorgeously layered narratives using Hebridean Archive Imagery, family photos, text, and a model posed amid various locations on the isle. Nyree writes, "The publication is...
Louise Cook, Shoreline Stoneware: Island Life Distilled
"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 or...
Meg Rodger: In the Studio
'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 is exactly...
Meet the artist: Margaret Cowie
Meet the artist Margaret CowieMy work has been about the landscapes of the islands, the moods, the seasons, the flora and the abandoned, broken down homes. I examine traces of history and cultural heritage which connects to the physicality of the earth and the...
Art is Not an Island
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 and North...
Origin of the UAA logo
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...
Studying Art in Uist
Study art in UistBA Fine Art (Hons) and NC Art and Design with Portfolio PreparationLews Castle College @ Lochmaddy, North Uist Lews Castle Castle (part of the University of the Highlands and Islands) runs arts courses in Lochmaddy, North Uist. Based at the Taigh...