by Uist Arts Association | Feb 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...
by Uist Arts Association | Dec 27, 2021 | aotm22, Features, Meet the AotM artist, Meet the artist, Uncategorized
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...
by Uist Arts Association | Dec 14, 2021 | aotm22, Exhibitions, Features, Uncategorized
Held at Taigh Chearsabagh from 15 December 2021 to 29 January 2022 (Image: Michael Faint) View and buy works from the...
by Uist Arts Association | Dec 14, 2021 | Exhibitions, Features, Uncategorized
Held at Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre, Lochmaddy, North Uist from July 3 to August 14 2021 View the works from the...
by Uist Arts Association | Oct 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s that time of year again: it’s stormy out and the clocks are going back…..COP26 is in the news and change is on our minds… So the title for our Winter Open Exhibition this year in Taigh Chearsabhagh’s Cafe is: Change We are repeating our format of...
by Uist Arts Association | Sep 16, 2021 | Exhibitions, Features, Uncategorized
Edge Hebrides is showing at the Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh from 26th Sept. – 9th Oct. 2021, open daily between 11am and 6pm This inspiring exhibition brings together the work of five contemporary artists, all based and practicing in North Uist...
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...
