Hard to believe that the Mirrie Dancers illuminations are now at the halfway point. Tonight’s launch at the Glasshouses at Tingwall is Illumination No. 5 out of a series of ten, and it will run until 11th January.
So far the lights have been dancing at Lower Voe, Haroldswick, the Dunes at West Sandwick and…
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Mirrie Dancers at the Glasshouses
Posted by Kathy Hubbard on December 4th, 2009 No CommentsSector search for top 50 future female leaders
Posted by Gwilym Gibbons on December 3rd, 2009 No CommentsThe Cultural Leadership Programme has launched its search for the sector’s top 50 future female leaders.
“There are nowhere near enough women in positions of power and influence, whether it be in the cultural and creative industries or other sectors. We need to do everything we can to enable and encourage the next generation.”
Jenni…
Gman still with us…
Posted by Jane Matthews on December 1st, 2009 No CommentsThe Gunnister Man exhibition may have closed at the Museum and returned to Edinburgh but his influence lives on in the Focus Display exhibition cabinet upstairs until February 2010. The Gman project is a collaborative response to the subject of Gunnister Man led by artist and designer Deirdre Nelson. The project involved eight textile makers,…
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Posted by Jane Matthews on December 1st, 2009 No CommentsShetland makers Emma Blain and Claire Henry (Aamos Designs…) and Robyn Inkster, have been selected to exhibit at Gifted, the Christmas exhibition at The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, running now until 10th January 2010. The show, ‘brings together new work from over 20 of Scotland’s most talented craft makers with handmade
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