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Acclaimed film Director Robin Hardy to introduce The Wicker Tree

Posted by on January 30th, 2012 No Comments

We are very excited to announce that Wednesday’s free special screening of The Wicker Tree will be introduced by famed writer and director Robin Hardy, best known for his cult classic The Wicker Man.

The Wicker Tree will be screened at The Garrison Theatre on Wednesday night at 7:30pm. Although tickets are free you are

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Three great new jobs with Shetland Arts

Posted by on October 20th, 2011 No Comments

 

 
Join us at Mareel
Further opportunities to join an innovative and entrepreneurial creative organisation at a point of transformation as Shetland Arts prepares to open the doors of Mareel, a new £12.2m Music, Cinema and Creative Industries Centre on Lerwick’s waterfront. We are now recruiting for the following 3 posts:
 
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Mary Smith retires at 18 years

Posted by on September 30th, 2011 1 Comment

Today is Mary Smith’s last day with Shetland Arts, exactly 18 years to the day she started. Mary started with one of our predecessor organisations, Shetland Arts Trust at the beginning of October 1993 as the Visual Arts Coordinator.
Mary’s contribution to the arts in Shetland has been huge and far reaching, but her focus…

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Shetlander makes big ‘social investment’ into feature film

Posted by on July 4th, 2011 No Comments

B4films announced today their delight that Shetlander George Stroud, CEO of Marin Subsea has injected a six-figure sum of money into the Shetland based feature film, Between Weathers….
The Ellon based entrepreneur was captivated by the story, written by Jim Brown and Marc Pye and was really excited about a movie being shot in

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New national study into small-scale creative finance

Posted by on June 30th, 2011 No Comments

Shetland Arts is pleased to publish today a major new study into the need for and provision of small-scale finance for creative practitioners and the creative sector. The study commissioned by Shetland Arts and carried out by the BoP Consulting… through 2010 provides a key insight into the finance needs and habits of creative people

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