Author: Kathryn Lamont Smith

  • Purvai Festival, a celebration of South Asian Arts at An Lanntair

    Originally inspired by the life and collection of Colonel Colin Mackenzie from Stornoway (1754 -1821) who mapped India, the Purvai project embraces traditional and contemporary art, music, textiles, literature, history and culture, charting areas of shared humanity between Gaelic culture and the Indian sub-continent. It thrives on the exchange of artists and ideas. This year,… More…

  • Bell Ringing at An Lanntair as part of Re-Soundings and BBC Music Day 2016

    In celebration of BBC Music Day and as part of An Lanntair’s latest exhibition ‘Re-Soundings, by artists Mhairi Killin and Hugh Watt, we will be ringing bells at An Lanntair on Friday the 3rd of June at 7pm. As part of an artist talk exploring the inspirations behind their individual practices and their experience of… More…

  • May Cinema at An Lanntair

    Programme Assistant Oriana takes us through this month’s cinema programme! From tiny islands in fascinating familial drama ‘Iona’ to huge battles in Marvel’s latest ‘Captain America’ we have something for everyone!   Iona’s title is the name of both the film’s heroine and the Hebridean island on which it is set. This striking, reflective drama… More…

  • ‘Re-soundings’ artists discuss their upcoming exhibition at An Lanntair

    Artists Mhairi Killin and Hugh Watt discuss their upcoming exhibition ‘Re-Soundings‘ which will launch at An Lanntair on Thursday 12 May. Make sure you come along to our opening at 5pm to celebrate. Tell us a little about your exhibition that will open at An Lanntair in May and the ideas behind it? Re-Soundings is the… More…

  • Laura Maynard: An Obsession with Turquoise

    Laura Maynard, an artist and surfer based on the Isle of Lewis talks about her upcoming exhibition in An Lanntair’s café bar, which explores her relationship with surf culture and the Outer Hebrides’ coastline – 11th May to 28th May. On 20th May, An Lanntair will put on its next Party at the Pictures event… More…

  • Am Beairt/The Loom: Sharmanka

    This summer An Lanntair will be hosting the Festival of Harris Tweed. A once in a lifetime opportunity to experience the inner workings of this incredible industry from the Isles of Lewis and Harris. The festival will create numerous opportunities to celebrate and promote the incredible story of Harris Tweed across several months during 2016 – starting… More…

  • April Cinema at An Lanntair

    This month at An Lanntair, two titans go head-to-head on the big screen for the first time. Yes reader, the long-awaited Hitchcock/Truffaut has arrived. Kent Jones’ film documents the incredible interviews conducted by a young Francois Truffaut at Alfred Hitchcock’s office in Universal studios. According to The Guardian, who call the film ‘terrific’, Kent’s documentary… More…

  • Catherine’s Grand Tour of India – The Mackenzie Manuscripts

  • Glass sculptor, Shaun Fraser announced as the winner of 2016’s An Sùileachan Residency.

    Press release 16 March 2016 An Lanntair and the Bhaltos Community Trust are delighted to announce Shaun Fraser as the An Sùileachan artist in residence for 2016. The residency has been set up to provide time and space to research, explore and create in a landscape of outstanding natural beauty that has a strong linguistic… More…

  • Julie Brook speaks about her upcoming exhibition “Made:Unmade”

    Tell us a little about your exhibition that will open at An Lanntair in March and the ideas behind it? The exhibition will show a body of work I have been making over the last few years in the remote semi-desert landscape of North West Namibia. I am interested in how I respond to a… More…