Author: Kathryn Lamont Smith
Bealach Commissions Celebrate Banners and Bus Stops
Latest Bealach art commissions in partnership with Time to Shine will celebrate the island tradition of public banners and host new residencies exploring island bus routes. Bealach, Time to Shine and An Lanntair are excited to announce the latest artist commissions as part of our Bealach and Unchartered Projects. Established in 2015 Unchartered has already… More…
Drawing Between the Midges and the Rain……..
An Lanntair and the Bhaltos Community Trust award An Sùileachan Residency to artist Joanne B Kaar 2 weeks in the Western Isles 22nd August – 5th September 2015 “I arrived home very late on Saturday 5th Sept, after a fantastic two weeks in the Western Isles. My seemingly simple initial proposal of ‘walking books’, being… More…
Bealach to commission new artworks for Lewis and Harris
Bealach; Gateway to the Hebrides, Creative Place Award winners 2015 to commission New Artworks for Lewis and Harris. The Bealach team is excited to announce two new artist commissions. Bealach is a Lewis and Harris based creative project celebrating the art and culture of the Outer Hebrides. Bealach is funded through Creative Scotland’s Creative Place… More…
January Cinema at An Lanntair
This month, An Lanntair’s Programme Assistant Oriana Franceschi gives us an insight into some of the exciting screenings in our cinema! Tonight’s screening of Steven Spielberg’s masterly cold war drama Bridge of Spies will be our last. After the fever that accompanied the release of Spectre – and all of the iconic panache and swaggering… More…
Cultivating Crafts: Twilling Tweeds Exhibition at An Lanntair
Twilling Tweeds and Hunarmand Hoost (Skilled Hands) is an unconventional exhibition of contemporary hand embroidered textiles. The exhibition opened on Friday 4th December 2015 at An Lanntair, Stornoway and will run till 6th February 2016. A series of contemporary hand-loomed embroidered textiles will interpret Scottish and Chitrali stories through illustrated narratives. The artwork incorporates Chitrali… More…
Clo Mòr Festival of Harris Tweed to be held at An Lanntair.
Clo Mòr Festival of Harris Tweed to be held at An Lanntair as part of the 2016 Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design. Harris Tweed will be featured at the heart of An Lanntair’s summer exhibition programme in 2016 and will culminate with the Clo Mòr festival of Harris Tweed. The festival has been created… More…
ISLAND WRITERS TO FEATURE IN COLLECTIVE PUBLICATION
The Between Islands project aims to collectively promote the arts & arts practitioners from the Northern and Western Isles
New Opportunities for Artists through the Creative Place Awards Programme – Bealach
An Lanntair is delighted to today announce two exciting new opportunities for artists and creative practitioners through the Bealach Programme – a new collaborative creative programme being delivered with funding from Creative Scotland’s Creative Place Awards 2015. Stornoway and the Isles of Lewis and Harris were successful in winning the Creative Place Awards 2015. The… More…
An Lanntair Launches Faclan: The Hebridean Book Festival 2015 Programme
Faclan 2015: Feis Litreachas Innse Gall, The Hebridean Book Festival Wednesday 28th– Saturday 31st October fuil:blood “The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.” T S Eliot Now in its fifth year in its current format, for 2015 Faclan once again sees some of Britain’s leading writers, thinkers, career professionals and commentators coming… More…
Isles of Lewis and Harris Win Creative Place Awards 2015
Stornoway and the Isles of Lewis and Harris have won the Creative Place Awards and been awarded £125,000! “We are overjoyed with this result. What a wonderful opportunity this is to celebrate the incredible, creative Gaelic community of Stornoway and the islands of Lewis and Harris. We are delighted and cannot wait to get our… More…