Author: Kathryn Lamont Smith

  • LEADING ART SOCIETY PARTNERS WITH AN LANNTAIR TO PRESENT NEW EXHIBITION ON ISLE OF LEWIS

    MEDIA RELEASE March, 2019 LEADING ART SOCIETY PARTNERS WITH AN LANNTAIR TO PRESENT NEW EXHIBITION ON ISLE OF LEWIS A new exhibition, ‘Palimpsest’ featuring artwork by 24 leading artists from across Scotland and beyond opens 18 May 2019 at An Lanntair, Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis. Originally inspired by the idea of Palimpsest, ‘something… More…

  • An Lanntair Launches New Cinema Tickets with Special Prices for Young People

    MEDIA RELEASE – 14th March 2018 For immediate release An Lanntair Launches New Cinema Tickets with Special Prices for Young People _________________________________________________________________________________ From the 1st of April An Lanntair will be introducing new ticket prices for cinema goers. Alongside a small increase to its standard tickets, the arts centre will introduce a new specially-reduced “Teen/Student… More…

  • Graphic Design with Pearse O’Halloran

    Each week we will be bringing you news, blogs, and updates from An Lanntair and the Outer Hebrides.  This week we are handing over to Pearse O’Halloran, Creative Director of LOOM, an Independent Graphic Design Studio based in the Outer Hebrides. An Lanntair have been working with Pearse on our new brand refresh and he tells us a… More…

  • Between Islands Project To Launch At Orkney Folk Festival

    News release – 01.03.19 For immediate release BETWEEN ISLANDS PROJECT TO LAUNCH AT ORKNEY FOLK FESTIVAL They may be geographically removed and unique in their own way, but Scotland’s Western and Northern islands share many cultural connections, not least their Viking heritage and a tradition of expressing their distinctive lifestyles through music. Now the Between… More…

  • An Lanntair Launches ‘Full Circle’ Project

    MEDIA RELEASE – 18th Feb 2018 For immediate release An Lanntair Launches ‘Full Circle’ project, a new programme of free creative activities for children and families throughout Lewis and Harris. _________________________________________________________________________________ An Lanntair has secured funding from the Aspiring Communities Fund – which is supported by the European Social Fund, to create and develop a… More…

  • Have you met Steve?

    A photo of a mysterious phenomenon known as Steve (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement) has won the first ever Hebridean Dark Skies Festival photography competition, it was announced today. Meet Steve, by Berneray photographer Casey McIntyre, captures the rare phenomenon that can be seen during displays of the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights). The photo will appear on… More…

  • An Lanntair commission local film maker Zoe Macinnes for Iolaire Centenary Films.

      Late on New Year’s Eve 1918, HMY Iolaire set sail from Kyle of Lochalsh in north-west Scotland, carrying nearly 300 seamen home to the Isle of Lewis after the war. But in the early hours of New Year’s Day 1919, the ship sank at the entrance to Stornoway Harbour: 205 servicemen perished in one… More…

  • ISLAND YOUNGSTERS STAGE ARTS CENTRE TAKEOVER

    Tickets have gone on sale for a brand new festival created by and for young people in the Outer Hebrides. A group of young creatives is staging a takeover of An Lanntair arts centre in Stornoway for two weeks in October with a festival based around the theme of Change. The programme of the new… More…

  • An Lanntair launch event for The Year of Young People Las!/Ignite! Festival.

    MEDIA RELEASE – 1ST JUNE 2018 An Lanntair launch event for The Year of Young People Las!/Ignite! Festival. Calling all young curators, programmers, designers, filmmakers, musicians and those planning a career in the arts. We need you! The Las! / Ignite!  Festival is being organised by young people for young people and will take place between… More…

  • Muir is Tìr– Land and Sea Residency 2018

    Muir is Tìr – Land and Sea – Residency with An Lanntair & Sail Britain, 6th – 16th Aug Application deadline now extended to 15th July. Sail Britain and An Lanntair are pleased to announce the ‘Muir is Tìr – Land and Sea’ residency will be running again in 2018. ‘Muir is Tìr’ is a ten-day programme… More…