Author: Kathryn Lamont Smith
Full BA Fine Art Hons Degree in the Western Isles – at Lews Castle College UHI
Lews Castle College UHI now offers the full four year BA (Honours) Fine Art degree, delivered from studios within the Taigh Chearsabhagh Arts Centre and Museum http://www.taigh-chearsabhagh.org/ in Lochmaddy, North Uist. Part time and full time study options are available for those inspired to spend time on Uist or already resident there. Short term participation on… More…
Tickets Go On Sale for Purvai 2017: An Lanntair’s Festival of South Asian Art and Culture
An Lanntair has now released the first tickets for its festival of South Asian Art and Culture, Purvai 2017, a Signature Event for Scotland’s Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology 2017, supported by EventScotland as part of the themed year celebrations and the Heritage Lottery Fund. This year’s Purvai Festival (10th August to 19th August)… More…
The launch of On The Level: a curious music festival at An Lanntair
On Saturday 27 May from 4pm until late into the night, An Lanntair will be opening its doors for a one-off, one-day festival of (mostly!) local music. The On The Level festival will take over the entire building in a series of gigs and special events. The event forms part of the Creative Place Awards… More…
An Lanntair wins Heritage Lottery Fund
An Lanntair wins Heritage Lottery Fund support to launch the first ever Exhibition of the Colin Mackenzie Collection and Purvai, a Festival of South Asian art and culture in Stornoway. Today, on the 196 anniversary of Colin Mackenzie’s death, An Lanntair has received £59,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to deliver one of… More…
An Lanntair’s Fèill Ceàird is Còcairachd: Craft and Cookery Festival
An Lanntair hosted two days of crafts and cookery, as part of Bealach, the Isle of Lewis and Harris winning project for the Creative Place Awards 2015. On Friday a group of intrepid foragers, led by Mark Williams from Galloway Wild Food, headed out to Gress Beach to scour the shore for edible delicacies, including seaweed, and… More…
Cuisines and crafts from the Minch to Mumbai at An Lanntair’s Fèill Ceáird is Còcairachd:
Cuisines and crafts from the Minch to Mumbai at An Lanntair’s Fèill Ceáird is Còcairachd: Craft and Cookery Festival 29th April 2017 Saturday 29th April from 12pm to 4pm An Lanntair will launch its Fèill Ceáird is Còcairachd: Craft and Cookery Festival – a FREE festival throughout An Lanntair’s building offering a fabulous tour of… More…
IOLAIRE CENTENARY 1st January 2019: Presentation on a proposal for a new commemorative sculpture
All are invited to a presentation at An Lanntair on a proposal for a new commemorative sculpture with Will Maclean RSA, Marian Leven RSA, Arthur Watson RSA at 7.30pm Monday 17th April 2017 The anniversary of the Iolaire disaster on 1st January 2019 will be the final formal event in the official, national four-year programme… More…
Commission for new artwork
An Lanntair is a hub for creativity and the arts in the Outer Hebrides. We are a multi arts venue – at one and the same time a contemporary art gallery, a theatre, a cinema, a dance studio, a concert hall, a platform for poetry and literature, a studio – every space stretched to showcase… More…
Three Arts Practitioners Recruited through Arora for Uists and Barra
Press release : 14th March 2017 Three Arts Practitioners Recruited through Arora for Uists and Barra Three new Artist Practitioners have been recruited through the award winning Arora Dementia Friendly Community Project at An Lanntair to work with people living with dementia and their carers across the Uists and Barra The posts have been funded through… More…
Nicola Sturgeon’s speech for International Women’s Day
On Monday 6 March 2017 the Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon MSP, First Minster opened An Lanntair’s programme in celebration of International Women’s Day. Her message to young women was particularly important: We have made huge strides in recent years on all of these issues but history tells us that progress made is always capable of… More…
