What's On: Learn & Create

White Ribbon Western Isles Status Project invites you to design their unique logo. 

Looking for a creative hangout? Join us at Pointers Youth Centre for the new Art Cafe for age 14 – 18 year olds. Each month there will be a group participatory art project to dive into. This is your space to meet friends, express yourself, and make something amazing together.  Hot drinks and toast provided. 

Draw your journey to the Isle of Lewis on the map, wherever in the world you started out.  Over the course of the week the lines will converge in a group collaborative artwork symbolising community.

For you, what makes a place ‘home’?  Mark the start of Refugee Week by answering this question as we build a large sphere together from foam board.

Join this supportive workshop to mark Healing Arts Scotland week. Artist Danielle Macleod will share her research into plant remedies historically used in the Outer Hebrides, and enable participants to experiment with cyanotype printing and botanical toning.

A relaxed and welcoming chance to play the Steinway grand piano in An Lanntair’s auditorium. Whether you have a polished piece or something you’re still working on, this is a space to share your playing in a supportive, social setting.

This session is for children age 2 – 5 and their parent or carer to be creative together. 

Baby Disco is a high-energy, family-friendly dance party where babies, toddlers, mums, and dads can come together to move, play, and enjoy something truly unique. We take classical music and transform it with fun, upbeat dance rhythms – creating the perfect soundtrack for little ones (and grown-ups!) to bop along to.

An Lanntair is proud to host a major new public artwork in Stornoway, co-designed by care experienced and disadvantaged young people from Lewis and Harris and created in collaboration with internationally acclaimed mural artist Smug. The project is led by Articulate Cultural Trust, an arts organisation based in Glasgow and dedicated to realising the cultural rights of care experienced children and young people.

Drop in to the Art Lanntair art tent at the top of the castle green for some creative fun. Create miniature indigenous animals and sea creatures to populate an island landscape. You can also add to the large collaborative artworks by painting animals on panels. Fun for all ages led by An Lanntair arts workers.

An Lanntair will run a week long creative course for young people to devise and perform a unique piece of theatre. Drama practitioners will lead workshops in performance skills, devising a new story, rehearsing the created piece and preparing the cast to perform to an audience.

Join a band boot camp where you’ll pick a couple of songs — covers or originals — and work on them with musician Scott C Park. You’ll learn rehearsal techniques, song-writing and arrangement tips, and how to tighten up and grow as a band.

Creative Summer art studio sessions for young people age 12 – 16 led by artist Kirsten Mcilroy.  Each day will start with observational drawing which you will develop into expressive painting, printmaking and ceramic artworks. 

Explore the rich and diverse world of rhythm across musical genres and cultures. This interactive class will take you on a journey through music from around the world, discovering how different communities use rhythm to express identity, tradition, and creativity.

What happens when you take your sculpture for a spin? Find out in this week long art vehicle workshop. We’ll explore the history of nomadic artworks, scavenge for parts, and collaborate on a convoy of fantastical constructions.

YDance, in partnership with An Lanntair, will be delivering an Award in Dance Leadership Course accredited by Leadership Skills Foundations. The Dance Leadership Award helps young people develop leadership skills through dance, building confidence and preparing them to lead activities in their community.  

This fun and practical 3hr course will give teachers and youth workers the confidence, skills and knowledge to deliver dance sessions that develop creativity and basic movement skills with their young people.

Join us for a fun, creative week of dance led by an experienced YDance tutor – Beth Gildea. Learn a variety of styles including Jazz, Street, Contemporary, creative and more and finish the week with a sharing on the final day!