Rural Arts Residency Scotland

In spring 2022 I travelled thanks to a Creative Scotland Go and See grant across Scotland to see different rural arts organisations. This took me from the Shetland Isles to Dumfries, from the Scottish Borders to Ullapool to discover different models of arts development in our country.

Have a look below on the different places visited, the wonderful people I met and what I found out about them and their work. How they connect with their communities and how they work with artists and other partners.

Shetland, Lerwick and beyond: Mareel, Shetland Museum, Bonhoga Gallery

Orkney: Pier Arts Centre

Caithness: Lyth Arts Centre

Sutherland; Helmsdale: Timespan

Black Isle: Cromarty Arts Centre

Highlands; Ullapool: An Talas Solais

Moray; Forres: Findhorn Bay Arts

Aberdeenshire, Huntly: Deveron Projects

Newport on Tay: Forgan Arts Centre

Argyle and Bute: Cove Park

Argyle and Bute: Bute House

Dumfries and Galloway: Stove Project

Scottish Borders, Hawick: Alchemy Film & Arts Festival

Scottish Borders, Marchmont: Hugo Burge Foundation

Scottish Borders, Blainsley: Tim Stead Trust

Scottish Borders, Galashiels and beyond: Connecting Threads