Events & Exhibitions Archive

An archive of Taigh Chearsabhagh events and exhibitions for 2005.

We are delighted to be hosting poet Hollie McNish for her performance of Plum and Other Poems at 7:30pm on the 1st of November at Taigh Chearsabhagh. Tickets are £6 and £5 for concessions. Booking is Essential – please telephone 01870603970 to book About: Benjamin Zephaniah stating ‘I can’t take my ears off her’, Kate […]

Last Thursdays – Poetry Evening Theme: Nature – this is a very broad theme, giving plenty of scope for poems on any aspect of nature Taigh Chearsabhagh Thursday 25th October – 7:30pm – 9:00pm (Doors open from 7pm) Entry by donation (£3 suggested) includes complementary cold drinks and nibbles  

Siri wakes to find herself trapped inside a brutalist candy-coloured dreamhouse. Despite the cutesy décor, the place is far from benign, and she and her fellow inmates are encouraged to compete for survival. Forced to go head-to-head in a series of demeaning tasks, Siri and Alexa start subverting the rules, soon revealing the sinister truth […]

An archive of Taigh Chearsabhagh events and exhibitions for 2005.

We are delighted to be featuring local artist Ellis O’Connor as the first exhibiting artist in our new space in Lochboisdale, Taigh Chearsabhagh a’ Deas. O’Connor’s paintings are inspired by the Uist landscape and the elements that shape this environment. This exhibition will run from the 13th of October until the 9th of November. We […]

Along the peaty shore  – Air an tràigh mhòintich a series of prints and paintings by Catherine Yeatman This is a quiet slow landscape where edges mingle, and the tide seeps silently, asking the question: Uist, land or water?   From the 6th of October to 17th November in the Taigh Chearsabhagh Cafe.   Image […]

Image Credit: March, 2018, by Roy Talmon & Noa Biran – Talmon Biran Architecture Studio, 8th Land Art Festival, Poland. @ Marta Michalowska 6 October 2018 1:30pm – 9pm plus writing workshop 10:30am-12:30pm Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre Lochmaddy North Uist, Outer Hebrides, HS6 5AA 01870 603970 [email protected] Free, booking essential A day of conversations, […]

Lots of great films at the festival at Taigh Chearsabhagh and Carinish Hall. Full programme here Including SHORE: How We See The Sea To book tickets for Uist screenings click here

Don’t miss this special screening of debut feature film by Ben Sharrock. Unable to fly the nest due to the economic crisis that grips Spain, a young couple have trouble consummating their relationship. Increasingly desperate and with no money for a hotel, they are forced to look for local public hotspots used for sex, known […]

The Festival Open Writing Competition is open to all those living on Uist and Benbecula or whose entries are inspired by the socio-economic, historic or geographic features of these islands; and is open to established and new and emerging authors alike. There are separate classes for juniors (from 3 to below the age of 8 […]

From August 2018 to July 2019, we will be exhibiting the work of UAA (Uist Arts Association) artists in the Taigh Chearsabhagh Cafe. Gina MacDonald is the first local artist we are featuring in this rolling program of exhibitions with her show Snaithlean. About Snaithlean: My work is based on dementia, connections and repetition.   I […]

Tuesday 21st August 2018:Taigh Chearsabhagh 6.30pm – 7pm: Presentation 7pm – 8.30pm: pre-booked 1-2-1s Book Here: Admission Free Stephen Palmer, Visual Arts Officer, Creative Scotland, will introduce the Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards scheme and will also speak about Creative Scotland and its funding more generally. At Taigh Chearsabhagh, Louise Cook: Shoreline Stoneware will speak […]

Great to have the amazing Kirsty Law back at Taigh Chearsabhagh! Don’t miss this chance to hear her fantastic voice. Support slot provided by the Uibhist Luadh Group with Gaelic waulking songs. Tickets on the door £8 inc VAT/£6 concs.  Reservation recommended. Refreshments by donation.  

                A new film and sound installation commissioned by The Wapping Project playfully explores questions around creation of borders. What are borders? How are they constructed? What are the consequences of their creation? Who draws the border? What is considered when it is being drawn? In Making Her […]

Chaidh na nithean a chì thu an seo san taisbeanadh a thaghadh le clann ann an clasaichean 5, 6 agus 7 ann an Sgoil Uibhist a Tuath. Chaidh an taghadh an dèidh mòran smaoineachaidh orra mar na nithean a tha cudromach dhaibh an-dràsta agus a dh’innseas sgeul mu bheatha na cloinne anns an eilean. Tha […]

Taigh Chearsabhagh Winter Programme, Events Manager Role This is a one-year contract, with potential to develop into a permanent role subject to funding. This is a part-time role at 3 days per week. What we need; Self-starter Able to identify and complete funding applications Ability to forge new event partnerships and supplier relations Knowledge of […]

As part of our Saturday Club program we will be running a Wader Animation Project, in collaboration with SNH, where children will have the opportunity to learn about wader habitat and make a short animation to highlight issues affecting these habitats, all while having fun! We will be using a technique called Stop-Frame animation and […]

An archive of Taigh Chearsabhagh events and exhibitions for 2005.

Thursday 12 July 7.30pm The Voyage Out: Poetry, Prose, Music & Memoir Anne-Marie Fyfe presents an evening on writers and the sea, from great novelists, travel-writers & poets of the past, to local poets who’ve taken part in Anne-Marie’s Edge of the Depths workshops, to the constant, recurring presence of the sea in her first five collections of […]