Events & Exhibitions Archive

Come join us on Monday the 13th of May for a Tapestry Weaving Workshop with artist Susannah Bolton (http://www.susannahbolton.com/)  in the studios at Taigh Chearsabhagh. We will explore the basics of tapestry weaving. No prior experience needed, just come along and enjoy an afternoon of weaving on handmade notched lap looms. You will leave equipped […]

Là Buidhe Bealltainn // Beltane Wed 1st May Diciadain 1 An Cèitean Cuir seachad Là Bhuidhe Bealltainn còmhla rinn aig Taigh Chearsabhagh! Come join us on the 1st of May to celebrate Beltane (Là Buidhe Bealltainn) at Taigh Chearsabhagh. Bealtane is one of the Celtic quarter-days, and traditionally marked the beginning of summer. MORE DETAILS […]

An archive of Taigh Chearsabhagh events and exhibitions for 2005.

Last Thursdays Poetry Evening – Dark and Light As we emerge from the darkness of winter into the lightness of spring, please bring poems that reflect on this Taigh Chearsabhagh – Thursday 28 March – 7:30pm – 9:00pm (Doors open from 7pm) Entry by donation (£3 suggested) includes complementary cold drinks and nibbles Share thisFacebookTwitterPinterestEmail

Everyone is invited to Taigh Chearsabhagh Trust’s AGM on Wednesday 20 March from 6pm. Fèis Rois will be screening their Uist Kin in the Community film directed by Duncan Chisholm with a live performance of the soundtrack by Pàdruig Morrison, Chloe Steele, Ailis Sutherland and Ilona Kennedy. All welcome! Share thisFacebookTwitterPinterestEmail

From Tuesday 12th March, we will be starting a series of drawing classes over 3 weeks with Marnie Keltie. All abilities welcome! All we would ask you to bring is an object you would like to draw. The class date and times are as follows: Session 1: Tuesday 12th of March, 7pm. Session 2: Tuesday […]

Jon will be reading from his latest collection, “ A Melody of Sorts” ‘Born among the granite and drumlins of Ireland, Jon Plunkett now lives and writes in the Highlands of Scotland. His work has been widely published and anthologised in poetry and literary journals. In addition to writing, Jon is a multiple poetry slam […]

Alistair Gow, Master Printer at Glasgow Print Studio gives a talk about his work Thursday 14 February 7.30pm. He will talk about his work with Ken Currie recently exhibited at Taigh Chearsabhagh. He is currently in Uist as a visiting printmaking tutor with LCC UHI art students. Free. All welcome. Share thisFacebookTwitterPinterestEmail

Don’t miss this Film screening and talk on Friday the 8th of Feb by Lesley Riddoch The Faroes, Iceland and Norway all punch well above their weight in health, literacy, average income and happiness. How have these places overcome the immense challenges of remoteness and relatively barren landscapes to achieve independence, or in the case of […]

UHI B.A. Fine Art Degree Show Jean Newman’s work seeks to invite curiosity and encourage a questioning of our understanding of time, continuity and place. Walking in the Uist landscape provides a mechanism for both creative thinking and the collection of temporal information.   Repetition infers time passing and mindful contemplation of the continuity between the […]

  Considering the fragility of being human… A’ smaointinn air brisg an t-sluagh… We are delighted that our next UAA cafe exhibition will feature the work of local artist, Margaret Joan MacIsaac. About the work: We all may be only a few steps away from crisis, yet as a society people in crisis are often […]

To launch the project in January 2019 we are aiming to digitise 4000 feet of super8 colour film by local naturalist and Gaelic educator Annie (Chnoc na Luib) MacDonald from the 1960’s and 70’s. The films document Annie’s love of her native island’s unique flora and fauna. We aim to raise £1000 by mid-February. Please […]

? langass tease from TAIGH CHEARSABHAGH on Vimeo.   Fèis nan Solas/Festival of Light IMPORTANT UPDATE:  Fèis nan Solas/Festival of Light at Langass – a new date will be announced soon for early 2019.   A bright start for the new year!   This project is part financed by the Scottish Government and the European Community Outer Hebrides […]

Fèill Leabhraichean Uibhist/Uist Book Festival 19 – 25 den t-Samhain, 2018, air feadh Uibhist/19 – 25 of November, 2018, across Uist. Fèill ùr a’ comharrachadh litreachas Uibhist. Am measg nan tachartasan air feadh na seachdain, bidh farpais sgrìobhaidh, seiseanan ùghdair, òraidean, bogaidhean leabhair agus bùthan-obrach sna sgoiltean agus sa choimhearsnachd. A new festival for Uist’s […]

Fèill Leabhraichean Uibhist/Uist Book Festival 19 – 25 den t-Samhain, 2018, air feadh Uibhist. 19 – 25 of November, 2018, across Uist. Fèill ùr a’ comharrachadh litreachas Uibhist. Am measg nan tachartasan air feadh na seachdain, bidh farpais sgrìobhaidh, seiseanan ùghdair, òraidean, bogaidhean leabhair agus bùthan-obrach sna sgoiltean agus sa choimhearsnachd. A new festival for […]

The Uist Arts Association will be exhibiting a range of small works in the Taigh Chearsabhagh Cafe from the 24th of November. There will be a preview on Friday 23rd November from 7pm.     Image Credit: Peter Ferguson, Blue Grass, Altered Photograph   Share thisFacebookTwitterPinterestEmail

Fèill Leabhraichean Uibhist/Uist Book Festival 19 – 25 den t-Samhain, 2018, air feadh Uibhist. 19 – 25 of November, 2018, across Uist. Fèill ùr a’ comharrachadh litreachas Uibhist. Am measg nan tachartasan air feadh na seachdain, bidh farpais sgrìobhaidh, seiseanan ùghdair, òraidean, bogaidhean leabhair agus bùthan-obrach sna sgoiltean agus sa choimhearsnachd. A new festival for […]

The Uist Writers’ Group, led by Pauline Prior-Pitt, is a group of people with a shared interest in creative writing; poetry and prose. It usually meets on the first Saturday of the month at Taigh Chearsabhagh. Meetings for the rest of this year are on: November 3rd, November 24th ( as part of the Uist […]

Exhibition preview  – Friday 2 November 6-9pm Artist’s Talk – Saturday 3 November 3.30pm. Both events are free, all welcome, but reservation advised 01870603970 Since he first emerged as one of the leading figurative painters to have graduated from Glasgow School of Art in the mid 80’s, Currie has consistently addressed socio-political issues that speak globally […]

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 […]