Events & Exhibitions Archive
Uist Book Festival Writing Competition
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 […]
UAA Cafe Exhibition – Gina MacDonald
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 […]
Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards 2018: Local Advice Sessions
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 […]
Kirsty Law & Special Guests
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. Share thisFacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Making Her Mark – Mairéad McClean / The Wapping Project
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 […]
A Cruinneachadh airson 2048 | Collecting for 2048
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 […]
Join our Team! Winter Programme Events Manager needed.
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 […]
Wader Animation Project
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 […]
Saturday Club
Come and join us for our Children’s Saturday Clubs – Fun and Free! Saturday Club is a series of lively Arts and Heritage themed art workshops for Children. Each workshop is led by a professional artist and a skilled assistant and will involve making arts & crafts suitable for all abilities and skill levels. The […]
Poetry events – Anne-Marie Fyfe
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 […]
Alan Bissett – The Moira Monologues
THE MOIRA MONOLOGUES Meet Moira Bell, cleaner, single mother, and the hardest woman in Falkirk. Whether defending her wee dog Pepe from the local rottweiler, attempting to seduce a teacher, or belting out Diana Ross for the Scotia karaoke night, Moira is hilarious, hypnotic, frightening and heart-warming company. Based on the women in Alan’s family, […]
Uist Arts Association – Open Summer Exhibition & Sea to Sea: a coastal exploration
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Taigh Chearsabhagh Art Summer School
Come and join us at the Taigh Chearsabhagh Art Summer School for children aged 8 – 14. Please contact us if you have younger or older children and we’ll see what we can do. We’ll be running this once a week from the 26th of June, at Taigh Chearsabhagh and some other exciting outside venues […]
UAA Artists’ Cafe exhibitions in Taigh Chearsabhagh Café 2018/19
Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre Call for UAA Artists’ Cafe exhibitions in Taigh Chearsabhagh Café 2018/19 Closing date: Sunday 15 July 2018 Taigh Chearsabhagh is pleased to announce collaboration with the Uist Arts Association to hold a series of short Café exhibitions through 2018/19 Who Can Apply? Single artists or groups can apply. All […]
Caolas na Hearadh – Joshua Bonnetta
work in progress film screening & discussion with Canadian Artist/Filmmaker Joshua Bonetta. Free Share thisFacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
To St Kilda and Back
Creative Arts and Music Workshop Explore the cultural and natural heritage of the Outer Hebrides. Join artists Julie Aitken, Laura Donkers at Taigh Chearsabhagh. contact [email protected] Share thisFacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Fred MacAulay Memorial Lecture
This year’s Fred MacAulay Memorial Lecture is to be delivered by Dr Allan Turner at Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre.
Dr Turner will be sharing some of his research from the collections gathered from the West Highlands by Dr Robert Maclagan during the 19th century.