Join Finlay biographer Alistair Peebles on this walking tour of the main sites of interest in relation to Finlay’s 1959 visit to Rousay.
2026 Pavement Artist Competition will take place on Thursday 23 July, 2pm with the winners announced at 3pm.
Performance by colourful, dynamic and high energy dance duet
Exhibition celebrating students who are launching their own creative businesses across the islands.
Informal event to meet Orkney based writer and artist Samantha Clark and Japanese artist Shinobu Daito and learn about their experiences in Orkney and Japan.
An informal get together for all Orkney based creative folk to discuss what comes next for the Orkney
Emma Ainsley (artist) and John Phillips (artist-musican) are setting-up a local Neuk group in Orkney. Come along to this event to find out more.
Performance by Orkney-born musician Merlyn Driver
An informal get together for all Orkney based creative folk to discuss what comes next for the Orkney
An informal get together for all Orkney based creative folk to discuss what comes next for the Orkney
Island Voices - Meet the artists event. Admission Free. No booking required
On Friday 25 April at 6pm, artists in Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides will be gathering simultaneously at @shetlandarts, @anlanntair, and @TaighChearsabhagh, as well as online, for a unique, cross-island #EvenHereEvenNow PechaKucha event.
Join us, in person or online, for visually striking artist talks by Laura Drever , Anna Gardiner and Frances Scott of Moti Collective, Andy Laffan, Zoe Paterson Macinnes , Joyce Davies, Shona Main, Meg Rodger, and Alex Brown.
Free tickets can be booked here >
Fiddle and Latin percussion duo Catriona Price & Joni Strugo present an intimate evening of intercultural music from around the world.
Annual Pavement Artist Competition
This series of 13 Films Shorts highlights how the artists have used moving image to reflect their environment.
This series of film screenings will celebrate the opening of the Pier Arts Centre’s new exhibition Luke Fowler Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait
Join artist Colin Kirkpatrick for an informal tour of his exhibition Kringlo - and other constellations
Join artist Brandon Logan for an informal tour of his exhibition Skeleton Stories
Poetry and music from writers from Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Canada, England, and Scotland who have taken part in a residency in the hills above Loch Ness at Moniack Mhor this summer.
Annual Stromness Shopping Week Pavement Artist Competition.
Guided tour of the Soulisquoy Printmakers - 40 Years Exhibition
Tour of the new display highlighting many of the prints in the Permanent Collection.
Fun Seasonal art and craft activities for all the family
