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Local arts opportunity for national COVID memorial
Orkney Islands Council is reminding local artists of a unique opportunity to create a COVID memorial in close collaboration with the Orkney community, as part of the national ‘Remembering Together’ programme.
27 June 2022
GMB100 public art formally opens with nod to refugee week
George Mackay Brown enthusiasts are invited to attend a poignant formal opening this International Refugee Week of 'Travellers', the public art installation commissioned for the centenary of the writer's birth.
20 June 2022
Scapa Flow Museum 'Favourite Object' blog - a sign with a sad story - Nick Hewitt
Nick Hewitt from our Culture team tells us about how a simple road sign in the Museum's stores stopped him in his tracks.
17 June 2022
Call for artists to work with community on COVID memorial for Orkney
Our Arts Development team are leading the search for an artist or creative collaboration to help develop a COVID-19 memorial for Orkney, as part of the national ‘Remembering Together’ programme.
16 May 2022
George Mackay Brown artwork installed on commemorative trail
An artwork inspired by George Mackay Brown has been installed on a trail celebrating the life and work of one of Scotland’s most prominent writers, in what has been dubbed ‘George’s end of toon’.
25 April 2022