To mark the 90th anniversary of the first flight from Inverness to Kirkwall – 8th May 1933 – the longest running passenger air service in Europe and the 78th anniversary of the opening of the Churchill Barriers – 12th May 1945, Another Orkney Production (AOP) have a series of events, Celebrating Scapa Flow 2023.
“The ‘new’ Pictish Stone can connect with the collection of Pictish Stones permanently on display in the Museum”
The Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, has been awarded £30,000 as part of a new Youth Arts Bursaries scheme with funding from the Scottish Government through Creative Scotland.
The next show on in the windows of the Northlight Gallery Stromness is “Different Strands” by Karen Tweed.
The University of Aberdeen’s Zoology Museum which turned 50 on December 17 has launched a Memories Project to gather the recollections of visitors over the decades as part of a year-long programme of celebrations.
“We Woke And The World Was Different”
The current exhibition in The Northlight windows, Stromness is the work of Orkney artist Diana Leslie.
“Uncertain times very much lead to ‘necessity being the mother of invention.’”
Gallery owner Cary Welling hopes that residents will take the opportunity to see (at a safe distance from each other) beautiful prints, paintings, ceramics, glass and a sound installation.
“In a strange way, the constraints of lockdown have encouraged us to think innovatively about education and public engagement” Professor Frank Rennie, Lews Castle UHI
