This is the final call for an evening of poetry at Stromness Parish Kirk this coming Tuesday 9 December at 7:30pm with Heather H. Yeung.
07.12.2025 17:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This is not an OAS event, but you might like to know that Northlight gallery and the Orkney News will be holding the annual Fair Saturday exhibition this year commencing on Saturday the 29th of November. Fair Saturday exists as a counterpoint to Black Friday and is a celebration of art and culture with a non-commercial emphasis.
For 2025 the theme of the exhibition is portraiture and peace activism. This event has received support from the University of Glasgow and the Arts and Humanities Research Council thanks to Law Professor Charlie Peevers. Professor Peevers is studying the history of peace activism in Scotland and will be visiting Orkney during the Portraits for Peace exhibition. While in Orkney Professor Peevers will give a talk recounting stories of peace work that connect Orkney to international law and politics (further details to follow.)
Orkney has a history of activism which includes the Orkney Woman's Suffrage Society, the anti-uranium mining protests of the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Free-Winged Eagle newspaper, and more recently the regular vigils held by Orkney Friends of Palestine in response to the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.
Portraits for Peace will feature artwork by, and of, peace activists from Orkney. It includes work by the artists Carolyn Dixon, Fiona MacInnes, Susy Shearer, and Bryce Wilson. Martin Laird will also be using Northlight gallery as an open studio and inviting members of the public to watch as he paints the portraits of several local peace activists who have volunteered to sit for a few hours to have their portraits painted. There are still a couple of spaces left so, if you are an activist, or have been displaced by conflict, and want to have your portrait painted, get in touch via news@theorkneynews.scot
Portraits for Peace is free to enter and will be taking donations for Orkney Rape and Sexual Assault Service.
Not an OAS event, but of interest is the Northlight Gallery and Orkney News annual Fair Saturday exhibition from Sat 29 Nov. Fair Saturday exists as a counterpoint to Black Friday and is a celebration of art and culture with a non-commercial emphasis.
24.11.2025 21:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hoy Sound Unscrolled by Heather H. Yeung
Make a note in your diary for a reading by Orkney-born poet Heather Yeung at Stromness Parish Kirk on Tuesday 9 December 2025 at 7:30pm. www.ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-...
22.11.2025 19:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
🎄 Not an OAS event but of interest: the annual festive concert in St Magnus Cathedral by the Winter Choir and Orkney Camerata.
🎟️: Kirkness & Gorie, Sheila Fleet and the Pier Arts Centre or tel. 01856 87 2952.
💷: Adults £15, children £5. All proceeds to Malawi Music Fund.
19.11.2025 21:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This is not an OAS but might be of interest. Orkney author Gaby Barnby’s book launch is taking place on Thursday 4th December 2025 from 6-7 pm at @orkneylibrary.bsky.social in Kirkwall.
17.11.2025 17:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Come along to our Foy Without Borders: “Memories … Memories …” tomorrow evening. Sat 15 Nov at 7pm in the Peedie Kirk Hall, Kirkwall. An evening of entertainment to raise funds for Alzheimer's Research UK. 🔗 Donations are welcome, either on the door, or via ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-society
14.11.2025 23:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🎭 💜 Final call for this year's Foy Without Borders: “Memories … Memories …” at the Peedie Kirk Hall, Kirkwall this Sat 15 Nov at 7pm, to raise funds for Alzheimer's Research UK. 🔗 Donations are welcome, either on the door, or via ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-society.
11.11.2025 09:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Not an OAS but of interest: meeting this Sunday 16 November about Errollyn Wallen’s proposed community opera ‘A Christmas Miracle’, which is planned for 2026.
10.11.2025 16:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This is not an OAS event, but you may be interested in this forthcoming exhibition by 5 post-graduates artists. Diane Eagles, Harry Payne, Iain Davidson, Janet Tryner, and Lara Band, from the UHI MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology at Orkney College, will be showcasing their work in Wider Than Living at the Northlight Gallery, in Graham Place, Stromness. 14 to 25 November 2025 at 11am to 4pm.
An evening event, with artist talks, nibbles, and wine will be held on Thursday 20 November until 8pm.
The exhibition’s title alludes to the focus of the artists’ research into the agency of non-living materials, the overlooked and the intangible stories of objects. “We’re really excited to have the opportunity to share our work in Orkney where some of us have been studying for a number of years. Orkney is such an inspiring place, and it’s great to have the chance to share our ideas and work and highlight interdisciplinary post-graduate research.”
Each day one or more of the artists will be in the gallery to answer questions. A workshop (date to be confirmed) and activities will be available for those who want to learn more. Please note, the exhibition will be closed Friday 21 November for their graduation ceremony.
This is not an OAS event, but you may be interested in this forthcoming exhibition by 5 post-graduates artists from the UHI MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology at Orkney College. ‘Wider Than Living’ at the Northlight Gallery, Graham Place, Stromness. 14-25 Nov at 11am-4pm.
08.11.2025 19:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sirocco Winds quintet
There are still tickets available for tonight's concert, Sirocco Winds quintet playing at King Street Halls, Kirkwall at 7.30pm: www.ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-...
06.11.2025 17:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A poster that reads as follows:
Orkney Arts Society presents: "Memories … Memories …"
A Foy Without Borders 2025
A fund-raising event in support of Alzheimer’s Research UK
Saturday 15 November from 7pm at The Peedie Kirk Hall, Kirkwall
Join us for an evening of remembering: good moments, moods and emotions thanks to a rich menu of songs, short stories, poems, dance, and a short film
Refreshments and a Raffle
Admission is free. Donations welcome, on-line or at the door
Advance bookings recommended:
https://ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-society
Please make a note in your diary for this year’s Foy Without Borders at the Peedie Kirk Hall, Kirkwall on Saturday 15 November at 7pm, a fund-raising event in support of Alzheimer’s Research UK. 🔗: orkneyartssociety.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/o...
27.10.2025 20:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
There are still tickets available to see our ‘international visitors’ tomorrow evening. Geirþrúður Guðmundsdóttir on cello and Antoine Préat on piano at Stromness Town Hall from 7.30pm on Tuesday 28th October 2025.
🎟️ & ℹ️: ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-society
27.10.2025 19:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Not an OAS but of interest is a new exhibition by Johan Mowat & Yeldray entitled Aethereal Alchemy: life, death, renewal at the Northlight Gallery, Stromness between 27 October and 11 November 2025, Mondays to Saturdays 12p - 6pm.
25.10.2025 09:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by Stream of Sound
Stream of Sound - Let The Bulgine Run
Not OAS events but of interest: Stream of Sounds choir Wed 29 Oct 7pm, Peedie Kirk, Kirkwall. 🎟️ on door. Also Sat 25 Oct 7pm, St Ann's Kirk, Papay & 🗣️ w’shop for all Sun 26 Oct Papay Kelp Store, 4-6.30pm 💷 by donation.
ℹ️ R. Merriman of Papay Singers: rosemary_dev@hotmail.com
youtu.be/hCtOkwrWIFM
16.10.2025 15:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Join us this evening for a talk by crime author Lin Anderson: ‘Dr Rhona MacLeod, forensic scientist, and the Orkney Mysteries’ at Stromness Kirk. 🌊 🩸 🪦
🔗 www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/str...
14.10.2025 09:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This is the final call for our literary event: author Lin Anderson speaking about Dr Rhona MacLeod, forensic scientist and the Orkney Mysteries in Stromness Kirk this Tue 14 Oct 7:30pm.
🗞️ A ‘treat for Scottish crime fiction fans…’
ℹ️ & 🎟️: ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-society
11.10.2025 11:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Not an OAS event but of interest: Music for Malawi concert @stmagnuscathedral.bsky.social Fri 24 Oct 1pm. Soprano Ruby Hughes & Errolyn Wallen 🎹 performing songs by Errolyn Wallen & Charles Ives + folksong settings by Benjamin Britten. 🎼🎵 🎶
🎟️: £15 at Kirkness & Gorie / ☎️ 01856 872952, & on door.
05.10.2025 13:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lin Anderson
Make a note in your diary for our latest literary event: crime fiction author Lin Anderson will be speaking on the subject of Dr Rhona MacLeod, forensic scientist and the Orkney Mysteries in Stromness Parish Kirk on Tuesday 14 October at 7:30pm. ℹ️ & 🎟️: www.ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-...
29.09.2025 15:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Orkney Arts Society's Annual General Meeting will be held tomorrow, on Tuesday 30 September at 7:30pm at the Eventide Club, Stromness. All are welcome to attend.
29.09.2025 14:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Not an OAS event but our followers might like to know that the Northlight Gallery, Stromness is hosting a new exhibition: 17 Latest and Final paintings by Vernon Bradley from Tuesday 2 October to 21st October, 10am to 5pm Monday - Saturday.
29.09.2025 14:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Article in The Orcadian newspaper on 25 September 2025.
This evening’s piano concert from Jack Tait Westwell at Stromness Town Hall has featured in this week’s The Orcadian 🗞️ there’s still tickets available, to book in advance or purchase on the door at 7.30pm. ℹ️ & 🎟️: www.ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-society
26.09.2025 14:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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