Hiort - St Kilda and the People - Seallam! Visitor Centre,
Northton, Isle of Harris
Bill Lawson
An illustrated Exhibition by Bill Lawson with archive photographs spanning 40 years.
St Kilda Artefacts Exhibition - Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
The collection is unique and must be one of the most important ethno-archaeological collections in Britain if not beyond. It consists of the museum's own collection and those of The National Trust for Scotland (which are on long-term loan to the Museums Service). Some of the more interesting items include snares made of quill and hair for catching seabirds, St Kilda wren eggs collected by William McQueen (a native St Kildan), woollen stockings and tweed, a whalebone scoop, a St Kilda spinning wheel, and a mail boat. There is even the original jolly boat (tender) from SS Dunara Castle (which made regular sailings to St Kilda from the 1870s). There are also many original letters and other archives.
Bill Lawson
An illustrated Exhibition by Bill Lawson with archive photographs spanning 40 years.
St Kilda Artefacts Exhibition - Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
The collection is unique and must be one of the most important ethno-archaeological collections in Britain if not beyond. It consists of the museum's own collection and those of The National Trust for Scotland (which are on long-term loan to the Museums Service). Some of the more interesting items include snares made of quill and hair for catching seabirds, St Kilda wren eggs collected by William McQueen (a native St Kildan), woollen stockings and tweed, a whalebone scoop, a St Kilda spinning wheel, and a mail boat. There is even the original jolly boat (tender) from SS Dunara Castle (which made regular sailings to St Kilda from the 1870s). There are also many original letters and other archives.
July
1st - 31st
St Kilda Exhibition - Garyvard,
South Lochs, Isle of Lewis
Margarita Williams
Watercolour and Japanese woodblock prints, inspired by her recent visit to St Kilda.
Margarita Williams
Watercolour and Japanese woodblock prints, inspired by her recent visit to St Kilda.
14th (7pm)
St Kilda Photograph Slideshow -
Waterstones Store, Aberdeen
George Washington Wilson and Norman MacLeod
Slideshow of 125 year old photos of St Kilda
20thGeorge Washington Wilson and Norman MacLeod
Slideshow of 125 year old photos of St Kilda
Photographers of the Western Isles - Martin Padget
Birlinn Ltd
The book features the work of photographers such as Captain F.W.L. Thomas of the Admiralty Survey, who created the first images of St Kilda in 1860, and George Washington Wilson, whose topographical images of the Highlands and Islands formed an integral part of a photographic business that developed a worldwide reach.
Birlinn Ltd
The book features the work of photographers such as Captain F.W.L. Thomas of the Admiralty Survey, who created the first images of St Kilda in 1860, and George Washington Wilson, whose topographical images of the Highlands and Islands formed an integral part of a photographic business that developed a worldwide reach.
August
1st - 31st
St
Kilda:
Mapping a Future from the Past - Lionacleit School, Benbecula
Royal Commission on the Ancient and historic Monuments in Scotland
A small pop up exhibition that celebrates the completion of RCAHMS partnership project with the NTS to map the archaeological remains of the St Kilda island group. The exhibition is image based with minimal text, and the introductory text is in both English and Gaelic. Nine of the twelve panels belong to one dramatic image of Hirta, the main island of the archipelago. There is also a panel showing an extract of the survey data draped over an ortho-rectified aerial photograph and a panel that is a montage of cleits and field survey recording.
1st - 31stRoyal Commission on the Ancient and historic Monuments in Scotland
A small pop up exhibition that celebrates the completion of RCAHMS partnership project with the NTS to map the archaeological remains of the St Kilda island group. The exhibition is image based with minimal text, and the introductory text is in both English and Gaelic. Nine of the twelve panels belong to one dramatic image of Hirta, the main island of the archipelago. There is also a panel showing an extract of the survey data draped over an ortho-rectified aerial photograph and a panel that is a montage of cleits and field survey recording.
Hiort - St Kilda and the People
- Seallam!
Visitor Centre, Northton,
Bill Lawson
An illustrated exhibition by bill Lawson with archive photographs over 40 years.
1st - 31stBill Lawson
An illustrated exhibition by bill Lawson with archive photographs over 40 years.
St Kilda Artworks - Seallam! Visitor Centre, Northton, Isle of
Harris
Lesley and Alastair Wiseman
Artworks inspired by St Kilda
11th - 14thLesley and Alastair Wiseman
Artworks inspired by St Kilda
The Historiography of St Kilda - Lionacleit School, Benbecula
The Island Book Trust
Conference to mark the 80th anniversary of the final evacuation from St Kilda
The conference has a wide range of events, guest speakers and topics, further details of which can be found on their website.
11th - 14thThe Island Book Trust
Conference to mark the 80th anniversary of the final evacuation from St Kilda
The conference has a wide range of events, guest speakers and topics, further details of which can be found on their website.
Launch of St Kilda Stationary @ The
Historiography of St Kilda Conference -
Lionacleit School, Benbecula
Commemorative
stationery
which can be posted and date-stamped from St Kilda will be on sale next
month at a conference organised by the Islands Book Trust to mark the
80th anniversary of the evacuation.
The
specially designed envelopes and headed notepaper showing eight scenes
from St Kilda are a poignant reminder of the fateful day on August 29,
1930 when the remaining population were removed to the mainland.
The artwork has been carried out by Maureen Kerr, whose beautiful colour drawings will be featured in an exhibition at Claddach Kirkibost in North Uist throughout August 2010.
The limited edition of envelopes and headed notepaper will be available to those attending a four-day international conference from August 11 - 14 at Lionacleit School, Benbecula on 'The Historiography of St Kilda' organised by the Islands Book Trust, which will examine how the island has been portrayed in literature over the centuries.
The artwork has been carried out by Maureen Kerr, whose beautiful colour drawings will be featured in an exhibition at Claddach Kirkibost in North Uist throughout August 2010.
The limited edition of envelopes and headed notepaper will be available to those attending a four-day international conference from August 11 - 14 at Lionacleit School, Benbecula on 'The Historiography of St Kilda' organised by the Islands Book Trust, which will examine how the island has been portrayed in literature over the centuries.