Team & Contact
ATLAS Arts is currently a team of four people, who work to organise the programme collectively. As a team we work in the office and from home. On a normal week you will find ATLAS’ staff walking or driving around Skye, Raasay or Lochalsh – putting up posters, visiting people, checking zine libraries haven’t blown away, delivering equipment – or in wellies and waterproofs setting up for an event.
We are a small team, and we share responsibilities for some tasks between us such as social media updates, bookkeeping and cleaning. Below are descriptions of each team member’s roles and interests:
Katharine Barrington
Publishing and Programme Coordinator
katharine@atlasarts.org.uk
Get in touch with me about the Making Publics Press or anything publishing related. I work with our Artistic Director to develop strategies for ATLAS Arts publication projects and The Making Publics Press (MPP).
I am interested in building on the network of artists, organisations and communities using the MPP and working towards collaborative projects and programmes and ensuring the press gets out there into the world.
Heather Fulton
Producer (Currently on maternity leave until December 2026)
heather@atlasarts.org.uk
In my role, I work with artists and communities across Skye, Raasay, Lochalsh, and beyond to plan and deliver the artistic programme. I’m interested in how art can create shared experiences and foster understanding between people and the environments we inhabit. This photo is from our Seed Stewardship project, with seeds and zines in our libraries across Skye and Lochalsh and a wonderful garlic gift from our friend Harriet.
Send me an email if you want to know more about our programme and how to get involved, or simply wish to say hello!
Ainslie Roddick
Artistic Director
ainslie@atlasarts.org.uk
I am responsible for the care of the team and for creating structures for ATLAS' artistic and strategic work to unfold. I oversee financial management, fundraising and operations too.
The Making Publics Press at ATLAS is one of my favourite things. I set up an open source publication studio at the CCA in Glasgow, and The Glasgow Seed Library too, and I love the conversations that come from these things. Making a book with another person is a magical process and sending a book out into the world that might not otherwise exist is one of the best parts of my job.
Katharine Macfarlane
Producer (Maternity Cover)
producer@atlasarts.org.uk
Between November 2025 and December 2026, I’ll be covering Heather Fulton’s maternity leave, working closely with the Director and team to shape and deliver ATLAS Arts’ programme. Driven by a passion for connection and for amplifying under-represented voices, I’m excited to grow relationships across Skye, Raasay, Lochalsh and beyond. Get in touch if you’d like to learn more about what we’re doing, explore ways to collaborate, or simply say hello.
Past team members
The work that ATLAS does today is only possible because of the contributions of many people over the years.
We're thankful to founding director Emma Nicolson (now Head of Exhibitions at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh) alongside Project Coordinator Rosie Somerville, Office Manager and Film Programmer Suzy Lee, and Producer Shona Cameron – who cultivated our roots and foundations over our first decade, as well as Administrator Avril Souter, Project Curator Gayle Meikle, Curatorial Fellow Alexandra Ross, Development Trainee Becca Clarke, Digital Researcher, Catriona Hood, Interns Aoife Carolan, Camilla Crosta, Finn Croy, Grace Morton, Talitha White and Sara Oussaiden, Research and Development Director Caroline Winn, Creative Producer AHRC CDP intern Carolyn Alexander, Assistant Producer and WJCB Fellow Samir Sharif, Curatorial MLitt placement Frankie Gallagher, co-directors Joss Allen (Alternative Economies Manager) and Yvonne Billimore maternity cover, 2022, Seb Taylor production assistant (2024) and Community Economies Manager Robyn Wolsey.
