Windblown Grass Silk Scarf | Caroline Dear

As part of ATLAS Editions, Caroline Dear was commissioned to create a limited edition artwork that reflects her long-held interest in the plant life of the Isle of Skye. Dear was inspired by Britain’s only deciduous grass, known as purple moor-grass, Molinia caerulea in Latin and Fianach in Gaelic. Dear…

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Peace Camp | Cultural Olympiad 2012

Peace Camp, a project initiated as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad celebrating Britain and Northern Ireland’s love poetry and extensive coastline. ATLAS served as the local partner on the project which was a collaboration between theatre director Deborah Warner, actor Fiona Shaw and creative producer Artichoke. Working in Portree High School, the project saw pupils create a tent in response to ‘place’ incorporated peat-covered poetry panels; love tokens made from trees native to Skye and ropes made from local grasses, rushes and moss entwined with poetry tags, with the help of local artist Caroline Dear and the 2012 Sabhal mor Ostaig‘s poet-in-residence, Padraig MacAoidh.

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Colm Cille’s Spiral // Convocation

Colm Cille’s Spiral, a series of contemporary art and literature commissions and dialogues rethinking the legacy of sixth century Irish monk Colm Cille (St Columba). For this project, ATLAS worked with Glasgow School of Art and others to produce Convocation a residency period and exhibition with a group of scholars and artists, making work which engaged with the extreme past.

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Talking Art Series

Talking Art Series was a programme of artists’ talks presented as a Saturday afternoon lecture series in Portree. The talks brought a variety of artists, with a range of practices, to the Isle of Skye to discuss their creative approaches to making work – with a particular focus on making work in the public realm. Over the course of two years, ATLAS worked with a number of artists such as Nicky Bird, Chris Dooks, Graham Fagan and Frances Priest to encourage critical engagement with contemporary art.

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ATLAS Editions

ATLAS Editions is a range of bespoke, limited edition multiples commissioned by ATLAS Arts. ATLAS has worked with artists to produce artworks that include: Parian vases, colouring books, maps of Skye and Portree, screen printed postcards, and photographic prints.

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Land Line // Five Walks In Skye | Caroline Dear

Land Line was a series of five walks over five days that offered a unique chance to explore our relationship with the environment. Led by Skye-based artist Caroline Dear, each featured a specially invited collaborator and encouraged observation and conversation.

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CÒIG SGIATHAN | FIVE WINGS // Walk with Caroline Dear – An Corran and Staffin Slip

25 WALKS ON THE ISLE OF SKYE & LOCHALSH Monday 14th August – Staffin St.Columba to An Corran ‘Abair ach beagan agus abair gu math’ We were an intimate group of six, which meant there was time to talk to each other as well as having discussions altogether. I was involved,…

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CÒIG SGIATHAN | FIVE WINGS // With Caroline Dear – The Old Sleat Road

25 WALKS ON THE ISLE OF SKYE & LOCHALSH   Thursday 10th August – Old Sleat road with Step It Up Highland, Broadford group ‘How the plants fit in’ We gathered at Broadford hall to meet and share transport to the start of the walk. We were a gathering of 18,…

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Land Line // A week of contrasts and balances by Caroline Dear

This was a week of contrasts and balances, of new understandings and of fresh connections. Our existing knowledge about the land deepened along with an increased understanding and appreciation of each other over the week. It was a stimulating and fluid meeting of ideas and knowledge linked with place and…

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