ATLAS Arts is a

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organisation dedicated to commissioning contemporary arts, culture, heritage, and education based in the

Isle of Skye The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (; gd, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or ; sco, Isle o Skye), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated b ...

. It was formed in 2010 and since then has delivered a varied programme of contemporary art including installations, sculpture, live performances, film screenings, and collaborative public works. It is one of Creative Scotland's portfolio of regularly-funded organisations.

History

ATLAS Arts was founded in 2010, partly in response to the closure of Skye's former arts centre An Tuireann, and following research conducted by the Scottish Arts Council which found that Skye and Lochalsh had the largest gap in visual arts provision in the northwest of Scotland. Initially the organisation was hosted by HI~Arts (a cultural development agency for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland) until 2012, when it became an independent organisation with charitable status. From 2013 to 2015 ATLAS Arts collaborated with the

Uist "Uist" is a group of six islands and are part of the Outer Hebridean Archipelago, part of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. North Uist and South Uist ( or ; gd, Uibhist ) are two of the islands and are linked by causeways running via the isles of ...

-based museum and arts centre

Taigh Chearsabhagh Taigh Chearsabhagh is an arts centre and museum in Lochmaddy on the island of North Uist, Scotland. Taigh Chearsabhagh was built in 1741 and originally used as an inn; it has since served as a post office, house and workshop before being devel ...

to produce a pan-island programme of exhibitions, events, performances, and new commissions. Calle
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this included hosting an exhibition of work by

Vija Celmins Vija Celmins (pronounced VEE-ya SELL-muns;Hilarie M. Sheets and Randy Kennedy (September 24, 2015)''New York Times''. lv, Vija Celmiņa, pronounced TSEL-meen-ya) is a Latvian American visual artist best known for photo-realistic paintings and d ...

as part of the ARTIST ROOMS series of touring exhibitions. In summer 2014 ATLAS Arts participated in the Scotland-wide exhibition programme GENERATION: 25, commissioning a two large scale out door works and public programme by artists Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan. In October 2014 it was announced that the organisation had secured three-year funding as part of Creative Scotland's portfolio of 119 regularly-funded organisations for the period 2015–2018.

Aims

ATLAS Arts' stated aims are to promote the advancement of contemporary art, and culture by promoting and enabling access, initiating projects, and providing opportunities for artists. A strong theme reflected in all the work commissioned by the organisation has been the environment, history, and culture of Isle of Skye and beyond. Additionally the organisation also promotes the advancement of education and the general public's awareness of visual art and culture through a variety of learning programmes including exhibitions, film screenings, performances, talks, workshops, and publications.

Past projects

Artists whom ATLAS Arts have exhibited or collaborated with include: *

Alec Finlay Alec Finlay (born 14 March 1966) is a Scottish-born artist currently based in Edinburgh. He is a son of Sue Finlay and Ian Hamilton Finlay. Finlay's work takes various forms and media, including poetry, sculpture, collage, audio-visual, neon, an ...

* Alex Frost * Anne Martin *Augustus Veinoglou * Bethan Huws *Bobby Niven *Cailean Maclean *

Caroline Bergvall Caroline Bergvall (born 1962) is a French-Norwegian poet who has lived in England since 1989. Her work includes the adaption of Old English and Old Norse texts into audio text and sound art performances. Life and education Born in Hamburg, Ge ...

*Caroline Dear * Ceara Conway *Colin McPherson *Cooking Sections (Daniel Fernández Pascual & Alon Schwabe) * Chris Dooks *Craig Coulthard *David Lemm *David Littler *Deirdre Nelson * Derek Robertson *Edwin Pickstone * Ellie Harrison *Emma Balkind *Frances Priest * Graham Fagan * Hanna Tuulikki * Hardeep Pandhal *Hector MacInnes *Henry Castle *

Ilana Halperin Ilana Halperin (born 1973) is an artist with an interest in the relationships between geological phenomena and daily life. Her artwork is produced using a variety of media, writing, performance, printmaking, sculpture, drawing, and film. She live ...

*In the Shadow of the Hand (Sarah Forrest and Virginia Hutchinson) *J. Maizlish Mole *Jason Singh *Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert *Jessica Ramm *Joanne Tatham * John Akomfrah *Johnny Rodger *Kate McMorrine *

Keg de Souza A keg is a small barrel. Wooden kegs made by a cooper were used to transport nails, gunpowder, and a variety of liquids. A keg is normally now constructed of stainless steel, although aluminium can be used if it is coated with plastic on th ...

*Kirsty McKeown *Lateral North *Leighton Jones *Let's Talk about Space (Kieran Heather and Chris McGarry) *

Luke Fowler Luke Fowler (born 1978) is an artist, 16mm filmmaker and musician based in Glasgow. He studied printmaking at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee. He creates cinematic collages that have often been linked to the British F ...

*Marcus Jack * Margaret Salmon *Martin Campbell *

Maoilios Caimbeul Maoilios Caimbeul (''Myles Campbell''; born 23 March 1944) is a Scottish writer of poetry, prose and children's literature. He writes in Scottish Gaelic. Caimbeul, whose forename 'Maoilios' means "servant of Jesus" in Scottish Gaelic, was born ...

, also known as Myles Campbell * Meg Bateman *Michail Mersinis *

Morag Henriksen Morag Henriksen describes herself as a Highlander born and bred. Growing up in Lochcarron, where her father was the headmaster of the local school, she developed a life long love of Gaidhlig culture, folk music, singing, story telling and poetry ...

Niall Macdonald Niall Macdonald (born 1980) is a Scottish visual artist. He graduated in 2008 from the Glasgow School of Art. Biography Macdonald was born in 1980 in North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. He received his Master of Fine Art from the Gla ...

*Neil Bromwich *Neil Mulholland *Nick Hand *Nicky Bird *René Jansen * Richard Skelton *Robin Haig *

Rody Gorman Rody may refer to: People ;Nicknames * Rodrigo Duterte (born 1945), former President of the Philippines, referred to as "DU30" and "Rody" * Roderick Rijnders (1941–2018), Dutch rower ;Surname * George E. Rody (1899–1956), U.S. basketball coac ...

*Ruth Barker *Sharon Quigley * Sophie Gerrard *Sophie Morrish *Su Grierson *Susan Brind * Steve Dilworth *Stuart McAdam * Thomas Joshua Cooper * Thomson & Craighead (Jon Thomson and Alison Craighead) *Tom O’Sullivan *

* Will Maclean *Wounded Knee, also known as Drew Wright *Zoë Walker

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