Shetland Arts
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Shetland Arts Development Agency or Shetland Arts for short, is a charitable organisation formed in 2006 (to replace the Shetland Arts Trust) with a remit to "encourage and assist in promoting and advancing the creation, practice and presentation and study of all forms of art - visual, performing and creative."
The organisation, based in an office in Lerwick
, manage the Weisdale Mill
(an art gallery
, museum
and cafe
), the Garrison Theatre
and the forthcoming Mareel
cinema, music and education venue.
Music is an important aspect of their work and the "Fiddle Frenzy" traditional music summer school and cultural event is now in its fifth year, the 2008 event building on earlier successes. Shetland Arts intend to produce a comprehensive database of Shetland music.
Shetland Arts' annual programme of events also includes the Peerie Willie
Guitar Festival, the ScreenPlay Film Festival (curated by Mark Kermode
and Linda Ruth Williams
) and the WordPlay Literature Festival.
Shetland Arts' OSCR
Charity Number is SC037082
The organisation, based in an office in Lerwick
Lerwick
Lerwick is the capital and main port of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, located more than 100 miles off the north coast of mainland Scotland on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland...
, manage the Weisdale Mill
Weisdale Mill
Weisdale Mill is a watermill in the village of Weisdale, Shetland. It is located near the head of Weisdale Voe on the west of the island, a twenty-minute drive from the main town of Lerwick.-History:...
(an art gallery
Art gallery
An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection...
, museum
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
and cafe
Café
A café , also spelled cafe, in most countries refers to an establishment which focuses on serving coffee, like an American coffeehouse. In the United States, it may refer to an informal restaurant, offering a range of hot meals and made-to-order sandwiches...
), the Garrison Theatre
Garrison Theatre
The Garrison Theatre is a 280 capacity venue in Lerwick, Shetland with a sprung proscenium stage with fixed raked seating. It has 19 rows, named A to S which either has 8, 12, 13, 15 or 16 seats in each row....
and the forthcoming Mareel
Mareel
Mareel is a music venue, cinema and educational facility currently under construction on Lerwick's waterfront in Shetland adjacent to Shetland Museum.-Facilities:...
cinema, music and education venue.
Music is an important aspect of their work and the "Fiddle Frenzy" traditional music summer school and cultural event is now in its fifth year, the 2008 event building on earlier successes. Shetland Arts intend to produce a comprehensive database of Shetland music.
Shetland Arts' annual programme of events also includes the Peerie Willie
Peerie Willie Johnson
"Peerie" Willie Johnson was a Scottish folk guitarist and bassist...
Guitar Festival, the ScreenPlay Film Festival (curated by Mark Kermode
Mark Kermode
Mark Kermode is an English film critic, musician and a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. He contributes to Sight and Sound magazine, The Observer newspaper and BBC Radio 5 Live, where he presents Kermode and Mayo's Film Reviews with Simon Mayo on Friday afternoons...
and Linda Ruth Williams
Linda Ruth Williams
Linda Ruth Williams is Professor of Film Studies in the School of Humanities at the University of Southampton, UK. Her special interests include sexuality and censorship in cinema and literature , women in film, psychoanalytic theory and D. H...
) and the WordPlay Literature Festival.
Shetland Arts' OSCR
Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator is a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government, with responsibility for the regulation of charities in Scotland...
Charity Number is SC037082