Studio 1824 - Chris Dooks

11 April - 17th May

Find out more on the Art Exhibitions page in the Gallery section.

Gartymore Story

Find out more on the Heritage Exhibitions page in the Museum section.

Laura Sutherland | Paintings, Prints

27 March - 15 May

Andrea Butcher | Milliner

27 March - 15 May

Talk 7pm - 9pm

Tuesday 14th April - Cape Wrath to Brora

By Nick Lindsay

This digitally illustrated presentation is the account of a 7 day solo walking adventure in 2008, from the famous lighthouse at the NW tip of the British Mainland, right across the wild interior of Sutherland, back to his home in Brora

Illustrated Talks/Discussions 10.30 - 1.00pm

Saturday 18th April - A Regimental History of Kildonan

Friends of Kildonan Church

Public Meeting in Timespan 7pm-9pm

Thursday 30th April

The inaugural meeting to discuss and set up the Society known as “Friends of Kildonan Church”

Objectives:

• Safeguard the future of Kildonan Church
• Hold an annual Service
• Hold an annual lecture/concert
• Other related activities

Organised by the Clan Gunn Heritage Trust & Helmsdale Heritage and Arts Society

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Studio 1824 - Chris Dooks

11 April - 17 May

Ruth Macdougall

22 May - 28 June

Find out more on the Art Exhibitions page in the Gallery section.

Gartymore Story

Find out more on the Heritage Exhibitions page in the Museum section.

Laura Sutherland | Paintings, Prints

27 March - 15 May

Kate Leney| Prints, Etchings

20 May - 28 June

Andrea Butcher | Milliner

27 March - 15 May

Fergus Stewart | Ceramics

20 May - 28 June

Our Past Our Future

Show Scotland 2009

What Sutherland folk collect!

Collector’s Open Night in Timespan 7pm - 9pm

Saturday 2nd May

Come along and learn something new about something old at this collectors’ open night. It’s a chance to view a range of collectables and curios and learn the fascinating stories behind them.

Textiles from long ago will be on show from the museum’s collection, including a Victorian wedding dress, ‘Flapper’ girl’s dress c1920s, Policeman’s uniform and much more!

You can participate by booking table space to show off your collection. Anyone interested please contact Timespan on 01431 821327 or e-mail: archive@timespan.org.uk.

So, if you are a collector or interested in learning more about other people’s collections then don’t miss this event!

Book in advance for table space!

Cost: Free

Quiz/Raffle/Refreshments

All ages welcome

All events will be advertised on posters in the village and in the

Helmsdale Local News section of the Northern Times.

Show Scotland

Saturday 2nd May

Free entry to the museum and free Jelly Belly Jelly Beans for all who enter our competition.

Illustarated Talks/Discussions 10.30 - 1.00pm

Saturday 9th May - The Placenames of Kildonan & Loth

Heritage Walks 10.30am - 1.30pm

Saturday 2nd May Caen, Strath of Kildonan

Saturday 23rd May Strath of Kildonan (destination tbc)

Saturday 30th May Strath of Kildonan (destination tbc)

Meet at Timespan 10.15am

Not suitable for under 8's

booking preferred.

ELEPHANT TEST

FRIDAY 22 MAY  7-9 PM Preview

TIMESPAN GALLERY AND HELMSDALE ICE HOUSE

TUESDAY 26 MAY  7-8 PM

ARTIST’S TALK

The Ice House, Helmsdale’s monumental deep freeze.  Once a store for salmon catch, later a coal fired fish and chip shop. Now the vaulted chamber plays host to the second in a series of three double sited works, marking the end of two years as Timespan’s artist in residence and youth arts curator for Ruth Macdougall.

‘’Anything worth doing is probably going to take longer than you think ‘’ wrote my late friend Dave, on a note pinned to the  door of his studio.  Would two years be long enough?

Since August 2007 I have led nearly 300 participants in 8 communities across the region in the OURS youth arts project, facilitating their interaction with over 50 artists from the uk and abroad through trips, events, workshops and apprenticships. Driving forward the next chapter in the life of Helmsdale’s Ice House, illuminating and establishing an environment in a building for which the possibilities are now limitless, is the permanent legacy that I  leave. Yet amidst all this activity, I was all the time hoping that I would recognise my own work when I saw it…

The circus elephant on the front of this card is called Bosko, the photograph was taken circa 1900 and he is one of three unlikely creatures that live in Timespan’s photographic archive; a llama, an elephant and a camel. He is approaching the two children at what would appear to be a bit of a trot – elephants cannot run. What happened next?

I reckon he slaps the kid and makes a run for it.

ESCAPED CIRCUS ELEPHANT LIVES THE DREAM

Ruth Macdougall

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Ruth Macdougall | Elephant Test

Find out more on the Art Exhibitions page in the Gallery section.

Gartymore Story

Find out more on the Heritage Exhibitions page in the Museum section.

Kate Leney | Prints, Etchings

20 May - 28 June

Fergus Stewart | Ceramics

15 May - 28 June

Wednesday June 3

7.00pm

Art Ceilidh

Talk

Saturday June 6 10.30am - 1.00pm

East Sutherland Gaelic Literature-Donald Matheson

Meeting

Thursday June 11

Friends of Kidonan Church 7pm

Concert

Wednesday June 17 7.00pm

Singing in the Garden: Golspie Choir

Buffet Supper

Admissions £7.50 Concessions £5.00

Trip

Saturday 27th June

10.30am - 4.30pm

Trip to Caithness Horizons, Thurso

Meet outside Timespan

Free

Children under 16 to be accompanied by an adult

Return journey times may vary

Workshop

Saturday 27th June 1-5pm

Explore new dimensions in printed image. Rediscover photo copy, cut out and collage. Make the micro, macro! Create miniature collages and etchings and see the unexpected images that they create when magnified and projected. This exciting workshop into the unknown is led by our two visiting artists Yael Rosenblut and Anne Brodie.

Open to all young people aged between 8 and 12 yrs old.

Bring in magazines, photographs and using Timespan's printing services, explore scale, repetition, colour and change.

To book your place, please contact Ruth: art@timespan.org.uk - 01431 821 327

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Anne Brodie & Yael Rosenblut

4th July - 2nd Aug

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Gartymore Story

Tumin & Prendergast | Paintings, Prints

30 June - 4 August

Laura West | Designer, Bookbinder

30 June - 4 August

Summer Historic Trips

Free transport - Suitable for all ages - Booking required

For all trips meeting point outside Timespan

Saturday 4th July

10.30am - 4.30pm

Regimental Museum of the Highlanders, Fort George, Ardersier

Entry Fee into Fort

Saturday 11th July

10.30am - 4.30pm

Wick Museum

Adults £1.50 -Children 50p

Saturday 18th July

10.30am - 4.30pm

Culloden Visitor Centre

Entry £5.00

Saturday 25th July

10.30am - 4.30pm

Museum of Childhood, Strathpeffer

Entry £1.50

Children under 16 to be accompanied by an adult

Return journey times may vary

Ceilidh Trail

Wednesday 29th June

details to be confirmed

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Fin Macrae | Photography

Find out more on the Art Exhibitions page in the Gallery section.

Gartymore Story

Find out more on the Heritage Exhibitions page in the Museum section.

Alice Starmore | Photography

6 August - 20 September

Lorraine Robson | Ceramics

6 August - 20 September

Summer Historic Trips

Free transport - Suitable for all ages - Booking required

For all trips meeting point outside Timespan

Saturday 1st August

10.30am - 4.30pm

Dunrobin Castle and Museum

Group entry £3.00 each

Saturday 8th August

10.30am - 4.30pm

Strathnaver Museum

Group Entry £1.00 each

Children under 16 to be accompanied by an adult

Return journey times may vary

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Fin Macrae

ends mid September

Patricia Niemann

begins mid September

Find out more on the Art Exhibitions page in the Gallery section.

Gartymore Story

Find out more on the Heritage Exhibitions page in the Museum section.

Alice Starmore | Photography

6 August - 20 September

Sheelagh Swanson | Painter, Glass

20 September - 23 October

Lorraine Robson | Ceramics

6 August - 20 September

Ann Davidson | Painter

20 September - 23 October

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Patricia Niemann

Find out more on the Art Exhibitions page in the Gallery section.

Find out more on the Heritage Exhibitions page in the Museum section.

Sheelagh Swanson | Painter, Glass

20 September - 23 October

Ann Davidson | Painter

20 September - 23 October

Homecoming Seminar 2009

Saturday 10th - Sunday 11th (tbc)

November (tbc)

Local History Seminar: When The Rig Becomes Too Narrow

(6 speakers - walks - displays)

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