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Arts Centres
An Tobar
Àrainn Shuaineirt (The Sunart Centre)
Aros Skye's main arts centre and cinema
Lyth Arts Centre
Moray Arts Centre
Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall
Strathpeffer Pavilion
Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre Arts centre based on the Isle of North Uist
Taigh Dhonnaidh Arts & Music Centre Arts and music centre in Isle of Lewis
Universal Hall
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Children's Arts
Imaginate Promoting and developing the performing arts for children and young people in Scotland
International Purves Puppets
Mr Boom
The Puppet Lab
Singing Kettle
Young Scot The arts on the national Scottish Youth Information Portal.
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Crafts links
Applied Arts Scotland Blogspot
CraftScotland Scotland's online portal for the Applied Arts and Crafts.
Crafts Council
Cultural Enterprise Office
Highlands and Islands Gallery Guide
Innovative Craft
The Lighthouse
Scottish Arts Council
World Crafts Council, Europe
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Dance links
Bodysurf Scotland
Dance Base Scotland's national centre for dance.
Dance House National dance agency
Ecosse Performers College
International Dance Teachers Association
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
Scottish Ballet
Scottish Dance Theatre
Scottish Traditions of Dance Trust
YDance - Scottish Youth Dance
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Drama links
Arts in Motion This company is a member of the Highlands and Islands Theatre Network
Charioteer Theatre
Dogstar Theatre Company
Eden Court Theatre This company is a member of the Highlands and Islands Theatre Network
Federation of Scottish Theatre
Grey Coast Theatre Company This company is a member of the Highlands and Islands Theatre Network
Independent Theatre Council
Mull Theatre
Lung Ha's Theatre Company
National Council for Drama Training
NODA (National Operatic and Dramatic Association) Scotland
Out of the Darkness Theatre Company This company is a member of the Highlands and Islands Theatre Network
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Promote YT
Scottish Community Drama Association (SCDA)
Scottish Theatre Forum Group Discussion group - free to join
Scottish Theatre Website
Scottish Youth Theatre
Theatre Hebrides
UK Theatre Web
Thurso Players/The Mill Theatre
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Festivals
Feis an Eilein
Lossiemouth Folk Club Festival
ArtsFeastCowal
Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival
Celtic Film and Television Festival
Hebridean Celtic Festival
Edinburgh International Festival
Fèisean nan Gàidheal The National Association of Community Fèisean
Highlands and Islands Festivals Guide HI-Arts' directory of festivals in the region.
Highlands & Islands Music & Dance Festival
National Festival of Youth Theatre
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Heritage links
Am Baile
British Association of Friends of Museums
Hebridean Connections
Heritage North Portal for the Heritage sector in the Highlands and Islands
Hebridean Resource Centre The Cultural Heritage of the Western Isles
Hebridean Trust (Sandaig & Skerryvore Museum)
Heritage Skills Skills for building the future
Highland Folk Museum
Historic Scotland
Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
National Trust for Scotland
National Museums of Scotland
Orkney Heritage
Scottish History Club A forum for people with a serious interest in Scottish History
Scottish History Online Visit the History Of Scotland Online and go back nearly 8,000 years
Scottish Natural Heritage
Scottish Roots
Shetland Museum
Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre
Timespan Heritage Centre & Art Gallery The Storehouse of Highland History
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Music links
all celtic music
Beyond Promotions
Enterprise Music Scotland Website for the network of music clubs and music societies in Scotland
Get Into Music
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HAIL Highlands & Islands Labels website
Highland Music Trust
Highlander Music
Highland Ultimate Band List
The Inches Carr Trust
Jazz Services Promotes and develops jazz in the UK
Live Music Now
Making Music Scotland
Medicine Music
The Mod
Musicians' Union
National Association Of Youth Orchestras (NAYO)
New Music Scotland
Performing Rights Society
Scotloads Visit Scotloads for great Scottish cds and mp3s.
Scottish Amateur Music Association (SAMA) SAMA organises courses for strings, woodwind, brass and recorder
scottishmusicians.co.uk Online magazine dedicated to the Scottish music scene
Scottish Music Centre
Tradmusic.com Scottish, Irish and World music shop, artists directory, gig guide and traditional music resource.
Whitewave Music
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Visual Arts links
ANWeb - Artists' Newsletter National magazine for practising artists.
Art Review UK contemporary art magazine
ArtWork Visual Arts Newspaper for the North
Scottish Arts Council
Visual Arts Scotland
WASPs Artists' Studios
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Writing links
Acair Ltd
Arvon Foundation Residential writing courses
BooksfromScotland.com
Chapman Publishing
House of Lochar Scottish publishers
Moniack Mhor
Muriel Spark Website to celebrate the grand dame of Scottish literature, Muriel Spark.
Neil Munro Society Author of the famous 'Para Handy' stories
New Writing North
Northwords Now
PublishingScotland
Random Acts of Writing
Sandstone Press
Scottish Book Trust
Scottish Poetry Library
Scottish Storytelling Centre
Soft Editions Scottish electronic book publishing company based in Edinburgh
writingclasses.co.uk On-line creative writing courses
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Agencies
Arts Marketing Association
Children in Scotland
Fife Contemporary Art & Craft
Highland Youth Voice
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Hi-ways / Titan Project Highlands & Islands public service information
North East Arts Touring (NEAT)
Proiseact nan Ealan (Gaelic Arts Agency )
Saltire Society
Scottish Arts Council
Scottish Centre for Cultural Management & Policy
Scottish National Internet Theatre Symposium (SCOT-NITS) Forum for professional practitioners within the Scottish Theatre Industry - free to join
Shetland Arts
Skye and Lochalsh Council for Voluntary Organisations
The Prince's Scottish Youth Business Trust PSYBT Highland has helped many musicians, artists, and makers and continues to be a major supporter of creative businesses
UK Touring arts programming across the UK and further afield
Voluntary Arts Scotland
Youthlink Scotland
Youth Scotland
Voluntary Arts Scotland
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Community sites
Am Baile
Ardersier Community Homepage
Boat of Garten
Cairngorms Online On-line guide to Badenoch and Strathspey
Caithness Arts
Caithness.org What's On Guide
Carrbridge Community Arts Projects
Campbeltownonline This website covers the area of South Kintyre, in Argyll.
Culture Hebrides
Glenuig Community Association
Grantown Online
Highland Life
Invergordon Off The Wall A voluntary community initiative.
Iomairt Nis Ltd
Isle of Bute
Isle of Lismore community website
Loch Ewe Action Forum
My Inverness
Orknet Web resource for Orkney
Rural Click Portal for Village Halls in the UK
Rural Community Gateway Information and services gateway for rural communities in Scotland
Scottish Islands Network
The Isle of Skye, Lochalsh & Raasay Online
VillageHalls.org.uk Resource website for Village Halls from SCVO
Voluntary Action Highland Community Directory
Western Isles Netspace
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Creative Industries
Animax Studios (Advertising & Graphic Designers)
Association of Integrated Media-Highlands & Islands (AIM-HI)
Caithness Multi Media Communication technologies specialists
Sitekit Solutions Ltd Skye based designers of the HI-Arts website
Half-A-Moon Designers and manufacturers of stained glass and wrought iron
HCVF Television
IDEASFACTORY Scotland
Imprint Publishing Webservices company based in Glenmoriston
Mac TV
Pelican Design Skye based design consultants
Stock Scotland Scotland's online photographic library
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Education
Argyll College
Artbeats Innovative multimedia company based in Moray.
CREATE: arts for youth work
Inverness College
Learning and Teaching Scotland
Lews Castle College Traditional music and Gaelic courses (FE & HE)
Moray Firth School
UHI Millennium Institute The university of the Highlands and Islands
University of Aberdeen Key Learning Opportunities
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Gaelic Language
Bord na Gaidhlig
Comann an Luchd-Ionnsachaidh
Gaelic Arts Portal
Gaelic Rings / Cearcaill na Gàidhlig Gaelic-rich journeys through Scotland's West Highlands and Western Isles
Gaelic Society of Inverness
Sabhal Mor Ostaig Skye's Gaelic College
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Local Authority Arts
Aberdeenshire Arts Arts portal maintained by Aberdeenshire Council's Arts Development Team
Highland Council
Moray Council
Orkney Islands Council
Shetland Islands Council
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council)
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Media
Arts Professional Online journal for the arts and cultural industries
BBC Scotland
Comataidh Craolaidh Gaidhlig (CCG) Gaelic Broadcasting Committee
Hi-lands.com
ICScotland
Inverness City Advertiser
Lochbroom FM Ullapool-based community radio station
Moray Firth Radio Inverness & area radio
North Magazine Magazine promoting what's on offer in northern Scotland
Oban Times & West Highland Times
Scots Magazine International Scottish interest magazine
Scottish Media Group
Shetland Times
Stornoway Gazette
Sunday Herald
Tartan TV
The Herald Scottish daily newspaper online
The Orcadian Orkney Isles' weekly newspaper
The Scotsman Scottish national daily newspaper
This is North Scotland Official website of the Press & Journal
West Highland Free Press Newspaper serving the Western Highlands and Hebrides
Western Isles Community Radio Ltd, Isles Fm
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Tourism
Celtic Fringe Tourism Association Visitors' Guide to Wester Ross
Holiday Mull
Tourism Innovation Group (TiG) Promoting innovation across the Scottish tourism industry
Visit Scotland Scotland's national tourism board
Visit Argyll, the Islands and Loch Lomond
Visit Aviemore and the Cairngorms
Visit Hebrides
Visit Highlands
Visit Loch Ness
Visit Kintyre
Visit Orkney
Visit Perthshire
Visit Shetland
Welcome Inverness
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