Stromness walkshop with TRANSECTS team
Join the TRANSECTS team for a Stromness walkshop on May 16, from 10am.
Category: Art & Archaeology
Student selected for Edinburgh’s ‘Earth Matters’ exhibition
MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology student Becky Little is one of the selected artists taking part in the Earth Matters exhibition at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s Inverleith House Gallery.
Heart of Neolithic Orkney graffiti on the agenda at Nuart Plus conference
Associate Professor Antonia Thomas ended last week in Aberdeen, where she was one of the invited speakers at the Nuart Plus conference.
Two new associate professors at UHI Archaeology Institute
Jen Harland and Antonia Thomas are among the four lecturers awarded the title of associate professor by the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI).
Publication and funding success for PhD student
Sophie Durbin, a UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student, has published an article in a special edition of Different Visions, which puts forward a novel approach to Orkney’s Norse and Neolithic archaeology through the lens of post-modern performance.
Antonia heading to Glasgow to chair Earth Scholarship symposium panel
Dr Antonia Thomas is chairing a panel at the EARTH Scholarships Impact Symposium in Glagow tomorrow, Wednesday.
EARTH scholarship researcher’s Orkney experience
Miriam Sentler visited Orkney during an EARTH Scholarship in April and May 2025 and has written about the experience.
Students’ artwork on display at Pier Arts Centre
The artwork of two of the MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology students is on show at the Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney, until April 18.
MA student exhibits in Edinburgh
Jackie Flanagan, a student on the MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology, recently participated in the ‘Holding Conversations’ exhibition in Edinburgh.
‘Earthbound Orkney’ exhibition moves to Leith
After premiering at the Maeshowe visitor centre in Orkney, the Earthbound Orkney exhibition can now be viewed at the Custom Lane Gallery, Leith, until March 26.
Student’s artist-in-residence experience in Aberdeen
MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology student Anna Gardiner shares her experience of a residency in Aberdeen.
‘Creative archaeological research’ – graduate’s journal article available
Lara Band, a graduate of the MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology, has had a paper published as part of the latest Livingmaps Review journal.
Taking the Fates to SSA’s Edinburgh exhibition
A guest post from Susan Pearson, who is currently in her final year of the MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology at the UHI Archaeology Institute.
Kirkwall premiere for graduate’s Ness film
A film by MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduate Lucy Carr-McClave will be premiered in Kirkwall on Thursday evening.
Art and archaeology student and graduate achievements
An update on some of the achievements of graduates and students from the MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology (MA CAA) from programme leader Dr Antonia Thomas:
Graduate’s work selected for Mexican experimental film festival
A film by Art and Archaeology graduate Jamie McNeill has been shown as part of the Neosfest experimental film festival in Mexico.
Sacred forests bring Antonia to Finland
Dr Antonia Thomas is en route for Finland, where she is an invited speaker on a PhD course at the University of Oulu.
UHI contingent head to Bilbao for CHAT 2025 conference
Earlier this month, Dr Antonia Thomas was joined by several current and former MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology students in Bilbao, in the Basque Country, to attend the Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in Theory (CHAT) conference.