This round, 9 Artist’s Residencies were awarded funding, as follows:

  1. Highland Council was awarded £5000 for a creative writing residency at Gaelic Medium schools across the Highland region – Leabhar na Gaidheal Oga.
  2. An Tobar was awarded £1,666 for the project Sgeulachdan bhon Taigh Tasgaidh - a series of residency partnerships working through the community with plcenames, archaeology, poetry, proverbs, and oral traditions.
  3. Urras Shohairle was awarded £7,250 for the project Eadar an Saoghal’s a’ Bhiothbhuan for residencies to assist with their showcase celebrating the work of Sorley Maclean.
  4. Moira Maclean was awarded £1,000 to develop her project Taigh Fhaire, which will involve decorating an abandoned croft house as a permanent artwork on the Lewis landscape.
  5. Taigh Chearsabhagh was awarded £6,800 for Enrique Uribe Jongbloed to complete his residency - a major part of which involves producing a video on the subject of the Gaelic language and its relationship to the Arts.
  6. Department of Celtic at Glasgow University was awarded £5000 for their Sgriobhadair project.
  7. UHI Benbecula was awarded £6,000 for the project Neach Ciuil.
  8. Ballachulish Community Arts Association was awarrded £10,000 for Ceilear! – a song project for Lochaber.
  9. Anne Campbell and Jon Macleod were awarded £5,000 for the Bragar Moorland Project, working in the Lewis peatlands.
  10. Ceolas was awarded £7,500 for a Fiddler in Residence.

4 Showcases were awarded funding:

  1. Taigh na Gaidhlig Mhealanais was awarded £5,500 for the Songs & Music of Duthaich Mhicaoidh
  2. Eden Court Arts Education was awarded £7,000 for Gaelic Youth Theatre which will showcase the best of Gaelic Youth Theatre as part of Highland 2007.
  3. Urras Shomhairle was awarded £7,250 for Eadar an Saoghal 's a' Bhiothbhuan – a musical celebration of the work of Sorley Maclean for performances during the Scottish Year of Highland Culture 2007.
  4. Maggie Macinnes was awarded £7000 for her showcase, Oran na Mna – Song of the Women

Three organisations were awarded £7,500 each for traineeships. These were:

  1. West Highland Animations
  2. Feisean nan Gaidheal
  3. Ceolas Uibhist Ltd

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