This round, 9 Artist’s Residencies were awarded funding, as follows:
- Highland Council was awarded £5000 for a creative writing residency at Gaelic Medium schools across the Highland region – Leabhar na Gaidheal Oga.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Department of Celtic at Glasgow University was awarded £5000 for their Sgriobhadair project.
- UHI Benbecula was awarded £6,000 for the project Neach Ciuil.
- Ballachulish Community Arts Association was awarrded £10,000 for Ceilear! – a song project for Lochaber.
- Anne Campbell and Jon Macleod were awarded £5,000 for the Bragar Moorland Project, working in the Lewis peatlands.
- Ceolas was awarded £7,500 for a Fiddler in Residence.
4 Showcases were awarded funding:
- Taigh na Gaidhlig Mhealanais was awarded £5,500 for the Songs & Music of Duthaich Mhicaoidh
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- West Highland Animations
- Feisean nan Gaidheal
- Ceolas Uibhist Ltd
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