Last weekend saw the very first Vunk Fest, a riot of music and art set up as a not-for-profit venture to promote musical genres not often heard in Shetland.

This month sees the launch of a brand new music and art festival in Shetland. Vunk Fest aims to bring together the best alternative rock music with an innovative art and photography exhibition. Chris Cope explains more.

Shetland’s alternative music scene is about to play host to a brand new festival this summer, with a…

Island Sound, an exhibition of world by Alison Hayes at Bonhoga Gallery, Weisdale Mill.

A graphic designer from Lerwick has been showcasing his recent works as part of Gray’s Degree Show, sponsored for the sixth year by BP, at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.

Once again the students on the art and design course at Shetland College put on the display of their year’s work and a very productive year it has been.

Vunk Fest, a rock music festival and an art exhibition relating to music, will be taking place in Lerwick and Voe next month.

Among all the seriousness with which art is undertaken in the adult world, together with all that pretence and high-mindedness, it’s a breath of fresh air to see children in their world of art having real fun.

I’ve always been rather ambivalent about art awards and competitions.

WHEN Robert Callender’s Coastal Collection was exhibited in the old Shetland Museum gallery some years ago it appeared in a slightly darkened room and seemed to fill the gallery space.

It also seemed to ask more questions than it gave answers. Coming during a time of lots of visiting artists, who all seemed to be…