Inverness Creative Academy

09/10/2026

Come and Join us for the opening event on the Saturday 10th October from 2 till 5pm

The Methodist Modern Art Collection will be at Inverness Creative Academy from 10th to 25th October 2026, inviting visitors to experience an acclaimed touring exhibition of modern religious art.

This important collection comprises more than 50 works by notable artists including Graham Sutherland, Elisabeth Frink, William Roberts, and Peter Howson. Also included are our own artists; Claire Blois, Gael
Hillyard, Carolyn Eva, Dot Walker, Ian Whyte and Helen Ross.

08/10/2026

If I Paint It Maybe It Will Become Home By Marina Gjertsen

Open From:
3 September–24 November 2026
Monday–Friday (9am–5pm)
Saturday (10am–3pm)

Marina’s paintings explore her visual surroundings to form connections with her world, while her poetry examines her experiences of childhood and a fractured sense of national identity. Peppered with narrative and symbolism, Marina’s work considers the world from a unique vantage point that is both personal and universal; both as a local and as an ‘outsider’.

06/10/2026

The Methodist Modern Art Collection will be at Inverness Creative Academy from 10th to 25th October 2026, inviting visitors to experience an acclaimed touring exhibition of modern religious art.

This important collection comprises more than 50 works by notable artists including Graham Sutherland, Elisabeth Frink, William Roberts, and Peter Howson. Also included are our own artists; Claire Blois, Gael Hillyard, Carolyn Eva, Dot Walker, Ian Whyte and Helen Ross.

18/09/2026

A space for your practice. A community for your ideas. 💭

Wasps at Inverness Creative Academy offers flexible office and studio spaces in a variety of sizes, exclusively for creative businesses.
Join a community of artists, makers and creative practitioners, with space to work, develop your business and bring new ideas to life.

Whether you’re starting out or expanding, there could be a space here for you.

📍 Inverness Creative Academy
🎨 Spaces for creative businesses
📐 A range of sizes available

Get in touch to find out more. [email protected]

18/09/2026

Creativity needs space.

Wasps at Inverness Creative Academy has flexible office and studio spaces available in a range of sizes exclusively for creative businesses.

From a space for one to room for your growing team, make your next move in a place built around creativity.

🎨 Create
💡 Collaborate
📈 Grow

Find your space at Inverness Creative Academy.

Contact [email protected]

18/09/2026

If I Paint It Maybe It Will Become Home By Marina Gjertsen

In her debut solo exhibition, Marina Gjertsen looks to scenes of Inverness for inspiration as she undertakes a personal journey, discovering how urban landscape and culture underpin a sense of belonging.

Marina’s paintings explore her visual surroundings to form connections with her world, while her poetry examines her experiences of childhood and a fractured sense of national identity. Peppered with narrative and symbolism, Marina’s work considers the world from a unique vantage point that is both personal and universal; both as a local and as an ‘outsider’.

In recognition that a sense of belonging can come from the people you surround yourself with, Marina has invited artists and poets who have been part of her creative journey to exhibit selected pieces in a curated section of the exhibition.

Artist Statement: I paint and write to make sense of my surroundings. I am interested in exploring our place in the world – how do we, as humans, belong to this earth? From the perspective as an individual, examining my own fragmented sense of identity and belonging – and as a society, considering how we interact with our environment. I work with oils and acrylics, aiming to capture light by painting shade. I look for the spaces where man-made and natural overlap; where electric light meets twilight and connects the shapes of urban and untamed.

Open From:

3 September–24 November 2026

Monday–Friday (9am–5pm)
Saturday (10am–3pm)

10/09/2026

The Highlands have secrets. This weekend they're unlocked. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Doors Open Days is Scotland's largest free festival, thousands of buildings open their doors, on each weekend in September. Browse the Festival programme in the comments.

02/09/2026

Explore the creative spaces of the fantastic artist community based at Links Studios in Nairn this weekend, including Fiona Matheson Studio and Deirdre McCrimmon!

Rare opportunity for public to take a behind-the-scenes look in artists’ studios in Nairn.
Read more in comments.

10/07/2026

'A chance to think' - exhibition by Toni Harrower. Opens Saturday 11 July till Saturday 18 July, 11.00 - 4.00. Closed Tuesday. At Wasps Links Nairn studios, Grant St, Nairn (just behind the little theatre). A great opportunity to meet the artist.

18/06/2026

We’re excited to showcase the talented craftspeople featured at the Summer Artists & Makers Market at Inverness Creative Academy this June. Visit us 19–21 June to meet and shop from:

Jane Nestor is a painter with a studio at Inverness Creative Academy. She specialises in human and pet portraits, as well as seascapes and landscapes.

Cecilia Mann is a visual artist based at Inverness Creative Academy. She makes a variety of art and crafts from different recycled materials for the home.

Leila Ross works in soft pastels to create landscape scenes, inspired by the Scottish Highlands. She often works on dark coloured paper to create moody atmospheres, and bring out the vibrancy of the colours used. She is based at Inverness Creative Academy.

Mark your diaries for the Summer Artists and Makers Market:
Friday 19 (4pm–8pm), Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 June (10am–4pm)
at Inverness Creative Academy, IV2 3JP
Free entry and all welcome, including well behaved pups.