LOCAL venues in Easter Ross and the Black Isle have, for years, promoted quality touring arts events in village halls and arts spaces, including theatre, dance, film and music of all kinds.
Now, this work is about to become easier, thanks to the appointment of local development worker Lindsay Dunbar.
Lindsay, originally from Achiltibuie, previously worked in theatre in Glasgow before returning to the Highlands five years ago to work with the growing cultural scene.
Since then, she has been working on a regular basis with musicians, promoters and community groups.
Her new post is with PAN, the Promoters Arts Network.
“PAN has been awarded funding from the Scottish Arts Council to support the highly professional work done by our volunteer local promoters,” said PAN chairwoman Jennie Macfie.
“We want to help our members to work even better. Everyone will benefit – audiences, artistes and promoters alike.
“We have a second pilot scheme starting in Argyll, which is a very challenging area geographically.
“So the two pilot schemes are designed to give us enough expertise to roll the programme out across the entire Highlands and Islands eventually.
“It’s an exciting project and we’re very grateful to the SAC for the funding that has made this possible.”
Lindsay added: “I’m very much looking forward to getting started and finding out what the promoters need.
“Local promoters work extremely hard to provide top-quality theatre, music and dance in their communities all year round.
“We hope this project will make life easier for these promoters and encourage more people to go out to events.”