(2008-04-12)

28th March -11th of April the Island of Hoy played host to the second of three International Artists Workshop on the islands of Scotland. Artists from China, Cuba, Jamaica, Jordan, Trinidad, Mauritius, Pakistan, Iceland, England and Scotland - including local artists - participated alongside the local community building on the success of the first workshop on Tanera Mor.

Joy Gregory produced an animation and a series of drawings both inspired her journey from London to Hoy. The other artists on the workshop were: Laura Drever, Frances Pelly, John Cumming, Amy Todman, Samantha Clark, Ben Coode-Adams, Aaron Head, Susan Grant, Mimi Joung, James Gloyn, Pavel Acosta, Hu Xiaoxiao Anees Maani , Jaime Leeloy, Nirmal, Mairah Lookman, Nicky Gear, Andrea Geile, Steve Husband, Margaret Maclellan
This workshop was co-ordinated by The Pier Arts Centre – Stromness’