Gaada invites you to join us in welcoming Bristol-based printmaker Nick Hand and his letterpress-bicycle project, Press On, to the Shetland Library this October.

1 year since launching Gaada's Membership for Shetland Artists, we share some of the progress so far, and the artist feedback received so far!

Becky shares her Bursary journey and how she came to terms with the idea that she is an Artist, in her own right.

The first 2024/25 guest Workshop Bursary blog with screenprinting artist Chloe!

Reflecting on the 2024 instalment of Brigði, an ongoing partnership between artists in Shetland and Norway.

Job Opportunity

We are looking for a new print artist and organiser to join our core team!

Every year, the eagerly anticipated October drawing challenge from Shetland digital illustrator, Rhys Mouat, truly ‘powered-up’.

It’s time to announced the 2023/24 recipients of Gaada’s Workshop Bursaries!

Work made by artist Brian Sinclair in his Gaada weekly workshops has been selected to appear in an exhibition as part of ArtWorks Together at Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire.

For his 2022/23 Bursary, artist Stuart Thomson shares how he used the A.I. image generation tool, Dall-e, to produce a zine exploring text prompts and emerging images in the style of Harry Clarke.

Shetland artist Laura Hughes shares her journey through the Workshop Bursary award

Recent graduate + artist Elouise Spooner shares her experience producing a new risograph publication during her Gaada Workshop Bursary.

Sign up for the Simmer Gathering Peer Group + find out about how to shape the future!

Glasgow based artist Cameron Morgan recently visited the Toogs Artist Workshop for a day of etching and risography!

Rosalie Schweiker is first artist-in-residence at the Toogs Workshop, in Burra.

We have recently hosted Assemble in Shetland to begin the intial phase to transform Gaada’s current building into an ambitious and accessible artist-run making facility and project space.

Artist Sammy Paloma set the 2022/23 Gaada Workshop Bursaries in motion, playfully exploring drawing, risograph and photopolymer etching during her sessions.

Gaada has received a Business Transition Fund through Shetland Islands Council.

Shetland digital illustrator, Rhys Mouat, has been back again this year with a series of daily drawing prompts during October 2022.

We are excited to announce the recipients of the 2022/23 Gaada Workshop Bursaries.