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Friday, September 5, 2025

Exhibition of Ness paintings gets archaeology festival off to an early start

Jeanne by the trench side in 2024. (📷 Jo Bourne) Artwork created over the past six years at the Ness of Brodgar excavation is on display in St Margaret’s Hope… Read more

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Monday, January 20, 2025

Capturing the essence of excavation in paint

A selection of Jeanne Rose's trench-side sketches-in-paint from the 2024 dig season. Read more

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Thursday, August 8, 2024

From the Art Hut: ‘Burning the Heaven Spot’

Diane Eagles, one of 2024's artists in residence, on her graffiti project. Read more

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Saturday, July 27, 2024

Link: An artist’s legacy – Jeanne Bouza Rose’s visual record of the Ness dig

A link to a new article in Scottish Field magazine featuring Jeanne, one of our artists in residence. Read more

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Monday, September 18, 2023

Profit from art sales to be split between Ness and Peedie Retreat charities

Have a look at Jeanne's paintings and if you make a purchase, Jeanne will divide the profit from the sale between the Ness of Brodgar and Orkney's Peedie Retreat. Read more

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Saturday, August 12, 2023

From the Art Hut – In it for the long haul part 2

By Karen Wallis In my 2020 blog post, I reviewed my artist’s residency since it began in 2016. So here is an update on progress and my plans for future… Read more

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Saturday, August 5, 2023

From the Art Hut – ‘Marks of Reverence’

I’m Diane Eagles an art psychotherapist and artist. I’m now in my final year of the online MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology course at the UHI Archaeology Institute, which… Read more

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Thursday, September 1, 2022

Science Festival premiere for Ness of Brodgar artist’s film

A film created by Ness of Brodgar artist in residence Dr Karen Wallis was premiered today as part of the 32nd Orkney International Science Festival. Since 2016, Karen has… Read more

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Saturday, July 24, 2021

From the Art Hut – ‘Intent’

Owing to the Ness dig being scaled back this year because of Covid restrictions, I have again moved my artist residency to Instagram posts during the main weeks of the… Read more

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Monday, September 14, 2020

From the Art Hut – a large expression of colour

By Jeanne Bouza Rose For me, the mystery of the Ness is the story of what the people were doing there. During all the years I worked at the dig… Read more

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Monday, August 17, 2020

From the Art Hut – connecting…

By Diane Eagles Owing to the dig being cancelled this year because of Covid restrictions, I moved my residency to daily Instagram posts. I had been working on ideas for… Read more

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Thursday, August 13, 2020

From the Art Hut – in it for the long haul

By Karen Wallis As this is my last blog for the virtual dig diary, I’m going to take a look back over the whole of my residency to date. The… Read more

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Thursday, August 6, 2020

From the Art Hut – finding finds…

By Karen Wallis During my first season as Artist in Residence, I was impressed by the range of what could be termed a “find” – from decorated… Read more

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Thursday, July 30, 2020

From the Art Hut – the weather is part of the team…

By Karen Wallis This watercolour of incoming clouds represents my love affair with Orkney skies, together with weather, as a constant feature of the excavations. On my first day as… Read more

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